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1985 New York Giants
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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 399 points (24.9/g), 6th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 283 points (17.7/g), 5th.
Differential of 116 points (7.2/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 11.1-4.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 14th.
Coached by Bill Parcells (10-6-0)
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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 | Phil Simms* | 31 | 6 | 16 | 275 for 495, 3,829 yards, 22 td, 20 int, & 37 rushes for 132 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 1st / 7th pick / 1979 |
| RB | Joe Morris* | 25 | 3 | 16 | 294 rushes for 1,336 yards, 21 td, & 22 catches for 212 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 45th pick / 1982 |
| RB | Maurice Carthon | 24 | Rook | 6 | 27 rushes for 70 yards, 0 td, & 8 catches for 81 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Rob Carpenter | 30 | 8 | 10 | 60 rushes for 201 yards, 0 td, & 20 catches for 162 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 84th pick / 1977 |
| WR | Bobby L. Johnson | 24 | 1 | 15 | 33 catches for 533 yards, 8 td | |
| WR | Lionel Manuel | 23 | 1 | 12 | 49 catches for 859 yards, 5 td | New York Giants / 7th / 171st pick / 1984 |
| WR | Byron Williams | 25 | 2 | 5 | 15 catches for 280 yards, 0 td, & 2 rushes for 18 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 253rd pick / 1983 |
| TE | Mark Bavaro | 22 | Rook | 16 | 37 catches for 511 yards, 4 td | New York Giants / 4th / 100th pick / 1985 |
| LT | Brad Benson | 30 | 7 | 16 | New England Patriots / 8th / 219th pick / 1977 |
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| LG | Billy Ard | 26 | 4 | 16 | New York Giants / 8th / 221st pick / 1981 |
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| C | Bart Oates | 27 | Rook | 14 | 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RG | Chris Godfrey | 27 | 5 | 16 | ||
| RT | Karl Nelson | 25 | 1 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 3rd / 70th pick / 1983 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Curtis McGriff | 27 | 5 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| NT | Jim Burt | 26 | 4 | 15 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RDE | Leonard Marshall* | 24 | 2 | 16 | 15.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 37th pick / 1983 |
| LOLB | Byron Hunt | 27 | 4 | 11 | 1.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 9th / 224th pick / 1981 |
| LOLB | Carl Banks | 23 | 1 | 5 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 3rd pick / 1984 |
| LILB | Gary Reasons | 23 | 1 | 15 | 0.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 105th pick / 1984 |
| RILB | Harry Carson* | 32 | 9 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 105th pick / 1976 |
| ROLB | Lawrence Taylor*+ | 26 | 4 | 16 | 13.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 2nd pick / 1981 |
| LCB | Elvis Patterson | 25 | 1 | 15 | 0.5 sacks, 6 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RCB | Perry Williams | 24 | 1 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 7th / 178th pick / 1983 |
| SS | Kenny Hill | 27 | 4 | 11 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Oakland Raiders / 8th / 194th pick / 1980 |
| FS | Terry Kinard | 26 | 2 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1983 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Eric Schubert | 23 | Rook | 0 | 10 of 13 field goals & 26 of 27 extra points | |
| P | Sean Landeta | 23 | Rook | 0 | 81 punts for a 42.9 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Phil McConkey | 28 | 1 | 0 | 53 punt returns for a 8.3 average and 0 td | |
| KR | George Adams | 23 | Rook | 0 | 14 kick returns for a 17.2 average and 0 td | New York Giants / 1st / 19th pick / 1985 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Adams | 23 | RB | 16 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 12/22/1962 | Rook | New York Giants / 1st / 19th pick / 1985 |
| Billy Ard | 26 | G | 16 | 16 | 265 | 6-3 | Wake Forest | 3/12/1959 | 4 | New York Giants / 8th / 221st pick / 1981 |
| Jess Atkinson | 24 | K | 6 | 0 | 165 | 5-9 | Maryland | 12/11/1961 | Rook | |
| Carl Banks | 23 | LB | 12 | 5 | 235 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 8/29/1962 | 1 | New York Giants / 1st / 3rd pick / 1984 |
| Mark Bavaro | 22 | TE | 16 | 16 | 245 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 4/28/1963 | Rook | New York Giants / 4th / 100th pick / 1985 |
| Brad Benson | 30 | T-G-C | 16 | 16 | 262 | 6-3 | Penn State | 11/25/1955 | 7 | New England Patriots / 8th / 219th pick / 1977 |
| Jim Burt | 26 | NT-DT | 16 | 15 | 260 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 6/7/1959 | 4 | |
| Rob Carpenter | 30 | RB | 14 | 10 | 224 | 6-1 | Miami (OH) | 4/20/1955 | 8 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 84th pick / 1977 |
| Harry Carson* | 32 | LB | 16 | 16 | 237 | 6-2 | South Carolina State | 11/26/1953 | 9 | New York Giants / 4th / 105th pick / 1976 |
| Maurice Carthon | 24 | RB | 16 | 6 | 225 | 6-1 | Arkansas State | 4/24/1961 | Rook | |
| Bill Currier | 30 | DB | 2 | 2 | 196 | 6-0 | South Carolina | 1/5/1955 | 8 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 232nd pick / 1977 |
| Tyrone Davis | 24 | DB | 7 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Clemson | 11/17/1961 | Rook | New York Giants / 3rd / 58th pick / 1985 |
| Larry Flowers | 27 | DB | 9 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Texas Tech | 4/19/1958 | 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 102nd pick / 1980 |
| Tony Galbreath | 31 | RB | 16 | 0 | 228 | 6-0 | Missouri | 1/29/1954 | 9 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1976 |
| Chris Godfrey | 27 | G-T-DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 263 | 6-3 | Michigan | 5/17/1958 | 5 | |
| Conrad Goode | 23 | T-G-C | 16 | 2 | 285 | 6-6 | Missouri | 1/19/1962 | 1 | New York Giants / 4th / 87th pick / 1984 |
| Ali Haji-Sheikh | 24 | K | 2 | 0 | 172 | 6-0 | Michigan | 1/11/1961 | 2 | New York Giants / 9th / 237th pick / 1983 |
| Dee Hardison | 29 | DE-DT-NT-DE | 13 | 0 | 274 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 5/2/1956 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1978 |
| Don Hasselbeck | 30 | TE | 7 | 0 | 245 | 6-7 | Colorado | 4/1/1955 | 8 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1977 |
| Mark Haynes | 27 | DB | 5 | 1 | 194 | 5-11 | Colorado | 11/6/1958 | 5 | New York Giants / 1st / 8th pick / 1980 |
| Andy Headen | 25 | LB | 16 | 1 | 240 | 6-5 | Clemson | 7/8/1960 | 2 | New York Giants / 8th / 205th pick / 1983 |
| Kenny Hill | 27 | DB | 12 | 11 | 194 | 6-0 | Yale | 7/25/1958 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 8th / 194th pick / 1980 |
| Jeff Hostetler | 24 | QB | 5 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Penn State,West Virginia | 4/22/1961 | Rook | New York Giants / 3rd / 59th pick / 1984 |
| Byron Hunt | 27 | LB | 16 | 11 | 238 | 6-5 | SMU | 12/17/1958 | 4 | New York Giants / 9th / 224th pick / 1981 |
| Bobby L. Johnson | 24 | WR | 16 | 15 | 170 | 5-11 | Kansas | 12/14/1961 | 1 | |
| Robbie Jones | 26 | LB | 16 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Alabama | 12/25/1959 | 1 | New York Giants / 12th / 309th pick / 1983 |
| David Jordan | 23 | G | 16 | 0 | 274 | 6-6 | Auburn | 6/14/1962 | 1 | New York Giants / 10th / 255th pick / 1984 |
| Vyto Kab | 26 | TE | 11 | 0 | 243 | 6-5 | Penn State | 12/23/1959 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 78th pick / 1982 |
| Terry Kinard | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 199 | 6-1 | Clemson | 11/24/1959 | 2 | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1983 |
| Gordon King | 29 | T-G | 15 | 0 | 275 | 6-6 | Stanford | 2/3/1956 | 7 | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1978 |
| Sean Landeta | 23 | P | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Towson State | 1/6/1962 | Rook | |
| Lionel Manuel | 23 | WR | 12 | 12 | 178 | 5-11 | Pacific | 4/13/1962 | 1 | New York Giants / 7th / 171st pick / 1984 |
| Leonard Marshall* | 24 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 288 | 6-3 | LSU | 10/22/1961 | 2 | New York Giants / 2nd / 37th pick / 1983 |
| George Martin | 32 | DE | 16 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Oregon | 2/16/1953 | 10 | New York Giants / 11th / 262nd pick / 1975 |
| Phil McConkey | 28 | WR | 16 | 0 | 170 | 5-10 | Navy | 2/24/1957 | 1 | |
| Curtis McGriff | 27 | DE-NT | 16 | 16 | 270 | 6-5 | Alabama | 5/17/1958 | 5 | |
| Casey Merrill | 28 | DE-DT | 11 | 0 | 254 | 6-4 | California-Davis | 7/16/1957 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 113th pick / 1979 |
| Joe Morris* | 25 | RB | 16 | 16 | 195 | 5-7 | Syracuse | 9/15/1960 | 3 | New York Giants / 2nd / 45th pick / 1982 |
| Karl Nelson | 25 | T | 16 | 16 | 285 | 6-6 | Iowa State | 6/14/1960 | 1 | New York Giants / 3rd / 70th pick / 1983 |
| Bart Oates | 27 | C | 16 | 14 | 275 | 6-4 | BYU | 12/16/1958 | Rook | |
| Elvis Patterson | 25 | DB | 16 | 15 | 193 | 5-11 | Kansas | 10/21/1960 | 1 | |
| Gary Reasons | 23 | LB | 16 | 15 | 235 | 6-4 | Northwest State (LA) | 2/18/1962 | 1 | New York Giants / 4th / 105th pick / 1984 |
| Stacy Robinson | 23 | WR | 4 | 0 | 186 | 5-11 | North Dakota State,Prairie View | 2/19/1962 | Rook | New York Giants / 2nd / 46th pick / 1985 |
| Lee Rouson | 23 | RB | 2 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Colorado | 10/18/1962 | Rook | New York Giants / 8th / 213th pick / 1985 |
| Jeff Rutledge | 28 | QB | 16 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/22/1957 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 9th / 246th pick / 1979 |
| Jerome Sally | 26 | NT | 16 | 1 | 267 | 6-3 | Missouri | 2/24/1959 | 3 | |
| Eric Schubert | 23 | K | 8 | 0 | 185 | 5-8 | Pittsburgh | 5/28/1962 | Rook | |
| Phil Simms* | 31 | QB | 16 | 16 | 216 | 6-3 | Morehead State | 11/3/1954 | 6 | New York Giants / 1st / 7th pick / 1979 |
| Lawrence Taylor*+ | 26 | LB | 16 | 16 | 237 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 2/4/1959 | 4 | New York Giants / 1st / 2nd pick / 1981 |
| Ted Watts | 27 | DB | 16 | 3 | 195 | 6-0 | Texas Tech | 5/29/1958 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 21st pick / 1981 |
| Herb Welch | 24 | DB | 16 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | UCLA | 1/12/1961 | Rook | New York Giants / 12th / 326th pick / 1985 |
| Byron Williams | 25 | WR | 16 | 5 | 182 | 6-2 | Texas-Arlington | 10/31/1960 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 253rd pick / 1983 |
| Perry Williams | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 203 | 6-2 | North Carolina State | 5/12/1961 | 1 | New York Giants / 7th / 178th pick / 1983 |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 16 | 225.0 | 6-1.9 | 3.1 |