1984 Detroit Lions season

NFL team season August 2023 March 2026 Detroit Lions 1984 4–11–1 4th NFC Central Monte Clark William Clay Ford Sr. Pontiac Silverdome Did not qualify None DT Doug English (2nd team) Lions seasons 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.1984 Detroit Lions The team missed the playoffs for the first time in three seasons. Like the previous season, the Lions started 1–4, but unlike 1983, the Lions couldn't come back. In a 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. In just five seasons in the NFL since joining Detroit in 1980, Sims had set the Lions career rushing mark at 5,106.http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nfl/det/lions.html Season summary and stats a Sports E Cyclopedia April 1, 2012 December 30, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071230202401/http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nfl/det/lions.html dead After the season, Dexter Bussey retired. Offseason NFL draft 1984 NFL draft Round Pick Player Position College 1 20 David Lewis TE California 2 47 Pete Mandley WR Northern Arizona 3 62 Eric Williams DT Washington State 3 74 Ernest Anderson RB Oklahoma State 3 75 Steve Baack DE Oregon 4 106 Dave D'Addio RB Maryland 6 160 John Witkowski QB Columbia 7 178 Jimmie Carter LB New Mexico 7 187 Renwick Atkins OT Kansas 8 214 David Jones C Texas 9 246 Rich Hollins WR West Virginia 10 259 William Frizzell CB North Carolina Central 10 273 James Thaxton S Louisiana Tech 11 300 Mike Saxon P San Diego State 12 327 Glenn Streno C Tennessee Roster 1984 Detroit Lions 16 Gary Danielson 17 Eric Hipple 14 Mike Machurek 18 John Witkowski y 24 Dexter Bussey 44 Dave D'Addio y 31 Ken Jenkins American football 30 James Jones running back, born 1961 36 Mike Meade 80 Carl Bland y 89 Jeff Chadwick 82 Pete Mandley y 83 Robbie Martin 86 Mark Nichols American football 39 Leonard Thompson American football 87 David Lewis American football y 81 Reese McCall 84 Rob Rubick 72 Chris Dieterich G/T 70 Keith Dorney T 61 Homer Elias G 65 Amos Fowler C 67 Don Greco G 73 Donald Laster T 64 Larry Lee G/C American football 68 Steve Baack y DE 66 Mike Cofer DE linebacker 78 Doug English DT 79 William Gay defensive lineman DE 62 Curtis Green DT 63 Martin Moss DE American football 76 Eric Williams defensive lineman DE 54 Roosevelt Barnes American football OLB 53 Garry Cobb OLB 50 August Curley OLB 93 Kirk Dodge y OLB 58 Steve Doig MLB 57 Ken Fantetti MLB 92 Angelo King OLB 59 Jimmy Williams OLB linebacker 26 William Frizzell y CB/S 33 William Graham American football SS 35 Alvin Hall safety FS 21 Demetrious Johnson SS American football 43 Al Latimer CB 29 Bruce McNorton CB 27 Bobby Watkins CB cornerback 11 Mike Black punter P  3 Eddie Murray American football K 51 David Jones offensive lineman y C IR 74 Dee Monson no y DT IR 52 Steve Mott C IR 20 Billy Sims RB IR 71 Rich Strenger T IR 55 Terry Tautolo LB IR 38 Vince Thompson RB IR Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Attendance 1 September 2 San Francisco 49ers L 30–270–1 56,782 2 September 9 at Atlanta Falcons W 27–24 (OT)1–1 49,878 3 September 16 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 21–171–2 44,560 4 September 23 Minnesota Vikings L 29–281–3 57,511 5 September 30 at San Diego Chargers L 27–241–4 53,509 6 October 7 Denver Broncos L 28–71–5 55,836 7 October 14 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 13–7 (OT)2–5 44,308 8 October 21 at Minnesota Vikings W 16–143–5 57,953 9 October 28 at Green Bay Packers L 41–93–6 54,289 10 November 4 Philadelphia Eagles T 23–23 (OT)3–6–1 59,141 11 November 11 at Washington Redskins L 28–143–7–1 50,212 12 November 18 at Chicago Bears L 16–143–8–1 54,911 13 November 22, 1984 Green Bay Packers W 31–284–8–1 63,698 14 December 2 at Seattle Seahawks L 38–174–9–1 62,441 15 December 10 Los Angeles Raiders L 24–34–10–1 66,710 16 December 16 Chicago Bears L 30–134–11–1 53,252Note: Intra-divisional opponents are in bold text. Game summaries Week 1 (Sunday, September 2, 1984): vs. San Francisco 49ers The Football Database. Retrieved 2022-Jun-20. Detroit Lions 1984 2; text-align:center Week One: San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions September 2, 1984 1:00 p.m. EDT 49ers (1–0) 7 7 3 13 Lions (0–1) 7 6 7 7 Pontiac Silverdome • Pontiac, Michigan 56,782 indoors Bob Frederic CBS Tom Brookshier (play-by-play) and Wayne Walker (color commentator) Pro-Football-Reference.com right San Francisco 49ers SF Detroit Lions DET Joe Montana 16/25, 188 YDS, 1 TD Wendell Tyler 16 CAR, 87 YDS, 2 TDs Freddie Solomon 4 REC, 61 YDS Gary Danielson 17/24, 177 YDS, 2 TDs Billy Sims 17 CAR, 69 YDS, 1 TD Leonard Thompson 3 REC, 58 YDS, 1 TD SF DET collapsed 1 4:50 Lions RushTD Sims 2 good Murray run/pass good/failed/incomplete 0 7 1 0:00 49ers RecTD Monroe Montana 5 good Wersching run/pass good/failed/incomplete 7 7 2 11:07 Lions FG 39 Murray 7 10 2 5:01 49ers RushTD Tyler 2 good Wersching run/pass good/failed/incomplete 14 10 2 0:03 Lions FG 43 Murray 14 13 3 6:36 Lions RecTD Jones Danielson 2 good Murray run/pass good/failed/incomplete 14 20 3 0:50 49ers FG 42 Wersching 17 20 4 10:29 49ers FG 53 Wersching 20 20 4 8:25 49ers RushTD Tyler 9 good Wersching run/pass good/failed/incomplete 27 20 4 5:01 Lions RecTD Thompson Danielson 49 good Murray run/pass good/failed/incomplete 27 27 4 0:04 49ers FG 22 Wersching 30 27 30 27 Point spread: 49ers by 2½ Over/under: 43.0 (over) Time of game: 49ersGame statisticsLions24 First downs 1932–124 Rushes–yards 28–132188 Passing yards 17716–25–0 Passes Completions–Attempts–Interceptions 17–24–02–14 Sacked–yards 2–11174 Net passing yards 166298 Total yards 298198 Return yards 982–45.5 Punts Number–Average yardage 4–44.02–1 Fumbles–lost 0–02–32 Penalties–yards 6–4530:44 Time of Possession 29:16 Week 2: at Atlanta Falcons collapsed Sunday, September 9 1:00 p.m. Lions 10 7 7 0 3 Falcons 0 10 7 7 0 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia 70 °F °C 1 or, wind 10 mph km/h knots Fred Silva Pro-Football-Reference.com First quarter Lions – Billy Sims 9 yard run (Eddie Murray kick) – Lions 7–0 Lions – Eddie Murray 46 yard field goal – Lions 10–0 Second quarter Lions – David Lewis 11 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) – Lions 17–0 Falcons – Gerald Riggs 1 yard run (Mick Luckhurst kick) – Lions 17–7 Falcons – Mick Luckhurst 51 yard field goal – Lions 17–10 Third quarter Falcons – Billy Johnson 45 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) – Tie 17–17 Lions – Leonard Thompson 11 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) – Lions 24–17 Fourth quarter Falcons – Stacey Bailey 29 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) – Tie 24–24 Overtime Lions – Eddie Murray 48 yard field goal – Lions 27–24 Lions Gary Danielson 21/32, 250 Yds, 2 TD, 2 INT Billy Sims 23 Rush, 140 Yds, TD David Lewis 4 Rec, 68 Yds, TD Falcons Steve Bartkowski 24/28, 299 yds, 2 TD Gerald Riggs 19 Rush, 78 Yds, TD Billy Johnson 8 Rec, 116 Yds, TD Week 14: at Seattle Seahawks autocollapse December 2 1:02pm local Lions 3 14 0 0 Seahawks 7 14 0 17 Kingdome, Seattle, Washington 62,441 indoors Red Cashion CBS Jim Hill and John Dockery Gamebook First quarter SEA – Steve Largent 3-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 10:44 (SEA 7–0) DET – Eddie Murray 45-yard field goal, 14:51 (SEA 7–3) 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 plays 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 DET – Gary Danielson: 11/20, 117 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT SEA – Dave Krieg: 27/38, 294 yds, 5 TD, 1 INT Top rushers DET – Ken Jenkins: 12 car, 73 yds, 1 TD SEA – David Hughes: 7 car, 46 yds Top receivers DET – James Jones: 6 rec, 42 yds, 1 TD SEA – Steve Largent: 8 rec, 104 yds, 2 TD Team – pass passing yards – rush rushing yards – total total yards – to turnovers DET – 139 – 108 – 247 – 2 SEA – 275 – 113 – 388 – 2 Standings References Category:Detroit Lions seasons Detroit Lions Detroit Lions