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1985 Washington Redskins
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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 297 points (18.6/g), 20th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 312 points (19.5/g), 11th.
Differential of -15 points (-0.9/g), 17th.
Expected W-L: 7.5-8.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 21st.
Coached by Joe Gibbs (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 | Joe Theismann | 36 | 11 | 11 | 167 for 301, 1,774 yards, 8 td, 16 int, & 25 rushes for 115 yards and 2 td | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 99th pick / 1971 |
| QB | Jay Schroeder | 24 | Rook | 5 | 112 for 209, 1,458 yards, 5 td, 5 int, & 17 rushes for 30 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1984 |
| RB | John Riggins | 36 | 14 | 11 | 176 rushes for 677 yards, 8 td, & 6 catches for 18 yards and 0 td | New York Jets / 1st / 6th pick / 1971 |
| RB | George Rogers | 27 | 4 | 5 | 231 rushes for 1,093 yards, 7 td, & 4 catches for 29 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 1st pick / 1981 |
| WR | Gary Clark | 23 | Rook | 10 | 72 catches for 926 yards, 5 td, & 2 rushes for 10 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 55th pick / 1984 Supp |
| WR | Art Monk* | 28 | 5 | 14 | 91 catches for 1,226 yards, 2 td, & 7 rushes for 51 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 1st / 18th pick / 1980 |
| WR | Calvin Muhammad | 27 | 3 | 5 | 9 catches for 116 yards, 1 td | Oakland Raiders / 12th / 322nd pick / 1980 |
| TE | Clint Didier | 26 | 3 | 14 | 41 catches for 433 yards, 4 td | Washington Redskins / 12th / 314th pick / 1981 |
| TE | Don Warren | 29 | 6 | 16 | 15 catches for 163 yards, 1 td, & 1 rush for 5 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 4th / 103rd pick / 1979 |
| LT | Joe Jacoby* | 26 | 4 | 11 | ||
| LG | Russ Grimm*+ | 26 | 4 | 16 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 69th pick / 1981 |
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| C | Rick Donnalley | 27 | 3 | 12 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1981 |
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| C | Jeff Bostic | 27 | 5 | 6 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RG | Ken Huff | 32 | 10 | 15 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 3rd pick / 1975 |
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| RT | Mark May | 26 | 4 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 1st / 20th pick / 1981 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Charles Mann | 24 | 2 | 16 | 14.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 84th pick / 1983 |
| LDT | Dave Butz | 35 | 12 | 16 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1973 |
| RDT | Darryl Grant | 26 | 4 | 8 | 1.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 9th / 231st pick / 1981 |
| RDT | Dean Hamel | 24 | Rook | 8 | 6.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 12th / 309th pick / 1985 |
| RDE | Dexter Manley | 26 | 4 | 16 | 15.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 5th / 119th pick / 1981 |
| LLB | Mel Kaufman | 27 | 4 | 15 | 4.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Neal Olkewicz | 28 | 6 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RLB | Rich Milot | 28 | 6 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 7th / 182nd pick / 1979 |
| LCB | Darrell Green | 25 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 1st / 28th pick / 1983 |
| RCB | Vernon Dean | 26 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 49th pick / 1982 |
| SS | Tony Peters | 32 | 10 | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 82nd pick / 1975 |
| SS | Raphel Cherry | 24 | Rook | 6 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 5th / 122nd pick / 1985 |
| FS | Curtis Jordan | 31 | 9 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 158th pick / 1976 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Mark Moseley | 37 | 15 | 0 | 22 of 34 field goals & 31 of 33 extra points | Philadelphia Eagles / 14th / 346th pick / 1970 |
| P | Steve Cox | 27 | 4 | 0 | 52 punts for a 41.8 average, 0 blocked | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 134th pick / 1981 |
| PR | Ken Jenkins | 26 | 2 | 0 | 26 punt returns for a 10.5 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Ken Jenkins | 26 | 2 | 0 | 41 kick returns for a 24.8 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Anderson | 26 | LB | 16 | 0 | 238 | 6-1 | Virginia | 12/25/1959 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 104th pick / 1982 |
| Doug Barnett | 25 | DE | 2 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Azusa Pacific | 4/12/1960 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 118th pick / 1982 |
| Malcolm Barnwell | 27 | WR | 7 | 2 | 184 | 5-11 | Virginia Union | 6/28/1958 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 7th / 173rd pick / 1980 |
| Tom Beasley | 31 | DE-DT | 12 | 0 | 253 | 6-5 | Virginia Tech | 8/11/1954 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 60th pick / 1977 |
| Jeff Bostic | 27 | C | 10 | 6 | 268 | 6-2 | Clemson | 9/18/1958 | 5 | |
| Reggie Branch | 23 | RB | 8 | 0 | 232 | 5-11 | East Carolina,West Virginia State | 10/22/1962 | Rook | |
| Dave Butz | 35 | DT-DE | 16 | 16 | 291 | 6-7 | Purdue | 6/23/1950 | 12 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1973 |
| Raphel Cherry | 24 | DB | 16 | 6 | 194 | 6-0 | Hawaii | 12/19/1961 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 5th / 122nd pick / 1985 |
| Gary Clark | 23 | WR | 16 | 10 | 173 | 5-9 | James Madison | 5/1/1962 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 55th pick / 1984 Supp |
| Monte Coleman | 28 | LB | 10 | 1 | 242 | 6-2 | Central Arkansas | 11/4/1957 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 289th pick / 1979 |
| Steve Cox | 27 | P-K | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6-4 | Arkansas,Tulsa | 5/11/1958 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 134th pick / 1981 |
| Pete Cronan | 30 | LB | 4 | 0 | 238 | 6-2 | Boston College | 1/13/1955 | 8 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 51st pick / 1977 |
| Vernon Dean | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 178 | 5-11 | San Diego State,U.S. International | 5/5/1959 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 49th pick / 1982 |
| Clint Didier | 26 | TE | 16 | 14 | 240 | 6-5 | Portland State | 4/4/1959 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 314th pick / 1981 |
| Rick Donnalley | 27 | C-G | 13 | 12 | 261 | 6-2 | North Carolina | 12/11/1958 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1981 |
| Darryl Grant | 26 | DT-G-C-T | 8 | 8 | 269 | 6-1 | Rice | 11/22/1959 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 9th / 231st pick / 1981 |
| Darrell Green | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 184 | 5-9 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 2/15/1960 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 28th pick / 1983 |
| Keith Griffin | 24 | RB | 16 | 0 | 185 | 5-8 | Miami (FL) | 10/26/1961 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 279th pick / 1984 |
| Russ Grimm*+ | 26 | G-C | 16 | 16 | 273 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 5/2/1959 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 69th pick / 1981 |
| Dean Hamel | 24 | DT | 16 | 8 | 279 | 6-3 | Tulsa | 7/7/1961 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 12th / 309th pick / 1985 |
| Steve Hamilton | 24 | DE-DT | 7 | 0 | 263 | 6-4 | East Carolina | 9/28/1961 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 55th pick / 1984 |
| Jeff Hayes | 26 | P | 4 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | North Carolina | 8/19/1959 | 3 | |
| Ken Huff | 32 | G | 16 | 15 | 260 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 2/21/1953 | 10 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 3rd pick / 1975 |
| Joe Jacoby* | 26 | T-G | 11 | 11 | 305 | 6-7 | Louisville | 7/6/1959 | 4 | |
| Ken Jenkins | 26 | RB | 13 | 0 | 183 | 5-8 | Bucknell | 5/8/1959 | 2 | |
| Anthony Jones | 25 | TE | 16 | 2 | 248 | 6-3 | Md-Eastern Shore,Wichita State | 5/16/1960 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 306th pick / 1984 |
| Curtis Jordan | 31 | DB | 16 | 16 | 200 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 1/25/1954 | 9 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 158th pick / 1976 |
| Mel Kaufman | 27 | LB | 15 | 15 | 221 | 6-2 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 2/24/1958 | 4 | |
| Chris Keating | 28 | LB | 10 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | Maine | 10/12/1957 | 6 | |
| Todd Liebenstein | 25 | DE | 4 | 0 | 253 | 6-6 | UNLV | 1/9/1960 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 99th pick / 1982 |
| Dexter Manley | 26 | DE | 16 | 16 | 253 | 6-3 | Oklahoma State | 7/2/1959 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 5th / 119th pick / 1981 |
| Charles Mann | 24 | DE | 16 | 16 | 268 | 6-6 | Nevada-Reno | 4/12/1961 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 84th pick / 1983 |
| Mark May | 26 | G-T-C | 16 | 16 | 295 | 6-6 | Pittsburgh | 11/2/1959 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 20th pick / 1981 |
| Mark McGrath | 28 | WR | 5 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Montana State | 12/17/1957 | 4 | |
| Raleigh McKenzie | 22 | G-C-T | 6 | 0 | 290 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 2/8/1963 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 11th / 290th pick / 1985 |
| Dan McQuaid | 25 | T-G | 16 | 3 | 278 | 6-7 | UNLV | 10/4/1960 | Rook | |
| Rich Milot | 28 | LB | 16 | 16 | 234 | 6-4 | Penn State | 5/28/1957 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 7th / 182nd pick / 1979 |
| Art Monk* | 28 | WR | 15 | 14 | 210 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 12/5/1957 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 18th pick / 1980 |
| Michael Morton | 25 | RB | 1 | 0 | 180 | 5-8 | UNLV | 2/6/1960 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 12th / 325th pick / 1982 |
| Mark Moseley | 37 | K | 16 | 0 | 202 | 5-11 | Stephen F. Austin,Texas A&M | 3/12/1948 | 15 | Philadelphia Eagles / 14th / 346th pick / 1970 |
| Calvin Muhammad | 27 | WR | 12 | 5 | 190 | 5-11 | Texas Southern | 12/10/1958 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 12th / 322nd pick / 1980 |
| Neal Olkewicz | 28 | LB | 16 | 16 | 230 | 6-0 | Maryland | 1/30/1957 | 6 | |
| Tony Peters | 32 | DB | 10 | 10 | 187 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 4/28/1953 | 10 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 82nd pick / 1975 |
| Joe Jr. Phillips | 22 | WR | 4 | 0 | 188 | 5-9 | Kentucky | 5/12/1963 | Rook | |
| John Riggins | 36 | RB | 12 | 11 | 230 | 6-2 | Kansas | 8/4/1949 | 14 | New York Jets / 1st / 6th pick / 1971 |
| George Rogers | 27 | RB | 15 | 5 | 228 | 6-2 | South Carolina | 12/8/1958 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 1st pick / 1981 |
| Jay Schroeder | 24 | QB | 9 | 5 | 215 | 6-4 | UCLA | 6/28/1961 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1984 |
| Joe Theismann | 36 | QB | 11 | 11 | 192 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 9/9/1949 | 11 | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 99th pick / 1971 |
| R.C. Thielemann | 30 | G-C | 3 | 1 | 255 | 6-4 | Arkansas | 8/12/1955 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 36th pick / 1977 |
| Rick Walker | 30 | TE | 16 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | UCLA | 5/28/1955 | 8 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 85th pick / 1977 |
| Don Warren | 29 | TE | 16 | 16 | 242 | 6-4 | San Diego State | 5/5/1956 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 103rd pick / 1979 |
| Barry Wilburn | 22 | DB | 16 | 1 | 196 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 12/9/1963 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 8th / 219th pick / 1985 |
| Greg Williams | 26 | DB | 16 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Mississippi State | 8/1/1959 | 3 | |
| Kevin J. Williams | 24 | DB | 12 | 0 | 169 | 5-9 | Iowa State | 11/28/1961 | Rook | |
| Otis Wonsley | 28 | RB | 16 | 1 | 214 | 5-10 | Alcorn State | 8/13/1957 | 4 | New York Giants / 9th / 229th pick / 1980 |
| Team Total | 27.1 | 16 | 227.3 | 6-1.6 | 4.3 |