Schedule Week 1: vs. Kansas City Chiefs Mark Malone and
David Woodley combined for 419 passing yards, three touchdowns, and two interceptions, while the Chiefs won despite putting up just 264 yards of total offense.
Week 2: at New York Jets After coughing up four turnovers to the Chiefs, the Steelers picked off
Pat Ryan three times and forced a fumble; they also bullied the Jets into eleven penalties for 115 yards.
Week 3: vs. Los Angeles Rams The Steelers limited
Eric Dickerson to 49 rushing yards and forced two Rams fumbles.
Week 4: at Cleveland Browns Week 5: vs. Cincinnati Bengals Week 6: vs. Miami Dolphins ==== Week 7 (Sunday, October 14, 1984): at
San Francisco 49ers ==== •
Point spread: 49ers by 8 • Over/under: 42.0
(under) • Time of game: This game was not on many NBC stations, since game 5 of the
World Series was being broadcast at the same time. However, that game would prove the last Sunday afternoon World Series game. This was the solitary game the eventual Super Bowl champion 49ers lost during the 1984 season.
Week 8: at Indianapolis Colts This game was particularly frustrating to Steeler fans. One week previously, the Steelers beat the 49ers in San Francisco – becoming the solitary team to achieve this as the 49ers finished 15-1 on the way to winning the Super Bowl. Then coming back east to play one of the worst teams of the season, the Indianapolis Colts – who had only two wins at that point and were to win just four games for the season – they lost on a last minute improbable play after leading throughout the game. The Colts’ third-string quarterback, Mike Pagel, came off the bench in the third quarter and was leading a final minute drive from their 20. On the Colts 40 with 34 seconds left, Pagel avoided a near sack, scrambled right and threw down the middle of the field to WR Bernard Henry. The ball however went directly to the hands of Steeler CB Sam Washington who bobbled the ball. Between Washington and a few other Steeler defenders, WR Ray Butler burst through the gap, snatched the ball in the air and ran untouched 54 yards for the touchdown. The extra point sealed the game.
Week 9: vs. Atlanta Falcons Week 10 vs. Houston Oilers The Steelers limited
Warren Moon and
Oliver Luck to 224 yards; the Oilers fumbled four times.
Week 11: at Cincinnati Bengals Week 12: at New Orleans Saints The Saints won their first Monday Night game in seven tries, and also avenged a 1974 Monday Night loss to the Steelers at
Tulane Stadium. It was Pittsburgh's first loss to New Orleans since 1969 in what was the Steelers’ final game in the NFL before moving to the AFC as part of the
AFL-NFL merger. Former Steelers linebacker
Dennis Winston played for the Saints in this game. It was also a homecoming for Lipps, who played at nearby
East St. John High School.
Week 13: vs. San Diego Chargers Week 14: at Houston Oilers The Steelers tied the game in the fourth yet fell in overtime, all despite intercepting
Warren Moon three times.
Week 15: vs. Cleveland Browns Week 16: at Los Angeles Raiders Standings ==Playoffs==