1984 Carson–Newman Eagles football team
American college football season
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The 1984 Carson–Newman Eagles football team was an American football team that represented Carson–Newman College (renamed Carson–Newman University in 2012) as a member of the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) during the 1984 NAIA Division I football season. In its fifth year under head coach Ken Sparks, the team compiled a 10–2–1 record (6–1 against conference opponents), won the SAC championship, and tied Central Arkansas in the Champion Bowl to become the NAIA national co-champion.[1]
ConferenceSouth Atlantic Conference
Record10–2–1 (6–1 SAC)
Headcoach
- Ken Sparks (5th season)
HomestadiumBurke–Tarr Stadium
| 1984 Carson–Newman Eagles football | |
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NAIA Division I national co-champion SAC champion | |
Champion Bowl, T 19–19 vs. Central Arkansas | |
| Conference | South Atlantic Conference |
| Record | 10–2–1 (6–1 SAC) |
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| Home stadium | Burke–Tarr Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Carson–Newman $^ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Elon | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Newberry | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Presbyterian | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mars Hill | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gardner–Webb | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lenoir–Rhyne | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catawba | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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It was the second of five national championships (1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, and 1989) won by Carson–Newman during the 1980s.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 8 | 7:30 p.m. | Grand Valley State* |
| W 42–9 | 2,800–3,800 | [2][3][4] | ||
| September 15 | Franklin (IN)* | W 58–20 | 3,100 | [5] | ||||
| September 22 | at Elon |
| L 29–31 | [6] | ||||
| September 29 | at Catawba | W 50–7 | 3,600 | [7] | ||||
| October 6 | Newberry |
| W 44–21 | 4,700 | [8] | |||
| October 13 | at Mars Hill | W 24–10 | 3,000 | [9] | ||||
| October 20 | Gardner–Webb |
| W 25–14 | [10] | ||||
| October 27 | at Lenoir–Rhyne | W 28–20 | 4,500 | [11] | ||||
| November 10 | Presbyterian |
| W 17–14 | [12] | ||||
| November 17 | at Liberty* | W 14–7 | 2,733 | [13] | ||||
| December 1 | Concord* |
| W 42–6 | [14] | ||||
| December 8 | Saginaw Valley State* |
| W 24–21 2OT | 2,860 | [15] | |||
| December 15 | vs. Central Arkansas* | T 19–19 | 5,764 | [16] | ||||
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