1984 Howard Bison football team
| 1984 Howard Bison football | |
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| Conference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 2–8 (0–4 MEAC) |
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| Home stadium | Howard Stadium RFK Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bethune–Cookman $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina A&T | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morgan State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1984 Howard Bison football team represented Howard University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Willie Jeffries, the Bison compiled an overall record of 2–8, with a mark of 0–4 in conference play, and finished fifth in the MEAC.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 1 | at Rhode Island* | L 21–31 | 3,520 | [1] | |
| September 8 | Hampton* | L 7–13 | 8,500 | [2] | |
| September 15 | Bethune–Cookman |
| L 6–19 | [3] | |
| September 22 | at South Carolina State | L 15–48 | 8,327 | [4] | |
| October 13 | at Virginia State* |
| W 22–21 | ||
| October 22 | North Carolina A&T |
| L 7–23 | 10,500 | [5] |
| October 27 | at Norfolk State* | L 10–42 | [6] | ||
| November 3 | Delaware State |
| L 7–45 | [7] | |
| November 10 | Maine* |
| L 23–27 | [8] | |
| November 17 | Morgan State* |
| W 47–13 | 2,800 | [9] |
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References
[edit]- ^ "URI drubs Howard". The Boston Globe. September 2, 1984. Retrieved September 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Howard beaten by HI". Daily Press. September 9, 1984. Retrieved September 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Late rally sends B–CC past Howard". The Orlando Sentinel. September 16, 1984. Retrieved September 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "SCSC hauls Howard, 48–15". The Times and Democrat. September 23, 1984. Retrieved September 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "A&T manhandles Howard". Greensboro News & Record. October 21, 1984. Retrieved September 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Norfolk State romps, 42–10". Daily Press. October 28, 1984. Retrieved September 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hornets' Lake runs wild". Sunday News Journal. November 4, 1984. Retrieved September 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Black Bears rally to nip Bison for 4th straight win". The Bangor Daily News. November 12, 1984. Retrieved September 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Howard whips Morgan". The Baltimore Sun. November 18, 1984. Retrieved September 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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