1984 Los Angeles Rams season

1984 Los Angeles Rams season
Head coach	John Robinson
Owner	Georgia Frontiere
Home field	Anaheim Stadium
Results
Record	10–6
Division place	2nd NFC West
Playoff finish	Lost Wild Card

The 1984 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 47th year with the National Football League and the 39th season in Los Angeles. During this season second-year running back Eric Dickerson set the NFL record for most rushing yards in a season, with 2,105 yards.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1984 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team

Regular season

Eric Dickerson

In his second season, Dickerson continued his onslaught of the NFL record book. As a rookie, Dickerson established rookie records for most rushing attempts (390), most rushing yards gained (1,808) and most touchdowns rushing (18), including another two receiving touchdowns.^[1] His efforts earned him All-Pro, Pro Bowl, Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors.^[2]

Eleven times during the 1984 season, he gained more than 100 yards rushing, breaking the record of 100-yard games in a season held by O.J. Simpson. His 2,105 total yards rushing in the 1984 NFL season beat Simpson's 1973 NFL season record of 2,003 yards rushing in a single season. To date, no one has rushed for more yards in a single NFL season. However, Simpson's career high rushing total came in a 14-game season, whereas Dickerson's mark was set during a 16-game season.^[1] Dickerson broke OJ's record with a 215-yard performance in a 27–16 Rams win over the Houston Oilers, Week 15 of the season.

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Rams points	Opponents	Record	Summary	Attendance
1	September 3, 1984	Dallas Cowboys	L	13	20	0–1	In this Monday Night opener, Rams got off to 13–0 first quarter lead with Eric Dickerson running for a TD, but the Cowboys stormed back behind 343 passing yards by new QB Gary Hogeboom and a defense that held Vince Ferragamo to 11 pass completions in 33 attempts and just 84 yards, and intercepted 5 passes.	65,403
2	September 9, 1984	Cleveland Browns	W	20	17	1–1	Mike Lansford kicked a late FG to win it. Dickerson had 102 yards rushing and CB Leroy Irvin returned a pickoff 81 yards for a TD.	43,043
3	September 16, 1984	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L	14	24	1–2	Steelers defense held Dickerson to 49 yards and got 2 passing TD's from David Woodley. Ferragamo threw 3 more INT's, giving him nine in three games. He was benched in favor of Jeff Kemp, who would be the starter for the rest of the season.	58,104
4	September 23, 1984	at Cincinnati Bengals	W	24	14	2–2	Dickerson ran for a TD and Kemp passed for another. Bengals scored late on a TD pass from Ken Anderson to Cris Collinsworth and tried an onside kick, but Mike Guman scooped it up and ran for the final TD.	45,406
5	September 30, 1984	New York Giants	W	33	12	3–2	Rams' defense tied an NFL-record by scoring three safeties. They also held the Giants to 8 yards rushing. Henry Ellard returned a punt 83 yards for a TD, and Kemp continued to play mistake-free football, passing for another TD.	53,417
6	October 7, 1984	Atlanta Falcons	L	28	30	3–3	The game lead changed six times in the second half. The Falcons won on three rushing TD's by Lynn Cain and a late FG by Mick Luckhurst	47,832
7	October 14, 1984	at New Orleans Saints	W	28	10	4–3	Dickerson ran for 175 yards. Kemp completed only 8 passes, but three were for TD's. Nolan Cromwell had an interception return TD.	63,161
8	October 22, 1984	at Atlanta Falcons	W	24	10	5–3	Rams got revenge on the road against the Falcons as Dickerson ran for 145 yards and a TD and Ellard caught a pass and returned another punt for TD's.	52,681
9	October 28, 1984	San Francisco 49ers	L	0	33	5–4	The powerful 49ers got 376 yards passing and 3 TD's from Joe Montana. Dickerson was held to 38 rushing yards.	65,481
10	November 4, 1984	at St. Louis Cardinals	W	16	13	6–4	Kemp only completed 5 of 14 passes with one TD to Ron Brown and Dickerson rushed for 208 yards; Dickerson accounted for almost all of the Rams' 261 yards of offense. Lansford kicked a FG late to win the game as the Rams defense sacked Neil Lomax six times, three by veteran Jack Youngblood
11	November 11, 1984	Chicago Bears	W	29	13	7–4	Rams continued their playoff push by overcoming a 10–0 deficit behind 149 yards and 2 TD's by Dickerson.	62,021
12	November 18, 1984	at Green Bay Packers	L	6	31	7–5	Eddie Lee Ivery ran for 3 TD's and Tim Lewis returned an interception 99 yards for another.	52,031
13	November 25, 1984	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W	34	33	8–5	In a wild affair at Tampa, the Rams overcame 322 yards passing by Steve DeBerg and scored 17 4th quarter points. The Rams rushed for 299 yards, 191 by Dickerson along with 3 TD's.	42,242
14	December 2, 1984	New Orleans Saints	W	34	21	9–5	Rams built a 24–7 halftime lead and cruised behind 2 Kemp TD passes and 149 yards and a TD from Dickerson.	49,348
15	December 9, 1984	Houston Oilers	W	27	16	10–5	The Rams clinched a wild-card playoff berth and Dickerson surpassed O.J. Simpson's NFL single-season rushing record by rushing for a season-high 215 yards.	49,092
16	December 14, 1984	at San Francisco 49ers	L	16	19	10–6	The 49ers got two early TD passes from Montana and held off a late Ram charge for the win, culminating in a sack for a safety by Gary "Big Hands" Johnson. With this win, the 49ers became the first team in NFL history to win 15 games in an NFL regular season.	59,743
WC	December 23, 1984	New York Giants	L	13	16	10–7	Dickerson rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown.	67,037

Game summaries

Week 15

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oilers	3	10	3	0	16
• Rams	17	3	0	7	27

Date: December 9
Location: Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California
Game start: 4:00 p.m.
Game weather: 58°F; wind 7

Scoring summary

Q1	LA	Hill 57 yard pass from Kemp (Lansford kick)	LA 7–0

Q1	HOU	Cooper 21 yard field goal	LA 7–3

Q1	LA	Dickerson 7 yard run (Lansford kick)	LA 14–3

Q1	LA	Lansford 35 yard field goal	LA 17–3

Q2	HOU	Cooper 42 yard field goal	LA 17–6

Q2	HOU	Moriarty 4 yard run (Cooper kick)	LA 17–13

Q2	LA	Lansford 19 yard field goal	LA 20–13

Q3	HOU	Cooper 18 yard field goal	LA 20–16

Q4	LA	Dickerson 6 yard run (Lansford kick)	LA 27–16

Eric Dickerson 27 Rush, 215 Yds (set NFL single season rushing record)

^[3]

Standings

NFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
San Francisco 49ers⁽¹⁾	15	1	0	.938	6–0	12–0	475	227	W9
Los Angeles Rams⁽⁴⁾	10	6	0	.625	3–3	7–5	346	316	L1
New Orleans Saints	7	9	0	.438	1–5	4–8	298	361	W1
Atlanta Falcons	4	12	0	.250	2–4	3–9	281	382	W1

Awards and honors

Eric Dickerson, NFC Pro Bowl Selection
Eric Dickerson, All-Pro Selection
Eric Dickerson, UPI NFC Player of the Year

Milestones

Eric Dickerson, NFL Record 2,105 Rushing Yards in a Single Season

External links

1984 Los Angeles Rams Season at Pro-Football Reference

References

1 2 Eric's Days as a Ram, http://www.ericdickerson29.com/rams.htm
↑ Eric Dickerson: Pro Football Hall of Fame, http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?PLAYER_ID=55
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Oct-17.

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