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The 1984 Green Bay Packers - 8-8 (2ND-NFC Central Division)

Head Coach: Forrest Gregg

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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 

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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

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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

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