Record: 10-2, .833 W-L% (6th of 110) ▪ Rank: 5th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Ind
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jack Bicknell (10-2)
PS/G: 37.4 (1st of 110) ▪ PA/G: 24.7 (80th of 110)
SRS: 14.46 (5th of 110) ▪ SOS: 3.37 (34th of 110)
Bowl Game: Won Cotton Bowl 45-28 versus Houston
| Pre | 9/4 | 9/11 | 9/18 | 9/25 | 10/2 | 10/9 | 10/16 | 10/23 | 10/30 | 11/6 | 11/13 | 11/20 | 11/27 | 12/4 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| G | Date | Day | School | Opponent | Conf | Pts | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 1, 1984 | Sat | (19) Boston College | Western Carolina | Non-Major | W | 44 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sep 8, 1984 | Sat | (18) Boston College | @ | (9) Alabama | SEC | W | 38 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | W 2 | Birmingham, AL |
| 3 | Sep 22, 1984 | Sat | (10) Boston College | North Carolina | ACC | W | 52 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Oct 13, 1984 | Sat | (4) Boston College | Temple | Ind | W | 24 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Oct 20, 1984 | Sat | (4) Boston College | @ | (20) West Virginia | Ind | L | 20 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Oct 27, 1984 | Sat | (11) Boston College | Rutgers | Ind | W | 35 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Nov 3, 1984 | Sat | (9) Boston College | @ | Penn State | Ind | L | 30 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 0 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Nov 10, 1984 | Sat | (16) Boston College | Army | Ind | W | 45 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Nov 17, 1984 | Sat | (13) Boston College | Syracuse | Ind | W | 24 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | Foxboro, MA | |
| 10 | Nov 23, 1984 | Fri | (10) Boston College | @ | (12) Miami (FL) | Ind | W | 47 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 11 | Dec 1, 1984 | Sat | (8) Boston College | @ | Holy Cross | Non-Major | W | 45 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | W 4 | |
| 12 | Jan 1, 1985 | Tue | (8) Boston College | N | Houston | SWC | W | 45 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 0 | W 5 | Cotton Bowl (Dallas, TX) |