1984 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

The 1984 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern College (now known as Georgia Southern University) during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The team was coached by Erk Russell, in his third year as head coach for the Eagles.

1984 Georgia Southern Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
1984 record8–3
Head coach
Home stadiumPaulson Stadium
(Capacity: 18,000)
1984 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Tennessee State 0 0 0  11 0 0
Georgia Southern 0 0 0  8 3 0
No. 15 Holy Cross 0 0 0  8 3 0
No. 19 Delaware 0 0 0  8 3 0
No. 12 Richmond ^ 0 0 0  8 4 0
Eastern Washington 0 0 0  7 2 1
James Madison 0 0 0  6 5 0
William & Mary 0 0 0  6 5 0
Bucknell 0 0 0  5 5 0
Colgate 0 0 0  5 5 0
Lafayette 0 0 0  5 5 0
Lehigh 0 0 0  5 6 0
Florida A&M 0 0 0  3 6 1
Northeastern 0 0 0  3 7 0
Western Kentucky 0 0 0  2 9 0
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 1vs. Florida A&MSavannah, GAW 14–0
September 8at PresbyterianW 41–6
September 15at UCFW 42–287,124
September 22at East CarolinaL 27–3425,137
September 29LibertyW 48–11
October 6vs. Bethune–CookmanJacksonville, FLW 43–33
October 13No. 20 ChattanoogaNo. 17
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 24–179,087
October 20NewberryNo. 13
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 41–16
October 27Valdosta StateNo. 11
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 38–8
November 3at East Tennessee StateNo. 7L 17–20
November 10at No. T–12 Middle Tennessee StateNo. 11L 7–42

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References

  1. "1984 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
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