The 1984 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's ninth season with the National Football League (NFL). The season opener was moved from Sunday to Monday afternoon on Labor Day to avoid a conflict with a Seattle Mariners baseball game.
The 1984 Seahawks were a well-balanced team on offense and defense. The 1984 Seahawks season was the Seahawks' best season as a team in the AFC West. 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/takeaway 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.Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1940 to 2011, in the regular season, sorted by descending Takeaways.
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.Pro-Football-Reference.com: 1984 Seattle Seahawks Easley, Green, and NT Joe Nash made the All-Pro team.
In a wild week-10 game against the Kansas City Chiefs, 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.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 In the game, the Seahawks set NFL records for most yards returning interceptions (325), and most interceptions-for-touchdowns in a game (4).
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. After this season, the Seahawks wouldn't win another playoff game until their Super Bowl-appearing 2005 season.
1984 NFL draft
1984 Seattle Seahawks draft Round Selection Player Position College 1 22 Terry Taylor Defensive back Southern Illinois 249 Daryl Turner Wide receiver Michigan State 376 Fredd Young Linebacker New Mexico State 4 86 Rickey Hagood Nose tackle South Carolina 6162 John Kaiser Linebacker Arizona 7189 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 12329 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 bold. (*) Denotes players that were selected for the 1985 Pro Bowl.
Schedule
Preseason Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Recap HOF at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 38–0 1–0 Fawcett Stadium Recap 1 Buffalo Bills W 7–3 2–0 Kingdome Recap 2 at Detroit Lions W 28–24 3–0 Pontiac Silverdome Recap 3 St. Louis Cardinals W 17–7 4–0 Kingdome Recap 5 at San Francisco 49ers L 7–17 4–1 Candlestick Park Recap
Source: Seahawks Media Guides1984 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.1985 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.
Regular season Divisional matchups have the AFC West playing the NFC Central.
Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site 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 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Recap 6 October 7 at Los Angeles Raiders L 14–28 4–2 Los Angeles 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 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 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 1984 NFL season results, NFL.com, accessed February 14, 2015.
Postseason
Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Game site Recap Wild Card Los Angeles Raiders (5) W 13–7 1–0 Kingdome Recap Divisional at Miami Dolphins (1) L 10–31 1–1 Miami Orange Bowl Recap
Standings
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
External links
1984 Seattle Seahawks season at ESPN 1984 Seattle Seahawks season at Pro Football Reference (pro-football-reference.com) 1984 Seattle Seahawks Statistics at jt-sw.com 19844 Seattle Seahawks Schedule at jt-sw.com