The 1984 Santa Clara Broncos football team represented Santa Clara University as a member of the Western Football Conference (WFC) during the 1984 NCAA Division II football season. The Broncos were led by head coach Pat Malley in his 26th and final year at the helm. The 1984 team played home games at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, California. They finished the season with a record of seven wins and four losses (7–4, 1–2 WFC). The Broncos outscored their opponents 173–144 for the season. O'Malley finished his career at Santa Clara with an overall record of 142–100–3, a winning percentage of .586.
| 1984 Santa Clara Broncos football | |
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| Conference | Western Football Conference |
| Record | 7–4 (1–2 WFC) |
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| Home stadium | Buck Shaw Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland State $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Northridge | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Lutheran * | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 8 | at Chico State* |
| W 21–14 | 4,312–4,321 | [1] | |
| September 15 | Humboldt State* | W 38–0 | 4,732–4,792 | [2] | ||
| September 22 | No. 8 UC Davis* |
| W 24–21 | 7,129 | ||
| September 29 | Sacramento State* | No. 6 |
| W 21–14 | 4,133 | [3] |
| October 6 | Cal Poly | No. 5 |
| L 10–14 | 5,331 | |
| October 13 | Cal State Hayward* | No. 9 |
| L 15–30 | 5,469 | |
| October 20 | at Cal Lutheran* |
| L 7–13 | 3,007 | [4] | |
| October 27 | San Francisco State* |
| W 12–6 | 2,131 | ||
| November 3 | Cal State Northridge |
| W 31–0 | 2,265 | ||
| November 10 | at Portland State | L 6–27 | 3,341 | |||
| November 17 | at Saint Mary's* |
| W 28–6 | 5,589 | ||
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References
edit- ^ "Final 1984 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Chico State)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
- ^ "Final 1984 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Humboldt State)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- ^ "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Santa Clara)" (PDF). Retrieved April 15, 2017.
- ^ "Oxy (7-0) Rallies to Defeat Whittier; Okoye Leads Asuza (sic) Pacific, 34-7". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 21, 1984. p. III-9. Retrieved April 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Final 1984 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Santa Clara)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
