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1984
Record: 4-11-1, 4th nFc central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/2 l 27-30 san Francisco 56,782
9/9 W 27-24ot at atlanta 49,878
9/16 l 17-21 at tampa Bay 44,560
9/23 l 28-29 Minnesota 57,511
9/30 l 24-27 at san Diego 59,849
10/7 l 7-28 Denver 55,836
10/14 W 13-7ot tampa Bay 44,308
10/21 W 16-14 at Minnesota 57,953
10/28 l 9-41 at Green Bay 54,289
11/4 t 23-23ot Philadelphia 59,141
11/11 l 14-28 at Washington 50,212
11/18 l 14-16 at Chicago 54,911
11/22 W 31-28 Green Bay 63,696
12/2 l 17-38 at seattle 62,441
12/10 l 3-24 l.a. raiders 66,710
12/16 l 13-30 Chicago 53,252
Usual Starters
Offense
Wr 86 Mark Nichols
lt 73 Don laster
lG 72 Chris Dietrich
C 65 amas Fowler
rG 67 Don Greco
rt 70 Keith Dorney
te 84 Bob rubick
Wr 39 leonard thompson
QB 16 Gary Danielson
rB 20 Billy sims
FB 30 James Jones
Defense
le 55 Michael Cofer
lt 62 Curtis Green
rt 78 Doug english
re 79 William Gay
llB 53 Garry Cobb
MlB 57 Ken Fantetti
rlB 59 Jimmy Williams
lCB 27 Bobby Watkins
rCB 29 Bruce McNorton
ls 33 William Graham
rs 35 alvin Hall
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 306 328
rushing 118 120
Passing 170 177
Penalty 18 31
3rd Down: Made/att 84/215 98/216
3rd Down Pct. 39.1 45.4
4th Down: Made/att 9/19 4/9
4th Down Pct. 47.4 44.4
Possession Avg. 29:43 30:17
Total net Yards 5318 5319
avg. Per Game 332.4 332.4
Total Plays 1038 1022
avg. Per Play 5.1 5.2
net Yards Rushing 2017 1808
avg. Per Game 206.3 219.4
total rushes 446 519
net Yards Passing 3301 3511
avg. Per Game 206.3 219.4
sacked/Yards lost 61/486 32/271
Gross Yards 3787 3782
att./Completions 531/298 466/288
Completion Pct. 56.1 61.8
Had Intercepted 22 14
Punts/Average 76/41.6 73/40.0
net Punting Avg. 32.7 33.9
Penalties/Yards 138/1165 107/978
Fumbles/Ball Lost 36/14 28/11
Touchdowns 32 48
rushing 13 17
Passing 19 27
returns 0 4
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
lions 47 108 76 43 9 283
Opponents 108 133 57 110 0 408
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Murray 0 0 0 0 31/31 20/27 0 91
J. Jones 3 5 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 48
l. thompson 0 6 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 36
sims 5 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
Danielson 3 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Chadwick 1 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
lewis 0 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Jenkins 1 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Nichols 0 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
rubick 0 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Lions 32 13 19 0 31/31 20/27 0 283
Opponents 48 17 27 4 48/48 24/29 0 408
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
sims 130 687 5.3 81 5
J. Jones 137 532 3.9 34 3
Jenkins 78 358 4.6 25t 1
Danielson 41 218 5.3 40 3
Bussey 32 91 2.8 18 0
D’addio 7 46 6.6 14 0
Witkowski 7 33 4.7 10 0
Nichols 3 27 9.0 13 0
Martin 1 14 14.0 14 0
Chadwick 1 12 12.0 12t 1
Machurek 1 9 9.0 9 0
Hipple 2 3 1.5 2 0
Black 3 -6 -2.0 4 0
l. thompson 3 -7 -2.3 4 0
Lions 446 2017 4.5 81 13
Opponents 519 1808 3.5 49 17
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
J. Jones 77 662 8.6 39 5
l. thompson 50 773 15.5 66t 6
Chadwick 37 540 14.6 46 2
Nichols 34 744 21.9 77t 1
sims 31 239 7.7 20 0
Jenkins 21 246 11.7 68 0
lewis 16 236 14.8 58 3
rubick 14 188 13.4 29 1
Year-BY-Year resuLts
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Bussey 9 63 7.0 19 0
Mandley 3 38 12.7 19 0
McCall 3 15 5.0 7 0
Danielson 1 22 22.0 22t 1
D’addio 1 12 12.0 12 0
Martin 1 9 9.0 9 0
Lions 298 3787 12.7 77t 19
Opponents 288 3782 13.1 73t 27
Passing Att cmp Yds cmp% Avg TD TD% int int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Danielson 410 252 3076 61.5 7.50 17 4.1 15 3.7 77t 41/335 83.1
Machurek 43 15 193 32.6 4.49 0 0.0 6 14.0 48 1/12 8.3
Hipple 38 16 246 42.1 6.47 1 2.6 1 2.6 40 7/62 62.0
Witkowski 34 13 210 38.2 6.18 0 0.0 0 0.0 39 11/74 59.7
J. Jones 5 3 62 60.0 12.40 1 20.0 0 0.0 27 1/3 143.3
Jenkins 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 39.6
Lions 531 298 3787 56.1 7.13 19 3.6 22 4.1 77t 61/486 73.2
Opponents 466 288 3782 61.8 8.12 27 5.8 14 3.0 73t 37/271 94.2
interceptions int Yds Avg Lg TD
Watkins 6 0 0.0 0 0
Graham 3 22 7.3 15 0
Hall 2 64 32.0 36 0
McNorton 2 0 0.0 0 0
Fantetti 1 1 1.0 1 0
Lions 14 87 6.2 36 0
Opponents 22 251 11.4 63 1
Punting Pnt Yds Avg net TB in Lg
Black 76 3164 41.6 32.7 8 13 63
Lions 76 3164 41.6 32.7 8 13 63
Opponents 73 2921 40.0 33.9 10 13 60
Punt Returns PR Fc Yds Avg Lg TD
Martin 25 8 210 8.4 23 0
Hall 7 1 30 4.3 11 0
Mandley 2 2 0 0.0 0 0
Jenkins 1 0 1 1.0 1 0
Johnson 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 36 11 241 6.7 23 0
Opponents 49 2 516 10.5 69t 1
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Mandley 22 390 17.7 32 0
Hall 19 385 20.3 46 0
Jenkins 18 396 20.3 46 0
Martin 10 144 14.4 23 0
Meade 4 32 8.0 15 0
D’addio 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 74 1347 18.2 46 0
Opponents 60 1250 20.8 44 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Murray 1/1 1/2 5/7 12/13 1/4
Lions 1/1 1/2 5/7 12/13 1/4
Opponents 3/3 2/2 9/16 5/8 5/6
Murray:(39G, 43G); (46G, 46N, 55N, 48G); (28G, 52N); (34N, 44G); (); (32N); (44G, 41G, 41G); (46G, 37G, 41G);
(32G, 33G, 18G, 21N); (54N, 32G); (45G); (48G); (52G, 45G)
Opponents:(42G. 53G. 22G); (51G, 47N); (43N); (35G, 32G. 37G. 34G, 19G); (18G, 41G); (51N); (42N); (45G,
34G); (52G, 31G, 40G); (); (24G, 52G, 19G); (); (36G); (37G, 36N); (30G, 35G, 42G)
Defense
Hall, a
Williams, J
Graham
Fantetti
Cobb
Cofer
english
McNorton
Gay
Green
Watkins
Johnson
Barnes
Frizzell
Doig
latimer
Williams, e
Moss
King
Dodge
tautolo
Lions
TT
147
140
138
135
128
107
95
79
75
71
67
40
27
21
19
17
9
7
5
4
4
1335
ST
94
105
96
94
95
75
65
54
52
52
58
32
24
17
17
12
7
4
4
3
2
962
AT
53
35
42
41
33
32
30
25
23
19
9
8
3
4
2
5
2
3
1
1
2
373
Sk
0
2
0
1.5
3
7
5
0
10
8.5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
37
Yds
0
4
0
13
30
49
37
0
72
68
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
273
PD
0
5
2
1
1
0
0
8
0
0
5
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
26
FF
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
7
FR
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
10
nFL Standings
nFc central W L T Pct Pts OP
Chicago 10 6 0 .625 325 246
Green Bay 8 8 0 .500 390 309
tampa Bay 6 10 0 .375 335 360
DetrOIt 4 11 1 .281 263 406
Minnesota 3 13 0 .186 276 484
nFc east
Washington 11 5 0 .688 426 310
NY Giants 9 7 0 .563 299 301
st. louis 9 7 0 .563 423 345
Dallas 9 7 0 .563 306 308
Philadelphia 6 9 1 .406 276 320
nFc West
san Francisco 15 1 0 .936 475 227
l.a. rams 10 6 0 .625 346 316
New Orleans 7 9 0 .438 298 361
atlanta 4 12 0 .250 261 362
AFc central W L T Pct.. Pts OP
Pittsburgh 9 7 0 .563 387 310
Cincinnati 8 8 0 .500 339 339
Cleveland 5 11 0 .313 250 297
Houston 3 13 0 .168 240 437
AFc east
Miami 14 2 0 .875 513 298
New england 9 7 0 .583 362 352
NY Jets 7 9 0 .436 332 364
Indianapolis 4 12 0 .250 239 414
Buffalo 2 14 0 .125 250 454
AFc West
Denver 13 3 0 .813 353 241
seattle 12 4 0 .750 416 282
l.a. raiders 11 5 0 .688 366 278
Kansas City 8 8 0 .500 314 324
san Diego 7 9 0 .436 394 413
NYG defeated larm, 16-13, in NFC wild card. sF defeated NYG, 21-10, and Chi defeated Was, 23-19, in
NFC playoffs. sF defeated Chi, 23-0, for NFC title. sea defeated lard, 13-7, in aFC wild card. Mia defeated
sea, 31-10, and Pit defeated Den, 24-17, in aFC playoffs. Mia defeated Pit, 45-28, for aFC title. sF defeated
Mia, 38-16, for NFl title in sB XIX.
IN 1984: Toxic gas leaks from Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, killing 2,000 and injuring
150,000.