1984 Los Angeles Raiders season

The 1984 Los Angeles Raiders season was the franchise's 25th season overall, and the franchise's 15th season in the National Football League. The Raiders entered the season as defending Super Bowl champions. However, they failed to improve upon their previous season's output of 12–4, winning only eleven games.[1] Despite finishing third in their division, the team qualified for the playoffs for the third consecutive season. However, their season would quickly end, as they lost in the wild card game 7–13 to division rival Seattle Seahawks.

1984 Los Angeles Raiders season
OwnerAl Davis
Head coachTom Flores
General managerAl Davis
Home fieldL.A. Memorial Coliseum
Local radioKRLA–AM 1110
Results
Record11–5
Division place3rd AFC West
Playoff finishLost Wild Card playoffs (at Seahawks) 7–13

Roster
1984 Los Angeles Raiders roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists

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Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 2, 1984 at Houston Oilers W 24–14
49,092
2 September 9, 1984 Green Bay Packers W 28–7
46,269
3 September 16, 1984 at Kansas City Chiefs W 22–20
75,111
4 September 24, 1984 San Diego Chargers W 33–30
76,131
5 September 30, 1984 at Denver Broncos L 16–13
74,833
6 October 7, 1984 Seattle Seahawks W 28–14
77,904
7 October 14, 1984 Minnesota Vikings W 23–20
49,276
8 October 21, 1984 at San Diego Chargers W 44–37
57,442
9 October 28, 1984 Denver Broncos L 22–19
91,020
10 November 4, 1984 at Chicago Bears L 17–6
59,858
11 November 12, 1984 at Seattle Seahawks L 17–14
64,001
12 November 18, 1984 Kansas City Chiefs W 17–7
48,575
13 November 25, 1984 Indianapolis Colts W 21–7
40,289
14 December 2, 1984 at Miami Dolphins W 45–34
71,222
15 December 10, 1984 at Detroit Lions W 24–3
66,710
16 December 16, 1984 Pittsburgh Steelers L 13–7
83,056

Game summaries

Week 1
1 234Total
• Raiders 0 01311 24
Oilers 0 707 14
  • Date: September 2
  • Location: Houston Astrodome, Houston, Texas
  • Game start: 3:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: indoors (dome)
  • Referee: Chuck Heberling
  • TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen

[2]

Week 2
1 234Total
Packers 0 700 7
• Raiders 7 0714 28

[3]

Week 10: at Chicago Bears
1 2 34Total
Raiders 0 3 306
Bears 7 7 0317

at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Game information

Playoffs
See also: 1984–85 NFL playoffs

Schedule
Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Venue Attendance Game
recap
Wild Card December 22 at Seattle Seahawks (4) L 7–13 Kingdome 62,049 Recap

AFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (No. 4) Seattle Seahawks
AFC Wild Card Playoffs: (No. 5) Los Angeles Raiders at (No. 4) Seattle Seahawks – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Raiders 0 0 077
Seahawks 0 7 3313

at Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Game information

Standings
AFC West
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Denver Broncos(2) 13 3 0 .813 6–2 10–2 353 241 W2
Seattle Seahawks(4) 12 4 0 .750 5–3 8–4 418 282 L2
Los Angeles Raiders(5) 11 5 0 .688 5–3 8–4 368 278 L1
Kansas City Chiefs 8 8 0 .500 4–4 7–7 314 324 W3
San Diego Chargers 7 9 0 .438 0–8 3–9 394 413 L2

References
  1. 1984 Los Angeles Raiders
  2. Pro-Football-Reference.com
  3. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-May-11.
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