# 1984 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1984 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 60th season in the Victorian Football League and 83rd overall. Hawthorn entered the season as the defending VFL Premiers. Hawthorn qualified for their third consecutive finals series. Hawthorn qualified for their second consecutive Grand Final. It was the second time they advanced to the Grand Final in two consecutive seasons since 1976. They faced Essendon in a rematch of last years Grand Final with a chance to repeat as premiers. Hawthorn led 68–45 at 3-quarter time but Essendon kicked 9 goals to 2 in the fourth quarter to run over the top and win 105–81. This was their first Grand Final loss since 1975.

## Fixture
### Premiership season

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | Saturday, 31 March (2:10 pm) | Sydney | 17.22 (124) | 13.11 (89) | Won by 35 points | Princes Park (H) | 14,369 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Saturday, 7 April (2:10 pm) | Essendon | 16.14 (110) | 17.14 (116) | Won by 6 points | Windy Hill (A) | 22,841 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Saturday, 14 April (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 20.12 (132) | 20.18 (138) | Won by 6 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 25,557 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Monday, 23 April (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 23.21 (159) | 14.15 (99) | Won by 60 points | Princes Park (H) | 14,125 | 4–0 |
| 5 | Saturday, 28 April (2:10 pm) | Footscray | 13.16 (94) | 22.9 (141) | Won by 47 points | Western Oval (A) | 19,988 | 5–0 |
| 6 | Saturday, 5 May (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 11.15 (81) | 17.18 (120) | Lost by 39 points | VFL Park (H) | 31,259 | 5–1 |
| 7 | Saturday, 12 May (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy | 20.15 (135) | 16.8 (104) | Won by 31 points | Princes Park (H) | 14,134 | 6–1 |
| 8 | Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 12.11 (83) | 23.13 (151) | Won by 68 points | Princes Park (A) | 31,944 | 7–1 |
| 9 | Saturday, 26 May (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 21.17 (143) | 13.8 (86) | Won by 57 points | Princes Park (H) | 12,975 | 8–1 |
| 10 | Saturday, 2 June (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 17.11 (113) | 11.19 (85) | Lost by 28 points | Kardinia Park (A) | 14,290 | 8–2 |
| 11 | Monday, 11 June (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 14.8 (92) | 18.16 (124) | Won by 32 points | VFL Park (A) | 62,339 | 9–2 |
| 12 | Saturday, 16 July (2:10 pm) | Essendon | 12.21 (93) | 6.10 (46) | Won by 47 points | Princes Park (H) | 25,726 | 10–2 |
| 13 | Saturday, 23 June (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 13.12 (90) | 15.17 (107) | Lost by 17 points | Princes Park (H) | 20,422 | 10–3 |
| 14 | Saturday, 30 June (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 4.6 (30) | 19.20 (134) | Won by 104 points | Moorabbin Oval (A) | 12,523 | 11–3 |
| 15 | Saturday, 7 July (2:10 pm) | Footscray | 16.14 (110) | 10.16 (76) | Won by 34 points | Princes Park (H) | 11,178 | 12–3 |
| 16 | Saturday, 14 July (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 14.13 (97) | 28.17 (185) | Won by 88 points | VFL Park (A) | 27,274 | 13–3 |
| 17 | Saturday, 28 July (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy | 11.11 (77) | 10.7 (67) | Lost by 10 points | Junction Oval (A) | 6,920 | 13–4 |
| 18 | Saturday, 4 August (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 21.14 (140) | 16.12 (108) | Won by 32 points | Princes Park (H) | 23,368 | 14–4 |
| 19 | Saturday, 11 August (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 17.20 (122) | 7.9 (51) | Lost by 71 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 8,274 | 14–5 |
| 20 | Sunday, 19 August (2:10 pm) | Sydney | 11.19 (85) | 25.24 (174) | Won by 89 points | Sydney Cricket Ground (A) | 8,276 | 15–5 |
| 21 | Saturday, 25 August (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 16.23 (119) | 15.14 (104) | Won by 15 points | Princes Park (H) | 22,173 | 16–5 |
| 22 | Saturday, 1 September (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 25.14 (164) | 14.11 (95) | Won by 69 points | VFL Park (H) | 31,609 | 17–5 |

### Finals series

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance |
| Qualifying final | Saturday, 8 September (2:30 pm) | Carlton | 18.14 (122) | 13.14 (92) | Won by 30 points | VFL Park (H) | 55,947 |
| 2nd semi-final | Sunday, 16 September (2:30 pm) | Essendon | 15.15 (105) | 16.17 (113) | Won by 8 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 76,514 |
| Grand Final | Saturday, 29 September (2:50 pm) | Essendon | 12.9 (81) | 14.21 (105) | Lost by 24 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 92,685 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Essendon (P) | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2556 | 1994 | 128.2 | 72 |
| 2 | Hawthorn | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2724 | 2069 | 131.7 | 68 |
| 3 | Carlton | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2332 | 2014 | 115.8 | 52 |
| 4 | Collingwood | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2260 | 2072 | 109.1 | 52 |
| 5 | Fitzroy | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2405 | 2345 | 102.6 | 44 |
| 6 | Geelong | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2112 | 2239 | 94.3 | 44 |
| 7 | Footscray | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1992 | 2123 | 93.8 | 44 |
| 8 | Richmond | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2157 | 2373 | 90.9 | 40 |
| 9 | Melbourne | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2328 | 2233 | 104.3 | 36 |
| 10 | Sydney | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2223 | 2522 | 88.1 | 36 |
| 11 | North Melbourne | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2174 | 2661 | 81.7 | 20 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1904 | 2522 | 75.5 | 20 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 102.9 Source: AFL Tables