1984 Long Beach State 49ers football team

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1984 Long Beach State 49ers football
Conference Pacific Coast Athletic Association
Record5–6 (4–3 PCAA)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Ken Visser (4th season)
Home stadium Veterans Stadium
Seasons
  1983
1985  
1984 Pacific Coast Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Cal State Fullerton $ 7 0 012 0 0
San Jose State 6 1 07 4 0
Fresno State 4 3 07 5 0
Long Beach State 4 3 05 6 0
Pacific (CA) 3 4 05 6 0
Utah State 2 5 02 9 0
New Mexico State 1 6 02 9 0
UNLV 0 7 00 13 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Records adjusted for UNLV's forfeit of all 11 victories

The 1984 Long Beach State 49ers football team represented California State University, Long Beach [note 1] during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Contents

The 49er's passing attack was the strength of the 1984 squad. Led by Junior quarterback Doug Gaynor who passed for 3230 yards (323 per game - third nationally) 16TD's and a strong receiving corps led by wide receivers Charles Lockett (75 catches 1112 yards and 4 TD's), Troy Ory (42-669-3), tight end Greg Locy (31-496-2) and running back Mark Templeton (459 yards rushing and 451 yards receiving). The defense was led by future third round draft pick John Hendy at cornerback and leading tackler Marc Bevilacqua at middle linebacker.

Long Beach State played a tough non-conference schedule including three Pac-10 schools (Oregon, UCLA and Arizona). The 49ers played each of those opponents close, losing games by an average of 8 points. The most exciting victory of the season came in their final game against the San Diego St. Aztecs by a score of 18-17 after converting a 2-point play to seal the win.

Cal State Long Beach competed in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. [note 2] The team was led by first-year head coach Mike Sheppard, and played home games at Veterans Stadium adjacent to the campus of Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California. On the field, they finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7, 3–4 PCAA).

After the season was over, it was discovered that the UNLV Rebels had used multiple ineligible players during both the 1983 and 1984 season. As a result, Long Beach's loss to UNLV turns into a forfeit win and their record is adjusted to 5–6, 4–3 PCAA. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 81:00 pmat Oregon *L 17–2823,044 [2]
September 154:00 pmat No. 7 UCLA *L 17–2340,132 [3]
September 227:30 pmat Fresno State L 17–2031,162 [4]
September 295:00 pmat Arizona *L 24–3141,910 [5]
October 61:30 pm UNLV W 23–41 (forfeit win)7,216 [6]
October 1312:30 pmat Utah State W 24–229,586 [7]
October 206:30 pmat New Mexico State W 43–1312,155 [8]
October 271:30 pm Cal State Fullerton
  • Veteran's Stadium
  • Long Beach, CA
L 28–429,721 [9]
November 31:30 pm Pacific (CA)
  • Veteran's Stadium
  • Long Beach, CA
W 24–225,841 [10]
November 107:00 pmat San Jose State L 7–424,444 [11]
November 247:00 pmat San Diego State *W 18–1710,949 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

[13] [14]

Roster

1984 Long Beach State 49ers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 19Doug GaynorJr
RB 34Martin SartinJr
RB 25Mark TempletonSo
WR 1 Charles Lockett So
WR 80Troy OryJr
TE 89Greg LocySo
OT 78Chuck PageSr
G 66Dickson FalefiaJr
C 55John StapletonJr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 84Tom HensleyJr
DE 64Chuck MeierbachtolJr
LB 33Marc BevilacquaSr
LB 32Kevin MooreJr
LB 86Kevin JuniorSr
CB 17John HendySr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
KR 8 Sheldon Gaines Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Team players in the NFL

The following were selected in the 1985 NFL draft. [15]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
John Hendy Defensive back369 San Diego Chargers

Notes

  1. The official name of Long Beach State has been California State University, Long Beach since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Long Beach State.
  2. The Big West Conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association from its founding in 1969 through 1987.

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