1984 Detroit Lions Statistics
Team Record: 4-11-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Monte Clark (4-11-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1984 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1984 season with a record of 4 wins and 11 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
The Lions scored 283 points, but the defense conceded 408. Gary Danielson threw for 3,076 yards. James Jones topped the receiving corps, hauling in 77 balls, while Leonard Thompson added 773 receiving yards. Mark Nichols contributed to the receiving game, too.
Billy Sims rushed for a team-leading 687 yards for Detroit, and James Jones also aided the ground game.
Bobby Watkins intercepted 6 opponent throws. William Gay led the defensive unit with 10 quarterback sacks.
Monte Clark coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Danielson | 410 | 252 | 61.5 | 3076 | 7.5 | 17 | 4.1 | 15 | 3.7 | 77 | 41 | 335 | 83.1 |
Eric Hipple | 38 | 16 | 42.1 | 246 | 6.5 | 1 | 2.6 | 1 | 2.6 | 40 | 7 | 62 | 62.0 |
John Witkowski | 34 | 13 | 38.2 | 210 | 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 11 | 74 | 59.7 |
Mike Machurek | 43 | 14 | 32.6 | 193 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 14.0 | 48 | 1 | 12 | 8.3 |
James Jones | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 62 | 12.4 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 143.3 |
Ken Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 531 | 298 | 56.1 | 3787 | 7.1 | 19 | 3.6 | 22 | 4.1 | 77 | 61 | 486 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Sims | 130 | 687 | 5.3 | 81 | 5 |
James Jones | 137 | 532 | 3.9 | 34 | 3 |
Ken Jenkins | 78 | 358 | 4.6 | 25 | 1 |
Gary Danielson | 41 | 218 | 5.3 | 40 | 3 |
Dexter Bussey | 32 | 91 | 2.8 | 18 | 0 |
Dave D'Addio | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 14 | 0 |
John Witkowski | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 10 | 0 |
Mark Nichols | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
Robbie Martin | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Jeff Chadwick | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 1 |
Mike Machurek | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Eric Hipple | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
Mike Black | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 4 | 0 |
Leonard Thompson | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 446 | 2017 | 4.5 | 81 | 13 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Jones | 77 | 662 | 8.6 | 39 | 5 |
Leonard Thompson | 50 | 773 | 15.5 | 66 | 6 |
Jeff Chadwick | 37 | 540 | 14.6 | 46 | 2 |
Mark Nichols | 34 | 744 | 21.9 | 77 | 1 |
Billy Sims | 31 | 239 | 7.7 | 20 | 0 |
Ken Jenkins | 21 | 246 | 11.7 | 68 | 0 |
David Lewis | 16 | 236 | 14.8 | 58 | 3 |
Rob Rubick | 14 | 188 | 13.4 | 29 | 1 |
Dexter Bussey | 9 | 63 | 7.0 | 19 | 0 |
Pete Mandley | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 19 | 0 |
Reese McCall | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
Gary Danielson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 1 |
Dave D'Addio | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Robbie Martin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 298 | 3787 | 12.7 | 77 | 19 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Black | 76 | 3164 | 41.6 | 63 |
Totals | 76 | 3164 | 41.6 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robbie Martin | 25 | 210 | 8.4 | 23 | 0 |
Alvin Hall | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
Ken Jenkins | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Demetrious Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Mandley | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 36 | 241 | 6.7 | 23 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Jenkins | 18 | 396 | 22.0 | 32 | 0 |
Pete Mandley | 22 | 390 | 17.7 | 32 | 0 |
Alvin Hall | 19 | 385 | 20.3 | 46 | 0 |
Robbie Martin | 10 | 144 | 14.4 | 23 | 0 |
Mike Meade | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
Dave D'Addio | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 74 | 1347 | 18.2 | 46 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Watkins | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
William Graham | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 |
Alvin Hall | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 36 | 0 |
Bruce McNorton | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Fantetti | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 14 | 87 | 6.2 | 36 | 0 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
William Gay | 10.0 | 0.0 | |
Curtis Green | 8.5 | 0.0 | |
Mike Cofer | 7.0 | 0.0 | |
Doug English | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
Garry Cobb | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Jimmy Williams | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Ken Fantetti | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 37.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robbie Martin | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
James Jones | 6 | 3 | -21 | 0 | |||
William Gay | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Danielson | 7 | 2 | -5 | 0 | |||
William Graham | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Sims | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
David Lewis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Pete Mandley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Cofer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mark Nichols | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jimmy Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Doug English | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Demetrious Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Lee | 2 | 1 | -24 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Greco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Leonard Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Al Latimer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Alvin Hall | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Jenkins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Kirk Dodge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Black | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Witkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Meade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 36 | 32 | -20 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Eddie Murray | 20 | 31 | 0 | 91 | ||||||||||
James Jones | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
Leonard Thompson | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Billy Sims | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
Gary Danielson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
David Lewis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Jeff Chadwick | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Rob Rubick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Ken Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Mark Nichols | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 283 |