| 1984 VFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers | Essendon 13th premiership |
| Minor premiers | Essendon 11th minor premiership |
| Night series | Essendon 2nd Night series win |
| Brownlow Medallist | Peter Moore Melbourne (24 votes) |
| Coleman Medallist | Bernie Quinlan Fitzroy (104 goals) |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 138 |
| Total attendance | 3,394,571 (24,598 per match) |
| Highest | 92,685 |
The 1984 VFL season was the 88th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 31 March until 29 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.
The premiership was won by the Essendon Football Club for the 13th time, after it defeated Hawthorn by 24 points in the 1984 VFL Grand Final.
Essendon defeated Sydney 13.11 (89) to 5.8 (38) in the final.
| (P) | Premiers |
| Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essendon (P) | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2556 | 1994 | 128.2 | 72 |
| 2 | Hawthorn | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2724 | 2069 | 131.7 | 68 |
| 3 | Carlton | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2332 | 2014 | 115.8 | 52 |
| 4 | Collingwood | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2260 | 2072 | 109.1 | 52 |
| 5 | Fitzroy | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2405 | 2345 | 102.6 | 44 |
| 6 | Geelong | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2112 | 2239 | 94.3 | 44 |
| 7 | Footscray | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1992 | 2123 | 93.8 | 44 |
| 8 | Richmond | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2157 | 2373 | 90.9 | 40 |
| 9 | Melbourne | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2328 | 2233 | 104.3 | 36 |
| 10 | Sydney | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2223 | 2522 | 88.1 | 36 |
| 11 | North Melbourne | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2174 | 2661 | 81.7 | 20 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1904 | 2522 | 75.5 | 20 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 102.9
Source: AFL Tables
| Qualifying final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 8 September (2:30 pm) | Hawthorn 18.14 (122) | def. | Carlton 13.14 (92) | VFL Park (crowd: 55,947) | Report |
| Elimination final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 9 September (2:30 pm) | Collingwood 23.15 (153) | def. | Fitzroy 15.17 (107) | MCG (crowd: 73,994) | Report |
| Semi-finals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF1: Saturday, 15 September (2:30 pm) | Carlton 14.9 (93) | def. by | Collingwood 17.16 (118) | VFL Park (crowd: 70,634) | Report |
| SF2: Sunday, 16 September (2:30 pm) | Essendon 15.15 (105) | def. by | Hawthorn 16.17 (113) | MCG (crowd: 76,514) | Report |
| Preliminary final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 22 September (2:30 pm) | Essendon 28.6 (174) | def. | Collingwood 5.11 (41) | VFL Park (crowd: 73,550) | Report |
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| Grand final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 29 September (2:50 pm) | Essendon 14.21 (105) | def. | Hawthorn 12.9 (81) | MCG (crowd: 92,685) | Report |
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