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1985 Dallas Cowboys
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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 357 points (22.3/g), 11th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 333 points (20.8/g), 14th.
Differential of 24 points (1.5/g), 12th.
Expected W-L: 8.7-7.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.4/g), 5th.
Coached by Tom Landry (10-6-0)
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1985 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Day | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Mon | September 9 | box | W | 1-0 | Washington Redskins | 44 | 14 | 19 | 319 | 206 | 113 | 1 | 24 | 369 | 249 | 120 | 7 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 15 | box | L | 1-1 | @ | Detroit Lions | 21 | 26 | 33 | 554 | 452 | 102 | 5 | 13 | 200 | 128 | 72 | 1 |
| 3 | Sun | September 22 | box | W | 2-1 | Cleveland Browns | 20 | 7 | 20 | 343 | 212 | 131 | 2 | 15 | 297 | 169 | 128 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 29 | box | W | 3-1 | @ | Houston Oilers | 17 | 10 | 16 | 339 | 183 | 156 | 13 | 214 | 133 | 81 | 5 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 6 | box | W | 4-1 | @ | New York Giants | 30 | 29 | 27 | 423 | 317 | 106 | 4 | 19 | 473 | 403 | 70 | 5 |
| 6 | Sun | October 13 | box | W | 5-1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27 | 13 | 18 | 374 | 241 | 133 | 2 | 14 | 315 | 231 | 84 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 20 | box | L | 5-2 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 14 | 16 | 22 | 310 | 163 | 147 | 4 | 22 | 402 | 347 | 55 | 1 |
| 8 | Sun | October 27 | box | W | 6-2 | Atlanta Falcons | 24 | 10 | 28 | 461 | 352 | 109 | 4 | 18 | 253 | 91 | 162 | 4 | |
| 9 | Mon | November 4 | box | L | 6-3 | @ | St. Louis Cardinals | 10 | 21 | 18 | 248 | 159 | 89 | 3 | 19 | 286 | 237 | 49 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 10 | box | W | 7-3 | @ | Washington Redskins | 13 | 7 | 14 | 338 | 219 | 119 | 15 | 267 | 143 | 124 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 17 | box | L | 7-4 | Chicago Bears | 0 | 44 | 12 | 171 | 119 | 52 | 5 | 18 | 378 | 162 | 216 | 1 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 24 | box | W | 8-4 | Philadelphia Eagles | 34 | 17 | 28 | 377 | 234 | 143 | 1 | 20 | 402 | 277 | 125 | 3 | |
| 13 | Thu | November 28 | box | W | 9-4 | St. Louis Cardinals | 35 | 17 | 23 | 393 | 277 | 116 | 1 | 24 | 365 | 281 | 84 | 3 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 8 | box | L | 9-5 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 24 | 50 | 20 | 260 | 196 | 64 | 4 | 31 | 570 | 296 | 274 | 2 |
| 15 | Sun | December 15 | box | W | 10-5 | New York Giants | 28 | 21 | 13 | 273 | 172 | 101 | 1 | 25 | 396 | 296 | 100 | 4 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 22 | box | L | 10-6 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 31 | 25 | 419 | 359 | 60 | 4 | 22 | 421 | 312 | 109 | 3 |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | January 4 | box | L | 10-7 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 20 | 15 | 243 | 182 | 61 | 6 | 15 | 316 | 47 | 269 | 2 |