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1984 Detroit Lions
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Record: 4-11-1, Finished 4th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 283 points (17.7/g), 21st of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 408 points (25.5/g), 23rd.
Differential of -125 points (-7.8/g), 24th.
Expected W-L: 4.7-11.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.7/g), 24th.
Coached by Monte Clark (4-11-1)
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1984 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Gary Danielson | 33 | 8 | 14 | 252 for 410, 3,076 yards, 17 td, 15 int, & 41 rushes for 218 yards and 3 td | |
| RB | Billy Sims | 29 | 4 | 8 | 130 rushes for 687 yards, 5 td, & 31 catches for 239 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 1st pick / 1980 |
| FB | James R. Jones | 23 | 1 | 16 | 137 rushes for 532 yards, 3 td, & 77 catches for 662 yards and 5 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 13th pick / 1983 |
| WR | Mark Nichols | 25 | 3 | 9 | 34 catches for 744 yards, 1 td, & 3 rushes for 27 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 16th pick / 1981 |
| WR | Leonard Thompson | 32 | 9 | 15 | 50 catches for 773 yards, 6 td, & 3 rushes for -7 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 8th / 194th pick / 1975 |
| TE | Rob Rubick | 24 | 2 | 9 | 14 catches for 188 yards, 1 td | Detroit Lions / 12th / 326th pick / 1982 |
| TE | David Lewis | 23 | Rook | 7 | 16 catches for 236 yards, 3 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 20th pick / 1984 |
| TE | Reese McCall | 28 | 6 | 5 | 3 catches for 15 yards, 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 25th pick / 1978 |
| LT | Don Laster | 26 | 2 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 309th pick / 1982 |
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| LT | Chris Dieterich | 26 | 4 | 16 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 140th pick / 1980 |
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| LG | Chris Dieterich | 26 | 4 | 16 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 140th pick / 1980 |
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| LG | Larry Lee | 25 | 3 | 6 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 5th / 129th pick / 1981 |
| C | Amos Fowler | 28 | 6 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 121st pick / 1978 |
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| C | Steve Mott | 23 | 1 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 121st pick / 1983 |
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| RG | Don Greco | 25 | 2 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1981 |
| RT | Keith Dorney | 27 | 5 | 16 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1979 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Mike L. Cofer | 24 | 1 | 16 | 7.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 67th pick / 1983 |
| LDT | Curtis Green | 27 | 3 | 15 | 8.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 46th pick / 1981 |
| RDT | Doug English | 31 | 9 | 16 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 38th pick / 1975 |
| RDE | William Gay | 29 | 6 | 16 | 10.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 55th pick / 1978 |
| LLB | Garry Cobb | 27 | 5 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 247th pick / 1979 |
| MLB | Ken Fantetti | 27 | 5 | 13 | 1.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 37th pick / 1979 |
| RLB | Jimmy Williams | 24 | 2 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 15th pick / 1982 |
| LCB | Bobby Watkins | 24 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1982 |
| RCB | Bruce McNorton | 25 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 4th / 96th pick / 1982 |
| SS | Alvin Hall | 26 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| FS | William Graham | 25 | 2 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 5th / 127th pick / 1982 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Eddie Murray | 28 | 4 | 0 | 20 of 27 field goals & 31 of 31 extra points | Detroit Lions / 7th / 166th pick / 1980 |
| P | Mike Black | 23 | 1 | 0 | 76 punts for a 41.6 average, 0 blocked | Detroit Lions / 7th / 181st pick / 1983 |
| PR | Robbie Martin | 26 | 3 | 0 | 25 punt returns for a 8.4 average and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 100th pick / 1981 |
| KR | Pete Mandley | 23 | Rook | 0 | 22 kick returns for a 17.7 average and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 47th pick / 1984 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Steve Baack | 24 | NT-G-DE-DT | 16 | 0 | 264 | 6-4 | Oregon | 11/16/1960 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 75th pick / 1984 |
| Roosevelt Barnes | 26 | LB | 16 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | Purdue | 8/3/1958 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 266th pick / 1982 |
| Mike Black | 23 | P | 16 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | Arizona State | 1/18/1961 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 181st pick / 1983 |
| Carl Bland | 23 | WR | 3 | 0 | 182 | 5-11 | Virginia Union | 8/17/1961 | Rook | |
| Dexter Bussey | 32 | RB | 16 | 3 | 195 | 6-1 | Oklahoma,Texas-Arlington | 3/11/1952 | 10 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 65th pick / 1974 |
| Jeff Chadwick | 24 | WR | 16 | 3 | 190 | 6-3 | Grand Valley State | 12/16/1960 | 1 | |
| Garry Cobb | 27 | LB | 16 | 16 | 227 | 6-2 | USC | 3/16/1957 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 247th pick / 1979 |
| Mike L. Cofer | 24 | LB-DE | 16 | 16 | 245 | 6-5 | Tennessee | 4/7/1960 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 67th pick / 1983 |
| August Curley | 24 | LB | 8 | 0 | 226 | 6-3 | USC | 1/24/1960 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 94th pick / 1983 |
| Dave D'Addio | 23 | RB | 16 | 2 | 235 | 6-2 | Maryland | 7/13/1961 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 4th / 106th pick / 1984 |
| Gary Danielson | 33 | QB | 15 | 14 | 195 | 6-2 | Purdue | 9/10/1951 | 8 | |
| Chris Dieterich | 26 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 262 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 7/27/1958 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 140th pick / 1980 |
| Kirk Dodge | 22 | LB | 11 | 0 | 231 | 6-1 | UNLV | 6/4/1962 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 175th pick / 1984 |
| Steve Doig | 24 | LB | 16 | 4 | 240 | 6-2 | New Hampshire | 3/28/1960 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 69th pick / 1982 |
| Keith Dorney | 27 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 268 | 6-5 | Penn State | 12/3/1957 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1979 |
| Homer Elias | 29 | G-T | 12 | 4 | 255 | 6-3 | Tennessee State | 5/1/1955 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 107th pick / 1978 |
| Doug English | 31 | DT-NT | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-5 | Texas | 8/25/1953 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 38th pick / 1975 |
| Ken Fantetti | 27 | LB | 14 | 13 | 230 | 6-2 | Wyoming | 4/7/1957 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 37th pick / 1979 |
| Amos Fowler | 28 | C-G | 15 | 7 | 250 | 6-3 | Southern Miss | 2/11/1956 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 121st pick / 1978 |
| William Frizzell | 22 | DB | 16 | 0 | 203 | 6-3 | North Carolina Central | 9/8/1962 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 10th / 259th pick / 1984 |
| William Gay | 29 | DE-DT-TE | 16 | 16 | 250 | 6-5 | USC | 5/28/1955 | 6 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 55th pick / 1978 |
| William Graham | 25 | DB | 14 | 13 | 191 | 5-11 | Texas | 9/27/1959 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 127th pick / 1982 |
| Don Greco | 25 | G | 16 | 16 | 260 | 6-3 | Western Illinois | 4/1/1959 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1981 |
| Curtis Green | 27 | DE-DT-NT | 16 | 15 | 256 | 6-3 | Alabama State | 6/3/1957 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 46th pick / 1981 |
| Alvin Hall | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 193 | 5-10 | Miami (OH) | 8/12/1958 | 3 | |
| Eric Hipple | 27 | QB | 8 | 1 | 196 | 6-2 | Utah State | 9/16/1957 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 85th pick / 1980 |
| Ken Jenkins | 25 | RB | 14 | 3 | 183 | 5-8 | Bucknell | 5/8/1959 | 1 | |
| Demetrious Johnson | 23 | DB | 16 | 3 | 190 | 5-11 | Missouri | 7/21/1961 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 115th pick / 1983 |
| David J. Jones | 23 | G-C | 10 | 0 | 262 | 6-3 | Texas | 10/25/1961 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 8th / 214th pick / 1984 |
| James R. Jones | 23 | FB-RB-TB-TE | 16 | 16 | 229 | 6-2 | Florida | 3/21/1961 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 13th pick / 1983 |
| Angelo King | 26 | LB | 16 | 0 | 224 | 6-1 | South Carolina State | 2/10/1958 | 3 | |
| Don Laster | 26 | T | 14 | 8 | 285 | 6-5 | Tennessee State | 12/13/1958 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 309th pick / 1982 |
| Al Latimer | 27 | DB | 15 | 0 | 176 | 5-11 | Clemson,Ferrum | 10/14/1957 | 5 | |
| Larry Lee | 25 | G-C | 15 | 6 | 265 | 6-2 | UCLA | 9/10/1959 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 129th pick / 1981 |
| David Lewis | 23 | TE | 16 | 7 | 234 | 6-3 | California | 6/8/1961 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 1st / 20th pick / 1984 |
| Mike Machurek | 24 | QB | 4 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Idaho State | 7/22/1960 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 6th / 154th pick / 1982 |
| Pete Mandley | 23 | WR | 15 | 0 | 191 | 5-10 | Northern Arizona | 7/29/1961 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 47th pick / 1984 |
| Robbie Martin | 26 | WR | 14 | 0 | 179 | 5-8 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 12/3/1958 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 100th pick / 1981 |
| Reese McCall | 28 | TE | 16 | 5 | 239 | 6-6 | Auburn | 6/16/1956 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 25th pick / 1978 |
| Bruce McNorton | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 175 | 5-11 | Georgetown (KY) | 2/28/1959 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 96th pick / 1982 |
| Mike Meade | 24 | RB | 15 | 0 | 228 | 5-11 | Penn State | 2/12/1960 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 126th pick / 1982 |
| Martin Moss | 26 | DE | 16 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | UCLA | 12/16/1958 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 208th pick / 1982 |
| Steve Mott | 23 | C | 6 | 6 | 266 | 6-3 | Alabama | 3/24/1961 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 121st pick / 1983 |
| Eddie Murray | 28 | K | 16 | 0 | 177 | 5-10 | Tulane | 8/29/1956 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 166th pick / 1980 |
| Mark Nichols | 25 | WR | 15 | 9 | 210 | 6-2 | San Jose State | 10/29/1959 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 16th pick / 1981 |
| Rob Rubick | 24 | TE | 16 | 9 | 232 | 6-3 | Grand Valley State | 9/27/1960 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 12th / 326th pick / 1982 |
| Billy Sims | 29 | RB | 8 | 8 | 212 | 6-0 | Oklahoma | 9/18/1955 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 1st pick / 1980 |
| Rich Strenger | 24 | T | 1 | 1 | 280 | 6-7 | Michigan | 3/10/1960 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 40th pick / 1983 |
| Terry Tautolo | 30 | LB | 4 | 0 | 232 | 6-2 | UCLA | 8/30/1954 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 353rd pick / 1976 |
| Leonard Thompson | 32 | WR-HB | 16 | 15 | 192 | 5-11 | Oklahoma State | 7/28/1952 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 194th pick / 1975 |
| Danny Wagoner | 25 | DB | 1 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Kansas | 12/12/1959 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 231st pick / 1982 |
| Bobby Watkins | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 184 | 5-10 | Texas State | 5/31/1960 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1982 |
| Eric Williams | 22 | DE-DT-NT | 12 | 1 | 282 | 6-4 | Washington State | 2/24/1962 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1984 |
| Gardner Williams | 23 | DB | 3 | 0 | 199 | 6-2 | St. Mary's (CA) | 12/11/1961 | Rook | Los Angeles Raiders / 11th / 282nd pick / 1984 |
| Jimmy Williams | 24 | LB | 16 | 16 | 228 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 11/15/1960 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 15th pick / 1982 |
| John Witkowski | 22 | QB | 3 | 1 | 200 | 6-1 | Columbia | 6/18/1962 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 6th / 160th pick / 1984 |
| Team Total | 25.5 | 16 | 223.4 | 6-1.7 | 2.8 |