1984 Green Bay Packers season explained

Team:Green Bay Packers
Year:1984
Record:8–8
Division Place:2nd NFC Central
Coach:Forrest Gregg
Playoffs:Did not qualify
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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.

Undrafted free agents

1984 Undrafted Free Agents of note!Player!Position!College
Scott ChaleneWide receiverArkansas
Curt ColeTight endTexas Tech
Shelby GambleRunning backBoston College
Guy GoodwinWide ReceiverMorgan State
Drew HardvilleDefensive backArizona
Kevin KreigGuardEastern Michigan
Marvin NealWide ReceiverWisconsin
David RobbWide ReceiverMankato State
Jim ViaeneDefensive endWisconsin–Superior
Tom ViaeneDefensive tackleWisconsin–Superior
Ken WalterGuardTexas Tech
Ed WestTight endAuburn

Personnel

Staff

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Roster

Preseason

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueRecap
1at Dallas CowboysL 17–310–1Texas StadiumRecap
2Chicago BearsW 17–101–1Lambeau FieldRecap
3at Los Angeles RamsL 24–271-2Anaheim StadiumRecap
4Indianapolis ColtsW 34–172–2Lambeau FieldRecap

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendanceRecap
1 September 2W 24–23 1–0 Recap
2 September 9L 7–28 1–1 Recap
3 September 16Chicago Bears L 7–9 1–2 Lambeau Field Recap
4 September 23L 6–20 1–3 Recap
5 September 30at Tampa Bay BuccaneersL 27–30 1–4 Recap
6 October 7L 28–34 1–5 Lambeau Field Recap
7 L 14–17 1–6 Recap
8 October 21L 24–30 1–7 Recap
9 October 28Detroit LionsW 41–9 2–7 Lambeau Field Recap
10 November 4W 23–13 3–7 Recap
11 November 11Minnesota VikingsW 45–17 4–7 Milwaukee County Stadium Recap
12 November 18W 31–6 5–7 Milwaukee County Stadium Recap
13 November 22at Detroit LionsL 28–31 5–8 Recap
14 December 2Tampa Bay BuccaneersW 27–14 6–8 Lambeau Field Recap
15 December 9at Chicago Bears W 20–14 7–8 Recap
16 December 16at Minnesota VikingsW 38–14 8–8 Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1

[3]

Week 7 at Broncos

See also: 1984 Denver Broncos season.

Week 9

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Standings

Statistics

Passing

Player Attempts Completion Percentage Yards Avg Long TDIntSacksRating
Lynn Dickey401 237 59.1 3195 7.97 79t 25 19 7 32 85.6
Randy Wright62 27 43.5 310 5.00 56 2 6 4 30.4
Rich Campbell3816 42.1 218 5.74 43t 3 5 5 47.8
TOTALS 506 281 55.5 3740 7.39 79t30 30 4274.2

Receiving

Player Receptions Yards Average TD Long
James Lofton62 1361 22.0 7 79t
Paul Coffman43 562 13.1 9 44t
Gerry Ellis36 312 8.7 2 22
Jessie Clark29 234 8.1 2 20
Phil Epps26 435 16.7 3 56
John Jefferson2633913.0033
Eddie Lee Ivery19 141 7.41 18
Ray Crouse9 93 10.3 1 25
Harlan Huckleby8658.1013
Ed West6 54 9.0 4 29t
Del Rodgers5 56 11.2 0 22
TOTALS 281 374013.3 30 79t

Rushing

Player Attempts Yards avg TD Long
Gerry Ellis1235814.7 4 50
Eddie Lee Ivery99 5525.66 49
Jessie Clark87 375 4.3 4 43t
Ray Crouse531693.20 14
Harlan Huckleby35 145 4.1023
Del Rodgers25943.80 15
Lynn Dickey18 6 0.33 9
TOTALS 461 2019 4.4 18 50

Defensive

Player Sacks INT'S Yards Average TDLong
John Anderson3.53 24 8.0 0 22
Robert Brown5.0 1 5 5.0 1 5t
Alphonso Carreker3.00 0 0.000
George Cumby2.5 1 7 7.007
Mike Douglass9.0 00 0.000
Tom Flynn0.09 106 11.8 0 31
Estus Hood0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8
Donnie Humphrey1.0 0 0 0.00 0
Ezra Johnson7.0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Terry Jones4.0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mark Lee0.0 3 33 11.0 0 14
Tim Lewis0.07 151 21.6 1 99t
Charles Martin3.00 0 0.000
Mark Murphy2.0 1 4 4.0 0 8
Randy Scott3.0 0 0 0.0 0 0
TOTALS 44.00.027 338 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

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Gregg replaces Starr at Green Bay . Lakeland Ledger . (Florida) . Associated Press . December 25, 1983 . 8C.
  2. Web site: All Time Coaches Database . Packers.com . December 26, 2013 . December 27, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131227073313/http://nfl.packers.com/history/all_time_roster/coaches/ . dead .
  3. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198409020gnb.htm Pro-Football-Reference.com
  4. https://www.footballdb.com/games/boxscore.html?gid=1984102808 The Football Database