1984 Stanford Cardinal football team

1984 Pacific-10 football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. Jack Elway, father of John Elway, who had graduated two years earlier, was hired as head coach from San Jose State. Elway's Spartans had defeated Stanford the previous three years.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	11:30 AM PDT	at #16 Oklahoma*	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	USA	L 7–19	75,008
September 15	12:30 PM PDT	Illinois*	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	Metro Sports	W 34–19	43,795
September 22	1:00 PM PDT	San Jose State*	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA		W 28–27	70,426
September 29	12:30 PM PDT	Arizona State	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	Metro Sports	L 10–28	39,500
October 6	3:15 PM PDT	at #17 UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	Metro Sports	W 23–21	53,806
October 13	12:30 PM PDT	#2 Washington	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	CBS	L 15–37	44,500
October 20	1:00 PM PDT	Washington State	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA		L 42–49	33,000
October 27	1:00 PM PDT	at Oregon State	Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR		W 28–21	18,000
November 3	3:00 PM PST	USC	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	CBS	L 11–20	74,432
November 10	4:30 PM PST	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ		L 14–28	44,836
November 17	1:00 PM PST	at California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (87th Big Game)		W 27–10	75,622
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

^[1] Notes:

^a All times in Pacific Time Zone. (UTC–7 and UTC–8 starting October 28)

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1984 Pacific-10 football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#10 USC $	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#2 Washington	6	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#9 UCLA	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Arizona	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Arizona State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Oregon	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Stanford	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
California	1	–	8	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll