5 Questions
What year did the Colts relocate from Baltimore to Indianapolis?
1984
What team won Super Bowl XIX?
San Francisco 49ers
Which network televised Super Bowl XIX?
ABC
What record did Mark Gastineau break in 1984?
Most sacks in a single season
Who replaced Howard Cosell on Monday Night Football?
O. J. Simpson
Study Notes
- The 1984 NFL season was the 65th regular season of the National Football League.
- The Colts relocated from Baltimore, Maryland to Indianapolis, Indiana before the season.
- The season ended with Super Bowl XIX when the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Miami Dolphins 38–16 at Stanford Stadium in California.
- This was the first Super Bowl televised by ABC, who entered into the annual championship game rotation with CBS and NBC.
- This game marked the second shortest distance between the Super Bowl host stadium (Stanford, California) and a Super Bowl team (San Francisco 49ers).
- The 49ers became the first team in NFL history to win 15 games in a regular season and to win 18 in an entire season (including the postseason).
- Another statistical record broken was Mark Gastineau for most sacks in a single season, with 22 (surpassed by Michael Strahan in 2001).
- In a week 10 game against the Kansas City Chiefs, the Seattle Seahawks set numerous NFL records for interception returns, including most interception return yardage in a game and most interceptions returned for touchdowns in a game with 4 (all touchdowns over 50 yards in length).
- Salaries increased significantly over the past two seasons in the NFL, up nearly fifty percent; new Houston Oilers quarterback Warren Moon led the list at $1.1 million.
- The NFL season began on September 10, 1984.
- The season ended with the Super Bowl on January 30, 1985.
- The 1984 season was the third year of the league's five-year broadcast contracts with ABC, CBS, and NBC.
- Howard Cosell left MNF, primarily due to the fallout of his offhand remarks about wide receiver Alvin Garrett during a 1983 broadcast. O. J. Simpson was then promoted from fill-in to full-time color commentator.
- On NBC's pregame show NFL '84, Bob Costas replaced Len Berman as host.
- This was the last season that Phyllis George served on The NFL Today.
Test your knowledge of the 1984 NFL season with this quiz. From Super Bowl XIX to record-breaking games and significant broadcast changes, see how much you know about this memorable season.
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