1985 Philadelphia Eagles season

1985 Philadelphia Eagles season
1985 Philadelphia Eagles season
Owner	Norman Braman & Ed Leibowitz
General manager	Harry Gamble
Head coach	Marion Campbell (weeks 1-15); Fred Bruney (interim, week 16)
Home field	Veterans Stadium
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	4th NFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Uniform
	← 1984; Eagles seasons; 1986 →;

The 1985 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 53rd in the National Football League (NFL). The team improved upon their previous output of 6–9–1, winning seven games.^[1] This was the fourth consecutive season in which the team failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Philadelphia was in position to earn a wild-card berth with a 6–5 record by late November, but a four-game losing streak, which included a home loss to the Minnesota Vikings in which the Eagles squandered a 23–0 fourth-quarter lead, foiled their playoff hopes. That losing streak also cost head coach Marion Campbell his job before the season finale at Minnesota. Under interim coach Fred Bruney, the Eagles pulled off a 37–35 victory at the Metrodome to finish the season on an up note.

Two bright spots emerged at the quarterback position as Ron Jaworski returned from the broken leg suffered at the end of the 1984 season, and performed well enough (3,450 passing yards, 17 touchdowns) to be considered for comeback player of the year, though no award was given out. In addition, second-round draft pick Randall Cunningham earned his first career victory at RFK Stadium on September 22 at Washington. On November 10, at Veterans Stadium, Jaworski combined with wide receiver Mike Quick for a club-record 99-yard touchdown pass in overtime to beat the Atlanta Falcons, 23–17.

Offseason

NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	9	Kevin Allen	OT	Indiana
2	37	Randall Cunningham	QB	UNLV
4	93	Greg Naron	G	North Carolina
5	121	Dwayne Jiles	LB	Texas Tech
6	156	Ken Reeves	T	Texas A&M
8	205	Tom Polley	LB	UNLV
9	231	Dave Toub	C	Texas El-Paso
9	233	Joe Drake	NT	Arizona
10	261	Mark Kelso	DB	William & Mary
11	289	Herman Hunter	RB	Tennessee St.
12	317	Todd Russell	DB	Boston College

Personnel

Staff

**1985 Philadelphia Eagles staff**
	Front office Owner – Norman Braman Vice President and General Manager – Harry Gamble Director of Player Personnel – Lynn Stiles Head coaches Head Coach – Marion Campbell Assistant Head Coach – Fred Bruney Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Ted Marchibroda Running Backs – Milt Jackson Receivers – Tom Coughlin Tight Ends – Frank Gansz Offensive Line – Ken Iman			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Marion Campbell Defensive Line – Tommy Brasher Linebackers – Chuck Clausen Defensive Backs – Fred Bruney Special teams coaches Special Teams – Frank Gansz

Roster

**1985 Philadelphia Eagles roster**
Quarterbacks (QB) 12 Randall Cunningham 7 Ron Jaworski Running backs (RB) 39 Major Everett 26 Michael Haddix 36 Herman Hunter 41 Earnest Jackson Wide receivers (WR) 80 Keith Baker 86 Gregg Garrity 81 Kenny Jackson 82 Mike Quick Tight ends (TE) 87 John Goode 88 John Spagnola		Offensive linemen (OL) 72 Kevin Allen T 63 Ron Baker G 65 Mark Dennard C 67 Gerry Feehery C 77 Tom Jelesky T 73 Steve Kenney T 66 Ken Reeves T Defensive linemen (DL) 98 Greg Brown DE 71 Ken Clarke DT 92 Smiley Creswell DE 99 Joe Drake DT 69 Dwaine Morris DE 91 Reggie White DE		Linebackers (LB) 50 Garry Cobb 58 Anthony Griggs 53 Dwayne Jiles OLB 54 Jon Kimmel 52 Rich Kraynak 55 Mike Reichenbach MLB 51 Reggie Wilkes OLB 59 Joel Williams OLB Defensive backs (DB) 21 Evan Cooper CB 46 Herm Edwards CB 24 Ray Ellis SS 29 Elbert Foules 48 Wes Hopkins 20 Andre Waters 43 Roynell Young CB Special teams 2 Mike Horan P 8 Paul McFadden K				Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 8	at New York Giants	L 0–21	0–1	Giants Stadium	76,141
2	September 15	Los Angeles Rams	L 6–17	0–2	Veterans Stadium	60,920
3	September 22	at Washington Redskins	W 19–6	1–2	RFK Stadium	53,748
4	September 29	New York Giants	L 10–16 (OT)	1–3	Veterans Stadium	66,696
5	October 6	at New Orleans Saints	L 21–23	1–4	Louisiana Superdome	56,364
6	October 13	St. Louis Cardinals	W 30–7	2–4	Veterans Stadium	48,186
7	October 20	Dallas Cowboys	W 16–14	3–4	Veterans Stadium	70,114
8	October 27	Buffalo Bills	W 21–17	4–4	Veterans Stadium	60,987
9	November 3	at San Francisco 49ers	L 13–24	4–5	Candlestick Park	58,383
10	November 10	Atlanta Falcons	W 23–17 (OT)	5–5	Veterans Stadium	63,694
11	November 17	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 24–14	6–5	Busch Memorial Stadium	39,032
12	November 24	at Dallas Cowboys	L 17–34	6–6	Texas Stadium	54,047
13	December 1	Minnesota Vikings	L 23–28	6–7	Veterans Stadium	54,688
14	December 8	Washington Redskins	L 12–17	6–8	Veterans Stadium	60,737
15	December 15	at San Diego Chargers	L 14–20	6–9	Jack Murphy Stadium	45,569
16	December 22	at Minnesota Vikings	W 37–35	7–9	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	49,722

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 8

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bills	7	3	7	0	17
• Eagles	0	0	0	21	21

Date: October 27
Location: Veterans Stadium
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 60.987
Game weather: 66 °F (18.9 °C); wind 17 miles per hour (27 km/h; 15 kn)
Referee: Ben Dreith
TV announcers (NBC): Tom Hammond and Dave Rowe

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Week 10

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Falcons	0	0	0	17	0	17
• Eagles	0	14	3	0	6	23

Date: November 10
Location: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C), wind 16 mph (26 km/h)
Referee: Chuck Heberling

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Standings

NFC East
view talk edit	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

Awards and honors

Mike Quick, 1985 Pro Bowl selection
Mike Quick, Associated Press first-team All-Pro selection 1985

References

External links

1985 Philadelphia Eagles at Pro-Football-Reference.com

[1] 1985 Philadelphia Eagles

[2] [1]. Retrieved 2015-Apr-22.

[3] Pro-Football-Reference.com

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