1984 Cincinnati Bengals season

1984 Cincinnati Bengals season
Head Coach	Sam Wyche
Home Field	Riverfront Stadium
Results
Record	8–8–0
Place	2nd AFC Central
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1983	1985

The 1984 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 17th year in professional football and its 15th with the National Football League.

Offseason

NFL Draft

1984 Cincinnati Bengals Draft
Round	Pick #	Overall	Name	Position	College
1	7	7	Ricky Hunley	Linebacker	Arizona
1	16	16	Pete Koch	Defensive End	Maryland
1	28	28	Brian Blados	Offensive Tackle	North Carolina
2	10	38	Boomer Esiason	Quarterback	Maryland
3	9	65	Stanford Jennings	Running Back	Furman
4	8	92	John Farley	Running Back	Sacramento State
5	7	119	Barney Bussey	Defensive Back	South Carolina State
6	10	150	Don Kern	Tight End	Arizona State
7	9	177	Leo Barker	Linebacker	New Mexico State
8	8	204	Bruce Reimers	Guard	Iowa State
9	7	231	Bruce Kozerski	Center	Holy Cross
10	10	262	Aaron Jackson	Linebacker	North Carolina
10	13	265	Brent Ziegler	Running Back	Syracuse
11	9	289	Steve McKeaver	Running Back	Central State (OK)
12	8	316	Steve Raquet	Linebacker	Holy Cross

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 2, 1984	at Denver Broncos	L 20–17	74,178
2	September 9, 1984	Kansas City Chiefs	L 27–22	47,111
3	September 16, 1984	at New York Jets	L 43–23	64,193
4	September 23, 1984	Los Angeles Rams	L 24–14	45,406
5	October 1, 1984	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 38–17	57,098
6	October 7, 1984	Houston Oilers	W 13–3	43,637
7	October 14, 1984	at New England Patriots	L 20–14	48,154
8	October 21, 1984	Cleveland Browns	W 12–9	50,667
9	October 28, 1984	at Houston Oilers	W 31–13	34,010
10	November 4, 1984	at San Francisco 49ers	L 23–17	58,324
11	November 11, 1984	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 22–20	52,497
12	November 18, 1984	Seattle Seahawks	L 26–6	50,280
13	November 25, 1984	Atlanta Falcons	W 35–14	44,678
14	December 2, 1984	at Cleveland Browns	W 20–17	51,774
15	December 9, 1984	at New Orleans Saints	W 24–21	40,855
16	December 16, 1984	Buffalo Bills	W 52–21	55,771

Standings

AFC Central
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Pittsburgh Steelers	9	7	0	.563	387	310	W-2
Cincinnati Bengals	8	8	0	.500	339	339	W-4
Cleveland Browns	5	11	0	.313	250	297	W-1
Houston Oilers	3	13	0	.188	240	437	L-2

Roster

Cincinnati Bengals roster
Quarterbacks Running Backs Wide Receivers Tight Ends		Offensive Linemen Defensive Linemen		Linebackers Defensive Backs Special Teams

References

• Bengals on Pro Football Reference
• Bengals Schedule on jt-sw.com
• Bengals History on Official Site