1984 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

1984 Southern Illinois Salukis football
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	3–8 (0–5 MVC)
Head coach	Ray Dorr (1st season)
Home stadium	McAndrew Stadium
Seasons ←  1983 1985  →

1984 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Tulsa $	5	–	0	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
No. 5 Indiana State ^	3	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Illinois State	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Wichita State	2	–	2	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Drake	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
West Texas State	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Southern Illinois	0	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant The conference was a hybrid of NCAA Division I-A and I-AA programs. Tulsa and Wichita State were I-A and the other teams were I-AA. Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1984 Southern Illinois Salukis football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Under first-year head coach Ray Dorr, the team compiled a 3–8 record (0–5 against conference opponents) and finished in last place out of seven teams in the MVC. ^[1] The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	at Tulsa	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	L 10–23	17,127
September 8	at Illinois State	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	L 7–35	7,166
September 15	Western Illinois *	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 24–34	12,000
September 22	Arkansas State *	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 0–19	7,200	[2]
September 29	at Southeast Missouri State *	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO	W 27–16	7,500
October 6	Northern Iowa *	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	W 40–10	6,025
October 13	at Eastern Illinois *	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	W 48–40	10,140
October 20	West Texas State	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 17–24	2,600
October 27	Indiana State	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 10–27	8,033
November 3	at Drake	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA	L 17–20	5,200
November 10	at Southwest Missouri State *	Briggs Stadium Springfield, MO	L 6–31	807	[3]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "Southern Illinois Saluki Football 2019 Media Guide" (PDF). Southern Illinois University. 2019. p. 118. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
2. "Salukis lose, 19–0, to Arkansas State". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 23, 1984. Retrieved October 8, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
3. Monserud, Scott (November 11, 1984). "Salukis drubbed in finale". The Southern Illinoisan . p. 9. Retrieved January 2, 2022– via Newspapers.com.