# 1984 Green Bay Packers season

The 1984 Green Bay Packers season was their 66th season overall and their 64th in the National Football League. Under new head coach Forrest Gregg, Green Bay won the season opener at home, lost seven straight, then won seven of eight to again finish at 8–8, second in the NFC Central division.

## Offseason
### Draft

1984 Green Bay Packers draft :
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College |
| 1 | 12 | Alphonso Carreker | Defensive end | Florida State |
| 3 | 72 | Donnie Humphrey | Defensive end | Auburn |
| 4 | 99 | John Dorsey | Linebacker | Connecticut |
| 5 | 126 | Tom Flynn | Safety | Pittsburgh |
| 6 | 153 | Randy Wright | Quarterback | Wisconsin |
| 7 | 180 | Daryll Jones | Safety | Georgia |
| 10 | 267 | Gary Hoffman | Offensive tackle | Santa Clara |
| 11 | 294 | Mark Cannon | Center | Texas–Arlington |
| 12 | 313 | Lenny Taylor | Wide receiver | Tennessee |
| 12 | 321 | Mark Emans | Linebacker | 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 |
| Scott Chalene | Wide receiver | Arkansas |
| Curt Cole | Tight end | Texas Tech |
| Shelby Gamble | Running back | Boston College |
| Guy Goodwin | Wide Receiver | Morgan State |
| Drew Hardville | Defensive back | Arizona |
| Kevin Kreig | Guard | Eastern Michigan |
| Marvin Neal | Wide Receiver | Wisconsin |
| David Robb | Wide Receiver | Mankato State |
| Jim Viaene | Defensive end | Wisconsin–Superior |
| Tom Viaene | Defensive tackle | Wisconsin–Superior |
| Ken Walter | Guard | Texas Tech |
| Ed West | Tight end | Auburn |

## Preseason

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
| 1 | August 5 | at Dallas Cowboys | L 17–31 | 0–1 | Texas Stadium | Recap |
| 2 | August 12 | Chicago Bears | W 17–10 | 1–1 | Lambeau Field | Recap |
| 3 | August 19 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 24–27 | 1-2 | Anaheim Stadium | Recap |
| 4 | August 26 | 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 |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

### Game summaries
#### Week 1

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 7 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| • Packers | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
* James Lofton 7 Rec, 134 Yds

#### Week 7 at Broncos

| Quarter | 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 mph (6.4 km/h)
* 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 | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | 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 |
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#### Week 9

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lions | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| • Packers | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 41 |
* Eddie Lee Ivery 9 Rush, 116 Yds

### Standings

NFC Central :
| viewtalkedit | 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