1984 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1984 Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

Penn State Nittany Lions football
1984 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
1984 record	6–5
Head coach	Joe Paterno (19th year)
Offensive coordinator	Fran Ganter
Defensive coordinator	Jerry Sandusky
Home stadium	Beaver Stadium; (Capacity: 83,770)
« 1983	1985 »

The 1984 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1984 college football season.^[1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	Rutgers	#11	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA		W 15–12	84,409
September 15	at #5 Iowa	#12	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA		W 20–17	66,145
September 22	William & Mary	#7	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA		W 56–18	84,704
September 29	vs. #2 Texas	#4	Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ	ESPN	L 3–28	76,883
October 6	Maryland	#11	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Rivalry)	ESPN	W 25–24	85,486
October 13	at Alabama	#11	Bryant-Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (Rivalry)		L 0–6	60,210
October 20	Syracuse	#19	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Rivalry)		W 21–3	85,850
October 27	at #18 West Virginia	#19	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Rivalry)	ESPN	L 14–17	64,879
November 3	#9 Boston College		Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	ABC	W 37–30	85,690
November 17	at Notre Dame		Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	ESPN	L 7–44	59,075
November 24	Pittsburgh		Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Rivalry)		L 11–31	85,499
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1985 NFL Draft.

Round	Pick	Overall	Name	Position	Team
6th	6	146	Stan Short	–	Detroit Lions
7th	24	192	Nick Haden	Offensive guard	Los Angeles Raiders
9th	22	246	Chris Sydnor	–	Los Angeles Raiders
12th	20	328	Tony Mumford	Running back	New England Patriots

v t e Penn State Nittany Lions football
Venues	Old Main lawn (until 1891) Beaver Field (1892–1908) New Beaver Field (1909–1959) Beaver Stadium (1960–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Maryland Michigan State Minnesota Ohio State Pittsburgh Syracuse West Virginia
Culture & lore	Nittany Lion "Fight On, State" Penn State Blue Band Uplifting Athletes Joe Paterno statue Something for Joey 1982 Nebraska game
People	Head coaches All-Americans Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
National championship seasons in bold

1984 Division I-A independents football records
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#5 Boston College		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
#11 South Carolina		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
Army		–		–		8	–	3	–	1
Rutgers		–		–		7	–	3	–	0
#17 Florida State		–		–		7	–	3	–	2
Virginia Tech		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
#18 Miami (FL)		–		–		8	–	5	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Penn State		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Memphis		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Navy		–		–		4	–	6	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–		3	–	7	–	1
Tulane		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Louisville		–		–		2	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll