The 1984 Auburn Tigers football team represented
Auburn University
Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest uni ...
in the
1984 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season was topsy-turvy from start to finish. It ended with the BYU Cougars being bestowed their first and only national championship by beating Michigan in the Holiday Bowl. While the Cougars finished with a pe ...
. Coached by
Pat Dye
Patrick Fain Dye (November 6, 1939 – June 1, 2020) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at East Carolina University (1974–1979), the University of Wyoming (1980), ...
, the team finished the season with an 8–4 record and won the
Liberty Bowl
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over
Arkansas
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. As of 2022, the 1984 team is the only Auburn team to be ranked first in the preseason
AP Poll
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.
Schedule
Roster
Rankings
Game summaries
vs. Miami (FL)
at Texas
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Box score
Southern Miss
at Florida State
at Florida
Cincinnati
Georgia
vs. Alabama
vs. Arkansas (Liberty Bowl)
References
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Auburn Tigers football seasons
Liberty Bowl champion seasons
Auburn Tigers football
The Auburn Tigers football program represents Auburn University in the sport of American college football. Auburn competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Western Division o ...
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