1984 Big Ten Conference football season
Results and team statistics
Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1984 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1984 season PPG = Average of points scored per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold PAG = Average of points allowed per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

1984 Big Ten Conference football season

Section Title: Results and team statistics
Table Section Text: Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1984 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1984 season PPG = Average of points scored per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold PAG = Average of points allowed per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	AP final	AP high	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG	MVP

1	Ohio State	Earle Bruce	#13	#2	9–3	7–2	32.6	16.7	Keith Byars

2 (tie)	Illinois	Mike White	NR	NR	7–3	6–3	29.4	19.0	David Williams

2 (tie)	Purdue	Leon Burtnett	NR	#14	7–5	6–3	23.8	23.6	Jim Everett

4 (tie)	Iowa	Bob Commings	#16	#5	8–4–1	5–3–1	27.6	15.5	Ronnie Harmon

4 (tie)	Wisconsin	Dave McClain	NR	#20	7–4–1	5–3–1	20.2	17.2	Al Toon

6 (tie)	Michigan	Bo Schembechler	NR	#3	6–6	5–4	17.8	16.7	Mike Mallory

6 (tie)	Michigan State	George Perles	NR	NR	6–6	5–4	16.1	16.9	James Morrissey

8	Minnesota	Lou Holtz	NR	NR	4–7	3–6	17.6	28.7	Rickey Foggie

9	Northwestern	Dennis Green	NR	NR	2–9	2–7	12.5	31.7	Keith Cruise

10	Indiana	Bill Mallory	NR	NR	0–11	0–9	16.8	30.7	Joe Fitzgerald

Sentence(s)

In 1984, Iowa team compiled a 8–4–1 record and scored 15.5 points allowed per game.

final_sentence: In 1984, Iowa team compiled a 8–4–1 record and scored 15.5 points allowed per game.