1984 Minnesota Vikings season | |
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General manager | Mike Lynn |
Head coach | Les Steckel |
Home field | Metrodome |
Results | |
Record | 3–13 |
Division place | 5th NFC Central |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Pro Bowlers | K Jan Stenerud |
AP All-Pros | K Jan Stenerud (2nd team) |
Uniform | |
The 1984 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 24th in 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,[1] 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.