# 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 (NFL). 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. 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 13–7 to division rival Seattle Seahawks.

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | September 2 | at Houston Oilers | W 24–14 | 1–0 | Astrodome | 49,092 |
| 2 | September 9 | Green Bay Packers | W 28–7 | 2–0 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 46,269 |
| 3 | September 16 | at Kansas City Chiefs | W 22–20 | 3–0 | Arrowhead Stadium | 75,111 |
| 4 | September 24 | San Diego Chargers | W 33–30 | 4–0 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 76,131 |
| 5 | September 30 | at Denver Broncos | L 13–16 | 4–1 | Mile High Stadium | 74,833 |
| 6 | October 7 | Seattle Seahawks | W 28–14 | 5–1 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 77,904 |
| 7 | October 14 | Minnesota Vikings | W 23–20 | 6–1 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 49,276 |
| 8 | October 21 | at San Diego Chargers | W 44–37 | 7–1 | Jack Murphy Stadium | 57,442 |
| 9 | October 28 | Denver Broncos | L 19–22 (OT) | 7–2 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 91,020 |
| 10 | November 4 | at Chicago Bears | L 6–17 | 7–3 | Soldier Field | 59,858 |
| 11 | November 12 | at Seattle Seahawks | L 14–17 | 7–4 | Kingdome | 64,001 |
| 12 | November 18 | Kansas City Chiefs | W 17–7 | 8–4 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 48,575 |
| 13 | November 25 | Indianapolis Colts | W 21–7 | 9–4 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 40,289 |
| 14 | December 2 | at Miami Dolphins | W 45–34 | 10–4 | Miami Orange Bowl | 71,222 |
| 15 | December 10 | at Detroit Lions | W 24–3 | 11–4 | Pontiac Silverdome | 66,710 |
| 16 | December 16 | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 7–13 | 11–5 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 83,056 |
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. |||||||

## Game summaries
### Week 1

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Raiders | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| Oilers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |

### Week 2

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Packers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| • Raiders | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 |

#### Week 10: at Chicago Bears

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Raiders | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Bears | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
* Date: Sunday, November 4
* Game time: 12:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C), wind 18 mph (29 km/h)
* Referee: Pat Haggerty
* TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen
* Pro-Football-Reference.com
Game information :
First quarter
CHI – Walter Payton 18-yard run (Bob Thomas kick) – Bears 7–0
Second quarter
CHI – Walter Payton 8-yard run (Bob Thomas kick) – Bears 14–0
LA – Chris Bahr 44-yard field goal – Bears 14–3
Third quarter
LA – Chris Bahr 40-yard field goal – Bears 14–6
Fourth quarter
CHI – Bob Thomas 29-yard field goal – Bears 17–6
Raiders
Marc Wilson 7/19, 70 Yds, 2 INT
Marcus Allen 15 Rush, 42 Yds
Todd Christensen 5 Rec, 61 Yds
Bears
Jim McMahon 3/11, 68 Yds, INT
Walter Payton 27 Rush, 111 Yds, 2 TD
Willie Gault 1 Rec, 50 Yds :

## 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 |

### Game summaries
#### AFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (No. 4) Seattle Seahawks

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Raiders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Seahawks | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
at Kingdome, Seattle, Washington
* Date: December 22, 1984
* Game time: 1:00 p.m. PST
* Game weather: Played indoors
* Game attendance: 62,049
* Referee: Dick Jorgensen
* TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones and Bob Griese
Game information :
First quarter
No scoring plays
Second quarter
SEA – Turner 26 pass from Krieg (Johnson kick) SEA 7–0
Third quarter
SEA – field goal Johnson 35 SEA 10–0
Fourth quarter
SEA – field goal Johnson 44 SEA 13–0
RAI – Allen 46 pass from Plunkett (Bahr kick) SEA 13–7
Top passers
RAI –
SEA –
Top rushers
RAI –
SEA –
Top receivers
RAI –
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## Standings

AFC West :
| viewtalkedit | 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 |