The 1984 Green Bay Packers - 8-8 (2ND-NFC Central Division)
Head Coach: Forrest Gregg
1984 PRE-SEASON RESULTS (2-2)
OFF DEF
AUGUST (1-3) RESULT RECORD ATT RSH PSS RSH PSS STARTING QB LEADING RUSHER LEADING PASSER LEADING RECEIVER
4 at Dallas Cowboys L 17-31 0- 1-0 43,371 Lynn Dickey Jessie Clark (51) Lynn Dickey (146) Jessie Clark (3-65)
11 M-CHICAGO BEARS W 17-10 1- 1-0 48,253 Lynn Dickey Gerry Ellis (61) Randy Wright (76) Ray Crouse (2-16)
18 at Los Angeles Rams L 24-27 1- 2-0 41,185 Lynn Dickey Harlan Huckleby (25) Lynn Dickey (127) Ray Crouse (5-44)
25 G-INDIANAPOLIS COLTS W 34-17 2- 2-0 54,979 Lynn Dickey Eddie Lee Ivery (46) Lynn Dickey (116) James Lofton (3-87)
1984 REGULAR SEASON RESULTS
SEPTEMBER (1-4)
2 G-ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (0-0) W 24-23 1- 0-0 53,738 102 164 157 260 Lynn Dickey Jessie Clark (53) Lynn Dickey (188) James Lofton (7-134)
9 at Los Angeles Raiders (1-0) L 7-28 1- 1-0 46,269 104 105 121 112 Lynn Dickey Gerry Ellis (54) Randy Wright (67) Henry Childs (4-32)
16 G-CHICAGO BEARS (2-0) L 7- 9 1- 2-0 55,942 32 122 180 165 Lynn Dickey Gerry Ellis (18) Lynn Dickey (142) James Lofton (4-89)
23 at Dallas Cowboys (2-1) L 6-20 1- 3-0 64,222 127 77 100 200 Lynn Dickey Jessie Clark (55) Lynn Dickey (64) Gerry Ellis (3-35)
30 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-3) L 27-30 * 1- 4-0 47,487 167 216 180 226 Lynn Dickey Jessie Clark (63) Lynn Dickey (232) James Lofton (3-70)
OCTOBER (1-3)
7 G-SAN DIEGO CHARGERS (3-2) L 28-34 1- 5-0 54,045 47 368 107 352 Lynn Dickey Harlan Huckleby (25) Lynn Dickey (384) Paul Coffman (8-104)
15 at Denver Broncos (5-1) L 14-17 1- 6-0 62,546 74 349 92 101 Lynn Dickey Jessie Clark (37) Lynn Dickey (371) James Lofton (11-206)
21 M-SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (5-2) L 24-30 1- 7-0 52,286 92 312 97 281 Lynn Dickey Jessie Clark (69) Lynn Dickey (364) James Lofton (5-162)
28 G-DETROIT LIONS (3-5) W 41- 9 2- 7-0 54,289 195 244 65 243 Lynn Dickey Eddie Lee Ivery (116) Lynn Dickey (248) James Lofton (5-80)
NOVEMBER (3-1)
4 at New Orleans Saints (4-5) W 23-13 3- 7-0 57,426 207 166 186 141 Lynn Dickey Gerry Ellis (86) Lynn Dickey (173) Paul Coffman (4-51)
11 M-MINNESOTA VIKINGS (3-7) W 45-17 4- 7-0 52,931 211 302 110 162 Lynn Dickey Gerry Ellis (110) Lynn Dickey (303) Jessie Clark (6-43)
18 M-LOS ANGELES RAMS (7-4) W 31- 6 5- 7-0 52,031 122 192 166 131 Lynn Dickey Eddie Lee Ivery (77) Lynn Dickey (194) James Lofton (6-129)
22 at Detroit Lions (3-8-1) L 28-31 5- 8-0 63,698 109 197 186 353 Lynn Dickey Gerry Ellis (45) Lynn Dickey (115) Eddie Lee Ivery (5-46)
DECEMBER (3-0)
2 G-TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (4-9) W 27-14 6- 8-0 46,800 106 205 100 175 Lynn Dickey Eddie Lee Ivery (73) Lynn Dickey (205) Eddie Lee Ivery (5-29)
9 at Chicago Bears (9-5) W 20-14 7- 8-0 59,374 110 177 228 73 Randy Wright Eddie Lee Ivery (50) Rich Campbell (125) Phil Epps (3-65)
16 at Minnesota Vikings (3-12) W 38-14 8- 8-0 51,197 214 234 70 171 Lynn Dickey Del Rodgers (69) Lynn Dickey (198) James Lofton (5-91)
G - Green Bay M - Milwaukee * - Overtime
1984 IN REVIEW
The Packers selected another former player from the Lombardi era to try and turn the team around. Forrest Gregg has been a head coach with Cleveland (1975-77) and Cincinnati (1980-83) before coming back to Green Bay on December 26, 1983. During the course of the 1984 season, Gregg made several changes after the Packers started 1-7. After trading Jan Stenerud to the Vikings, Eddie Garcia was given the kicking job, struggled, and was replaced in the middle of the season by Al Del Greco. Eddie Lee Ivery missed the first six games of the season with a knee injury, then teamed up with Gerry Ellis, as both players passed the 500-yard mark in rushing. Randy Wright was drafted from Wisconsin and became the heir apparent to QB Lynn Dickey, after David Whitehurst was released and Rich Campbell found wanting. Hank Bullough was brought in to rebuild the defense, but left for the USFL. Dick Modzelewski took over, and the Packer defense allowed 130 less points that they did in 1983.
THE USFL SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT
After seeing the United States Football League continue to raid their rosters and pluck off their draft picks, the NFL held a supplemental draft of players from the USFL and the CFL on June 5, 1984. 84 players were picked during the three-round selection meeting, 75 from the USFL, eight from the CFL and one, Duan Hanks, who was a free agent who had last participated in the Philadelphia Stars camp before being cut. NFL clubs tabbed 20 members of the Los Angeles Express including top pick Steve Young by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Green Bay selected three players:
1st round - RB Buford Jordan - A first-round pick in the 1984 USFL draft, Jordan led the New Orleans Breakers in rushing his rookie season with 1276 yards and 8 touchdowns. The following year, after the team moved to Portland, he again led the team in rushing with 876 yards and 5 touchdowns. Joining the Packers shortly after the USFL ended their season, he was one of the final training camp cuts (September 17). He would join the Saints in 1986 and play seven years in New Orleans, but never rushed for more than 207 yards in any one season.
2nd round - DB Chuck Clanton - Clanton picked off ten passes in 1984 for the Birmingham Stallions and returned three for scores. In 1985, Clanton had an even bigger season, intercepting 16 passes and being named USFL Defensive Player of the Year. He would finish with the second most interceptions in USFL history, two behing Luther Bradley, who played an extra year. On December 3, 1985, Clanton joined the Packers and would play in three games at the end of the season. He would be released on August 19, 1986.
3rd round - DB John Sullivan - After a pedestrian career in the USFL, the former Oakland Invader sat out the 1985 NFL season, then joined the Packers in the 1986 training camp. He would play six games with Green Bay before being released on October 18. Ironically, he would be picked up on waivers by San Diego, after they released a former Packer fan favorite - Mike "Mad Dog" Douglass. He would play nine games with the Chargers, then one game the following year with the 49ers before his career came to an end. Like many of their draft operations in the 1970s and 1980s, the Packers would miss on their picks. Green Bay, in picking Jordan, passed up on several USFL players who went on to productive NFL careers - WR Ricky Sanders (483 catches
and 37 touchdowns), LB Vaughan Johnson (4-time Pro Bowler), DE William Fuller (4-time Pro Bowler with 100.5 career sacks) and RB Albert Bentley (2355 rushing yard and 19 touchdowns in eight NFL seasons).
NAME NO POS HGT WGT COLLEGE YR PR AG G HOW ACQUIRED
John Anderson 59 LB 6- 3 229 Michigan 7 7 28 16 1978 Draft-1st round
Robert Brown 93 DE 6- 2 250 Virginia Tech 3 3 24 16 1982 Draft-4th round
Rich Campbell 19 QB 6- 4 219 California 4 4 25 3 1981 Draft-1st round
Mark Cannon 58 C 6- 3 258 TX-Arlington 1 1 22 16 1984 Draft-11th round
Alphonso Carreker 76 DE 6- 6 250 Florida State 1 1 22 14 1984 Draft-1st round
Ron Cassidy 88 WR 6- 0 180 Utah State 5 5 27 15 1979 Draft-8th round
Henry Childs 89 TE 6- 2 220 Kansas State 1 9 33 3 1984 FA-Rams (1981)
Jessie Clark 33 FB 6- 0 233 Arkansas 2 2 24 11 1983 Draft-7th round
Paul Coffman 82 TE 6- 3 225 Kansas State 7 7 28 14 1978 FA
Ray Crouse 21 RB 5-11 214 UNLV 1 1 25 16 1984 FA
George Cumby 52 LB 6- 0 224 Oklahoma 5 5 28 15 1980 Draft-1st round
Al Del Greco 10 K 6- 0 224 Auburn 1 1 22 9 1984 FA
Tony DeLuca 98 NT 6- 4 250 Rhode Island 1 1 23 1 1984 FA
Lynn Dickey 12 QB 6- 4 203 Kansas State 8 12 33 15 1976 Trade-Houston
John Dorsey 99 LB 6- 2 235 Connecticut 1 1 24 16 1984 Draft-4th round
Mike Douglass 53 LB 6- 0 214 San Diego State 7 7 29 16 1978 Draft-5th round
Dave Dreschler 61 G 6- 3 264 North Carolina 2 2 24 16 1983 Draft-2nd round
Gerry Ellis 31 FB 5-11 225 Missouri 5 5 26 16 1980 FA
Phillip Epps 85 WR 5-10 165 TCU 3 3 25 16 1982 Draft-12th round
Tom Flynn 41 S 6- 0 195 Pittsburgh 1 1 22 15 1984 Draft-5th round
Eddie Garcia 11 K 5- 8 178 SMU 2 2 25 7 1982 Draft-10th round
Ron Hallstrom 65 G 6- 6 283 Iowa 3 3 25 16 1982 Draft-1st round
Gary Hayes 27 CB 5-10 180 Fresno State 1 1 27 16 1984 FA
Gary Hoffman 78 T 6- 5 282 Santa Clara 1 1 22 1 1984 Draft-10th round
Estus Hood 38 CB 5-11 189 Illinois State 7 7 28 16 1978 Draft-3rd round
Harlan Huckleby 25 HB 6- 1 201 Michigan 5 5 26 16 1980 FA
Tim Huffman 74 T 6- 5 282 Notre Dame 4 4 25 16 1981 Draft-9th round
Donnie Humphrey 79 DE 6- 3 275 Auburn 1 1 23 16 1984 Draft-3rd round
Eddie Lee Ivery 40 RB 6- 1 214 Georgia Tech 6 6 27 10 1979 Draft-1st round
John Jefferson 83 WR 6- 1 204 Arizona State 4 7 28 13 1981 Trade-San Diego
Ezra Johnson 90 DE 6- 4 259 Morris Brown 8 8 28 13 1977 Draft-1st round
Boyd Jones 71 T 6- 3 272 Texas Southern 1 1 23 2 1984 FA
Daryll Jones 43 S 6- 0 190 Georgia 1 1 22 16 1984 Draft-7th round
Terry Jones 63 NT 6- 2 265 Alabama 7 7 27 16 1978 Draft-11th round
Syd Kitson 64 G 6- 4 264 Wake Forest 4 4 25 8 1980 Draft-3rd round
Greg Koch 68 T 6- 4 276 Arkansas 8 8 29 15 1977 Draft-2nd round
Mark Lee 22 CB 5-11 188 Washington 5 5 26 16 1980 Draft-2nd round
Cliff Lewis 56 LB 6- 1 224 S. Mississippi 4 4 24 16 1981 Draft-12th round
Gary Lewis 81 TE 6- 5 234 Texas-Arlington 4 4 25 3 1984 FA-Chi (USFL)
Tim Lewis 26 CB 5-11 191 Pittsburgh 2 2 22 16 1983 Draft-1st round
James Lofton 80 WR 6- 3 197 Stanford 7 7 28 16 1978 Draft-1st round
NAME NO POS HGT WGT COLLEGE YR PR AG G HOW ACQUIRED
Charles Martin 94 DE 6- 4 270 Livingston 1 1 25 16 1984 FA
Larry McCarren 54 C 6- 3 263 Illinois 12 12 32 12 1973 Draft-12th round
Mike McLeod 28 S 6- 0 180 Montana State 1 1 26 11 1984 FA
Blake Moore 60 C 6- 5 272 Wooster 1 5 26 11 1984 FA-Cin (1983)
Mark Murphy 37 S 6- 2 201 West Liberty St 5 5 26 16 1980 FA
Bill Neill 77 NT 6- 4 255 Pittsburgh 1 4 25 16 1984 FA-Giants (1983)
Dwayne O'Steen 44 CB 6- 1 195 San Jose State 2 7 29 4 1983 FA-Tampa Bay
Guy Prather 51 LB 6- 2 229 Grambling 4 4 26 16 1981 FA
Del Rodgers 35 RB 5-10 202 Utah 2 2 24 14 1982 Draft-3rd round
Randy Scott 55 LB 6- 1 222 Alabama 4 4 25 16 1981 FA
Bucky Scribner 13 P 6- 0 202 Kansas 2 2 24 16 1983 Draft-11th round
Karl Swanke 67 T 6- 6 262 Boston College 5 5 26 15 1980 Draft-6th round
Lenny Taylor 84 WR 5-10 179 Tennessee 1 1 23 2 1984 Draft-12th round
Keith Uecker 70 G 6- 5 270 Auburn 1 3 24 6 1984 FA-Denver (1983)
Ed West 49-86 TE 6- 1 242 Auburn 1 1 23 16 1984 FA
Rich Wingo 50 LB 6- 1 227 Alabama 5 5 28 16 1979 Draft-7th round
Randy Wright 16 QB 6- 2 194 Wisconsin 1 1 23 8 1984 Draft-6th round
NO - Jersey Number POS - Position HGT - Height WGT - Weight YR - Years with Packers PR - Years of Professional Football AGE - Age on September 1 G - Games Played FA - Free Agent
1984 PACKERS DRAFT (May 1-2, 1984)
RND-PCK NAME POS COLLEGE NOTES
1 12 Alphonso Carreker DE Florida St
2 39 Traded to San Diego in John Jefferson trade
3 72 Donnie Humphrey DE Auburn
4 99 John Dorsey LB Connecticut
5 126 Tom Flynn S Pittsburgh
6 153 Randy Wright QB Wisconsin
7 181 Daryll Jones DB Georgia
8 207 Traded to Denver in Greg Boyd trade
9 240 Traded to Kansas City in Charlie Getty trade
10 267 Gary Hoffman T Santa Clara
11 294 Mark Cannon C TX-Arlington
12a 313 Lenny Taylor WR Tennessee (A)
12b 323 Mark Emans LB Bowling Green
A-From San Diego in Derrel Gofourth trade
1984 USFL SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT (June 5, 1984)
RND-PCK NAME POS COLLEGE NOTES
1 12 Buford Jordan RB McNeese State New Orleans
2 39 Chuck Clanton DB Auburn Birmingham
3 72 John Sullivan DB California Oakland
1984 PACKER TRADES - TRANSACTIONS
MAY 16 - Signed TE Henry Childs
JUL 17 - Traded K Jan Stenerud to MINNESOTA for a 1985 7th-round draft choice (LB Eric Wilson)
AUG 20 - Cut QB David Whitehurst, P John Christopher, DE Wayne Jones, LB Dan Fuller, LB Mark Emans (12th round), LB Calvin Favron and NT Charles Johnson
AUG 21 - Cut DE Byron Braggs. Placed OG Leotis Harris on reserve-failed physical list. Placed WR Lenny Taylor on injured reserve
AUG 23 - Placed WR WR Marvin Neal on waivers. Signed NT Tony DeLuca
AUG 27 - Released OG Ron Sams, FB Mike Meade, C Larry Rubens, DE Greg Boyd, NT Rich Turner and LB Jim Laughlin. Released TE Ed West, LB John Pointer, NT Tony DeLuca and DB Emmuel Thompson. Placed OT Gary Hoffman on injured reserve
AUG 28 - Placed RB Eddie Lee Ivery on injured reserve
AUG 30 - Placed S Johnnie Gray on injured reserve. Re-signed TE Ed West
SEPT 18 - Claimed OL Blake Moore off waivers from CINCINNATI. Released TE Henry Childs
SEPT 27 - Waived DB Dwayne O'Steen. Signed S Mike McLeod (EDMONTON-CFL)
OCT 6 - Placed TE Gary Lewis on injured reserve. Activated RB Eddie Lee Ivery from injured reserve
OCT 17 - Placed K Eddie Garcia on injured reserve. Signed K Al Del Greco
OCT 23 - Waived OL Syd Kitson. Signed OG Keith Uecker off waivers from DENVER
DEC 12 - Placed QB Randy Wright on injured reserve. Signed NT Tony DeLuca