| 1984 Seattle Seahawks season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Chuck Knox |
| General manager | Mike McCormack |
| Home field | Kingdome |
| Results | |
| Record | 12-4 |
| Division place | 2nd AFC West |
| Playoff finish | Won Wild Card Playoffs (vs Raiders) 13-7 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Dolphins) 10-31 |
| Pro Bowlers | QB Dave Krieg WR Steve Largent CB Dave Brown LB Fredd Young NT Joe Nash SS Kenny Easley K Norm Johnson |
| AP All-Pros | WR Steve Largent (2nd team) NT Joe Nash (1st team) CB Dave Brown (2nd team) DE Jacob Green (2nd team) SS Kenny Easley (1st team) K Norm Johnson (1st team) ST Fredd Young (1st team) |
The 1984 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's ninth season with the National Football League. The season opener was moved from Sunday to Monday afternoon on Labor Day to avoid a conflict with the Seattle Mariners baseball game.
The 1984 Seahawks were a well-balanced team on offense and defense. They scored 418 points (26.1 per game), and gave up only 282 points (17.6 per game), both ranked 5th in the NFL. Their point differential of +136 points was third in the NFL; the Seahawks' giveaway/takeway ratio was +24, best in the league. The team's 63 defensive takeaways is the most in NFL history for a 16-game schedule, and the most since the merger.[1]
The team's offense boasted a 3,000-yard passer in quarterback Dave Krieg (3,671 yards), and a 1,000-yard wide receiver in Steve Largent (74 receptions for 1,164 yards). The passing attack more than made up for the loss of star running back Curt Warner, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in the opener.
The Seahawks's defensive line generated an outstanding pass rush, with defensive ends Jeff Bryant and Jacob Green registering 14.5 and 13 sacks, respectively. Safety Kenny Easley led the team and league with 10 interceptions.[2] Easley, Green, and NT Joe Nash made the All-Pro team.
In a wild Week Ten game against Kansas City, the Seahawks intercepted Kansas City's quarterbacks six times, and returned four of them for touchdowns. All the touchdown returns were for over 50 yards.[3] In the game, the Seahawks set NFL records for most yards returning interceptions (325), and most interceptions-for-touchdowns in a game (four).
Seattle would make the playoffs for the second straight season. They defeated the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Raiders 13-7 in the wild card round avenging their 1983 loss. However, they were not able to advance past the Miami Dolphins, as they lost in Miami 31-10 to a powerful Dolphins squad led by record setting second year quarterback Dan Marino, who they had defeated in the playoffs the previous season.
1984 NFL Draft
| Round/Pick | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/22 | Terry Taylor | Defensive Back | Southern Illinois |
| 2/49 | Daryl Turner | Wide Receiver | Michigan State |
| 3/76 | Fredd Young | Linebacker | New Mexico State |
| 4/86 | Rickey Hagood | Nose Tackle | South Carolina |
| 6/162 | John Kaiser | Linebacker | Arizona |
| 7/189 | Sam Slater | Offensive Tackle | Weber State |
| 8/216 | John Puzar | Center | Long Beach State |
| 9/243 | Adam Schreiber | Center | Texas |
| 10/270 | Randall Morris | Running Back | Tennessee |
| 11/302 | Steve Gemza | Offensive Tackle | UCLA |
| 12/329 | Theo Windham | Defensive Back | Utah State |
| Supp. | Gordon Houston | Tight End | Brigham Young |
| Supp. | Alvin Powell | Offensive Guard | Winston-Salem State |
| Supp. | Frank Seurer | Quarterback | Kansas |
Personnel
Staff
Final roster
- Starters in blue
- (*) Denotes players that were selected for the 1985 Pro Bowl.
Schedule
Preseason
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Game site | NFL.com recap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOF | July 28 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 38-0 | 1-0 | Fawcett Stadium Canton | Recap |
| 1 | August 4 | Buffalo Bills | W 7-3 | 2-0 | Kingdome | Recap |
| 2 | August 11 | at Detroit Lions | W 28-24 | 3-0 | Silverdome | Recap |
| 3 | August 17 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 17-7 | 4-0 | Kingdome | Recap |
| 5 | August 24 | at San Francisco 49ers | L 7-17 | 4-1 | Candlestick Park | Recap |
Regular season
Divisional matchups have the AFC West playing the NFC Central.
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Game site | NFL.com recap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 3 | Cleveland Browns | W 33-0 | 1-0 | Kingdome | Recap |
| 2 | September 9 | San Diego Chargers | W 31-17 | 2-0 | Kingdome | Recap |
| 3 | September 16 | at New England Patriots | L 23-38 | 2-1 | Sullivan Stadium | Recap |
| 4 | September 23 | Chicago Bears | W 38-9 | 3-1 | Kingdome | Recap |
| 5 | September 30 | at Minnesota Vikings | W 20-12 | 4-1 | Metrodome | Recap |
| 6 | October 7 | at Los Angeles Raiders | L 14-28 | 4-2 | Memorial Coliseum | Recap |
| 7 | October 14 | Buffalo Bills | W 31-28 | 5-2 | Kingdome | Recap |
| 8 | October 21 | at Green Bay Packers | W 30-24 | 6-2 | Milwaukee County Stadium | Recap |
| 9 | October 29 | at San Diego Chargers | W 24-0 | 7-2 | Jack Murphy Stadium | Recap |
| 10 | November 4 | Kansas City Chiefs | W 45-0 | 8-2 | Kingdome | Recap |
| 11 | November 12 | Los Angeles Raiders | W 17-14 | 9-2 | Kingdome | Recap |
| 12 | November 18 | at Cincinnati Bengals | W 26-6 | 10-2 | Riverfront Stadium | Recap |
| 13 | November 25 | at Denver Broncos | W 27-24 | 11-2 | Mile High Stadium | Recap |
| 14 | December 2 | Detroit Lions | W 38-17 | 12-2 | Kingdome | Recap |
| 15 | December 9 | at Kansas City Chiefs | L 7-34 | 12-3 | Arrowhead Stadium | Recap |
| 16 | December 15 | Denver Broncos | L 14-31 | 12-4 | Kingdome | Recap |
- Bold indicates division opponents.
- Source: 1984 NFL season results [7]
Postseason
| Playoff Round | Date | Opponent (seed) | Result | Record | Game site | NFL.com recap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Card | December 22 | Los Angeles Raiders (5) | W 13-7 | 1-0 | Kingdome | Recap |
| Divisional | December 29 | at Miami Dolphins (1) | L 10-31 | 1-1 | Orange Bowl | Recap |
Standings
| AFC West | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
| Denver Broncos(2) | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 6-2 | 10-2 | 353 | 241 | W2 |
| Seattle Seahawks(4) | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 5-3 | 8-4 | 418 | 282 | L2 |
| Los Angeles Raiders(5) | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 5-3 | 8-4 | 368 | 278 | L1 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 4-4 | 7-7 | 314 | 324 | W3 |
| San Diego Chargers | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 0-8 | 3-9 | 394 | 413 | L2 |
Game Summaries
Preseason
Week P1: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Week P2: vs. Buffalo Bills
Week P3: at Detroit Lions
Week P4: vs. St. Louis Cardinals
Week P5: at San Francisco 49ers
Regular season
Week 1: vs. Cleveland Browns
Week 2: vs. San Diego Chargers
Week 3: at New England Patriots
The Seahawks saw the Patriots erase a 23-0 deficit with 38 unanswered points led by new quarterback Tony Eason, who took over halfway through the game for Steve Grogan.
Week 4: vs. Chicago Bears
Week 5: at Minnesota Vikings
Week 6: at Los Angeles Raiders
Week 7: vs. Buffalo Bills
Week 8: at Green Bay Packers
Week 9: at San Diego Chargers
Week 10: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Week 11: vs. Los Angeles Raiders
Week 12: at Cincinnati Bengals
Week 13: at Denver Broncos
Week 14: vs. Detroit Lions
Week 15: at Kansas City Chiefs
Week 16: vs. Denver Broncos
Postseason
Seattle entered the postseason as the #4 seed in the AFC.
AFC Wild Card Playoff: vs #5 Los Angeles Raiders
AFC Divisional Playoff: at #1 Miami Dolphins
References
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1940 to 2011, in the regular season, sorted by descending Takeaways.
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: 1984 Seattle Seahawks
- ^ Dave Brown, 90 yard return for TD; Keith Simpson, 76 yard return for TD; Dave Brown, 56 yard return for TD; Kenny Easley, 58 yard return for TD: Pro-Football-Reference.com: Kansas City Chiefs 0 at Seattle Seahawks 45, Sunday, November 4, 1984
- ^ https://www.pro-football-reference.com
- ^ 1984 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.
- ^ 1985 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.
- ^ 1984 NFL season results, NFL.com, accessed February 14, 2015.
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