1984 Green Bay Packers season | |
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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 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.
1984 Green Bay Packers draft | |||||
Round | Pick | Player | Position | College | Notes |
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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 |
Player | Position | College |
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Scott Chalene | Wide receiver | Arkansas |
Curt Cole | Tight end | Texas Tech |
Shelby Gamble | Running back | Boston College |
Guy Goodwin | Wide Receiver | Morgan State |
Drew Hardville | Defensive back | Arizona |
Kevin Kreig | Guard | Eastern Michigan |
Marvin Neal | Wide Receiver | Wisconsin |
David Robb | Wide Receiver | Mankato State |
Jim Viaene | Defensive end | Wisconsin–Superior |
Tom Viaene | Defensive tackle | Wisconsin–Superior |
Ed West | Tight end | Auburn |
Front office
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Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
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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 |
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap |
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1 | September 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 24–23 | 1–0 | Lambeau Field | 53,738
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2 | September 9 | at Los Angeles Raiders | L 7–28 | 1–1 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 46,269
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3 | September 16 | Chicago Bears | L 7–9 | 1–2 | Lambeau Field | 55,942
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4 | September 23 | at Dallas Cowboys | L 6–20 | 1–3 | Texas Stadium | 64,222
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5 | September 30 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | L 27–30 (OT) | 1–4 | Tampa Stadium | 47,487
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6 | October 7 | San Diego Chargers | L 28–34 | 1–5 | Lambeau Field | 54,045
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7 | October 15 | at Denver Broncos | L 14–17 | 1–6 | Mile High Stadium | 62,546
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8 | October 21 | Seattle Seahawks | L 24–30 | 1–7 | Milwaukee County Stadium | 52,286
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9 | October 28 | Detroit Lions | W 41–9 | 2–7 | Lambeau Field | 54,289
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10 | November 4 | at New Orleans Saints | W 23–13 | 3–7 | Louisiana Superdome | 57,426
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11 | November 11 | Minnesota Vikings | W 45–17 | 4–7 | Milwaukee County Stadium | 52,931
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12 | November 18 | Los Angeles Rams | W 31–6 | 5–7 | Milwaukee County Stadium | 52,031
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13 | November 22 | at Detroit Lions | L 28–31 | 5–8 | Pontiac Silverdome | 63,698
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14 | December 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 27–14 | 6–8 | Lambeau Field | 46,800
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15 | December 9 | at Chicago Bears | W 20–14 | 7–8 | Soldier Field | 59,374
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16 | December 16 | at Minnesota Vikings | W 38–14 | 8–8 | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | 51,197
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Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Packers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Broncos | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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)
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