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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 2nd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 337 points (21.1/g), 16th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 355 points (22.2/g), 15th.
Differential of -18 points (-1.1/g), 18th.
Expected W-L: 7.5-8.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.3/g), 19th.
Coached by Forrest Gregg (8-8-0)
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1985 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 8 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | New England Patriots | 20 | 26 | 16 | 205 | 146 | 59 | 2 | 26 | 410 | 202 | 208 | 5 |
| 2 | Sun | September 15 | box | W | 1-1 | New York Giants | 23 | 20 | 20 | 290 | 164 | 126 | 2 | 17 | 315 | 239 | 76 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 22 | box | L | 1-2 | New York Jets | 3 | 24 | 10 | 193 | 122 | 71 | 4 | 15 | 226 | 120 | 106 | ||
| 4 | Sun | September 29 | box | L | 1-3 | @ | St. Louis Cardinals | 28 | 43 | 24 | 454 | 238 | 216 | 3 | 24 | 397 | 233 | 164 | 1 |
| 5 | Sun | October 6 | box | W | 2-3 | Detroit Lions | 43 | 10 | 30 | 512 | 227 | 285 | 1 | 19 | 373 | 317 | 56 | 6 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 13 | box | W | 3-3 | Minnesota Vikings | 20 | 17 | 18 | 280 | 145 | 135 | 3 | 18 | 285 | 223 | 62 | 3 | |
| 7 | Mon | October 21 | box | L | 3-4 | @ | Chicago Bears | 7 | 23 | 16 | 319 | 223 | 96 | 5 | 24 | 342 | 167 | 175 | 4 |
| 8 | Sun | October 27 | box | L | 3-5 | @ | Indianapolis Colts | 10 | 37 | 17 | 277 | 203 | 74 | 6 | 24 | 496 | 266 | 230 | 2 |
| 9 | Sun | November 3 | box | L | 3-6 | Chicago Bears | 10 | 16 | 15 | 242 | 155 | 87 | 1 | 16 | 253 | 65 | 188 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 10 | box | W | 4-6 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 27 | 17 | 20 | 370 | 195 | 175 | 1 | 19 | 311 | 134 | 177 | 3 |
| 11 | Sun | November 17 | box | W | 5-6 | New Orleans Saints | 38 | 14 | 26 | 433 | 296 | 137 | 2 | 12 | 207 | 132 | 75 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 24 | box | L | 5-7 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 34 | 20 | 281 | 203 | 78 | 1 | 20 | 329 | 142 | 187 | 1 |
| 13 | Sun | December 1 | box | W | 6-7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 21 | 0 | 31 | 512 | 280 | 232 | 4 | 5 | 65 | 11 | 54 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 8 | box | L | 6-8 | Miami Dolphins | 24 | 34 | 20 | 366 | 241 | 125 | 4 | 24 | 408 | 345 | 63 | 3 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 15 | box | W | 7-8 | @ | Detroit Lions | 26 | 23 | 17 | 306 | 133 | 173 | 2 | 25 | 426 | 289 | 137 | 5 |
| 16 | Sun | December 22 | box | W | 8-8 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 20 | 17 | 18 | 331 | 192 | 139 | 4 | 22 | 330 | 241 | 89 | 4 |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 337 | 5371 | 1033 | 5.2 | 318 | 267 | 513 | 3163 | 21 | 27 | 5.6 | 172 | 470 | 2208 | 16 | 4.7 | 114 | 45 | 18 | 32 |
| Team Defense | 355 | 5173 | 1051 | 4.9 | 509 | 295 | 509 | 3126 | 22 | 15 | 5.6 | 178 | 494 | 2047 | 17 | 4.1 | 310 | 40 | 25 | 21 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 16 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 24 | 14 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 15 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 1 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Dickey | 36 | QB | 12 | 10 | 172 | 314 | 54.8 | 2206 | 15 | 4.8 | 17 | 5.4 | 63 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 12.8 | 183.8 | 70.4 | 30 | 226 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 8.7 |
| Jim Zorn | 32 | qb | 13 | 5 | 56 | 123 | 45.5 | 794 | 4 | 3.3 | 6 | 4.9 | 56 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 14.2 | 61.1 | 57.4 | 11 | 89 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 8.2 |
| Randy Wright | 24 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 74 | 52.7 | 552 | 2 | 2.7 | 4 | 5.4 | 38 | 7.5 | 5.3 | 14.2 | 110.4 | 63.6 | 8 | 67 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 9.8 | |
| Gerry Ellis | 28 | rb | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Eddie Lee Ivery | 28 | RB | 15 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 1 | 7 | -3.5 | -3.5 | 50.0 | |
| Team Total | 25.9 | 16 | 267 | 513 | 52.0 | 3552 | 21 | 4.1 | 27 | 5.3 | 63 | 6.9 | 5.0 | 13.3 | 222.0 | 66.0 | 50 | 389 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 8.9 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 295 | 509 | 58.0 | 3126 | 22 | 4.3 | 15 | 2.9 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 10.6 | 195.4 | 78.1 | 48 | 383 | 5.6 | 4.1 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Jessie Clark | 25 | FB | 16 | 14 | 147 | 633 | 5 | 80 | 4.3 | 39.6 | 9.2 | 24 | 252 | 10.5 | 2 | 55 | 1.5 | 15.8 | 885 | 7 | 4 |
| Eddie Lee Ivery | 28 | RB | 15 | 10 | 132 | 636 | 2 | 34 | 4.8 | 42.4 | 8.8 | 28 | 270 | 9.6 | 2 | 24 | 1.9 | 18.0 | 906 | 4 | 1 |
| Gerry Ellis | 28 | rb | 16 | 8 | 104 | 571 | 5 | 39 | 5.5 | 35.7 | 6.5 | 24 | 206 | 8.6 | 0 | 35 | 1.5 | 12.9 | 777 | 5 | 2 |
| Gary Ellerson | 22 | RET | 15 | 0 | 32 | 205 | 2 | 37 | 6.4 | 13.7 | 2.1 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 11 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 220 | 2 | 3 |
| Lynn Dickey | 36 | QB | 12 | 10 | 18 | -12 | 1 | 3 | -0.7 | -1.0 | 1.5 | -12 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| Jim Zorn | 32 | qb | 13 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| Harlan Huckleby | 28 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 15 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | 8 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 68 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Wright | 24 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| Phil Epps | 27 | WR | 16 | 16 | 5 | 103 | 1 | 34 | 20.6 | 6.4 | 0.3 | 44 | 683 | 15.5 | 3 | 63 | 2.8 | 42.7 | 786 | 4 | 1 |
| James Lofton* | 29 | WR | 16 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 69 | 1153 | 16.7 | 4 | 56 | 4.3 | 72.1 | 1167 | 4 | 3 |
| Ed West | 24 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 1 | 30 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 95 | 1 | 1 | |
| Guy Prather | 27 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Paul Coffman | 29 | TE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 49 | 666 | 13.6 | 6 | 32 | 3.1 | 41.6 | 666 | 6 | 1 | |
| Preston Dennard | 30 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 182 | 14.0 | 2 | 34 | 0.8 | 11.4 | 182 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Blake Moore | 27 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Team Total | 25.9 | 16 | 470 | 2208 | 16 | 80 | 4.7 | 138.0 | 29.4 | 267 | 3552 | 13.3 | 21 | 63 | 16.7 | 222.0 | 5760 | 37 | 39 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 494 | 2047 | 17 | 4.1 | 127.9 | 30.9 | 295 | 3126 | 10.6 | 22 | 18.4 | 195.4 | 5173 | 39 | 44 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Gary Ellerson | 22 | RET | 15 | 0 | 29 | 521 | 0 | 32 | 18.0 | 741 | |||||
| Phil Epps | 27 | WR | 16 | 16 | 15 | 146 | 0 | 46 | 9.7 | 12 | 279 | 0 | 48 | 23.3 | 1211 |
| Walter Stanley | 23 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 179 | 0 | 27 | 12.8 | 9 | 212 | 0 | 36 | 23.6 | 391 | |
| Gerry Ellis | 28 | rb | 16 | 8 | 13 | 247 | 0 | 40 | 19.0 | 1024 | |||||
| Tom Flynn | 23 | FS | 16 | 15 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 13 | 5.9 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 61 |
| John Anderson | 29 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | |||||
| Gary Hayes | 28 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Daryll Jones | 23 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | ||||||
| Mark Murphy | 27 | SS | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | |||||
| Ken Stills | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | ||||||
| Team Total | 25.9 | 16 | 38 | 370 | 0 | 46 | 9.7 | 67 | 1318 | 0 | 48 | 19.7 | 7448 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 46 | 0 | 71 | 1570 | 2 | 22.1 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Al Del Greco | 23 | K | 16 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 19 | 73.1% | 40 | 38 | 95.0% | ||||||||
| Joe Prokop | 25 | P | 9 | 0 | 56 | 2210 | 66 | 0 | 39.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Don Bracken | 23 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 1052 | 54 | 0 | 40.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.9 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 19 | 73.1% | 40 | 38 | 95.0% | 82 | 3262 | 66 | 0 | 39.8 | |||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 31 | 16 | 51.6% | 43 | 41 | 95.3% | 77 | 3288 | 42.7 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Lynn Dickey | 36 | QB | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | -18 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ezra Johnson | 30 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 9.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Randy Scott | 26 | LILB | 16 | 16 | 3.0 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 0 | |||||
| John Anderson | 29 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Alphonso Carreker | 23 | LDE | 16 | 10 | 9.0 | |||||||||||||
| Robert Brown | 25 | 16 | 4 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Mark Murphy | 27 | SS | 15 | 14 | 4.0 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Randy Wright | 24 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mike Douglass | 30 | ROLB | 15 | 15 | 1.5 | 2 | 126 | 1 | 80 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jessie Clark | 25 | FB | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gary Ellerson | 22 | RET | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tim Lewis | 24 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| Jim Zorn | 32 | qb | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gary Hayes | 28 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Charles Martin | 26 | NT | 16 | 10 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gerry Ellis | 28 | rb | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| James Lofton* | 29 | WR | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Brian Noble | 23 | RILB | 16 | 15 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||
| Guy Prather | 27 | 16 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Butler | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mossy Cade | 24 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Mark Cannon | 23 | C | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Dorsey | 25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tom Flynn | 23 | FS | 16 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Donnie Humphrey | 24 | nt | 16 | 6 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Lee Ivery | 28 | RB | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Walter Stanley | 23 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Paul Coffman | 29 | TE | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Preston Dennard | 30 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Phil Epps | 27 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Hallstrom | 26 | RG | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Greg Koch | 30 | RT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mark Lee | 27 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Blake Moore | 27 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Keith Uecker | 25 | lg | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ed West | 24 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.9 | 16 | 48.0 | 15 | 262 | 2 | 80 | 39 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 50 | 44 | 19 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Del Greco | 23 | K | 16 | 0 | 38 | 19 | 95 | |||||||||
| Jessie Clark | 25 | FB | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 42 | |||||||||
| Paul Coffman | 29 | TE | 16 | 16 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Gerry Ellis | 28 | rb | 16 | 8 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Phil Epps | 27 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 24 | |||||||||
| Eddie Lee Ivery | 28 | RB | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | |||||||||
| James Lofton* | 29 | WR | 16 | 16 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Preston Dennard | 30 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Gary Ellerson | 22 | RET | 15 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Dickey | 36 | QB | 12 | 10 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Mike Douglass | 30 | ROLB | 15 | 15 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Tim Lewis | 24 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Blake Moore | 27 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Mark Murphy | 27 | SS | 15 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Ed West | 24 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Robert Brown | 25 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.9 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 1 | 337 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 41 | 16 | 4 | 355 |