1984 Minnesota Vikings

1984 Minnesota Vikings season
Head Coach	Les Steckel
General Manager	Mike Lynn
Home Field	Metrodome
Results
Record	3–13
Place	5th NFC Central
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
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 3–13 record, their worst record since the AFL–NFL merger, later equaled by the 2011 team, and the team's second worst overall record by win percentage (only 1962 was worse).

The Vikings' 484 points allowed (30.3 average points per game) was the most by any NFL team between 1983 and 2000, and the most any Vikings team allowed in one season. At the time, it was the third-most allowed in a 16-game season, trailing only the 1981 Baltimore Colts (533, still the record going into the 2021 season) and 1980 New Orleans Saints (487).

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

Offseason

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 final staff
	Front Office President – Max Winter General Manager – Mike Lynn Head Coaches Head Coach – Les Steckel Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator – Jerry Burns Offensive Backfield – John Michels Receivers – Bob Leahy Offensive Line – Dan Radakovich Special Assistant – Dick Rehbein Quality Control – Bus Mertes			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

Roster

1984 Minnesota Vikings final roster
	Quarterbacks  9 Tommy Kramer Running backs 46 Alfred Anderson 23 Ted Brown 20 Darrin Nelson Wide receivers 87 Leo Lewis 85 Sammy White Tight ends 86 Mike Mularkey		Offensive linemen 61 Wes Hamilton G 51 Jim Hough G 78 Steve Riley T Defensive linemen 75 Randy Holloway DE 79 Doug Martin DE 77 Mark Mullaney DE		Linebackers 59 Matt Blair 54 Fred McNeill Defensive backs 47 Joey Browner S 39 Carl Lee CB Special teams  8 Greg Coleman P		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	San Diego Chargers	L 42-13	0–1	57,276
2	September 9	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 19-17	0–2	55,942
3	September 16	Atlanta Falcons	W 27–20	1–2	53,955
4	September 23	at Detroit Lions	W 29–28	2–2	57,511
5	September 30	Seattle Seahawks	L 20-12	2–3	57,171
6	October 7	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 35-31	2–4	47,405
7	October 14	at Los Angeles Raiders	L 23–20	2–5	49,276
8	October 21	Detroit Lions	L 16–14	2–6	57,953
9	October 28	at Chicago Bears	L 16-7	2–7	57,517
10	November 4	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 27–24	3–7	54,949
11	November 11	at Green Bay Packers (Mil)	L 45-17	3–8	52,931
12	November 18	at Denver Broncos	L 42-21	3–9	74,716
13	November 25	Chicago Bears	L 34-3	3–10	56,881
14	November 29	Washington Redskins	L 31-17	3–11	55,017
15	December 8 (Sat)	at San Francisco 49ers	L 51-7	3–12	56,670
16	December 16	Green Bay Packers	L 38-14	3–13	51,197

Standings

Template:1984 NFC Central standings