1984 Green Bay Packers season
Head coachForrest Gregg
Home fieldLambeau Field
Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record8–8
Division place2nd NFC Central
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Monday Night Football: Packers played the Denver Broncos at Mile High Stadium on October 15, 1984

The 1984 Green Bay Packers season was their 66th season overall and their 64th in the National Football League. Under new head coach Forrest Gregg,[1] Green Bay won the season opener at home, lost seven straight, then won seven of eight to again finish at 8–8, second in the NFC Central division.

Offseason

Draft

See also: 1984 NFL 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  S 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

Undrafted free agents

1984 Undrafted Free Agents of note
Player Position College
Jim Viaene Defensive end Wisconsin–Superior
Tom Viaene Defensive tackle Wisconsin–Superior
Ed West Tight end Auburn

Personnel

Staff

1984 Green Bay Packers staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams – Chuck Priefer

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Virgil Knight

[2]

Roster

1984 Green Bay Packers final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Rookies in italics
 00 active, 0 practice squad

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
1 August 4 at Dallas Cowboys L 17–31 1–0 Texas Stadium Recap
2 August 11 Chicago Bears W 17–10 1–1 Lambeau Field Recap
3 August 18 at Los Angeles Rams L 24–27 1–2 Anaheim Stadium Recap
4 August 25 Indianapolis Colts W 34–17 2–2 Lambeau Field Recap

Regular season

Schedule

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

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1

1 234Total
Cardinals 7 0610 23
• Packers 0 14100 24
  • Date: September 2
  • Location: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 53,738
  • Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C); wind 9 mph (14 km/h)
  • Referee: Ben Dreith
  • TV announcers (CBS): Dick Stockton and Hank Stram
Scoring summary
Q1STLTilley 14-yard pass from Lomax (O'Donoghue kick)STL 7–0
Q2GBClark 1-yard run (Garcia kick)Tie 7–7
Q2GBCoffman 4-yard pass from Dickey (Garcia kick)GB 14–7
Q3GBDickey 1-yard run (Garcia kick)GB 21–7
Q3STLAnderson 3-yard run (kick failed)GB 21–13
Q3GBGarcia 38-yard field goalGB 24–13
Q4STLGreen 18-yard pass from Lomax (O'Donoghue kick)GB 24–20
Q4STLO'Donoghue 48-yard field goalGB 24–23

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Week 7 at Broncos

See also: 1984 Denver Broncos season
Green Bay Packers (1–5) at Denver Broncos (5–1)
Period 1 2 34Total
Packers 0 0 7714
Broncos 14 3 0017

at Mile High Stadium • Denver, Colorado

Game information

Week 9

1 234Total
Lions 3 600 9
• Packers 14 14103 41
  • Date: October 28
  • Location: Lambeau Field
  • Game attendance: 54,289
  • Referee: Ben Dreith
Scoring summary
Q110:22GBClark 1 yard run (Del Greco kick)GB 7–0
Q14:14GBCoffman 20 yard pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick)GB 14–0
Q10:10DETMurray 46 yard field goalGB 14–3
Q27:27DETMurray 37 yard field goalGB 14–6
Q24:14GBCoffman 3 yard pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick)GB 21–6
Q21:36DETMurray 41 yard field goalGB 17–9
Q20:05GBMoore 3 yard pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick)GB 28–9
Q311:13GBLofton 6 yard pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick)GB 35–9
Q33:24GBDel Greco 45 yard field goalGB 38–9
Q47:24GBDel Greco 34 yard field goalGB 41–9

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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

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. ^ "Gregg replaces Starr at Green Bay". Lakeland Ledger. (Florida). Associated Press. December 25, 1983. p. 8C.
  2. ^ "All Time Coaches Database". Packers.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
  3. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Dec-07.
  4. ^ The Football Database. Retrieved 2018-Aug-11.

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