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)

The 1984 Ohio State football team, under head coach Earle Bruce, compiled a 9–3 record, led the conference in scoring offense (32.6 points per game), and was ranked No. 13 in the final AP poll.

final_sentence: The 1984 Ohio State football team, under head coach Earle Bruce, compiled a 9–3 record, led the conference in scoring offense (32.6 points per game), and was ranked No. 13 in the final AP poll.