1984 NCAA Rifle Championships

The 1984 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the fifth annual tournament to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was held at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky.[1]

1984 NCAA Rifle Championship
Tournament information
SportCollegiate rifle shooting
LocationKentucky Murray, KY
Host(s)Murray State University
Participants7
Final positions
ChampionsWest Virginia (2nd title)
1st runners-upEast Tennessee State
2nd runners-upTennessee Tech
Tournament statistics
SmallboreBob Broughton, WVU
Air riflePat Spurgin, MUR
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West Virginia, with a team score of 6,206, won their second consecutive, and second overall, team title, finishing 64 points ahead of East Tennessee State. The Mountaineers were coached by Olympian Edward Etzel.

The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Bob Broughton (West Virginia) and, for the air rifle, Pat Spurgin (Murray State).

Qualification edit

Since there is only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all NCAA rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of seven teams ultimately contested this championship.

Results edit

  • Scoring: The championship consisted of 120 shots by each competitor in smallbore and 40 shots per competitor in air rifle.

Team title edit

Rank Team Points
  West Virginia 6,206
  East Tennessee State 6,142
  Tennessee Tech 6,121
4 Eastern Kentucky 6,107
5 Murray State 6,076
6 Army 6,058
7 Eastern Washington 5,867

Individual events edit

Event Winner Score
Smallbore Bob Broughton, West Virginia 1,172
Air rifle Pat Spurgin, Murray State 388

References edit

  1. ^ "NCAA Rifle Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 13, 2017.