1984 Minnesota Vikings season

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1984 Minnesota Vikings season

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1984 Minnesota Vikings season
Head coach Les Steckel
General manager Mike Lynn
Home field Metrodome
Results
Record 3–13
Division Place 5th NFC Central
Playoff finish did not qualify
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1983 1985

1984 was the 24th year of season play for the Minnesota Vikings and the 65th regular season of the National Football League. The Vikings finished with a record of 3 wins and 13 losses. This remains to be the Vikings worst record since the merger to date.

The team was coached by Les Steckel after Bud Grant retired; after a bad season, Steckel was fired and Bud Grant was re-hired.

Contents

Offseason

NFL Draft

1984 Supplemental USFL/CFL Draft

  • 1.13.Allanda Smith.CB.Los Angeles Express.TCU
  • 2.40.Robert B. Smith.DE.Arizona Wranglers.Grambling
  • 3.67.David Howard.LB.Los Angeles Express.Long Beach State

Personnel

Staff

1984 Minnesota Vikings staff
Front Office
  • President – Max Winter
  • General Manager – Mike Lynn

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

  Defensive Coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers – Floyd Reese
  • Defensive Line – Tom Batta
  • Outside Linebackers – Mike Sweatman
  • Defensive Backfield – Ross Fichtner
  • Quality Control – Bob Hollway

Special Teams Coaches

  • Special Teams – Mike Sweatman

Strength and Conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Bud Bjornaraa
  • Strength and Conditioning – Dean Brittenham

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Roster

1984 Minnesota Vikings roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

Reserve Lists



Practice Squad



Rookies in italics
Active, Inactive, Practice Squad

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Results Attendance
Final score Team record
1 September 2, 1984 San Diego Chargers L 13–42 0–1
57,276
2 September 9, 1984 at Philadelphia Eagles L 17–19 0–2
55,942
3 September 16, 1984 Atlanta Falcons W 27–20 1–2
53,955
4 September 23, 1984 at Detroit Lions W 29–28 2–2
57,511
5 September 30, 1984 Seattle Seahawks L 12–20 2–3
57,171
6 October 7, 1984 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 31–35 2–4
47,405
7 October 14, 1984 at Los Angeles Raiders L 20–23 2–5
49,276
8 October 21, 1984 Detroit Lions L 14–16 2–6
57,953
9 October 28, 1984 at Chicago Bears L 7–16 2–7
57,517
10 November 4, 1984 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 27–24 3–7
54,949
11 November 11, 1984 at Green Bay Packers (Milw) L 17–45 3–8
52,931
12 November 18, 1984 at Denver Broncos L 21–42 3–9
74,716
13 November 25, 1984 Chicago Bears L 3–34 3–10
56,881
14 November 29, 1984 Washington Redskins L 17–31 3–11
55,017
15 December 8, 1984 at San Francisco 49ers L 7–51 3–12
56,670
16 December 16, 1984 Green Bay Packers L 14–38 3–13
51,197

Standings

NFC Central
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Chicago Bears 10 6 0 .625 325 248 W1
Green Bay Packers 8 8 0 .500 390 309 W3
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 10 0 .375 335 380 W2
Detroit Lions 4 11 1 .281 283 408 L3
Minnesota Vikings 3 13 0 .188 276 484 L6

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References

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Buffalo Cincinnati Denver Dallas Chicago Atlanta
Indianapolis Cleveland Kansas City NY Giants Detroit LA Rams
Miami Houston LA Raiders Philadelphia Green Bay New Orleans
New England Pittsburgh San Diego St. Louis Minnesota San Francisco
NY Jets Seattle Washington Tampa Bay
1984 NFL DraftNFL PlayoffsPro BowlSuper Bowl XIX

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