1984 Green Bay Packers season

1984 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Forrest Gregg
Home field	Lambeau Field Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	2nd NFC Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1984 Green Bay Packers season was their 64th season in the National Football League. The club posted an 8–8 record under new coach Forrest Gregg, earning them a second-place finish in the NFC Central division.

Offseason

Draft

1984 Green Bay Packers draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	12	Alphonso Carreker	DE	Florida St
3	72	Donnie Humphrey	DE	Auburn
4	99	John Dorsey	LB	Connecticut
5	126	Tom Flynn	S	Pittsburgh
6	153	Randy Wright	QB	Wisconsin
7	180	Daryll Jones	DB	Georgia
10	267	Gary Hoffman	OT	Santa Clara
11	294	Mark Cannon	C	Texas-Arlington
12	313	Lenny Taylor	WR	Tennessee
12	321	Mark Emans	LB	Bowling Green
Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

Staff

1984 Green Bay Packers staff
	Front office President – Robert J. Parins Corporate Assistant to the President – Bob Harlan Director of Player Personnel – Dick Corrick Head coaches Head Coach – Forrest Gregg Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Bob Schnelker Offensive Backs – George Sefcik Receivers – Lew Carpenter Offensive Line – Jerry Wampfler			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line – Dick Modzelewski Linebackers – Herb Paterra Linebackers – Chuck Priefer Defensive Backs – Ken Riley Special teams coaches Special Teams – Chuck Priefer Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Virgil Knight

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Regular season

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Notes	Venue	Attendance
1	9-2-1984	St. Louis Cardinals	W,24–23	1–0		Lambeau Field	53,738
2	9-9-1984	at Los Angeles Raiders	L,7–28	1–1		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	46,269
3	9-16-1984	Chicago Bears	L,7–9	1–2		Lambeau Field	55,942
4	9-23-1984	at Dallas Cowboys	L,6–20	1–3		Texas Stadium	64,222
5	9-30-1984	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L,27–30 O.T.	1–4		Tampa Stadium	47,487
6	10-7-1984	San Diego Chargers	L,28–34	1–5		Lambeau Field	54,045
7	10-15-1984	at Denver Broncos	L,14–17	1–6	Monday Night Football	Mile High Stadium	62,546
8	10-21-1984	Seattle Seahawks	L,24–30	1–7		Milwaukee County Stadium	52,286
9	10-28-1984	Detroit Lions	W,41–9	2–7		Lambeau Field	54,289
10	11-4-1984	at New Orleans Saints	W,23–13	3–7		Louisiana Superdome	57,426
11	11-11-1984	Minnesota Vikings	W,45–17	4–7		Milwaukee County Stadium	52,931
12	11-18-1984	Los Angeles Rams	W,31–6	5–7		Milwaukee County Stadium	52,031
13	11-22-1984	at Detroit Lions	L,28–31	5–8	Thanksgiving Game	Pontiac Silverdome	63,698
14	12-2-1984	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W,27–14	6–8		Lambeau Field	46,800
15	12-9-1984	at Chicago Bears	W,20–14	7–8		Soldier Field	59,374
16	12-16-1984	at Minnesota Vikings	W,38–14	8–8		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	51,197

Game summaries

Week 1

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 7 0 6 10 23 • Packers 0 14 10 0 24 Date: September 2 Location: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 53,738 Game weather: 63°F; wind 9

Scoring summary Q1 STL Tilley 14-yard pass from Lomax (O'Donoghue kick) STL 7–0 Q2 GB Clark 1-yard run (Garcia kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 GB Coffman 4-yard pass from Dickey (Garcia kick) GB 14–7 Q3 GB Dickey 1-yard run (Garcia kick) GB 21–7 Q3 STL Anderson 3-yard run (kick failed) GB 21–13 Q3 GB Garcia 38-yard field goal GB 24–13 Q4 STL Green 18-yard pass from Lomax (O'Donoghue kick) GB 24–20 Q4 STL O'Donoghue 48-yard field goal GB 24–23

• James Lofton 7 Rec, 134 Yds

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Standings

NFC Central
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Bears^(3)	10	6	0	.625	7–1	8–4	325	248	W1
Green Bay Packers	8	8	0	.500	5–3	8–4	390	309	W3
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	6	10	0	.375	3–5	5–9	335	380	W2
Detroit Lions	4	11	1	.281	3–5	4–7–1	283	408	L3
Minnesota Vikings	3	13	0	.188	2–6	3–9	276	484	L6

Statistics

Passing

Player	Attempts	Completion	Percentage	Yards	Avg	Long	TD	Int	Sacks	Rating
Lynn Dickey	401	237	59.1	3195	7.97	79t	25	19	7 32	85.6
Randy Wright	62	27	43.5	310	5.00	56	2	6	4	30.4
Rich Campbell	38	16	42.1	218	5.74	43t	3	5	5	47.8
TOTALS	506	281	55.5	3740	7.39	79t	30	30	42	74.2

Receiving

Player	Receptions	Yards	Average	TD	Long
James Lofton	62	1361	22.0	7	79t
Paul Coffman	43	562	13.1	9	44t
Gerry Ellis	36	312	8.7	2	22
Jessie Clark	29	234	8.1	2	20
Phil Epps	26	435	16.7	3	56
John Jefferson	26	339	13.0	0	33
Eddie Lee Ivery	19	141	7.4	1	18
Ray Crouse	9	93	10.3	1	25
Harlan Huckleby	8	65	8.1	0	13
Ed West	6	54	9.0	4	29t
Del Rodgers	5	56	11.2	0	22
TOTALS	281	3740	13.3	30	79t

Rushing

Player	Attempts	Yards	avg	TD	Long
Gerry Ellis	123	581	4.7	4	50
Eddie Lee Ivery	99	552	5.6	6	49
Jessie Clark	87	375	4.3	4	43t
Ray Crouse	53	169	3.2	0	14
Harlan Huckleby	35	145	4.1	0	23
Del Rodgers	25	94	3.8	0	15
Lynn Dickey	18	6	0.3	3	9
TOTALS	461	2019	4.4	18	50

Defensive

Player	Sacks	INT'S	Yards	Average	TD	Long
John Anderson	3.5	3	24	8.0	0	22
Robert Brown	5.0	1	5	5.0	1	5t
Alphonso Carreker	3.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
George Cumby	2.5	1	7	7.0	0	7
Mike Douglass	9.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Tom Flynn	0.0	9	106	11.8	0	31
Estus Hood	0.0	1	8	8.0	0	8
Donnie Humphrey	1.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Ezra Johnson	7.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Terry Jones	4.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Mark Lee	0.0	3	33	11.0	0	14
Tim Lewis	0.0	7	151	21.6	1	99t
Charles Martin	3.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Mark Murphy	2.0	1	4	4.0	0	8
Randy Scott	3.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	44.0	0.0	27	338	2	99t

(some players making minor contributions have been left off the list, but their contributions are reflected in the total category)

Awards and records

• Tom Flynn, NFC Leader, Interceptions (9)
• Tim Lewis sets franchise record with a 99-yard INT return (week 12)

Hall of Famers

These players were inducted to the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in February 1984

John Brockington, RB, 1971–77

Dan Currie, LB, 1958–64

Ed Jankowski, B, 1937–41

Carl Mulleneaux, E, 1938–41, 1945–46

References

1. "All Time Coaches Database". Packers.com. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
2. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Dec-07.

External links

• The Football Database