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1985 NFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics

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League Standings

Glossary
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO PtDif
AFC East
Miami Dolphins 12 4 0 .750 428 320 108
New England Patriots 11 5 0 .688 362 290 72
New York Jets 11 5 0 .688 393 264 129
Indianapolis Colts 5 11 0 .313 320 386 -66
Buffalo Bills 2 14 0 .125 200 381 -181
AFC Central
Cleveland Browns 8 8 0 .500 287 294 -7
Pittsburgh Steelers 7 9 0 .438 379 355 24
Cincinnati Bengals 7 9 0 .438 441 437 4
Houston Oilers 5 11 0 .313 284 412 -128
AFC West
Los Angeles Raiders 12 4 0 .750 354 308 46
Denver Broncos 11 5 0 .688 380 329 51
Seattle Seahawks 8 8 0 .500 349 303 46
San Diego Chargers 8 8 0 .500 467 435 32
Kansas City Chiefs 6 10 0 .375 317 360 -43
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO PtDif
NFC East
New York Giants 10 6 0 .625 399 283 116
Dallas Cowboys 10 6 0 .625 357 333 24
Washington Redskins 10 6 0 .625 297 312 -15
Philadelphia Eagles 7 9 0 .438 286 310 -24
St. Louis Cardinals 5 11 0 .313 278 414 -136
NFC Central
Chicago Bears 15 1 0 .938 456 198 258
Green Bay Packers 8 8 0 .500 337 355 -18
Detroit Lions 7 9 0 .438 307 366 -59
Minnesota Vikings 7 9 0 .438 346 359 -13
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2 14 0 .125 294 448 -154
NFC West
Los Angeles Rams 11 5 0 .688 340 277 63
San Francisco 49ers 10 6 0 .625 411 263 148
New Orleans Saints 5 11 0 .313 294 401 -107
Atlanta Falcons 4 12 0 .250 282 452 -170

Playoff Games

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Week Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL
WildCard Sat December 28 box W New England Patriots @ New York Jets 26 14
WildCard Sun December 29 box W New York Giants San Francisco 49ers 17 3
Division Sat January 4 box W Miami Dolphins Cleveland Browns 24 21
Division Sat January 4 box W Los Angeles Rams Dallas Cowboys 20 0
Division Sun January 5 box W Chicago Bears New York Giants 21 0
Division Sun January 5 box W New England Patriots @ Los Angeles Raiders 27 20
ConfChamp Sun January 12 box W Chicago Bears Los Angeles Rams 24 0
ConfChamp Sun January 12 box W New England Patriots @ Miami Dolphins 31 14
SuperBowl Sun January 26 box W Chicago Bears N New England Patriots 46 10

Award Winners

AP MVPMarcus Allen
PFWA MVPMarcus Allen
Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVPWalter Payton
Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)Walter Payton
AP Offensive Player of the YearMarcus Allen
AP Defensive Player of the YearMike Singletary
Super Bowl MVPRichard Dent
AP Offensive Rookie of the YearEddie Brown
AP Defensive Rookie of the YearDuane Bickett
Walter Payton Man of the YearDwight Stephenson

Team Offense

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Passing Rushing
Rk Tm G Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
1 San Diego Chargers 16 467 6535 1111 5.9 380 386 632 4870 37 30 7.3 259 440 1665 20 3.8 92 49 19 29
2 Chicago Bears 16 456 5837 1085 5.4 343 237 432 3076 17 16 6.5 145 610 2761 27 4.5 176 31 15 22
3 Cincinnati Bengals 16 441 5900 1062 5.6 344 302 518 3717 31 13 6.6 191 503 2183 20 4.3 125 29 16 28
4 Miami Dolphins 16 428 5843 1039 5.6 361 343 576 4114 31 21 6.9 218 444 1729 19 3.9 116 41 20 27
5 San Francisco 49ers 16 411 5920 1069 5.5 340 331 550 3688 28 14 6.2 179 477 2232 20 4.7 137 34 20 24
6 New York Giants 16 399 5884 1130 5.2 356 275 497 3433 22 20 6.3 192 581 2451 24 4.2 138 38 18 26
7 New York Jets 16 393 5896 1123 5.3 344 303 497 3584 25 8 6.4 201 564 2312 18 4.1 121 29 21 22
8 Denver Broncos 16 380 5496 1152 4.8 339 329 617 3645 23 23 5.6 192 497 1851 20 3.7 113 31 8 34
9 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 379 5350 1086 4.9 315 254 512 3173 23 27 5.8 165 541 2177 14 4.0 125 36 9 25
10 New England Patriots 16 362 5499 1061 5.2 294 255 457 3168 20 22 6.4 153 565 2331 15 4.1 126 42 20 15
11 Dallas Cowboys 16 357 5602 1093 5.1 336 344 587 3861 27 25 6.1 208 462 1741 11 3.8 95 41 16 33
12 Los Angeles Raiders 16 354 5408 1081 5.0 304 269 506 3146 20 24 5.7 167 532 2262 18 4.3 111 38 14 26
13 Seattle Seahawks 16 349 5007 1090 4.6 299 304 575 3363 28 23 5.4 179 462 1644 9 3.6 96 41 18 24
14 Minnesota Vikings 16 346 5151 1027 5.0 317 311 576 3635 22 29 5.9 189 406 1516 19 3.7 95 47 18 33
15 Los Angeles Rams 16 340 4520 963 4.7 258 234 403 2463 16 14 5.4 131 503 2057 15 4.1 115 35 21 12
16 Green Bay Packers 16 337 5371 1033 5.2 318 267 513 3163 21 27 5.6 172 470 2208 16 4.7 114 45 18 32
17 Indianapolis Colts 16 320 5006 988 5.1 282 235 468 2567 15 20 5.1 130 485 2439 22 5.0 131 34 14 21
18 Kansas City Chiefs 16 317 4877 982 5.0 258 267 511 3391 23 23 6.1 158 428 1486 10 3.5 79 34 11 21
19 Detroit Lions 16 307 4476 967 4.6 259 254 462 2938 19 21 5.7 150 452 1538 13 3.4 89 41 20 20
20 Washington Redskins 16 297 5338 1135 4.7 319 280 512 2815 13 21 5.0 157 571 2523 20 4.4 147 40 19 15
21 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 294 4766 982 4.9 291 269 508 3122 22 26 5.7 162 434 1644 11 3.8 95 48 22 34
22 New Orleans Saints 16 294 4479 997 4.5 250 260 508 2796 20 23 4.9 148 431 1683 4 3.9 83 36 13 19
23 Cleveland Browns 16 287 4921 983 5.0 271 222 414 2636 17 13 5.9 128 533 2285 16 4.3 119 36 23 24
24 Philadelphia Eagles 16 286 5216 1050 5.0 292 290 567 3586 19 28 5.8 188 428 1630 8 3.8 82 40 12 22
25 Houston Oilers 16 284 4652 998 4.7 270 277 512 3082 18 22 5.4 149 428 1570 13 3.7 96 37 15 25
26 Atlanta Falcons 16 282 4960 1091 4.5 296 254 462 2494 13 20 4.7 132 560 2466 14 4.4 149 30 10 15
27 St. Louis Cardinals 16 278 5086 1016 5.0 301 296 534 3112 19 18 5.2 171 417 1974 14 4.7 108 34 16 22
28 Buffalo Bills 16 200 4595 971 4.7 256 263 517 2984 9 31 5.3 151 412 1611 13 3.9 86 52 21 19
Avg Team 344.5 5271.1 1048.8 5.0 306.9 282.5 515.1 3272.2 21.4 21.5 5.8 170.2 487.0 1998.9 15.8 4.1 112.8 38.2 16.7 23.9
League Total 9645 147591 29365 5.0 8593 7911 14423 91622 598 602 5.8 4765 13636 55969 443 4.1 3159 1069 467 669
Avg Tm/G 21.5 329.4 65.5 5.0 19.2 17.7 32.2 204.5 1.3 1.3 5.8 10.6 30.4 124.9 1.0 4.1 7.1 2.4 1.0 1.5

Passing Offense

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Rk Tm G 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%
1 San Diego Chargers 16 386 632 61.1 4870 37 5.9 30 4.7 75 7.7 6.2 12.6 304.4 84.8 39 305 6.8 5.3 5.8
2 Miami Dolphins 16 343 576 59.5 4114 31 5.4 21 3.6 73 7.1 6.0 12.0 257.1 84.2 19 164 6.6 5.6 3.2
3 Dallas Cowboys 16 344 587 58.6 3861 27 4.6 25 4.3 58 6.6 5.1 11.2 241.3 75.9 44 375 5.5 4.2 7.0
4 Cincinnati Bengals 16 302 518 58.3 3717 31 6.0 13 2.5 71 7.2 6.6 12.3 232.3 90.1 41 365 6.0 5.5 7.3
5 San Francisco 49ers 16 331 550 60.2 3688 28 5.1 14 2.5 73 6.7 6.1 11.1 230.5 86.5 42 299 5.7 5.1 7.1
6 Denver Broncos 16 329 617 53.3 3645 23 3.7 23 3.7 65 5.9 4.6 11.1 227.8 68.0 38 307 5.1 3.9 5.8
7 Minnesota Vikings 16 311 576 54.0 3635 22 3.8 29 5.0 57 6.3 4.4 11.7 227.2 65.1 45 296 5.4 3.6 7.2
8 Philadelphia Eagles 16 290 567 51.1 3586 19 3.4 28 4.9 99 6.3 4.4 12.4 224.1 61.7 55 450 5.0 3.3 8.8
9 New York Jets 16 303 497 61.0 3584 25 5.0 8 1.6 96 7.2 7.0 11.8 224.0 93.0 62 399 5.7 5.5 11.1
10 New York Giants 16 275 497 55.3 3433 22 4.4 20 4.0 70 6.9 5.5 12.5 214.6 75.0 52 396 5.5 4.3 9.5
11 Kansas City Chiefs 16 267 511 52.3 3391 23 4.5 23 4.5 84 6.6 5.1 12.7 211.9 69.5 43 335 5.5 4.1 7.8
12 Seattle Seahawks 16 304 575 52.9 3363 28 4.9 23 4.0 54 5.8 4.5 11.1 210.2 70.1 53 457 4.6 3.4 8.4
13 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 254 512 49.6 3173 23 4.5 27 5.3 69 6.2 4.3 12.5 198.3 62.2 33 224 5.4 3.6 6.1
14 New England Patriots 16 255 457 55.8 3168 20 4.4 22 4.8 90 6.9 5.2 12.4 198.0 72.0 39 315 5.8 4.2 7.9
15 Green Bay Packers 16 267 513 52.0 3163 21 4.1 27 5.3 63 6.2 4.2 11.8 197.7 62.9 50 389 4.9 3.1 8.9
16 Los Angeles Raiders 16 269 506 53.2 3146 20 4.0 24 4.7 59 6.2 4.5 11.7 196.6 65.7 43 335 5.1 3.5 7.8
17 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 269 508 53.0 3122 22 4.3 26 5.1 59 6.1 4.3 11.6 195.1 64.9 40 301 5.1 3.4 7.3
18 St. Louis Cardinals 16 296 534 55.4 3112 19 3.6 18 3.4 47 5.8 4.7 10.5 194.5 70.4 65 469 4.4 3.4 10.9
19 Houston Oilers 16 277 512 54.1 3082 18 3.5 22 4.3 80 6.0 4.4 11.1 192.6 66.1 58 441 4.6 3.2 10.2
20 Chicago Bears 16 237 432 54.9 3076 17 3.9 16 3.7 70 7.1 5.8 13.0 192.3 75.2 43 227 6.0 4.8 9.1
21 Buffalo Bills 16 263 517 50.9 2984 9 1.7 31 6.0 60 5.8 3.2 11.3 186.5 49.3 42 347 4.7 2.4 7.5
22 Detroit Lions 16 254 462 55.0 2938 19 4.1 21 4.5 56 6.4 4.7 11.6 183.6 69.2 53 378 5.0 3.5 10.3
23 Washington Redskins 16 280 512 54.7 2815 13 2.5 21 4.1 55 5.5 3.9 10.1 175.9 61.9 52 428 4.2 2.8 9.2
24 New Orleans Saints 16 260 508 51.2 2796 20 3.9 23 4.5 76 5.5 3.9 10.8 174.8 61.9 58 461 4.1 2.7 10.2
25 Cleveland Browns 16 222 414 53.6 2636 17 4.1 13 3.1 72 6.4 5.4 11.9 164.8 73.9 36 249 5.3 4.4 8.0
26 Indianapolis Colts 16 235 468 50.2 2567 15 3.2 20 4.3 80 5.5 3.9 10.9 160.4 59.7 35 244 4.6 3.1 7.0
27 Atlanta Falcons 16 254 462 55.0 2494 13 2.8 20 4.3 62 5.4 3.7 9.8 155.9 61.7 69 531 3.7 2.2 13.0
28 Los Angeles Rams 16 234 403 58.1 2463 16 4.0 14 3.5 64 6.1 4.9 10.5 153.9 74.7 57 409 4.5 3.4 12.4
Avg Team 282.5 515.1 54.8 3272.2 21.4 4.1 21.5 4.2 69 6.4 4.9 11.6 204.5 70.7 46.6 353.4 5.2 3.9 8.3
League Total 7911 14423 54.8 91622 598 4.1 602 4.2 99 6.4 4.9 11.6 5726.4 70.7 1306 9896 5.2 3.9 8.3
Avg Tm/G 17.7 32.2 54.8 204.5 1.3 4.1 1.3 4.2 6.4 4.9 11.6 204.5 70.7 2.9 22.1 5.2 3.9 8.3

Rushing Offense

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Chicago Bears 16 610 2761 27 40 4.5 172.6 24
2 Washington Redskins 16 571 2523 20 66 4.4 157.7 27
3 Atlanta Falcons 16 560 2466 14 50 4.4 154.1 23
4 New York Giants 16 581 2451 24 65 4.2 153.2 36
5 Indianapolis Colts 16 485 2439 22 67 5.0 152.4 27
6 New England Patriots 16 565 2331 15 65 4.1 145.7 37
7 New York Jets 16 564 2312 18 69 4.1 144.5 35
8 Cleveland Browns 16 533 2285 16 61 4.3 142.8 40
9 Los Angeles Raiders 16 532 2262 18 61 4.3 141.4 27
10 San Francisco 49ers 16 477 2232 20 62 4.7 139.5 29
11 Green Bay Packers 16 470 2208 16 80 4.7 138.0 39
12 Cincinnati Bengals 16 503 2183 20 39 4.3 136.4 35
13 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 541 2177 14 56 4.0 136.1 31
14 Los Angeles Rams 16 503 2057 15 43 4.1 128.6 35
15 St. Louis Cardinals 16 417 1974 14 64 4.7 123.4 38
16 Denver Broncos 16 497 1851 20 42 3.7 115.7 24
17 Dallas Cowboys 16 462 1741 11 60 3.8 108.8 29
18 Miami Dolphins 16 444 1729 19 33 3.9 108.1 31
19 New Orleans Saints 16 431 1683 4 45 3.9 105.2 23
20 San Diego Chargers 16 440 1665 20 56 3.8 104.1 44
21 Seattle Seahawks 16 462 1644 9 38 3.6 102.8 34
22 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 434 1644 11 28 3.8 102.8 37
23 Philadelphia Eagles 16 428 1630 8 74 3.8 101.9 25
24 Buffalo Bills 16 412 1611 13 77 3.9 100.7 36
25 Houston Oilers 16 428 1570 13 43 3.7 98.1 41
26 Detroit Lions 16 452 1538 13 29 3.4 96.1 36
27 Minnesota Vikings 16 406 1516 19 37 3.7 94.8 27
28 Kansas City Chiefs 16 428 1486 10 54 3.5 92.9 22
Avg Team 487.0 1998.9 15.8 54 4.1 124.9 31.9
League Total 13636 55969 443 80 4.1 3498.1 892
Avg Tm/G 30.4 124.9 1.0 4.1 124.9 2.0

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Tm G Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1 Los Angeles Raiders 16 71 785 0 32 11.1 54 1132 0 57 21.0 7325
2 St. Louis Cardinals 16 40 393 0 31 9.8 78 1421 0 35 18.2 6900
3 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 49 483 2 71 9.9 65 1337 0 40 20.6 7170
4 Seattle Seahawks 16 53 483 0 32 9.1 58 1166 0 58 20.1 6656
5 Indianapolis Colts 16 42 449 1 70 10.7 67 1403 0 48 20.9 6858
6 Washington Redskins 16 47 508 0 37 10.8 60 1349 0 95 22.5 7195
7 Buffalo Bills 16 38 293 0 30 7.7 68 1334 0 39 19.6 6222
8 Detroit Lions 16 38 403 1 63 10.6 68 1494 0 54 22.0 6373
9 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 25 229 0 29 9.2 80 1622 0 58 20.3 6617
10 Green Bay Packers 16 38 370 0 46 9.7 67 1318 0 48 19.7 7059
11 New York Giants 16 53 442 0 37 8.3 50 866 0 43 17.3 7192
12 Atlanta Falcons 16 31 223 0 23 7.2 72 1406 1 94 19.5 6589
13 Dallas Cowboys 16 40 237 0 28 5.9 62 1210 0 34 19.5 7049
14 Kansas City Chiefs 16 43 381 0 57 8.9 59 1117 0 40 18.9 6375
15 New Orleans Saints 16 30 215 0 17 7.2 71 1547 0 69 21.8 6241
16 Philadelphia Eagles 16 45 393 0 56 8.7 56 1160 0 51 20.7 6769
17 Cleveland Browns 16 47 371 1 37 7.9 53 1217 0 81 23.0 6509
18 New England Patriots 16 42 530 2 85 12.6 57 1119 0 53 19.6 7148
19 Cincinnati Bengals 16 32 268 0 26 8.4 67 1385 0 45 20.7 7553
20 Denver Broncos 16 46 429 0 38 9.3 52 1203 0 39 23.1 7128
21 Chicago Bears 16 54 503 0 47 9.3 43 1089 2 99 25.3 7429
22 Houston Oilers 16 30 250 0 23 8.3 67 1515 0 52 22.6 6417
23 San Francisco 49ers 16 38 258 0 22 6.8 58 1269 1 95 21.9 7447
24 San Diego Chargers 16 25 213 0 24 8.5 71 1494 1 98 21.0 8242
25 Los Angeles Rams 16 38 501 1 80 13.2 56 1394 3 98 24.9 6415
26 Minnesota Vikings 16 25 250 0 41 10.0 68 1576 0 88 23.2 6977
27 New York Jets 16 39 386 0 46 9.9 53 1043 0 58 19.7 7325
28 Miami Dolphins 16 39 319 0 21 8.2 52 1177 0 46 22.6 7339
Avg Team 40.6 377.3 0.3 41 9.3 61.9 1298.7 0.3 61 21.0 6947.1
League Total 1138 10565 8 85 9.3 1732 36363 8 99 21.0 194519
Avg Tm/G 2.5 23.6 0.0 9.3 3.9 81.2 0.0 21.0 434.2

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Rk Tm G FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1 Denver Broncos 16 2 2 9 7 11 6 11 8 5 38 23 60.5% 44 41 93.2% 94 3760 61 2 40.0
2 New England Patriots 16 1 1 9 7 9 9 9 5 2 2 30 24 80.0% 41 40 97.6% 92 3956 75 0 43.0
3 Los Angeles Raiders 16 9 9 10 7 12 3 1 1 32 20 62.5% 42 40 95.2% 89 3631 68 0 40.8
4 San Francisco 49ers 16 7 5 8 5 5 3 1 21 13 61.9% 53 52 98.1% 87 3419 57 1 39.3
5 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 1 1 13 12 15 14 9 5 4 1 42 33 78.6% 40 40 100.0% 79 3089 59 1 39.1
6 New York Giants 16 1 1 9 6 9 7 12 7 2 1 33 22 66.7% 47 45 95.7% 81 3475 68 0 42.9
7 Seattle Seahawks 16 5 5 9 7 8 1 3 1 25 14 56.0% 44 41 93.2% 91 3667 61 0 40.3
8 Kansas City Chiefs 16 4 4 11 10 7 7 5 3 27 24 88.9% 35 35 100.0% 95 3828 62 2 40.3
9 Chicago Bears 16 2 2 13 13 14 13 6 3 2 37 31 83.8% 51 51