The 1984 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Bill Arnsparger, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 8–3–1, with a mark of 4–1–1 in conference play, and finished second in the SEC.
The Tigers were awarded the SEC's automatic invitation to the Sugar Bowl when conference champion Florida was declared ineligible for the title due to NCAA violations committed by coach Charley Pell, who was fired three games into the season (coincidentally, Pell's penultimate game was a 21-21 tie vs. LSU). Auburn's opportunity to return to the Sugar Bowl was ended by Alabama, which was wrapping up its first losing season since 1957, in the Iron Bowl. It was LSU's first Sugar Bowl appearance since the 1967 season.
LSU lost the Sugar Bowl to Nebraska, the Tigers' second bowl loss to the Cornhuskers in three seasons.
Schedule
Rankings
Game summaries
At Florida
Wichita State
Arizona
At USC
At Kentucky
Notre Dame
Vs. Nebraska (Sugar Bowl)
Roster
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