1984 Detroit Lions season

1984 Detroit Lions season
Head coach Monte Clark
Owner William Clay Ford, Sr.
Home field Pontiac Silverdome
Results
Record 4–11–1
Division place 4th NFC Central
Playoff finish did not qualify

The 1984 Detroit Lions season was their 55th in the National Football League. The team failed to improve upon their previous season's output of 9–7, winning only four games.[1] The team missed the playoffs for the first time in three seasons. In a Lions season littered with numerous key injuries, the most painful was star running back Billy Sims suffering a career-ending knee injury in a game against the Minnesota Vikings during the season. In just five seasons in the NFL since joining Detroit in 1980, Sims had set the Lions career rushing mark at 5,106. [2]

Schedule

1984 would prove the last time until 1996 that the Lions played the San Diego Chargers.[3] The reason for this is that before the admission of the Texans in 2002, NFL scheduling formulas for games outside a team’s division were much more influenced by table position during the previous season.[4]

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 2, 1984 San Francisco 49ers L 30–27
56,782
2 September 9, 1984 at Atlanta Falcons W 27–24 OT
49,878
3 September 16, 1984 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 21–17
44,560
4 September 23, 1984 Minnesota Vikings L 29–28
57,511
5 September 30, 1984 at San Diego Chargers L 27–24
53,509
6 October 7, 1984 Denver Broncos L 28–7
55,836
7 October 14, 1984 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 13–7 OT
44,308
8 October 21, 1984 at Minnesota Vikings W 16–14
57,953
9 October 28, 1984 at Green Bay Packers L 41–9
54,289
10 November 4, 1984 Philadelphia Eagles T 23–23 OT
59,141
11 November 11, 1984 at Washington Redskins L 28–14
50,212
12 November 18, 1984 at Chicago Bears L 16–14
54,911
13 November 22, 1984 Green Bay Packers W 31–28
63,698
14 December 2, 1984 at Seattle Seahawks L 38–17
62,441
15 December 10, 1984 Los Angeles Raiders L 24–3
66,710
16 December 16, 1984 Chicago Bears L 30–13
53,252

Game summaries

Week 2: at Atlanta Falcons

1 2 34OTTotal
Lions 10 7 70327
Falcons 0 10 77024

at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia

Week 14: at Seattle Seahawks

1 2 34Total
Lions 3 14 0017
Seahawks 7 14 01738

at Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Game information

First quarter
Second quarter
  • DET – Ken Jenkins 25-yard run (Eddie Murray kick), 1:59 (DET 10–7)
  • SEA – Steve Largent 13-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 5:24 (SEA 14–10)
  • DET – James Jones 15-yard pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick), 11:51 (DET 17–14)
  • SEA – Daryl Turner 4-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 14:24 (SEA 21–17)
Third quarter
  • no scoring
Fourth quarter
  • SEA – Daryl Turner 51-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 1:43 (SEA 28–17)
  • SEA – Norm Johnson 36-yard field goal, 5:06 (SEA 31–17)
  • SEA – Mike Tice 5-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 8:03 (SEA 38–17)
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Team – pass – rush – total – to
  • DET – 139 – 108 – 247 – 2
  • SEA – 275 – 113 – 388 – 2

Standings

NFC Central
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

References

  1. ↑ 1984 Detroit Lions
  2. ↑ Season summary and stats a Sports E Cyclopedia
  3. ↑ Detroit Lions v San Diego Chargers
  4. ↑ History of the NFL’s Structure and Formats
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