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1985 New England Patriots

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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

1985 AFC Champions

Scored 362 points (22.6/g), 10th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 290 points (18.1/g), 6th.
 Differential of 72 points (4.5/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 10.1-5.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.3/g), 7th.

Coached by Raymond Berry (11-5-0)

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 W 1-0 Green Bay Packers 26 20 26 410 202 208 5 16 205 146 59 2
2 Sun September 15 box L 1-1 @ Chicago Bears 7 20 10 206 179 27 4 18 369 209 160 2
3 Sun September 22 box W 2-1 @ Buffalo Bills 17 14 14 227 105 122 2 16 306 251 55 1
4 Sun September 29 box L 2-2 Los Angeles Raiders 20 35 13 287 190 97 4 15 296 152 144 2
5 Sun October 6 box L 2-3 @ Cleveland Browns 20 24 18 400 291 109 3 28 447 301 146 5
6 Sun October 13 box W 3-3 Buffalo Bills 14 3 18 400 318 82 4 13 162 90 72 4
7 Sun October 20 box W 4-3 New York Jets 20 13 20 284 155 129 1 13 303 220 83 3
8 Sun October 27 box W 5-3 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 32 14 18 420 223 197 2 14 209 130 79 2
9 Sun November 3 box W 6-3 Miami Dolphins 17 13 22 380 177 203 4 19 236 145 91 4
10 Sun November 10 box W 7-3 Indianapolis Colts 34 15 17 297 156 141 1 16 282 179 103 5
11 Sun November 17 box W 8-3 @ Seattle Seahawks 20 13 14 285 198 87 2 19 324 189 135 4
12 Sun November 24 box L 8-4 @ New York Jets 13 16 21 399 225 174 2 20 401 291 110 2
13 Sun December 1 box W 9-4 @ Indianapolis Colts 38 31 24 412 276 136 1 23 300 170 130 2
14 Sun December 8 box W 10-4 Detroit Lions 23 6 23 352 136 216 1 15 246 141 105 3
15 Mon December 16 box L 10-5 @ Miami Dolphins 27 30 19 321 199 122 4 22 269 177 92 4
16 Sun December 22 box W 11-5 Cincinnati Bengals 34 23 17 419 138 281 2 17 359 268 91 2
Playoffs
WildCard Sat December 28 box W 12-5 @ New York Jets 26 14
Division Sun January 5 box W 13-5 @ Los Angeles Raiders 27 20
ConfChamp Sun January 12 box W 14-5 @ Miami Dolphins 31 14
SuperBowl Sun January 26 box L 14-6 N Chicago Bears 10 46

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 362 5499 1061 5.2 294 255 457 3168 20 22 6.4 153 565 2331 15 4.1 126 42 20 15
Team Defense 290 4714 1042 4.5 476 262 525 3059 14 23 5.3 168 466 1655 15 3.6 284 47 24 24
Lg Rank Offense 10 9 18 25 14 15 14 5 4 6 15 12 23 20
Lg Rank Defense 6 7 8 19 9 2 9 7 11 6 12 4 3 2

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%
Tony Eason 26 QB 16 10 6-4-0 168 299 56.2 2156 11 3.7 17 5.7 90 7.2 5.0 12.8 134.8 67.5 28 229 5.9 3.9 8.6
Steve Grogan 32 qb 7 6 5-1-0 85 156 54.5 1311 7 4.5 5 3.2 56 8.4 7.4 15.4 187.3 84.1 11 86 7.3 6.4 6.6
Craig James* 24 FB 16 14 2 2 100.0 16 2 100.0 0 0.0 11 8.0 18.0 8.0 1.0 139.6 0 0 8.0 18.0 0.0
Team Total 26.8 16 11-5-0 255 457 55.8 3483 20 4.4 22 4.8 90 7.6 5.9 13.7 217.7 74.9 39 315 6.4 4.8 7.9
Opp Total 16 262 525 49.9 3059 14 2.7 23 4.4 5.8 4.1 11.7 191.2 58.6 51 334 5.3 3.2

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
Craig James* 24 FB 16 14 263 1227 5 65 4.7 76.7 16.4 27 360 13.3 2 90 1.7 22.5 1587 7 8
Tony Collins 26 RB 16 16 163 657 3 28 4.0 41.1 10.2 52 549 10.6 2 49 3.3 34.3 1206 5 6
Mosi Tatupu 30 16 2 47 152 2 11 3.2 9.5 2.9 2 16 8.0 0 15 0.1 1.0 168 2 1
Robert Weathers 25 16 0 41 174 1 42 4.2 10.9 2.6 2 18 9.0 0 13 0.1 1.1 192 1 0
Tony Eason 26 QB 16 10 22 70 1 23 3.2 4.4 1.4 70 1 4
Steve Grogan 32 qb 7 6 20 29 2 12 1.5 4.1 2.9 29 2 6
Irving Fryar* 23 WR 16 14 7 27 1 13 3.9 1.7 0.4 39 670 17.2 7 56 2.4 41.9 697 8 4
Stanley Morgan 30 WR 15 13 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 39 760 19.5 5 50 2.6 50.7 760 5 1
Tony Franklin 29 K 16 0 1 -5 0 -5 -5.0 -0.3 0.1 -5 0 0
Derrick Ramsey 29 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 285 10.2 1 26 1.8 17.8 285 1 1
Cedric Jones 25 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 237 11.3 2 29 1.3 14.8 237 2 0
Lin Dawson 26 TE 16 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 148 8.7 0 26 1.1 9.3 148 0 1
Stephen Starring 24 RET 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 235 14.7 0 40 1.0 14.7 235 0 4
Derwin Williams 24 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 163 18.1 0 30 0.6 10.2 163 0 0
Greg Hawthorne 29 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 42 14.0 1 28 0.2 2.8 42 1 0
Team Total 26.8 16 565 2331 15 65 4.1 145.7 35.3 255 3483 13.7 20 90 15.9 217.7 5814 35 37
Opp Total 16 466 1655 15 3.6 103.4 29.1 262 3059 11.7 14 16.4 191.2 4714 29 36

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
Stephen Starring 24 RET 16 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 48 1012 0 53 21.1 1247
Irving Fryar* 23 WR 16 14 37 520 2 85 14.1 3 39 0 24 13.0 1256
Cedric Jones 25 16 3 3 37 0 20 12.3 274
Roland James 27 SS 16 16 2 13 0 13 6.5 13
Jim Bowman 22 16 0 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -3
Greg Hawthorne 29 15 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 55
Craig James* 24 FB 16 14 1 0 0 0 0.0 1587
Robert Weathers 25 16 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 210
Team Total 26.8 16 42 530 2 85 12.6 57 1119 0 53 19.6 7463
Opp Total 16 56 0 76 1434 0 18.9

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
Rich Camarillo 26 P 16 0 92 3953 75 0 43.0
Tony Franklin 29 K 16 0 1 1 9 7 9 9 9 5 2 2 30 24 80.0% 41 40 97.6%
Team Total 26.8 16 1 1 9 7 9 9 9 5 2 2 30 24 80.0% 41 40 97.6% 92 3953 75 0 43.0
Opp Total 16 25 22 88.0% 32 30 93.8% 97 3928 40.5

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
Andre Tippett*+ 26 LOLB 16 16 16.5 0 4 25 1
Craig James* 24 FB 16 14 8 4 -7 0
Garin Veris 22 16 4 10.0 0 2 0 0
Don Blackmon 27 ROLB 14 14 8.0 1 14 0 14 0 2 0 0 2
Fred Marion* 26 FS 16 16 7 189 0 83 0 3 9 0
Tony Collins 26 RB 16 16 6 2 0 0
Kenneth Sims 26 LDE 13 13 5.5 0 2 0 0
Julius Adams 37 RDE 16 12 5.0 0 2 12 0
Steve Grogan 32 qb 7 6 6 1 -10 0
Raymond Clayborn* 30 RCB 16 16 6 80 1 38
Tony Eason 26 QB 16 10 4 1 -19 0
Roland James 27 SS 16 16 4 51 0 39 1 0 0 0
Steve Nelson* 34 LILB 15 15 2.0 0 3 0 0
Stephen Starring 24 RET 16 1 4 1 0 0
Irving Fryar* 23 WR 16 14 4 0 0 0
Larry McGrew 28 RILB 13 13 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ronnie Lippett 25 LCB 16 16 3 93 0 58
Johnny Rembert 24 rilb 16 6 0 3 9 1
Lin Dawson 26 TE 16 13 1 1 0 0
Brian Holloway* 26 LT 16 16 0 2 0 0
Mosi Tatupu 30 16 2 1 1 0 0
Toby Williams 26 5 3 2.0
Cedric Jones 25 16 3 0 1 15 1
Rod McSwain 23 16 0 1 0 0 0
Stanley Morgan 30 WR 15 13 1 0 0 0
Derrick Ramsey 29 16 3 1 0 0 0
Lester Williams 26 9 3 1.0
Team Total 26.8 16 51.0 23 427 1 83 37 37 34 3 2
Opp Total 16 39 36 12 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Tony Franklin 29 K 16 0 40 24 112
Irving Fryar* 23 WR 16 14 1 7 2 60
Craig James* 24 FB 16 14 5 2 42
Tony Collins 26 RB 16 16 3 2 30
Stanley Morgan 30 WR 15 13 5 30
Cedric Jones 25 16 3 2 1 18
Steve Grogan 32 qb 7 6 2 12
Mosi Tatupu 30 16 2 2 12
Raymond Clayborn* 30 RCB 16 16 1 6
Tony Eason 26 QB 16 10 1 6
Greg Hawthorne 29 15 0 1 6
Derrick Ramsey 29 16 3 1 6
Johnny Rembert 24 rilb 16 6 1 6
Andre Tippett*+ 26 LOLB 16 16 1 6
Robert Weathers 25 16 0 1 6
Don Blackmon 27 ROLB 14 14 2 4
Team Total 26.8 16 15 20 2 3 1 40 24 2 362
Opp Total 16 15 14 30 22 1 290