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1985 Cincinnati Bengals

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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 2nd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 441 points (27.6/g), 3rd of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 437 points (27.3/g), 26th.
 Differential of 4 points (0.2/g), 14th.
 Expected W-L: 8.1-7.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +9 (0.6/g), 4th.

Coached by Sam Wyche (7-9-0)

1985 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 8 box L 0-1 Seattle Seahawks 24 28 19 344 193 151 1 20 297 206 91
2 Sun September 15 box L 0-2 @ St. Louis Cardinals 27 41 20 370 254 116 2 27 447 237 210 2
3 Sun September 22 box L 0-3 San Diego Chargers 41 44 32 448 296 152 5 26 517 344 173 3
4 Mon September 30 box W 1-3 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 37 24 23 366 144 222 2 27 453 340 113 3
5 Sun October 6 box L 1-4 New York Jets 20 29 25 301 212 89 1 21 255 178 77 1
6 Sun October 13 box W 2-4 New York Giants 35 30 16 199 157 42 34 470 443 27 4
7 Sun October 20 box L 2-5 @ Houston Oilers 27 44 24 458 352 106 5 26 401 266 135
8 Sun October 27 box W 3-5 Pittsburgh Steelers 26 21 20 306 221 85 2 14 256 169 87 6
9 Sun November 3 box W 4-5 @ Buffalo Bills 23 17 21 389 182 207 2 16 268 173 95 3
10 Sun November 10 box W 5-5 Cleveland Browns 27 10 23 370 252 118 13 325 213 112 3
11 Sun November 17 box L 5-6 @ Los Angeles Raiders 6 13 13 240 146 94 19 284 132 152 1
12 Sun November 24 box L 5-7 @ Cleveland Browns 6 24 14 226 90 136 1 14 283 102 181
13 Sun December 1 box W 6-7 Houston Oilers 45 27 28 555 324 231 1 22 345 272 73 2
14 Sun December 8 box W 7-7 Dallas Cowboys 50 24 31 570 296 274 2 20 260 196 64 4
15 Sun December 15 box L 7-8 @ Washington Redskins 24 27 18 399 330 69 3 21 383 255 128 4
16 Sun December 22 box L 7-9 @ New England Patriots 23 34 17 359 268 91 2 17 419 138 281 2

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 441 5900 1062 5.6 344 302 518 3717 31 13 6.6 191 503 2183 20 4.3 125 29 16 28
Team Defense 437 5663 1019 5.6 556 297 518 3664 26 19 6.6 194 461 1999 23 4.3 337 38 19 25
Lg Rank Offense 3 3 4 10 4 2 2 4 10 12 4 8 1 11
Lg Rank Defense 26 22 25 17 24 23 18 23 8 15 25 23 13 9

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Boomer Esiason 24 QB 15 14 7-7-0 251 431 58.2 3443 27 6.3 12 2.8 68 8.0 7.4 13.7 229.5 93.2 32 289 6.8 6.2 6.9
Turk Schonert 28 7 0 33 51 64.7 460 1 2.0 0 0.0 71 9.0 9.2 13.9 65.7 100.1 6 54 7.1 7.3 10.5
Ken Anderson 36 3 2 0-2-0 16 32 50.0 170 2 6.3 0 0.0 44 5.3 5.9 10.6 56.7 86.7 2 16 4.5 5.1 5.9
James Brooks 27 RB 16 16 1 1 100.0 8 1 100.0 0 0.0 8 8.0 18.0 8.0 0.5 139.6 0 0 8.0 18.0 0.0
Cris Collinsworth 26 WR 16 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
Steve Kreider 27 16 0 1 1 100.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.1 79.2 0 0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Pat McInally 32 P 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.5 16 7-9-0 302 518 58.3 4082 31 6.0 13 2.5 71 7.9 7.3 13.5 255.1 93.0 41 365 6.6 6.2 7.3
Opp Total 16 297 518 57.3 3664 26 5.0 19 3.7 7.1 5.9 12.3 229.0 80.8 40 334 6.6 4.9

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
James Brooks 27 RB 16 16 192 929 7 39 4.8 58.1 12.0 55 576 10.5 5 57 3.4 36.0 1505 12 7
Larry Kinnebrew 26 FB 12 11 170 714 9 29 4.2 59.5 14.2 22 187 8.5 1 29 1.8 15.6 901 10 4
Charles Alexander 28 fb 16 5 44 156 2 18 3.5 9.8 2.8 15 110 7.3 0 19 0.9 6.9 266 2 0
Boomer Esiason 24 QB 15 14 33 79 1 20 2.4 5.3 2.2 79 1 9
Stanford Jennings 23 16 0 31 92 1 19 3.0 5.8 1.9 12 101 8.4 3 24 0.8 6.3 193 4 1
Eddie Brown 23 WR 16 16 14 129 0 35 9.2 8.1 0.9 53 942 17.8 8 68 3.3 58.9 1071 8 2
Bill Johnson 25 13 0 8 44 0 15 5.5 3.4 0.6 44 0 0
Turk Schonert 28 7 0 8 39 0 17 4.9 5.6 1.1 39 0 3
Cris Collinsworth 26 WR 16 16 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 65 1125 17.3 5 71 4.1 70.3 1128 5 1
Ken Anderson 36 3 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0 0 1
Pat McInally 32 P 16 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.1 0.1 -2 0 0
Rodney Holman 25 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 38 479 12.6 7 64 2.4 29.9 479 7 1
Mike Martin 25 RET 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 187 13.4 0 28 0.9 11.7 187 0 4
M.L. Harris 31 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 123 12.3 1 22 1.0 12.3 123 1 0
Steve Kreider 27 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 184 18.4 1 56 0.6 11.5 184 1 0
Dan Ross 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 63 10.5 0 20 1.0 10.5 63 0 1
Brian Blados 23 LG 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.1 0.3 4 0 0
Anthony Munoz*+ 27 LT 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
Team Total 26.5 16 503 2183 20 39 4.3 136.4 31.4 302 4082 13.5 31 71 18.9 255.1 6265 51 35
Opp Total 16 461 1999 23 4.3 124.9 28.8 297 3664 12.3 26 18.6 229.0 5663 49 34

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Mike Martin 25 RET 16 0 32 268 0 26 8.4 48 1104 0 45 23.0 1559
Stanford Jennings 23 16 0 13 218 0 26 16.8 411
James Brooks 27 RB 16 16 3 38 0 15 12.7 1543
Eddie Brown 23 WR 16 16 1 6 0 6 6.0 1077
James Griffin 24 FS 16 11 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Carl Zander 22 lilb 16 7 1 19 0 19 19.0 19
Team Total 26.5 16 32 268 0 26 8.4 67 1385 0 45 20.7 7918
Opp Total 16 42 1 81 1734 0 21.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Jim Breech 29 K 16 0 8 7 13 12 6 4 6 1 33 24 72.7% 50 48 96.0% 5 153 43 0 30.6
Pat McInally 32 P 16 0 57 2410 64 1 42.3
Steve Kreider 27 16 0 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 26.5 16 8 7 13 12 6 4 6 1 33 24 72.7% 51 49 96.1% 62 2563 64 1 41.3
Opp Total 16 34 26 76.5% 51 51 100.0% 60 2478 41.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Boomer Esiason 24 QB 15 14 9 4 -5 0
Ross Browner 31 RDE 16 16 9.0 0 2 0 0 1
Eddie Edwards 31 LDE 16 16 8.5 0 2 0 0
James Griffin 24 FS 16 11 1.0 7 116 1 33 0 1 29 0
James Brooks 27 RB 16 16 7 1 0 0
Reggie Williams 31 ROLB 16 15 3.5 0 4 4 0
Robert Jackson 27 fs 16 5 6 100 1 57 0 1 0 0
Tim Krumrie 25 NT 16 16 3.5 0 0 2 0 0 96
Ray Horton 25 RCB 16 16 2 3 0 3 1 2 0 0
Larry Kinnebrew 26 FB 12 11 4 1 0 0
Turk Schonert 28 7 0 3 2 -2 0
Jeff Schuh 27 LOLB 16 14 4.0 0 1 0 0
Ron Simpkins 27 LILB 16 9 3.5 0 1 4 0
Mike Martin 25 RET 16 0 4 0 0 0
Louis Breeden 32 LCB 16 16 1.0 2 24 0 30
Eddie Brown 23 WR 16 16 2 1 0 0
Emanuel King 22 16 2 2.0 0 1 0 0
Dave Rimington 25 C 16 16 0 3 0 0
Carl Zander 22 lilb 16 7 2.0 0 1 34 0
Rodney Holman 25 TE 16 16 1 1 0 0
Stanford Jennings 23 16 0 1 1 0 0
Bobby Kemp 26 SS 16 16 1.0 1 0 0 0
Dan Ross 28 6 0 1 1 0 0
Charles Alexander 28 fb 16 5 0 1 0 0
Ken Anderson 36 3 2 1 0 0 0
Jerry Boyarsky 26 16 0 1.0
Cris Collinsworth 26 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
Jimmy Turner 26 16 0 1 40 0 40
Team Total 26.5 16 40.0 19 283 2 57 0 35 34 64 0 96 1
Opp Total 16 41 34 15 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Jim Breech 29 K 16 0 48 24 120
James Brooks 27 RB 16 16 7 5 72
Larry Kinnebrew 26 FB 12 11 9 1 60
Eddie Brown 23 WR 16 16 8 48
Rodney Holman 25 TE 16 16 7 42
Cris Collinsworth 26 WR 16 16 5 30
Stanford Jennings 23 16 0 1 3 24
Charles Alexander 28 fb 16 5 2 12
Steve Kreider 27 16 0 1 1 7
Boomer Esiason 24 QB 15 14 1 6
James Griffin 24 FS 16 11 1 6
M.L. Harris 31 10 0 1 6
Robert Jackson 27 fs 16 5 1 6
Ross Browner 31 RDE 16 16 1 2
Team Total 26.5 16 20 31 2 49 24 1 441
Opp Total 16 23 26 1 51 26 1 437