1984 San Francisco 49ers season
Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Attendance Game recap
1 September 2 at Detroit Lions W 30-27 1-0 Pontiac Silverdome 56,782 Recap
2 September 10 Washington Redskins W 37-31 2-0 Candlestick Park 59,707 Recap
3 September 16 New Orleans Saints W 30-20 3-0 Candlestick Park 57,611 Recap
4 September 23 at Philadelphia Eagles W 21-9 4-0 Veterans Stadium 62,771 Recap
5 September 30 Atlanta Falcons W 14-5 5-0 Candlestick Park 57,990 Recap
6 October 8 at New York Giants W 31-10 6-0 Giants Stadium 76,112 Recap
7 October 14 Pittsburgh Steelers L 17-20 6-1 Candlestick Park 59,110 Recap
8 October 21 at Houston Oilers W 34-21 7-1 Astrodome 39,900 Recap
9 October 28 at Los Angeles Rams W 33-0 8-1 Anaheim Stadium 65,481 Recap
10 November 4 Cincinnati Bengals W 23-17 9-1 Candlestick Park 58,324 Recap
11 November 11 at Cleveland Browns W 41-7 10-1 Cleveland Stadium 60,092 Recap
12 November 18 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 24-17 11-1 Candlestick Park 57,704 Recap
13 November 25 at New Orleans Saints W 35-3 12-1 Louisiana Superdome 65,177 Recap
14 December 2 at Atlanta Falcons W 35-17 13-1 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 29,644 Recap
15 December 8 Minnesota Vikings W 51-7 14-1 Candlestick Park 56,670 Recap
16 December 14 Los Angeles Rams W 19-16 15-1 Candlestick Park 59,743 Recap
Regular season -- Schedule
The 1984 San Francisco 49ers season was their 39th season in the National Football League. The season was highlighted by their second Super Bowl victory. The franchise had their best season ever with a record of 15 wins and only 1 loss. Quarterback Joe Montana would be awarded the Super Bowl's Most Valuable Player Award for the second time in his career, joining Bart Starr and Terry Bradshaw as the only two-time Super Bowl MVPs. The 1984 49ers became the first team to win fifteen games in the NFL's regular season since the league went to a sixteen-game schedule in 1978. The 49ers, if not for their loss to the Steelers, would have become the 2nd team after the 1972 Miami Dolphins to complete a perfect season, and the Niners would have been the first to do so since the NFL expanded to a 16-game schedule. The 1985 Chicago Bears, the 1998 Minnesota Vikings, the 2004 Pittsburgh Steelers, the 2011 Green Bay Packers, and the 2015 Carolina Panthers would later join the 1984 49ers to finish 15-1, although the 2007 New England Patriots would exceed this feat by finishing the regular season at an unbeaten 16-0. In the playoffs, the 49ers were the #1 seed. They defeated the Giants 21-10 in the divisional round, then they shut out the Chicago Bears 23-0, and finally defeated the Miami Dolphins 38-16 in Super Bowl XIX. This 49ers team has gone down as the best in franchise history and many call this season the best in Joe Montana's career.