This was West Virginia's fourth straight bowl appearance and first Bluebonnet Bowl. They started off well, winning their first three games and at one point ranked 12th in the polls before losing their last three games. TCU improved seven games from last season under Wacker in his second season, in their first bowl appearance since 1965.
Game summary
West Virginia and TCU both scored touchdowns on their first drives, then traded punts. On their 3rd drive, West Virginia scored on a 62-yard touchdown pass to Gary Mullen. The Horned Frogs then suffered from the loss of All-American running back Kenneth Davis to a knee injury at the end of the 1st quarter, and they trailed 31–7 at halftime. TCU scored in the second half just once, as West Virginia's 302 passing yard attack overwhelmed a team lacking a rush attack. However, Anthony Gulley finished with 150 yards passing for the Frogs, with touchdown passes to Dan Sharp and Keith Burnett. Willie Drewery had six catches and 152 yards for West Virginia.[1][2]
Aftermath
The Mountaineers would return to a bowl game three years later, but wouldn't win one until 2000. TCU did not make a bowl game again under Wacker, waiting 10 years for their next bowl game appearance, and 14 for a bowl win. Both would join the Big XII together in 2012.
Statistics
Statistics
TCU
WVU
First Downs
15
23
Yards Rushing
92
200
Yards Passing
187
302
Return Yards
26
42
Total Yards
305
504
Punts-Average
6-47.5
4-37.0
Fumbles-Lost
2-2
2-2
Interceptions
1
1
Penalties-Yards
2-15
5-45
References
^. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^1984 Bluebonnet Bowl West Virginia vs TCU, retrieved 2021-03-25
1984, astro, bluebonnet, bowl, 1984, bluebonnet, bowl, college, football, postseason, bowl, game, between, horned, frogs, west, virginia, mountaineers, west, virginia, mountaineers, horned, frogs, 14head, coach, nehlen, head, coach, wacker1234, totalwest, virg. The 1984 Bluebonnet Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the TCU Horned Frogs and the West Virginia Mountaineers 1984 Astro Bluebonnet BowlWest Virginia Mountaineers TCU Horned Frogs 7 4 8 3 31 14Head coach Don Nehlen Head coach Jim Wacker1234 TotalWest Virginia 141700 31TCU 7007 14DateDecember 31 1984Season1984StadiumHouston AstrodomeLocationHouston TexasRefereeRichard Burleson SEC Attendance43 260Astro Bluebonnet Bowl lt 1983 1985 gt Contents 1 Background 2 Game summary 3 Aftermath 4 Statistics 5 ReferencesBackground EditThis was West Virginia s fourth straight bowl appearance and first Bluebonnet Bowl They started off well winning their first three games and at one point ranked 12th in the polls before losing their last three games TCU improved seven games from last season under Wacker in his second season in their first bowl appearance since 1965 Game summary EditWest Virginia and TCU both scored touchdowns on their first drives then traded punts On their 3rd drive West Virginia scored on a 62 yard touchdown pass to Gary Mullen The Horned Frogs then suffered from the loss of All American running back Kenneth Davis to a knee injury at the end of the 1st quarter and they trailed 31 7 at halftime TCU scored in the second half just once as West Virginia s 302 passing yard attack overwhelmed a team lacking a rush attack However Anthony Gulley finished with 150 yards passing for the Frogs with touchdown passes to Dan Sharp and Keith Burnett Willie Drewery had six catches and 152 yards for West Virginia 1 2 Aftermath EditThe Mountaineers would return to a bowl game three years later but wouldn t win one until 2000 TCU did not make a bowl game again under Wacker waiting 10 years for their next bowl game appearance and 14 for a bowl win Both would join the Big XII together in 2012 Statistics EditStatistics TCU WVUFirst Downs 15 23Yards Rushing 92 200Yards Passing 187 302Return Yards 26 42Total Yards 305 504Punts Average 6 47 5 4 37 0Fumbles Lost 2 2 2 2Interceptions 1 1Penalties Yards 2 15 5 45References Edit Archived copy Archived from the original on July 25 2015 Retrieved July 25 2015 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link 1984 Bluebonnet Bowl West Virginia vs TCU retrieved 2021 03 25 This college football bowl article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1984 Astro Bluebonnet Bowl amp oldid 1112789046, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
