1984 New Orleans Saints season

1984 New Orleans Saints season
Head coach	Bum Phillips
General manager	Bum Phillips
Owner	John Mecom, Jr.
Home field	Louisiana Superdome
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	3rd NFC West
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1984 New Orleans Saints season was the team's 18th as a member of the National Football League. They were unable to improve on their previous season's output of 8–8, winning only seven games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the eighteenth consecutive season. The Saints started out winning four of their first five games. However, the Saints would struggle as newly acquired Quarterback Richard Todd threw 19 interceptions to just 11 touchdowns as the Saints again finished the season with a losing record at 7-9.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1984 NFL draft

1984 New Orleans Saints draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
2	42	Jumpy Geathers	Defensive end	Wichita State
3	68	Terry Hoage	Defensive back	Georgia
3	69	Tyrone Anthony	Running back	North Carolina
4	97	Joel Hilgenberg *	Center	Iowa
5	123	Jitter Fields	Defensive back	Texas
6	156	Don Thorp	Defensive tackle	Illinois
8	210	Clemon Terrell	Running back	Southern Miss
9	237	Brian Hansen *	Punter	Sioux Falls
10	264	Paul Gray	Linebacker	Western Kentucky
11	291	Michel Bourgeau	Defensive end	Boise State
12	324	Byron Nelson	Offensive tackle	Arizona
Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

Staff

1984 New Orleans Saints staff
	Front office Owner – John Mecom, Jr. President – Eddie Jones Director of Football Operations – Pat Peppler Head coaches Head Coach/General Manager – Bum Phillips Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – King Hill Offensive Backfield – John Levra Receivers – Lamar McHan Offensive Line – Carl Mauck Quality Control – Joe Spencer			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Wade Phillips Defensive Line – Willie Zapalac Linebackers – John Paul Young Defensive Backfield – Lance Van Zandt Special teams coaches Special Teams – Harold Richardson Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Russell Paternostro

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 2, 1984	Atlanta Falcons	L 36–28	66,652
2	September 9, 1984	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 17–13	54,686
3	September 16, 1984	at San Francisco 49ers	L 30–20	57,611
4	September 23, 1984	St. Louis Cardinals	W 34–24	58,723
5	September 30, 1984	at Houston Oilers	W 27–10	43,108
6	October 7, 1984	at Chicago Bears	L 20–7	53,752
7	October 14, 1984	Los Angeles Rams	L 28–10	63,161
8	October 21, 1984	at Dallas Cowboys	L 30–27	50,966
9	October 28, 1984	at Cleveland Browns	W 16–14	52,489
10	November 4, 1984	Green Bay Packers	L 23–13	57,426
11	November 11, 1984	at Atlanta Falcons	W 17–13	40,590
12	November 19, 1984	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 27–24	66,005
13	November 25, 1984	San Francisco 49ers	L 35–3	65,177
14	December 2, 1984	at Los Angeles Rams	L 34–21	49,348
15	December 9, 1984	Cincinnati Bengals	L 24–21	40,855
16	December 15, 1984	at New York Giants	W 10–3	63,739

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