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1985 New England Patriots
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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
1985 AFC Champions
Scored 362 points (22.6/g), 10th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 290 points (18.1/g), 6th.
Differential of 72 points (4.5/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 10.1-5.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.3/g), 7th.
Coached by Raymond Berry (11-5-0)
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1985 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Tony Eason | 26 | 2 | 10 | 168 for 299, 2,156 yards, 11 td, 17 int, & 22 rushes for 70 yards and 1 td | New England Patriots / 1st / 15th pick / 1983 |
| QB | Steve Grogan | 32 | 10 | 6 | 85 for 156, 1,311 yards, 7 td, 5 int, & 20 rushes for 29 yards and 2 td | New England Patriots / 5th / 116th pick / 1975 |
| RB | Tony Collins | 26 | 4 | 16 | 163 rushes for 657 yards, 3 td, & 52 catches for 549 yards and 2 td | New England Patriots / 2nd / 47th pick / 1981 |
| FB | Craig James* | 24 | 1 | 14 | 263 rushes for 1,227 yards, 5 td, & 27 catches for 360 yards and 2 td | New England Patriots / 7th / 187th pick / 1983 |
| WR | Irving Fryar* | 23 | 1 | 14 | 39 catches for 670 yards, 7 td, & 7 rushes for 27 yards and 1 td | New England Patriots / 1st / 1st pick / 1984 |
| WR | Stanley Morgan | 30 | 8 | 13 | 39 catches for 760 yards, 5 td, & 1 rush for 0 yards and 0 td | New England Patriots / 1st / 25th pick / 1977 |
| TE | Lin Dawson | 26 | 4 | 13 | 17 catches for 148 yards, 0 td | New England Patriots / 8th / 212th pick / 1981 |
| LT | Brian Holloway* | 26 | 4 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 1st / 19th pick / 1981 |
| LG | John Hannah*+ | 34 | 12 | 14 | New England Patriots / 1st / 4th pick / 1973 |
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| C | Pete Brock | 31 | 9 | 8 | New England Patriots / 1st / 12th pick / 1976 |
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| C | Guy Morriss | 34 | 12 | 10 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 28th pick / 1973 |
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| RG | Ron Wooten | 26 | 3 | 14 | New England Patriots / 6th / 157th pick / 1981 |
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| RT | Steve Moore | 25 | 2 | 16 | New England Patriots / 3rd / 80th pick / 1983 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Kenneth Sims | 26 | 3 | 13 | 5.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 1st / 1st pick / 1982 |
| NT | Dennis Owens | 25 | 3 | 13 | ||
| RDE | Julius Adams | 37 | 14 | 12 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 2nd / 27th pick / 1971 |
| LOLB | Andre Tippett*+ | 26 | 3 | 16 | 16.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 2nd / 41st pick / 1982 |
| LILB | Steve Nelson* | 34 | 11 | 15 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 2nd / 34th pick / 1974 |
| RILB | Larry McGrew | 28 | 5 | 13 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 2nd / 45th pick / 1980 |
| RILB | Johnny Rembert | 24 | 2 | 6 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 4th / 101st pick / 1983 |
| ROLB | Don Blackmon | 27 | 4 | 14 | 8.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 4th / 102nd pick / 1981 |
| LCB | Ronnie Lippett | 25 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 8th / 214th pick / 1983 |
| RCB | Raymond Clayborn* | 30 | 8 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 1st / 16th pick / 1977 |
| SS | Roland James | 27 | 5 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 1st / 14th pick / 1980 |
| FS | Fred Marion* | 26 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 7 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 5th / 112th pick / 1982 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Tony Franklin | 29 | 6 | 0 | 24 of 30 field goals & 40 of 41 extra points | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 74th pick / 1979 |
| P | Rich Camarillo | 26 | 4 | 0 | 92 punts for a 43.0 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Irving Fryar* | 23 | 1 | 14 | 37 punt returns for a 14.1 average and 2 td | New England Patriots / 1st / 1st pick / 1984 |
| KR | Stephen Starring | 24 | 2 | 1 | 48 kick returns for a 21.1 average and 0 td | New England Patriots / 3rd / 74th pick / 1983 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Julius Adams | 37 | DE-DT | 16 | 12 | 270 | 6-3 | Texas Southern | 4/26/1948 | 14 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 27th pick / 1971 |
| Don Blackmon | 27 | LB | 14 | 14 | 235 | 6-3 | Tulsa | 3/14/1958 | 4 | New England Patriots / 4th / 102nd pick / 1981 |
| Jim Bowman | 22 | DB | 16 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Central Michigan | 10/26/1963 | Rook | New England Patriots / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1985 |
| Pete Brock | 31 | C-T-G | 9 | 8 | 267 | 6-5 | Colorado | 7/14/1954 | 9 | New England Patriots / 1st / 12th pick / 1976 |
| Rich Camarillo | 26 | P | 16 | 0 | 202 | 5-11 | Washington | 11/29/1959 | 4 | |
| Raymond Clayborn* | 30 | DB | 16 | 16 | 186 | 6-0 | Texas | 1/2/1955 | 8 | New England Patriots / 1st / 16th pick / 1977 |
| Tony Collins | 26 | RB | 16 | 16 | 208 | 5-11 | East Carolina | 5/27/1959 | 4 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 47th pick / 1981 |
| Tom Condon | 33 | G | 1 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Boston College | 10/26/1952 | 11 | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 250th pick / 1974 |
| Lin Dawson | 26 | TE | 16 | 13 | 240 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 6/24/1959 | 4 | New England Patriots / 8th / 212th pick / 1981 |
| Tony Eason | 26 | QB | 16 | 10 | 212 | 6-4 | Illinois | 10/8/1959 | 2 | New England Patriots / 1st / 15th pick / 1983 |
| Paul Fairchild | 24 | G-C | 16 | 2 | 270 | 6-4 | Kansas | 9/14/1961 | 1 | New England Patriots / 5th / 124th pick / 1984 |
| Tony Franklin | 29 | K | 16 | 0 | 182 | 5-8 | Texas A&M | 11/18/1956 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 74th pick / 1979 |
| Irving Fryar* | 23 | WR | 16 | 14 | 200 | 6-0 | Nebraska | 9/28/1962 | 1 | New England Patriots / 1st / 1st pick / 1984 |
| Ernest Gibson | 24 | DB | 9 | 0 | 189 | 5-10 | Furman | 10/3/1961 | 1 | New England Patriots / 6th / 151st pick / 1984 |
| Steve Grogan | 32 | QB | 7 | 6 | 210 | 6-4 | Kansas State | 7/24/1953 | 10 | New England Patriots / 5th / 116th pick / 1975 |
| John Hannah*+ | 34 | G | 14 | 14 | 265 | 6-2 | Alabama | 4/4/1951 | 12 | New England Patriots / 1st / 4th pick / 1973 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 29 | RB-TE-WR | 15 | 0 | 228 | 6-2 | Baylor | 9/5/1956 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 28th pick / 1979 |
| Brian Holloway* | 26 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 284 | 6-7 | Stanford | 7/25/1959 | 4 | New England Patriots / 1st / 19th pick / 1981 |
| Brian Ingram | 26 | LB | 15 | 0 | 236 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 10/31/1959 | 3 | New England Patriots / 4th / 111th pick / 1982 |
| Craig James* | 24 | RB | 16 | 14 | 215 | 6-0 | SMU | 1/2/1961 | 1 | New England Patriots / 7th / 187th pick / 1983 |
| Roland James | 27 | DB | 16 | 16 | 191 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 2/18/1958 | 5 | New England Patriots / 1st / 14th pick / 1980 |
| Cedric Jones | 25 | WR | 16 | 3 | 184 | 6-1 | Duke | 6/1/1960 | 3 | New England Patriots / 3rd / 56th pick / 1982 |
| Ronnie Lippett | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 180 | 5-11 | Miami (FL) | 12/10/1960 | 2 | New England Patriots / 8th / 214th pick / 1983 |
| Fred Marion* | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 192 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 1/2/1959 | 3 | New England Patriots / 5th / 112th pick / 1982 |
| Trevor Matich | 24 | C-G-T | 1 | 0 | 277 | 6-4 | BYU | 10/9/1961 | Rook | New England Patriots / 1st / 28th pick / 1985 |
| Larry McGrew | 28 | LB | 13 | 13 | 233 | 6-5 | USC | 7/23/1957 | 5 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 45th pick / 1980 |
| Rod McSwain | 23 | DB | 16 | 0 | 198 | 6-1 | Clemson | 1/28/1962 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1984 |
| Steve Moore | 25 | T | 16 | 16 | 293 | 6-4 | Tennessee State | 10/1/1960 | 2 | New England Patriots / 3rd / 80th pick / 1983 |
| Stanley Morgan | 30 | WR | 15 | 13 | 181 | 5-11 | Tennessee | 2/17/1955 | 8 | New England Patriots / 1st / 25th pick / 1977 |
| Guy Morriss | 34 | C | 16 | 10 | 255 | 6-4 | TCU | 5/13/1951 | 12 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 28th pick / 1973 |
| Steve Nelson* | 34 | LB | 15 | 15 | 230 | 6-2 | Augsburg,North Dakota State | 4/26/1951 | 11 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 34th pick / 1974 |
| Dennis Owens | 25 | NT | 14 | 13 | 257 | 6-1 | North Carolina State | 2/24/1960 | 3 | |
| Art Plunkett | 26 | T | 15 | 0 | 269 | 6-7 | UNLV | 3/8/1959 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 216th pick / 1981 |
| Derrick Ramsey | 29 | TE | 16 | 3 | 230 | 6-4 | Kentucky | 12/23/1956 | 7 | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 136th pick / 1978 |
| Johnny Rembert | 24 | LB | 16 | 6 | 234 | 6-3 | Clemson | 1/19/1961 | 2 | New England Patriots / 4th / 101st pick / 1983 |
| Ed Reynolds | 24 | LB | 12 | 0 | 238 | 6-5 | Virginia | 9/23/1961 | 2 | |
| Kenneth Sims | 26 | DE | 13 | 13 | 272 | 6-5 | Texas | 10/31/1959 | 3 | New England Patriots / 1st / 1st pick / 1982 |
| Stephen Starring | 24 | WR | 16 | 1 | 172 | 5-10 | McNeese State | 7/30/1961 | 2 | New England Patriots / 3rd / 74th pick / 1983 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 30 | RB | 16 | 2 | 227 | 6-0 | USC | 4/26/1955 | 7 | New England Patriots / 8th / 215th pick / 1978 |
| Ben Thomas | 24 | DE-NT | 15 | 0 | 280 | 6-4 | Auburn | 7/2/1961 | Rook | New England Patriots / 2nd / 56th pick / 1985 |
| Andre Tippett*+ | 26 | LB | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-3 | Iowa | 12/27/1959 | 3 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 41st pick / 1982 |
| Garin Veris | 22 | DE | 16 | 4 | 255 | 6-4 | Stanford | 2/27/1963 | Rook | New England Patriots / 2nd / 48th pick / 1985 |
| Robert Weathers | 25 | RB | 16 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 9/13/1960 | 3 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 40th pick / 1982 |
| Derwin Williams | 24 | WR | 16 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | New Mexico | 5/6/1961 | Rook | New England Patriots / 7th / 192nd pick / 1984 |
| Ed Williams | 24 | LB | 13 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | Texas | 9/8/1961 | 1 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1984 |
| Lester Williams | 26 | NT-DE | 9 | 3 | 275 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 1/19/1959 | 3 | New England Patriots / 1st / 27th pick / 1982 |
| Toby Williams | 26 | NT-DE-DT | 5 | 3 | 264 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 11/19/1959 | 2 | New England Patriots / 10th / 265th pick / 1983 |
| Ron Wooten | 26 | G | 14 | 14 | 274 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 6/28/1959 | 3 | New England Patriots / 6th / 157th pick / 1981 |
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 231.8 | 6-2.3 | 4.1 |