1984 Green Bay Packers season

Green Bay Packers
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 66th season overall and their 64th in the National Football League. The team finished with an 8–8 record under new coach Forrest Gregg, earning them a second-place finish in the NFC Central division.

The Packers playing against the Denver Broncos at Mile High Stadium in 1984

Offseason

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1984 Green Bay Packers draft
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

Undrafted free agents

1984 Undrafted Free Agents of note
Player	Position	College
Ed West	Tight end	Auburn

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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Roster

**1984 Green Bay Packers final roster**

	Quarterbacks 19 Rich Campbell 12 Lynn Dickey 16 Randy Wright Running backs 33 Jessie Clark 21 Ray Crouse 31 Gerry Ellis 25 Harlan Huckleby 40 Eddie Lee Ivery 35 Del Rodgers Wide receivers 88 Ron Cassidy 85 Phil Epps 83 John Jefferson 80 James Lofton 84 Lenny Taylor Tight ends 82 Paul Coffman 49 Ed West		Offensive linemen 58 Mark Cannon C 61 Dave Drechsler G 78 Gary Hoffman T 74 Tim Huffman G 68 Greg Koch T 54 Larry McCarren C 60 Blake Moore C 67 Karl Swanke T 70 Keith Uecker G Defensive linemen 93 Robert Brown DE 76 Alphonso Carreker DE 79 Donnie Humphrey DE 90 Ezra Johnson DE 63 Terry Jones DT 94 Charles Martin DE 77 Bill Neill DT		Linebackers 59 John Anderson 52 George Cumby 99 John Dorsey 53 Mike Douglass 56 Cliff Lewis 51 Guy Prather 55 Randy Scott 50 Rich Wingo Defensive backs 41 Tom Flynn FS 27 Gary Hayes 38 Estus Hood CB 43 Daryll Jones 26 Tim Lewis CB 22 Mark Lee CB 37 Mark Murphy FS 44 Dwayne O'Steen CB Special teams 10 Al Del Greco K 13 Bucky Scribner P		Reserve lists 11 Eddie Garcia K (IR) Practice squad 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

Week 1

James Lofton 7 Rec, 134 Yds

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Week 7 at Broncos

Green Bay Packers (1–5) at Denver Broncos (5–1)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Packers	0	0	7	7	14
Broncos	14	3	0	0	17

at Mile High Stadium • Denver, Colorado

Date: October 15
Game time: 9:00 p.m. EDT
Game weather: Snow • 32 °F (0 °C) • Wind 4
Game attendance: 62,546
Referee: Gordon McCarter
TV announcers (ABC): Frank Gifford, Don Meredith, and O.J. Simpson
Pro-Football-Reference.com

Game information

Packers

Lynn Dickey
27/37, 371 Yds, TD, INT
Jessie Clark
11 Rush, 37 Yds
James Lofton
11 Rec, 206 Yds, TD

Broncos

John Elway
11/20, 101 Yds, INT
Sammy Winder
29 Rush, 86 Yds
Steve Watson
4 Rec, 42 Yds

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	GB	DEN
1					Broncos	Fumble recovery returned 22 yards for touchdown by Foley, Karlis kick good	0	7
1					Broncos	Fumble recovery returned 27 yards for touchdown by Wright, Karlis kick good	0	14
2					Broncos	30-yard field goal by Karlis	0	17
3					Packers	Ellis 5-yard touchdown run, Garcia kick good	7	17
4					Packers	Lofton 54-yard touchdown reception from Dickey, Garcia kick good	14	17
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							14	17

Week 9

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	3	6	0	0	9
• Packers	14	14	10	3	41

Date: October 28
Location: Lambeau Field

Eddie Lee Ivery 9 Rush, 116 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

"All Time Coaches Database". Packers.com. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Dec-07.
The Football Database. Retrieved 2018-Aug-11.

External links

The Football Database

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[1] "All Time Coaches Database". Packers.com. Retrieved December 26, 2013.

[2] Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Dec-07.

[3] The Football Database. Retrieved 2018-Aug-11.

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