1985 Washington Redskins season

1985 Washington Redskins season
1985 Washington Redskins season
Owner	Jack Kent Cooke
Head coach	Joe Gibbs
General manager	Bobby Beathard
Home field	RFK Stadium
Results
Record	10–6
Division place	3rd NFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	← 1984; Redskins seasons; 1986 →;

The 1985 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 54th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 49th in Washington, D.C. The team failed to improve on their 11–5 record from 1984 and finished 10-6. The biggest moment of the year occurred on a November 18 Monday Night Football game, which witnessed Joe Theismann's career-ending injury after a sack by New York Giants outside linebacker Lawrence Taylor. The tackle resulted in a serious leg injury, and Theismann never played in the NFL again. Though the team failed to make the playoffs, they remained in contention for the entire regular season.

Offseason[]

NFL Draft[]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
2	33	Tory Nixon	DB	San Diego State
5	122	Raphel Cherry	DB	Hawaii
6	163	Danzell Lee	TE	Lamar
8	219	Barry Wilburn	DB	Mississippi
10	263	Terry Orr	TE	Texas
11	290	Raleigh McKenzie	C	Tennessee

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Personnel[]

Staff[]

**1985 Washington Redskins staff**

	Front office Owner – Jack Kent Cooke General Manager – Bobby Beathard Head coaches Head Coach – Joe Gibbs Assistant Head Coach – Richie Petitbon Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Joe Bugel Quarterbacks – Jerry Rhome Running Backs – Don Breaux Wide Receivers – Charley Taylor Tight Ends – Rennie Simmons Offensive Line – Joe Bugel			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Larry Peccatiello Defensive Coordinator – Richie Petitbon Defensive Line – LaVern Torgeson Special teams coaches Special Teams – Wayne Sevier Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning Coordinator – Dan Riley

Roster[]

**1985 Washington Redskins roster**

	Quarterbacks 10 Jay Schroeder 7 Joe Theismann Running backs 35 Keith Griffin PR 31 Ken Jenkins PR 44 John Riggins 38 George Rogers Wide receivers 84 Gary Clark 83 Mark McGrath 81 Art Monk 89 Calvin Muhammad 80 Joker Phillips Tight ends 86 Clint Didier 85 Don Warren		Offensive linemen 53 Jeff Bostic C 68 Russ Grimm C 61 Ken Huff G 66 Joe Jacoby T 73 Mark May T 63 Raleigh McKenzie G 60 Dan McQuaid T Defensive linemen 65 Dave Butz DT 77 Darryl Grant DT 78 Dean Hamel DT 79 Todd Liebenstein DE 72 Dexter Manley DE 71 Charles Mann DE		Linebackers 58 Stuart Anderson 51 Monte Coleman 55 Mel Kaufman LLB 57 Rich Milot RLB 52 Neal Olkewicz MLB Defensive backs 37 Raphel Cherry SS 32 Vernon Dean CB 28 Darrell Green CB 25 Curtis Jordan FS 23 Tony Peters SS Special teams 12 Steve Cox P 3 Mark Moseley K		Reserve lists -- Danzell Lee TE (IR) Practice squad Rookies in italics

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Game recap
1	September 9	at Dallas Cowboys	L 14–44	0–1	Texas Stadium	62,292	Recap
2	September 15	Houston Oilers	W 16–13	1–1	RFK Stadium	53,553	Recap
3	September 22	Philadelphia Eagles	L 6–19	1–2	RFK Stadium	53,748	Recap
4	September 29	at Chicago Bears	L 10–45	1–3	Soldier Field	63,708	Recap
5	October 7	St. Louis Cardinals	W 27–10	2–3	RFK Stadium	53,134	Recap
6	October 13	Detroit Lions	W 24–3	3–3	RFK Stadium	52,845	Recap
7	October 20	at New York Giants	L 3–17	3–4	Giants Stadium	74,389	Recap
8	October 27	at Cleveland Browns	W 14–7	4–4	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	78,540	Recap
9	November 3	at Atlanta Falcons	W 44–10	5–4	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	42,209	Recap
10	November 10	Dallas Cowboys	L 7–13	5–5	RFK Stadium	55,750	Recap
11	November 18	New York Giants	W 23–21	6–5	RFK Stadium	53,371	Recap
12	November 24	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 30–23	7–5	Three Rivers Stadium	59,293	Recap
13	December 1	San Francisco 49ers	L 8–35	7–6	RFK Stadium	51,321	Recap
14	December 8	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 17–12	8–6	Veterans Stadium	60,737	Recap
15	December 15	Cincinnati Bengals	W 27–24	9–6	RFK Stadium	50,544	Recap
16	December 21	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 27–16	10–6	Busch Memorial Stadium	28,090	Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries[]

Week 1: at Dallas Cowboys[]

Week 2: vs. Houston Oilers[]

Houston Oilers at Washington Redskins

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oilers	0	10	3	0	13
• Redskins	13	3	0	0	16

Date: Sunday, September 15
Location: RFK Stadium • Washington, D.C.
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 62°F, wind 8 mph

Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

Standings[]

NFC East
view talk	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Dallas Cowboys⁽³⁾	10	6	0	.625	6–2	7–5	357	333	L1
New York Giants⁽⁴⁾	10	6	0	.625	5–3	8–4	399	283	W1
Washington Redskins	10	6	0	.625	4–4	6–6	297	312	W3
Philadelphia Eagles	7	9	0	.438	4–4	6–8	286	310	W1
St. Louis Cardinals	5	11	0	.313	1–7	3–9	278	414	L2

References[]

^ http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?season=1985

[1] ttp://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?season=1985

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