1985 Green Bay Packers season
1985 Green Bay Packers season | |
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Owner | Green Bay Packers, Inc. |
Head coach | Forrest Gregg |
General manager | Bob Harlan |
Home field | Lambeau Field Milwaukee County Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 8–8 |
Division place | 2nd NFC Central |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
The 1985 Green Bay Packers season was their 67th season overall and their 65th in the National Football League. The team finished with an 8–8 record under coach Forrest Gregg, the same record from the previous year. The Packers earned a second-place finish in the NFC Central division.
Offseason[]
NFL Draft[]
Round | Selection | Player | Position | College | Notes |
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1 | 7 | Ken Ruettgers | G | USC | |
3 | 71 | Rich Moran | G | San Diego State | |
4 | 98 | Walter Stanley | WR | Mesa State | |
5 | 125 | Brian Noble | LB | Arizona State | |
6 | 155 | Mark Lewis | TE | Texas A&M | |
7 | 171 | Eric Wilson | LB | Maryland | |
182 | Gary Ellerson | RB | Wisconsin | ||
8 | 209 | Ken Stills | S | Wisconsin | |
9 | 239 | Morris Johnson | G | Alabama A&M | |
10 | 266 | Ronnie Burgess | CB | Wake Forest | |
11 | 294 | Joe Shield | QB | Trinity | |
12 | 323 | Jim Meyer | P | Arizona State |
Personnel[]
Staff[]
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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Roster[]
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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Reserve lists
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Regular season[]
The team finished with an 8–8 record for the third consecutive season. The team was 5–3 at home and 3–5 on the road.[2]
Schedule[]
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
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1 | September 8 | at New England Patriots | L 20–26 | 0–1 | Sullivan Stadium | Recap |
2 | September 15 | New York Giants | W 23–20 | 1–1 | Lambeau Field | Recap |
3 | September 22 | New York Jets | L 3–24 | 1–2 | Milwaukee County Stadium | Recap |
4 | September 29 | at St. Louis Cardinals | L 28–43 | 1–3 | Busch Memorial Stadium | Recap |
5 | October 6 | Detroit Lions | W 43–10 | 2–3 | Lambeau Field | Recap |
6 | October 13 | Minnesota Vikings | W 20–17 | 3–3 | Milwaukee County Stadium | Recap |
7 | October 21 | at Chicago Bears | L 7–23 | 3–4 | Soldier Field | Recap |
8 | October 27 | at Indianapolis Colts | L 10–37 | 3–5 | Hoosier Dome | Recap |
9 | November 3 | Chicago Bears | L 10–16 | 3–6 | Lambeau Field | Recap |
10 | November 10 | at Minnesota Vikings | W 27–17 | 4–6 | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | Recap |
11 | November 17 | New Orleans Saints | W 38–14 | 5–6 | Milwaukee County Stadium | Recap |
12 | November 24 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 17–34 | 5–7 | Anaheim Stadium | Recap |
13 | December 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 21–0 | 6–7 | Lambeau Field | Recap |
14 | December 8 | Miami Dolphins | L 24–34 | 6–8 | Lambeau Field | Recap |
15 | December 15 | at Detroit Lions | W 26–23 | 7–8 | Pontiac Silverdome | Recap |
16 | December 22 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 20–17 | 8–8 | Tampa Stadium | Recap |
Game summaries[]
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Week 13[]
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This divisional matchup with Tampa Bay would come to be known as the Snow Bowl in Packers' history. By kickoff, twelves inches of snow had fallen and the roads were impossible to navigate preventing many fans from attending. This gave the game the dubious distinction of having over 36,000 "no-shows", the most in Packers history.
The game itself saw the Packers dominate the Buccaneers en route to a 21–0 victory. The Packers offense gained 512 total yards to the Buccaneers' 65. During the game, Packers defensive end Alphonso Carreker sacked Buccaneers quarterback Steve Young a team record four times.
Standings[]
NFC Central | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
Chicago Bears(1) | 15 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 8–0 | 12–0 | 456 | 198 | W3 |
Green Bay Packers | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 6–2 | 8–4 | 337 | 355 | W2 |
Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 3–5 | 5–9 | 346 | 359 | L2 |
Detroit Lions | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 2–6 | 5–7 | 307 | 366 | L3 |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 14 | 0 | .125 | 1–7 | 2–10 | 294 | 448 | L4 |
Statistics[]
Passing[]
Player | Attempts | Completion | Percentage | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Int | Sacks | Rating |
Lynn Dickey | 314 | 172 | 54.8 | 2206 | 7.03 | 63 | 15 | 17 | 30 | 70.4 |
Jim Zorn | 123 | 56 | 45.5 | 794 | 6.46 | 56t | 4 | 6 | 11 | 57.4 |
Randy Wright | 74 | 39 | 52.7 | 552 | 7.46 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 63.6 |
TOTALS | 513 | 267 | 52.0 | 3552 | 6.92 | 63 | 21 | 27 | 0 | 66.0 |
Receiving[]
Player | Receptions | Yards | Average | TD | Long |
James Lofton | 69 | 1153 | 16.7 | 4 | 56t |
Paul Coffman | 49 | 666 | 13.6 | 6 | 32 |
Phil Epps | 44 | 683 | 15.5 | 3 | 63 |
Eddie Lee Ivery | 28 | 270 | 9.6 | 2 | 24 |
Jessie Clark | 24 | 252 | 10.5 | 2 | 55t |
Gerry Ellis | 24 | 206 | 8.6 | 0 | 35 |
Preston Dennard | 13 | 182 | 14.0 | 2 | 34 |
Ed West | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 1 | 30 |
Harlan Huckleby | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | 8 |
TOTALS | 267 | 3552 | 13.3 | 21 | 63 |
Rushing[]
Player | Attempts | Yards | avg | TD | Long |
Eddie Lee Ivery | 132 | 636 | 4.8 | 2 | 34 |
Jessie Clark | 147 | 633 | 4.3 | 5 | 80 |
Gerry Ellis | 104 | 571 | 5.5 | 5 | 39t |
Gary Ellerson | 32 | 205 | 6.4 | 2 | 37t |
Phil Epps | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 1 | 34 |
Harlan Huckleby | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 0 | 15 |
Lynn Dickey | 18 | −12 | −0.7 | 1 | 3 |
TOTALS | 470 | 2208 | 4.7 | 16 | 8 |
Defensive[]
Player | Sacks | INT'S | Yards | Average | TD | Long |
John Anderson | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 |
Robert Brown | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Butler | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Mossy Cade | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Alphonso Carreker | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Douglass | 1.5 | 2 | 126 | 63.0 | 1 | 80t |
Tom Flynn | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
Donnie Humphrey | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Ezra Johnson | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Lee | 0.0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 23 |
Tim Lewis | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 4 |
Charles Martin | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Murphy | 4.0 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 1 | 50t |
Brian Noble | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Guy Prather | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Randy Scott | 3.0 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | 30 |
TOTALS | 48.0 | 15 | 262 | 17.5 | 2 | 8 |
Awards and records[]
Hall of Famers[]
The Following were inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in February 1985;
- Phil Bengtson, Coach-G.M., 1959–70
- Bob Jeter, CB, 1963–70
- Earl "Bud" Svendsen, C-LB, 1937, 1939
References[]
- ^ "All Time Coaches Database". Packers.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
- ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 266
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
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