Williams Sr. Marlon As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Rice was named to every 1984 College Football All-America Team, including the Associated Press squad, and finished ninth in Heisman Trophy balloting. 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"To this day I get people talking about the game, and it was just remarkable. It was a lot of fun and a lot of people said we were running scores up, but it wasn't that. "And you're talking about doing this for an hour and a half, two hours straight without even stopping. Then one day, during a jog around the football field with an assistant coach, the mad scientist Cooley came up with another wrinkle: The no-huddle offense. Wt. NFL Officials Ed Hochuli, Tony Steratore, Terry McAulay . 1984 Mississippi State Bulldogs Roster | College Football at Sports-Reference.com via Sports Logos.net About logos 1984 Mississippi State Bulldogs Roster Previous Year Next Year Record: 4-7 (76th of 110) ( Schedule & Results ) Conference: SEC Conference Record: 1-5 Coach: Emory Bellard (4-7) Points For: 198 Points/G: 18.0 (81st of 110) Led by quarterback Willie Totten and legendary receiver Jerry Rice, the Delta Devils annihilated opposing teams en route to a 9-2 record. Franklin, Donavin This page is not available in other languages. 84 Mississippi Valley State (Jerry Rice) Watch on The Satellite Express was diabolical, even by today's standards, and MVSU put up impossible numbers in 1984. Chambers, Zeilon The Delta Devils had gone 7-2-1 in 1983, and looked to be even better this year. Totten had already thrown for 3,500 yards and a division-record 43 touchdowns, and Rice had nearly 1,400 yards and 21 scores of his own. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Magee, Gregory Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. The letdown wouldn't last long, as Mississippi Valley State beat Alabama State 49-7 the following week, then closed the regular season with an 83-11 win over Langston that saw MVSU lead 41-3 at the end of the first quarter, but the dream of a perfect season was long gone, along with the throng of media that had descended on Itta Bena and the little school that could. The bit of deception worked, as Totten threw for 526 yards and six more touchdowns against Jackson, with four of them going to Rice, who grabbed 15 passes for 284 yards in a 49-32 win. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Wilkins, Caleb In MVSU's second game, a 77-15 win over Washburn, Rice hauled in 15 passes for 139 yards and a touchdown a low-key output by his standards with Totten completing 36 of 55 passes for 402 yards and six touchdowns. "I knew then, if we could play against Jackson State, with one of the greatest coaches I've ever coached against (W.C. Gorden), who won eight SWAC championships in the '80s if we could score that easily on Jackson, then everyone else was going to be soup. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. "We could look at the defensive back and know exactly what route to give Jerry, or he knew what signal to give me to let me know what route he was going to run," Totten said. "It doesn't bother me at all," Cooley says, "simply because I'm a person who did what I did, I appreciate the Lord giving me the intelligence to do it, and we did great things with it. View Full Bio, Javier Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Homecoming. I always had that doubt that, 'Maybe I won't get picked.' Find out more. Rice caught 17 passes for 199 yards against Southern, 17 for 294 against Kentucky State, and 15 for 285 against Jackson State, in the first win for Mississippi Valley over the Tigers since 1954. 1 in Division I-AA and averaging 64 points a game, fell behind by 28-7, but scored 21 straight points in the third quarter and early in the fourth on quick drives. "We weren't trying to set records or get the national attention. So we gave them just enough, but not enough to prepare for it.". Find out more. By that point, Mississippi Valley was 7-0 and looked virtually unbeatable. : Known as the "Home in the Woods," Itta Bena, with a population of just over 2,000, prides itself as the birthplace of B.B. His NCAA record for total career touchdown receptions stood until October 7, 2006, when University of New Hampshire wide receiver David Ball, recorded his 51st career receiving touchdown.[16]. He is the assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach at Mississippi Valley State University, a position he had held since 2019. The 1984 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils team represented the Mississippi Valley State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. A crowd of 63,808 saw the game, which was originally scheduled for Saturday in Mississippi Valley's 10,000-seat stadium at Itta Bena. The result was a raw scheme that relied overwhelmingly on passing a good foundation, it would seem, for whenever Cooley got a promotion. "Every year that I spent at Mississippi Valley State was special to me, but I think that '84 showed that we had come together as a team and we felt really comfortable with Archie and what he was trying to do as a football team on the field," Rice said. Retrieved December 25, 2015 This college football 1980s season article is a stub. Patterson, Jesse We present them here for purely educational purposes. I'm one of those guys who believes that if you practice a certain way and give 100 percent intensity, it's going to pay off on the field, and it was just a result of those Delta Devils coming together and wanting to make a statement.". And when he got to the point when he felt he could beat all the receivers, he took it to another level. -- Thirty years ago, Mississippi Valley State was at the center of college football. Looking back, it was even more ahead of its time than that. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. About logos 1983-84 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils Men's Roster and Stats Previous Season Next Season Record: 15-13 (6-8, 5th in SWAC MBB ) Coach: Lafayette Stribling PS/G: 77.1 (30th of 275) PA/G: 74.5 (246th of 275) SRS: -5.76 (192nd of 275) SOS: -8.03 (255th of 275) Mississippi Valley State (Men's) School History Roster & Stats (); : ); The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. 2023 Football Roster - Mississippi Valley State University Athletics Mississippi Valley State University Athletics THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS Main Navigation Menu Sports Delta Devils Baseball Basketball Cross Country Football Tennis Track and Field Devilettes Basketball Cross Country Soccer Softball Tennis "They weren't even doing that back then in the NFL. Do you have a blog? The Braves then added another score with a pick-six of Totten on the next Mississippi Valley possession, sending the Devils to their first defeat, despite eight catches for 134 yards from Rice. In the BlueGray Football Classic all-star game played on Christmas Day, he earned MVP honors. Hide/Show Additional Information For Alabama State - October 15, 2022. That crazy coach was Archie Cooley. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. ", Said Totten, who went on to a CFL career and played briefly in the NFL as a replacement player for the 1987 Bills: "We'd sit around the dorm laughing, talking about it getting to the NFL, playing in the NFL but I don't think he ever dreamed he'd be the best receiver to ever play the game. Parker, Markwan Join our linker program. They have to be in condition because they don't have time to stand around and talk and work out situations and things of that nature.". Harris Jr. Ben A standard workout that fall started with five trainers, each ready to go with a ball. Unfortunately, there wasn't a whole lot Rice or anyone on the Delta Devils offense could do early, as Alcorn State was able to pressure Totten a rarity with Mississippi Valley's gigantic "Tons of Fun" offensive line usually giving him plenty of room and time to work. ", Said Rice: "It was standing-room-only and that place was just electrifying. Chestnut, Jaxson Beating D-II cupcakes was impressive, sure, but the true test of just how effective this offense could be came in Week 3, when the Delta Devils brought the Satellite Express to Jackson State for an annual rivalry game that was really only one in name, as Mississippi Valley hadn't beaten the Tigers in 27 years. Smith, Deontez (); : I remember, I got up that morning with a sore back, but there was no way I was missing that game. A few formations would call for receivers in both slot positions. Thompson, Eli Antwoine But Itta Bena and Mississippi Valley State did have one thing that no one else had: a bricklayer's son and future NFL Hall of Famer named Jerry Lee Rice at wide receiver. Hollowell, Zamariyon Through seven games of the '84 season, Rice wasn't just the best player on the field, but perhaps the best receiver in football, his name suddenly being thrown into conversations about more prominent wideouts like Al Toon, Eddie Brown and Jessie Hester. Holmes, Zane "We knew we had to have something special to do it against Jackson, so we did a smaller amount of (our offense) against Washburn and Kentucky State," Cooley said. Rice knew he'd be in for a challenge when then-No. Rice had nine catches for 155 yards, including a memorable 64-yard touchdown catch-and-run on the last play of the second half, and by chance, Niners coach Bill Walsh happened to be watching from a hotel across the state in New Orleans the night before San Francisco was set to play the Saints. Do you have a sports website? (); : "We knew we had to send Jackson films of the previous ballgames and we didn't want them to see what we were doing to the extent where they could practice on it. Success was predictably hard to come by early on, as Cooley's players struggled to adjust to such a radical shift in the team's offensive approach and the Delta Devils went 4-4-1 in Cooley's first year. [15], Rice finished his college career with 301 catches for 4,693 yards and 50 touchdowns. So that meant he got all the work, and it paid off on both ends. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Sisk, Demario 1986-87 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils Men's Roster and Stats Previous Season Next Season Record: 13-15 (9-5, 2nd in SWAC MBB ) Coach: Lafayette Stribling PS/G: 80.6 (39th of 289) PA/G: 83.9 (280th of 288) SRS: -10.88 (248th of 290) SOS: -7.29 (254th of 290) Mississippi Valley State (Men's) School History Roster & Stats FIFA World Cup - Best Goals from Every Angle, Draw for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023, FOX SPORTS, SPEED, SPEED.COM & 2023 Fox Media LLC and Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC. Recap. Willie Totten Willie "Satellite" Totten (born July 4, 1962) is an American football coach and former player. "And I'd say, 'I've played everybody on the team, Coach, what do you want me to do? San Diego State University, 1980-1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993-1997 San Francisco State University, 1991, 1994 San Jose State University, 1977-1980, 1984-1986, 1989 I never thought that just because I was putting those outstanding numbers up that it was going to justify drafting me or propel me to the NFL. And it was during that wild ride of a 1984 season that Rice and an unheralded quarterback named Willie Totten perfected an innovative offensive scheme that came years before its time, rewriting the NCAA record books with the whole world watching. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. There is no additional information to display. Do you have a sports website? He scored five touchdowns twice that year. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. ); : King but is mostly the type of one-stoplight burg that doesn't beg to be noticed. The Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils are the college football team representing the Mississippi Valley State University. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. With an offense led by quarterback Willie Totten and wide receiver Jerry Rice, the Delta Devils scored 628 points on the season, averaging more than 57 points per game. Thirty years ago this fall, however, the action in itty-bitty Itta Bena in a situation not unlike this year in Starkville, 100 miles due east down Highway 82, and Oxford, the same 100 miles northeast, up Interstate 55 put the state of Mississippi at the center of the college football universe. 2022 Football Roster # Name Name Ht. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. All of the sudden, after a win over one of the conference's traditional powers in his pocket, Cooley and his offense weren't seen as so gimmicky anymore. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? ); : These days, however, it's young kids hoping to be mentioned in the same breath as Rice whose name, in addition to being enshrined in Canton, sits along with Totten's on the football stadium at Mississippi Valley State. We were just trying to do what this crazy coach came up with, execute it and make it work.". The wins would keep piling up for Mississippi Valley. Mississippi Valley (7-1, 3-1), ranked No. The two forged such a bond that they mostly communicated via hand and head signals on the field think Peyton Manning as if opposing defenses needed anything else to worry about. In 1981, MVSU again fell short of its first winning season since 1965, putting together a 4-5-1 campaign that was followed up by a 5-5 effort in 1982, the first year both Rice and Totten played together. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. A majority of the plays were designed to have Rice lined up on one side of the field, with four receivers set up on the opposite side, often in a straight line, like dominoes. Green & White Out. The official 2022 Football Roster for the Fort Valley State University Wildcats So Coach Cooley really got people looking but never got the credit for being inventive or courageous enough to run that kind of offense.". Active Coaches: Bill Belichick, Andy Reid, Mike Tomlin, Pete Carroll . Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. 1: Jalani: Eason: 5-10: 180: Gr. Shanklin, Jaydyn I remember us watching a game I was a Steelers fan, and I think he was a Steelers fan at the time and watching Lynn Swann, watching John Stallworth, and I don't think he ever dreamed that he would be with those guys, and talked about in the same breath as those guys.". Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils Men's, More 1984-85 Mississippi Valley State (Men's) Pages, College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. Martin, Cole Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. You have to develop that chemistry, and I think with Willie Totten, I knew exactly what he was thinking at all times, when he was going to release the football, when I had one-on-one coverage, I knew he was coming my direction.". Cooley recalled. Everything else was going to take care of itself, and I think it did. "Even after practice, repetition-wise, we would run routes, I would catch extra footballs, just to get a feel for what Willie was thinking on the football field.". Of course, in order to outwork the other team, that meant Mississippi Valley State had to be in better shape. Visit ESPN to view the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils team roster for the current season Read more about our data coverage. That meant one training camp from hell in the Delta, as Cooley implemented his new offensive scheme and the breakneck pace all at once, for multiple hours at a time, multiple times per day. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Mississippi Valley State wasn't in the hunt for a national title in 1984, as its neighbors at Ole Miss and Mississippi State are today. Twenty-three FCS players have been selected in the first round of the NFL draft since the sub-division's origins back in the fall of 1978. After that, teams began to double- and triple-team Rice, sometimes leaving the Delta Devils' other receivers uncovered and allowing them to run roughshod. We were used to teams trying to play us man, and we had receivers running right past defenders, but they defended the red zone and defended the end zone. The MVSU offense would start at its own goal line and run a play, at which point another trainer would introduce a new ball and immediately run the next one. Teddy Allen. They were a great team and had a great offense, too. "Improvement wasn't something I worried about," Cooley said. The key to Cooley's Frankenstein offense, see, was that defenses would never know what was coming, even when the right call seemed obvious. Mumford Stadium The Gold Standard Helmet Campaign Additional Links FOOTBALL History > Mississippi Valley State FOOTBALL History vs Mississippi Valley State from Sep 30, 1967 - Nov 12, 2022 And I know if someone else wants to claim it and rename it and get the credit, there's somebody who's going to be sitting in that room who's going to say, 'No, no, no, you didn't do that. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Defense never was MSVU's strong suit, for all the points it scored, so the Braves jumped out to a 28-7 halftime lead. But once we got adjusted to it, it became fun for us.". RUSTON -- In 1984, before the 1999-2001 St. Louis Rams and before the now-commonplace run-and-shoot offense, Mississippi Valley State was college football's original Greatest Show on Turf. Based on that one game, San Francisco went through the process of scouting Rice, McVay said. 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