I played defense (strong safety) during 83 & 84 seasons . Here's our W-L record.
As you can see in 1984, we were 4-5, but ALL of our losses were by 7 points or less.
In 1983 we were 6-3 , not too bad for a "country club school" as we were known as at the time.
As a defender all I can do is try to Stop Scoring . If I did the math correctly, over the 2 years we scored 206 points and gave up 150.