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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)

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 Mon September 9 box L 0-1 @ Dallas Cowboys 14 44 24 369 249 120 7 19 319 206 113 1
2 Sun September 15 box W 1-1 Houston Oilers 16 13 20 333 93 240 3 11 188 107 81
3 Sun September 22 box L 1-2 Philadelphia Eagles 6 19 15 257 117 140 2 15 327 152 175 1
4 Sun September 29 box L 1-3 @ Chicago Bears 10 45 19 376 184 192 3 16 250 159 91 1
5 Mon October 7 box W 2-3 St. Louis Cardinals 27 10 17 305 67 238 2 17 310 215 95 6
6 Sun October 13 box W 3-3 Detroit Lions 24 3 23 291 123 168 8 226 198 28 4
7 Sun October 20 box L 3-4 @ New York Giants 3 17 16 276 207 69 3 21 329 185 144 3
8 Sun October 27 box W 4-4 @ Cleveland Browns 14 7 19 284 142 142 1 17 264 167 97 4
9 Sun November 3 box W 5-4 @ Atlanta Falcons 44 10 24 461 154 307 14 298 129 169 1
10 Sun November 10 box L 5-5 Dallas Cowboys 7 13 15 267 143 124 3 14 338 219 119
11 Mon November 18 box W 6-5 New York Giants 23 21 22 356 258 98 3 12 253 101 152 1
12 Sun November 24 box W 7-5 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 30 23 16 259 176 83 1 20 308 206 102 3
13 Sun December 1 box L 7-6 San Francisco 49ers 8 35 21 398 311 87 5 15 224 117 107 1
14 Sun December 8 box W 8-6 @ Philadelphia Eagles 17 12 19 310 144 166 1 14 202 165 37 3
15 Sun December 15 box W 9-6 Cincinnati Bengals 27 24 21 383 255 128 4 18 399 330 69 3
16 Sat December 21 box W 10-6 @ St. Louis Cardinals 27 16 28 413 192 221 2 13 245 90 155 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 297 5338 1135 4.7 319 280 512 2815 13 21 5.0 157 571 2523 20 4.4 147 40 19 15
Team Defense 312 4480 941 4.8 394 239 465 2746 19 23 5.3 134 424 1734 11 4.1 244 34 11 16
Lg Rank Offense 20 14 10 13 23 26 11 26 3 2 4 6 17 18
Lg Rank Defense 11 3 1 3 1 10 9 6 3 8 8 13 21 27

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%
Joe Theismann 36 QB 11 11 6-5-0 167 301 55.5 1774 8 2.7 16 5.3 55 5.9 3.8 10.6 161.3 59.6 37 314 4.3 2.4 10.9
Jay Schroeder 24 qb 9 5 4-1-0 112 209 53.6 1458 5 2.4 5 2.4 53 7.0 6.1 13.0 162.0 73.8 15 114 6.0 5.2 6.7
Steve Cox 27 P 12 0 1 1 100.0 11 0 0.0 0 0.0 11 11.0 11.0 11.0 0.9 112.5 0 0 11.0 11.0 0.0
John Riggins 36 RB 12 11 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 27.1 16 10-6-0 280 512 54.7 3243 13 2.5 21 4.1 55 6.3 4.7 11.6 202.7 65.4 52 428 5.0 3.5 9.2
Opp Total 16 239 465 51.4 2746 19 4.1 23 4.9 5.9 4.1 11.5 171.6 62.5 52 378 5.3 2.9

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
George Rogers 27 rb 15 5 231 1093 7 35 4.7 72.9 15.4 4 29 7.3 0 23 0.3 1.9 1122 7 9
John Riggins 36 RB 12 11 176 677 8 51 3.8 56.4 14.7 6 18 3.0 0 8 0.5 1.5 695 8 3
Keith Griffin 24 16 0 102 473 3 66 4.6 29.6 6.4 37 285 7.7 0 28 2.3 17.8 758 3 1
Joe Theismann 36 QB 11 11 25 115 2 25 4.6 10.5 2.3 115 2 4
Jay Schroeder 24 qb 9 5 17 30 0 14 1.8 3.3 1.9 30 0 5
Art Monk* 28 WR 15 14 7 51 0 16 7.3 3.4 0.5 91 1226 13.5 2 53 6.1 81.7 1277 2 2
Otis Wonsley 28 16 1 4 8 0 5 2.0 0.5 0.3 8 0 0
Rick Walker 30 16 0 3 16 0 9 5.3 1.0 0.2 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 0.5 24 0 0
Gary Clark 23 WR 16 10 2 10 0 7 5.0 0.6 0.1 72 926 12.9 5 55 4.5 57.9 936 5 0
Ken Jenkins 26 RET 13 0 2 39 0 37 19.5 3.0 0.2 39 0 1
Don Warren 29 TE 16 16 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.3 0.1 15 163 10.9 1 19 0.9 10.2 168 1 0
Darrell Green 25 LCB 16 16 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.4 0.1 6 0 2
Clint Didier 26 TE 16 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 41 433 10.6 4 29 2.6 27.1 433 4 0
Calvin Muhammad 27 wr 12 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 116 12.9 1 32 0.8 9.7 116 1 0
Malcolm Barnwell 27 7 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 28 9.3 0 13 0.4 4.0 28 0 0
Raphel Cherry 24 ss 16 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.1 0.7 11 0 0
Team Total 27.1 16 571 2523 20 66 4.4 157.7 35.7 280 3243 11.6 13 55 17.5 202.7 5766 33 27
Opp Total 16 424 1734 11 4.1 108.4 26.5 239 2746 11.5 19 14.9 171.6 4480 30 28

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
Ken Jenkins 26 RET 13 0 26 272 0 28 10.5 41 1018 0 95 24.8 1329
Darrell Green 25 LCB 16 16 16 214 0 37 13.4 220
Keith Griffin 24 16 0 7 142 0 35 20.3 900
Michael Morton 25 1 0 6 131 0 27 21.8 131
Raphel Cherry 24 ss 16 6 4 22 0 9 5.5 1 9 0 9 9.0 42
Otis Wonsley 28 16 1 2 26 0 19 13.0 34
Vernon Dean 26 RCB 16 16 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Dean Hamel 24 rdt 16 8 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Anthony Jones 25 16 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Chris Keating 28 10 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
Team Total 27.1 16 47 508 0 37 10.8 60 1349 0 95 22.5 7623
Opp Total 16 32 0 53 1186 2 22.4

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
Mark Moseley 37 K 16 0 8 7 13 8 12 7 1 34 22 64.7% 33 31 93.9%
Steve Cox 27 P 12 0 1 1 0.0% 52 2175 57 0 41.8
Jeff Hayes 26 4 0 16 665 55 0 41.6
Jay Schroeder 24 qb 9 5 4 132 44 0 33.0
Joe Theismann 36 QB 11 11 1 1 1 0 1.0
Team Total 27.1 16 8 7 13 8 13 7 1 35 22 62.9% 33 31 93.9% 73 2973 57 0 40.7
Opp Total 16 28 22 78.6% 35 34 97.1% 85 3723 43.8

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
Charles Mann 24 LDE 16 16 14.5 1 0 1 0 0 85
Dexter Manley 26 RDE 16 16 15.0
George Rogers 27 rb 15 5 9 2 0 0
Mel Kaufman 27 LLB 15 15 4.0 3 10 0 10 0 2 0 0
Curtis Jordan 31 FS 16 16 5 88 0 36 0 2 0 0
Dave Butz 35 LDT 16 16 5.0 0 1 0 0
Vernon Dean 26 RCB 16 16 5 8 0 8 0 1 0 0
Dean Hamel 24 rdt 16 8 6.0
Jay Schroeder 24 qb 9 5 5 1 -3 0
Darrell Green 25 LCB 16 16 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 84
Rich Milot 28 RLB 16 16 3.0 2 33 0 22
Joe Theismann 36 QB 11 11 4 0 0 0
John Riggins 36 RB 12 11 3 0 0 0
Raphel Cherry 24 ss 16 6 2 29 0 22
Ken Jenkins 26 RET 13 0 1 1 0 0
Art Monk* 28 WR 15 14 2 0 0 0
Neal Olkewicz 28 MLB 16 16 1 21 0 21 0 1 0 0
Tony Peters 32 SS 10 10 2 21 0 12
Barry Wilburn 22 16 1 1 10 0 10 1 0 1 0 0 39
Darryl Grant 26 RDT 8 8 1.5
Tom Beasley 31 12 0 1.0
Jeff Bostic 27 c 10 6 0 1 0 0
Monte Coleman 28 10 1 1.0 26
Keith Griffin 24 16 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Hamilton 24 7 0 1.0
Mark May 26 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Don Warren 29 TE 16 16 0 1 0 0
Greg Williams 26 16 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.1 16 52.0 23 220 0 36 2 27 18 -3 0 234
Opp Total 16 52 28 17 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
Mark Moseley 37 K 16 0 31 22 97
John Riggins 36 RB 12 11 8 48
George Rogers 27 rb 15 5 7 42
Gary Clark 23 WR 16 10 5 30
Clint Didier 26 TE 16 14 4 24
Keith Griffin 24 16 0 3 18
Art Monk* 28 WR 15 14 2 12
Joe Theismann 36 QB 11 11 2 12
Calvin Muhammad 27 wr 12 5 1 6
Don Warren 29 TE 16 16 1 6
Team Total 27.1 16 20 13 31 22 295
Opp Total 16 11 19 2 34 22 1 312