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1985 New England Patriots
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Outside Linebacker Andre Tippett led the AFC with 16.5 sacks in 1985. He was also credited with 84 tackles, 3 forced fumbles, 3 fumble recoveries, and 3 passes deflections en route to his second Pro Bowl appearance in 1985.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1985 American Football Conference Champions!
1985 Record: 11-5 (Regular Season), 3-1 (Playoffs)
Head Coach: Raymond Berry
Points Scored: 362 (9th out of 28 NFL teams)
Points Allowed: 290 (6th out of 28 NFL teams)
Home Stadium: Sullivan Stadium in Foxboro, MA
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Linebacker Steve Nelson led the Patriots with 128 total tackles and was selected to his fourth Pro Bowl appearance in 1985.
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1985 New England Patriots Individual Statistical Leaders: Passing: Tony Eason, 2156 yds., 56.2 comp. pct., 11 TD’s, 67.5 rating
Rushing: Craig James, 1227 yds., 5 TD’s, 4.7 yds./carry
Receiving: Stanley Morgan, 39 rec., 760 yds., 5 TD
Touchdowns: Irving Fryar, 10 (1 rush., 7 rec., 2 ret.)
QB Sacks: Andre Tippett, 16.5
Tackles: Steve Nelson, 128
Interceptions: Fred Marion, 7 int., 189 yds., 0 TD
Points: Tony Franklin, 112 (24 FG’s, 40 PAT’s)
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1985 Game-by-Game Results Regular Season Date Opponent Result 9/ 8/85 Green Bay W 26-20 9/15/85 at Chicago L 7-20 9/19/85 at Buffalo W 17-14 9/29/85 L.A. Raiders L 20-35 10/ 6/85 at Cleveland L 20-24 10/13/85 Buffalo W 14- 3 10/20/85 N.Y. Jets W 20-13 10/27/85 at Tampa Bay W 32-14 11/ 3/85 Miami W 17-13 11/10/85 Indianapolis W 34-15 11/17/85 at Seattle W 20-13 11/24/85 at N.Y. Jets L 13-16 (OT) 12/ 1/85 at Indianapolis W 38-31 12/ 8/85 Detroit W 23- 6 12/16/85 at Miami L 27-30 12/22/85 Cincinnati W 34-23 Playoffs Round Opponent Result AFC Wildcard at N.Y. Jets W 26-14 AFC Div. Playoffs at L.A. Raiders W 27-20 AFC Championship at Miami W 31-14 Super Bowl XX vs. Chicago L 10-46 Note: Super Bowl XX played at the Superdome in New Orleans, LA
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Quarterback Tony Eason finished tenth in the NFL with a 56.2% completion rate. He passed for 2,156 yards and had a passer rating of 67.5 in his 10 1985 starts.
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Halfback Craig James led the Patriots with 1,227 yards on 263 carries and was selected to his first Pro Bowl appearance following the 1985 season.
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Wide Receiver Stanley Morgan led the Patriots with 760 receiving yards and 19.5 yards per reception in 1985. In addition, he caught 39 passes and five of those were TDs.
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1985 AFC EAST STANDINGS
1st Place – Miami (12-4) 2nd Place – N.Y. Jets (11-5) 3rd Place – New England (11-5) 4th Place – Indianapolis (5-11) 5th Place – Buffalo (2-14)
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Wide Receiver Irving Fryar led the NFL with a 14.1 yard average and 2 TDs returning punts in 1985. His 10 total touchdowns during the season led the Patriots.
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1985 New England Patriots Depth Chart / Roster:
# Player Ht. Wt. Age Exp College Face Shape Hair Equipment
Quarterbacks
1. 11 Tony Eason 6-4 212 26 2 Illinois 74 7 brn crop style 2 helmet, 3 bar, wt wristbands
2. 14 Steve Grogan 6-4 210 32 10 Kansas State 49 4 l. brn crop style 2 helmet, 2 bar, tc sleeves
3. 12 Tom Ramsey 6-1 189 24 2 UCLA 77 7 brn crop style 3 helmet, 2 bar, wt wristbands
Halfbacks
1. 32 Craig James 6-0 215 24 1 SMU 32 6 blk crop style 3 helmet, half cage, eye paint, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands
2. 24 Robert Weathers 6-2 222 25 3 Arizona St. 209 9 blk crop style 3 helmet, 3 bar rb, qb wristbands, bk gloves
3. 44 Jon Willliams 5-9 190 24 1 Penn State dk skin
Fullbacks
1. 30 Mosi Tatupu 6-0 227 30 7 USC 35 7 blk afro style 3 helmet, 3 bar rb, eye paint, wt elbowpads, qb wristbands, tc gloves (turf)
2. 33 Tony Collins 5-11 212 26 4 E. Carolina 162 11 blk crop style 3 helmet, 3 bar rb, wt elbowpads, qb wristbands, wt half sleeves (turf)
# 41 Bo Robinson 6-2 225 29 6 N/A dk skin style 3 helmet, 2 bar, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands
Wide Receivers
1. 80 Irving Fryar 6-0 200 23 1 Nebraska 32 2 blk fade style 2 helmet, 2 bar, wt elbowpads, qb wristbands, fingers taped
2. 86 Stanley Morgan 5-11 181 30 8 Tennessee 109 9 blk crop style 3 helmet, 3 bar, wt elbowpads, wt wrist double
3. 82 Derwin Williams 6-1 170 24 R New Mexico 231 9 blk crop style 3 helmet, 3 bar, qb wristbands, tc gloves (grass), wt gloves (turf)
4. 81 Stephen Starring 5-10 172 24 2 McNeese St 59 2 blk crop style 3 helmet, 2 bar, wt elbowpads, qb wristbands (grass), wt wrist double (turf)
5. 83 Cedric Jones 6-1 184 25 3 Duke 145 3 blk buzz style 3 helmet, 3 bar, wt wrist double
# 27 Greg Hawthorne 6-2 225 29 6 Baylor dk skin 48 9 blk buzz style 3 helmet, 3 bar rb, wt wrist double, wt elbowbands (turf), wt gloves (turf)
Tight Ends
1. 87 Lin Dawson 6-3 240 26 4 N.C. State 160 14 blk crop style 3 helmet, 3 bar rb, wt elbowpads, qb wristbands
2. 88 Derrick Ramsey 6-5 235 28 7 Kentucky 254 9 blk crop style 2 helmet, 3 bar rb, wt elbowpads, qb wristbands
Left Tackles
1. 76 Brian Holloway (lefty) 6-7 288 26 4 Stanford med skin 44 14 blk crop style 3 helmet, half cage, tc extended, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves
2. 70 Art Plunkett 6-7 260 26 4 UNLV 18 17 blk crop style 3 helmet, half cage, wt wrist double, wt gloves
Left Guards
1. 73 John Hannah 6-4 265 34 12 Alabama 62 11 brn crop style 3 helmet, half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves
2. 64 Trevor Matich 6-4 270 24 R BYU 83 11 brn crop style 3 helmet, half cage, wt wrist double
Centers
1. 58 Pete Brock 6-5 275 31 9 Colorado 50 15 l. brn crop style 2 helmet, half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves, bk elbowpads (turf)
2. 75 Guy Morriss 6-4 255 34 12 TCU 24 11 brn crop style 2 helmet, half cage, wt wristbands, fingers taped
Right Guards
1. 61 Ron Wooten 6-4 273 26 3 N. Carolina 54 8 brn crop style 3 helmet, half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves
2. 66 Paul Fairchild 6-4 270 24 1 Kansas half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, fingers taped
Right Tackles
1. 67 Steve Moore 6-4 285 25 2 Tennessee St. dk skin 232 19 blk buzz style 3 helmet, half cage, tc extended, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt elbowpads (grass)
2. 63 Tom Condon 6-3 265 33 11 Boston Coll. 73 13 blk crop style 3 helmet,
Left Defensive Ends
1. 56 Andre Tippett 6-3 241 25 3 Iowa 154 11 blk crop style 3 helmet, full cage, wt wristbands, fingers taped, wt sleeves, wt elbowpads (turf), wt wrist double (turf)
2. 60 Garin Veris 6-4 255 22 R Stanford dk skin 143 8 blk crop style 3 helmet, half cage, wt elbowpads
# 92 Smiley Creswell 6-4 251 26 R Michigan St. lt skin 56 8 brn crop style 3 helmet, half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, fingers taped
Right Defensive Ends
1. 85 Julius Adams 6-3 270 37 14 Texas South. 98 15 blk afro style 3 helmet, half cage, right bk elbowpad, wt wristbands, fingers taped
2. 91 George Crump 6-4 260 26 1 E. Carolina dk skin
3. 90 Toby Williams 6-4 254 26 2 Nebraska dk skin blk crop style 3 helmet, half cage, wt wrist double
4. 99 Ben Thomas 6-4 280 24 R Auburn dk skin 10 9 blk crop style 3 helmet, wt wrist double, wt gloves
Nose Tackles
1. 77 Kenneth Sims 6-5 271 26 3 Texas 43 19 blk crop style 3 helmet, half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves
2. 98 Dennis Owens 6-1 258 25 3 N. C. State style 3 helmet, half cage, wt wrist double, wt wristbands (turf), wt gloves (turf)
3. n/a (switch position to LE)
4. 72 Lester Williams 6-3 272 26 3 Miami 226 10 blk crop style 3 helmet, half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves
Left Outside Linebackers
1. 57 Steve Nelson 6-2 230 34 11 North Dakota 50 11 l. brn crop half cage, wt wrist double, fingers taped
2. 54 Ed Williams 6-4 244 24 1 Texas 164 9 blk afro style 3 helmet, half cage, bk extended, wt wristbands, tc rb gloves, wt elbowpads (turf)
Inside Linebackers
1. 50 Larry McGrew 6-5 233 28 4 USC dk skin 5 4 blk crop style 3 helmet, full cage, wt wrist double, tc gloves, wt half sleeves (turf)
2. 52 Johnny Rembert 6-3 234 24 2 Clemson 221 13 blk fade style 3 helmet, half cage, wt gloves, wt half sleeves, bk gloves (turf)
3. 95 Ed Reynolds 6-5 230 24 2 Virginia 39 11 blk crop style 3 helmet, full cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands
4. n/a (switch position to LE)
Right Outside Linebackers
1. 55 Don Blackmon 6-3 235 27 4 Tulsa 208 13 blk crop style 3 helmet, half cage, wt elbowbands, wt wristbands, bk rb gloves, wt ankles taped, tc rb gloves (turf), wt half sleeves (turf)
2. 51 Brian Ingram 6-4 235 26 3 Tennessee 118 9 blk crop style 3 helmet, half cage, tc extended, qb wristbands, wt wrist double (turf)
Cornerbacks
1. 26 Raymond Clayborn 6-0 186 30 8 Texas 218 4 blk crop style 3 helmet, 3 bar, wt wristbands, fingers taped, tc sleeves
2. 42 Ronnie Lippett 5-11 183 25 2 Miami 164 7 blk afro style 3 helmet, 3 bar, right wt wristband, wt sleeves, left wt wristband (grass)
3. n/a (switch position to WR)
4. 23 Rod McSwain 6-1 198 23 1 Clemson 114 3 blk crop style 3 helmet, half cage, wt wrist double, wt gloves (turf)
5. 43 Ernest Gibson 5-10 185 24 1 Furman 133 8 blk crop style 3 helmet, half cage, wt wristbands
Free Safeties
1. 31 Fred Marion 6-2 191 26 3 Miami 178 7 blk crop style 3 helmet, 3 bar rb, qb wristbands, wt elbowpads (turf)
2. 28 Jim Bowman 6-2 210 22 R Central MI 14 3 brn crop style 3 helmet, half cage, wt wristbands, wt elbowpads (turf)
Strong Safeties
1. 38 Roland James 6-2 191 27 5 Tennessee 116 2 blk crop style 3 helmet, 3 bar, qb wristbands, fingers taped, wt sleeves, right wt elbowpad (turf)
2. n/a (switch position to FB)
Kicker
1. 1 Tony Franklin 5-8 182 29 6 Texas A&M 50 1 brn balding style 2 helmet, 2 bar, qb wristbands
Punter
1. 3 Rich Camarillo 5-11 185 26 4 Washington 18 3 blk crop style 2 helmet, 2 bar
Player Ratings spd-str-awr-agi-acl-cth-car-jmp-btk-tak-thp-tha-pbk-rbk-kpr-kac-ret-stm-inj-tgh
Eason 63-59-82-70-67-25-56-56-48-23-90-91-24-25-22-20-0-87-72-66
Grogan 52-58-90-52-49-30-44-52-38-19-93-85-26-26-23-19-0-76-61-74
T. Ramsey 67-53-54-66-64-27-47-55-46-17-81-70-21-23-22-20-0-74-81-61
C. James 89-75-79-83-94-72-89-56-95-21-30-29-35-42-26-21-10-85-77-83
R. Weathers 89-67-72-86-91-73-83-64-78-20-25-22-39-43-23-20-10-79-62-60
J. Williams 81-72-52-74-84-62-73-56-79-26-33-22-34-38-22-20-72-73-58-70
T. Collins 86-70-85-82-87-84-82-70-75-23-28-23-47-46-25-23-77-84-90-77
M. Tatupu 74-70-79-72-78-64-76-54-71-34-37-33-51-55-26-23-10-77-83-77
B. Robinson 65-75-74-63-71-66-63-54-68-28-25-22-41-45-24-20-10-73-75-65
S. Morgan 90-60-94-90-89-94-83-85-71-22-25-22-30-34-24-22-43-88-86-74
Fryar 97-59-73-95-96-84-74-91-67-18-34-24-20-24-25-20-94-86-85-67
Starring 94-47-69-93-95-74-68-94-57-15-22-23-23-23-18-19-81-82-76-66
C. Jones 86-57-71-86-88-79-64-80-53-17-22-22-21-24-22-20-64-77-80-60
Hawthorne 84-67-79-70-88-77-76-63-76-23-27-21-43-40-23-21-29-78-80-64
D. Williams 92-45-54-96-91-76-67-90-47-21-21-22-17-18-20-22-10-75-82-54
L. Dawson 69-74-84-63-73-69-60-51-70-27-31-20-71-71-24-22-8-82-76-74
D. Ramsey 74-64-77-73-72-77-65-64-62-22-26-22-64-61-21-19-8-84-72-69
Holloway 61-94-89-55-66-27-24-54-34-26-28-20-96-96-30-20-0-72-84-76
A. Plunkett 52-82-73-51-60-20-18-49-31-24-26-19-81-75-27-18-0-66-79-75
J. Hannah 57-96-97-55-79-22-21-37-36-28-28-20-90-96-28-19-0-58-80-89
T. Matich 50-82-54-49-60-44-40-44-34-26-26-20-82-80-27-19-0-68-74-76
P. Brock 46-89-92-44-71-42-28-44-35-27-29-22-84-87-28-21-0-56-72-82
Morriss 53-87-88-50-57-19-19-40-33-24-25-19-80-81-27-20-0-52-80-72
Wooten 56-89-77-52-67-17-18-38-36-29-29-19-83-88-29-21-0-63-75-82
Fairchild 38-88-57-36-51-16-16-42-34-27-27-20-82-87-27-18-0-60-79-76
S. Moore 44-93-72-43-66-14-17-37-36-26-29-24-84-90-28-21-0-64-74-77
Condon 39-87-86-39-62-17-18-38-34-28-27-22-78-79-27-19-0-48-66-75
Tippett 82-84-95-81-87-29-35-66-34-93-25-19-24-46-28-21-0-95-83-77
Veris 65-73-62-65-68-22-25-56-35-82-25-24-34-26-26-20-0-79-77-77
Creswell 58-73-53-57-66-21-21-56-33-74-24-20-23-30-28-19-0-73-66-68
J. Adams 67-87-94-79-69-16-17-54-31-86-28-22-26-37-30-21-0-72-77-88
T. Williams 65-82-75-64-74-25-23-52-34-79-26-22-23-35-27-19-0-78-74-75
B. Thomas 58-81-57-54-68-18-18-49-34-74-29-24-26-32-29-19-0-71-67-73
Crump 53-77-52-53-65-21-21-48-31-73-26-19-23-34-28-20-0-66-63-71
K. Sims 64-86-82-66-75-17-20-56-20-81-24-21-25-36-28-20-0-74-68-73
D. Owens 68-85-76-67-65-24-22-43-32-84-26-20-24-33-26-20-0-74-81-80
L. Williams 57-87-71-53-70-18-19-48-34-76-28-20-25-35-29-19-0-72-68-82
S. Nelson 73-79-96-73-70-47-39-52-34-93-29-21-24-44-27-21-0-76-77-83
E. Williams 68-72-61-75-73-49-37-57-32-78-24-20-22-37-25-20-0-78-64-68
McGrew 75-74-87-74-78-53-44-65-33-89-23-20-26-45-21-21-0-79-78-78
Rembert 77-72-79-80-75-41-36-69-32-87-25-22-22-39-23-20-0-84-78-80
E. Reynolds 78-68-58-86-76-37-35-64-33-84-22-20-21-40-21-21-0-78-72-74
D. Blackmon 84-77-87-84-79-46-38-70-33-92-24-21-27-50-29-23-0-84-73-75
B. Ingram 72-72-73-71-69-37-30-59-32-83-22-20-21-41-26-20-0-76-74-70
Clayborn 93-53-94-96-94-72-62-76-28-75-20-21-23-30-23-20-10-89-82-68
Lippett 95-52-79-96-94-65-57-87-27-63-21-20-13-16-21-20-10-86-77-68
McSwain 88-54-65-88-97-58-44-74-26-62-20-20-19-28-20-20-10-76-71-62
E. Gibson 87-49-61-87-86-55-48-77-28-63-21-20-17-24-19-20-10-74-67-66
F. Marion 89-56-84-87-85-76-52-77-23-89-23-21-20-45-22-20-17-87-81-68
Bowman 79-58-53-77-77-52-43-76-28-72-24-20-24-37-23-21-10-79-77-66
R. James 200 87-54-88-86-86-64-57-77-27-90-23-22-15-19-22-20-32-90-79-69
T. Franklln 46-36-88-47-44-30-32-45-16-14-21-22-12-14-90-93-0-48-77-52
Camarillo 57-38-87-55-55-38-39-56-14-14-19-22-12-15-94-88-0-52-76-49
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