1984 Los Angeles Rams season
Schedule

1984 Los Angeles Rams season

Section Title: Schedule
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Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Rams points	Opponents	Record	Summary	Attendance

1	September 3, 1984	Dallas Cowboys	L	13	20	0–1	In this Monday Night opener, Rams got off to 13–0 first quarter lead with Eric Dickerson running for a touchdown, but the Cowboys stormed back behind 343 passing yards by new QB Gary Hogeboom and a defense that held Vince Ferragamo to 11 pass completions in 33 attempts and just 84 yards, and intercepted 5 passes.	65,403

2	September 9, 1984	Cleveland Browns	W	20	17	1–1	Mike Lansford kicked a late FG to win it. Dickerson had 102 yards rushing and CB Leroy Irvin returned a pickoff 81 yards for a touchdown.	43,043

3	September 16, 1984	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L	14	24	1–2	Steelers defense held Dickerson to 49 yards and got 2 passing touchdowns from David Woodley. Ferragamo threw 2 more INT's, giving him eight in three games.	58,104

4	September 23, 1984	at Cincinnati Bengals	W	24	14	2–2	Dickerson ran for a touchdown and Kemp passed for another. Bengals scored late on a touchdown pass from Ken Anderson to Cris Collinsworth and tried an onside kick, but Mike Guman scooped it up and ran for the final touchdown.	45,406

5	September 30, 1984	New York Giants	W	33	12	3–2	Rams’ defense tied an NFL-record by scoring three safeties. They also held the Giants to 8 yards rushing.	53,417

6	October 7, 1984	Atlanta Falcons	L	28	30	3–3	The game lead changed six times in the second half. The Falcons won on three rushing touchdowns by Lynn Cain and a late FG by Mick Luckhurst	47,832

7	October 14, 1984	at New Orleans Saints	W	28	10	4–3	Dickerson ran for 175 yards. Kemp completed only 8 passes, but three were for touchdowns.	63,161

8	October 22, 1984	at Atlanta Falcons	W	24	10	5–3	Rams got revenge on the road against the Falcons as Dickerson ran for 145 yards and a touchdown and Ellard caught a pass and returned another punt for touchdowns.	52,681

9	October 28, 1984	San Francisco 49ers	L	0	33	5–4	The powerful 49ers got 376 yards passing and 3 touchdowns from Joe Montana. Dickerson was held to 38 rushing yards.	65,481

10	November 4, 1984	at St. Louis Cardinals	W	16	13	6–4	Kemp only completed 5 of 14 passes with one touchdown to Ron Brown and Dickerson rushed for 208 yards; Dickerson accounted for almost all of the Rams' 261 yards of offense.	51,010

11	November 11, 1984	Chicago Bears	W	29	13	7–4	Rams continued their playoff push by overcoming a 10–0 deficit behind 149 yards and 2 touchdowns by Dickerson.	62,021

12	November 18, 1984	at Green Bay Packers	L	6	31	7–5	Eddie Lee Ivery ran for 3 touchdowns and Tim Lewis returned an interception 99 yards for another.	52,031

13	November 25, 1984	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W	34	33	8–5	In a wild affair at Tampa, the Rams overcame 322 yards passing by Steve DeBerg and scored 17 4th quarter points.	42,242

14	December 2, 1984	New Orleans Saints	W	34	21	9–5	Rams built a 24–7 halftime lead and cruised behind 2 Kemp touchdown passes and 149 yards and a touchdown from Dickerson.	49,348

15	December 9, 1984	Houston Oilers	W	27	16	10–5	The Rams clinched a wild-card playoff berth and Dickerson surpassed O.J. Simpson's NFL single-season rushing record by rushing for a season-high 215 yards.	49,092

16	December 14, 1984	at San Francisco 49ers	L	16	19	10–6	The 49ers got two early touchdown passes from Montana and held off a late Ram charge for the win, culminating in a sack for a safety by Gary "Big Hands" Johnson.	59,743

WC	December 23, 1984	New York Giants	L	13	16	10–7	Dickerson rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown.	67,037

Sentence(s)

Dickerson had a 215-yard performance in a 27–16 Rams points win over the Houston Oilers.

final_sentence: Dickerson had a 215-yard performance in a 27–16 Rams points win over the Houston Oilers.