[3][4] Sophomore quarterback Mark Rypien started two games in September,[5] but was sidelined with a broken collarbone.

[6][7] The Cougars won a second straight Apple Cup over rival Washington, their first victory at Husky Stadium in Seattle in a decade.

[8][9][10] Walden was named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year, and four Cougars were selected to the conference's first team: linemen Keith Millard and Eric Williams on defense, with guard Dan Lynch and sophomore running back Kerry Porter on offense.

[13][14] This is the most recent season in which selected home games were played in Spokane, and the Cougars won both.

With a change in the academic calendar in 1984,[15] classes started at WSU a month earlier, in late August, and all home games were scheduled for Pullman.