1984 Buffalo Bills season
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1984 Buffalo Bills season
| 1984 Buffalo Bills season | |||||||
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| Head coach | Kay Stephenson | ||||||
| Owner | Ralph Wilson | ||||||
| Home field | Rich Stadium | ||||||
| Results | |||||||
| Record | 2–14 | ||||||
| Division Place | 5th AFC East | ||||||
| Playoff finish | did not qualify | ||||||
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The 1984 Buffalo Bills season was the 25th season for the club and its 15th in the National Football League. The team started the season with eleven consecutive losses before an upset home win over Dallas in Week Twelve.
The 1984 Bills gave up a team-record 454 points on defense, an average of more than 28 points per game. [1] The Bills gave up 30+ points eight times, and allowed fewer than 20 points in a game only three times all season.
The Bills also allowed 60 quarterback sacks, for a total of 554 yards, which were the most-ever yards-lost on sacks at the time. [2][3] The Bills' 4,341 total yards gained was second-worst in the league in 1984.[4][5] The 1984 Bills are one of only two NFL teams[6] to have been outscored by 25 points six different times during the season.[7]
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Offseason
Uniform Change
For the third time in team history, the Bills changed their helmets. While keeping the streaking buffalo logo from the second change, the Bills changed their helmet color from white to red. They would keep the red helmet through the 2010 season.[8] It was the Bills first major change to their helmets since changing from the "standing Bison" to the streaking buffalo before the 1974 season.
The reason for the change, according to Bills equipment coordinator Dave Hojnowski, was because Bills quarterback Joe Ferguson was color-blind. Since three of the Bills' four AFC Eastern division opponents -- Miami, Indianapolis and New England -- had white helmets, "it was easier for [Ferguson] to distinguish, and that’s the reason why we made the switch."[9][10] Ferguson had thrown a high number of interceptions over the previous two seasons, and coach Kay Stephenson hoped it would help the quarterback reduce them. Ironically, 1984 was Ferguson's last year with the Bills, and only year with the red helmets.
NFL Draft
Main article: 1984 NFL Draft
Notre Dame running back Greg Bell made the Pro Bowl in his rookie season; he was later traded to the Los Angeles Rams in the blockbuster three-team Eric Dickerson trade. Defensive end Sean McNanie played for the team for four of his seven NFL seasons. Punter John Kidd played his first six seasons with Buffalo; his career lasted a total of 15 seasons.
| = Pro Bowler [11] |
| Round | Pick # | Player | Position | College |
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| 1 | 26 | Greg Bell | Running back | Notre Dame |
| 2 | 41 | Eric Richardson | Wide receiver | San Jose State |
| 3 | 77 | Rodney Bellinger | Defensive back | Miami (FL) |
| 3 | 79 | Sean McNanie | Defensive end | San Diego State |
| 3 | 82 | Speedy Neal | Running back | Miami (FL) |
| 4 | 95 | Mitchell Brookins | Wide receiver | Illinois |
| 5 | 128 | John Kidd | Punter | Northwestern |
| 6 | 155 | Tony Slaton | Center | USC |
| 7 | 182 | Stan David | Defensive back | Texas Tech |
| 8 | 209 | Stacy Rayfield | Defensive back | Texas-Arlington |
| 9 | 236 | Leroy Howell | Defensive end | Appalachian State |
| 10 | 236 | Joe Azelby | Linebacker | Harvard |
| 11 | 296 | Craig White | Wide receiver | Missouri |
| 12 | 323 | Russell Davis | Tight end | Maryland |
Personnel
Staff
| 1984 Buffalo Bills staff | ||||||
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Front Office
Head Coaches
Offensive Coaches
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Defensive Coaches
Special Teams Coaches
Strength and Conditioning
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Regular season
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
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| 1 | September 2, 1984 | New England Patriots | L 21–17 |
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| 2 | September 9, 1984 | at St. Louis Cardinals | L 37–7 |
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| 3 | September 17, 1984 | Miami Dolphins | L 21–17 |
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| 4 | September 23, 1984 | New York Jets | L 28–26 |
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| 5 | September 30, 1984 | at Indianapolis Colts | L 31–17 |
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| 6 | October 7, 1984 | Philadelphia Eagles | L 27–17 |
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| 7 | October 14, 1984 | at Seattle Seahawks | L 31–28 |
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| 8 | October 21, 1984 | Denver Broncos | L 37–7 |
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| 9 | October 28, 1984 | at Miami Dolphins | L 38–7 |
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| 10 | November 4, 1984 | Cleveland Browns | L 13–10 |
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| 11 | November 11, 1984 | at New England Patriots | L 38–10 |
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| 12 | November 18, 1984 | Dallas Cowboys | W 14–3 |
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| 13 | November 25, 1984 | at Washington Redskins | L 41–14 |
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| 14 | December 2, 1984 | Indianapolis Colts | W 21–15 |
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| 15 | December 8, 1984 | at New York Jets | L 21–17 |
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| 16 | December 16, 1984 | at Cincinnati Bengals | L 52–21 |
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Standings
| AFC East | ||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
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| Miami Dolphins | 14 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 513 | 298 |
| New England Patriots | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 362 | 352 |
| New York Jets | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 332 | 364 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 239 | 414 |
| Buffalo Bills | 2 | 14 | 0 | .125 | 250 | 454 |
Roster
Awards and honors
Pro Bowlers
Main article: 1985 Pro Bowl
- Greg Bell, Running back
References
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: Team Game Finder Query Results
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference: In a single season, from 1978 to 2011, in the regular season, sorted by descending Sacked
- ^ The record was later shattered by the Eagles in 1986.
- ^ Second to Indianapolis
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: 1984 NFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics
- ^ 1975 Bears
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1940 to 2011, in the NFL, in the regular season, requiring Points Differential <= -25, sorted by most games in season matching criteria.
- ^ SportsLogos.net: Buffalo Bills Logos
- ^ ProFootballTalk.com: The story behind the Bills’ red helmets, 23 June 2011|Retrieved 4 January 2012]
- ^ BuffaloBills.com: Untold uniform stories: Fergie behind helmet color change, 23 June 2011|Retrieved 4 January, 2012
- ^ Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.
- ^ 1984 Buffalo Bills Media Guide. pp. 3–19. http://www.buffalobills.com/team/history/mediaguidearchive.html. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
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