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1985 Green Bay Packers season
OwnerGreen Bay Packers, Inc.
(Since 1923)
General managerBob Harlan
(Since 1981)
Head coachForrest Gregg
(2nd season)
Home fieldLambeau Field
Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record8–8
Division place2nd NFC Central
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The 1985 Green Bay Packers season was their 66th season in the National Football League. The club posted an 8–8 record under coach Forrest Gregg, the same record from the previous year. The Packers earned a second-place finish in the NFC Central division.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Pick # Round Player Position College
7 Round 1 Ken Ruettgers Guard USC
71 Round 3 Rich Moran Guard San Diego State
98 Round 4 Walter Stanley Wide receiver Mesa State
125 Round 5 Brian Noble Linebacker Arizona State
155 Round 6 Mark Lewis Tight end Texas A&M
171 Round 7 Eric Wilson Linebacker Maryland
182 Round 7 Gary Ellerson Running back Wisconsin
209 Round 8 Ken Stills Safety Wisconsin
239 Round 9 Morris Johnson Guard Alabama A&M
266 Round 10 Ronnie Burgess Cornerback Wake Forest
294 Round 11 Joe Shield Quarterback Trinity
323 Round 12 Jim Meyer Punter Arizona State

Personnel

Staff

1985 Green Bay Packers staff

Front office

  • President – Robert J. Parins
  • Corporate Assistant to the President – Bob Harlan
  • Director of Player Personnel – Dick Corrick
  • Director of Player Procurement – Chuck Hutchison

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Virgil Knight


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Regular season

The team finished with an 8–8 record for the third consecutive season. The club was 5–3 at home and 3–5 on the road.[2]

Schedule

Game Date Opponent Score Record Notes Venue Attendance
1 9-8-1985 at New England Patriots L,20–26 0–1 Sullivan Stadium
49,488
2 9-15-1985 New York Giants W,23–20 1–1 Lambeau Field
56,145
3 9-22-1985 New York Jets L,3–24 1–2 Milwaukee County Stadium
53,667
4 9-29-1985 at St. Louis Cardinals L,28–43 1–3 Busch Memorial Stadium
48,598
5 10-6-1985 Detroit Lions W,43–10 2–3 Lambeau Field
55,914
6 10-13-1985 Minnesota Vikings W,20–17 3–3 Milwaukee County Stadium
54,674
7 10-21-1985 at Chicago Bears L,7–23 3–4 Monday Night Football Soldier Field
65,095
8 10-27-1985 at Indianapolis Colts L,10–37 3–5 Hoosier Dome
59,708
9 11-3-1985 Chicago Bears L,10–16 3–6 Lambeau Field
55,343
10 11-10-1985 at Minnesota Vikings W,27–17 4–6 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
59,970
11 11-17-1985 New Orleans Saints W,38–14 5–6 Milwaukee County Stadium
52,104
12 11-24-1985 at Los Angeles Rams L,17–34 5–7 Anaheim Stadium
52,710
13 12-1-1985 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W,21–0 6–7 The Snow Bowl Lambeau Field
19,856
14 12-8-1985 Miami Dolphins L,24–34 6–8 Lambeau Field
52,671
15 12-15-1985 at Detroit Lions W,26–23 7–8 Pontiac Silverdome
49,379
16 12-22-1985 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W,20–17 8–8 Tampa Stadium
33,992

Game summaries

Week 10

1 234Total
• Packers 3 3021 27
Vikings 7 073 17
Scoring summary
1MINTed Brown 1-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick)Vikings 7–0
1GBAl Del Greco 46-yard field goalVikings 7–3
2GBAl Del Greco 28-yard field goalVikings 7–6
3MINDarrin Nelson 4-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick)Vikings 14–6
4MINJan Stenerud 24-yard field goalVikings 17–6
4GBGerry Ellis 1-yard run (Al Del Greco kick)Vikings 17–13
4GBEddie Lee Ivery 1-yard pass from Lynn Dickey (Al Del Greco kick)Packers 20–17
4GBMark Murphy 50-yard interception return (Al Del Greco kick)Packers 27–17

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Week 13

1 234Total
Buccaneers 0 000 0
• Packers 0 777 21
Scoring summary
2GBLynn Dickey 1-yard run (Al Del Greco kick)Packers 7–0
3GBGerry Ellis 35-yard run (Al Del Greco kick)Packers 14–0
4GBJessie Clark 3-yard run (Al Del Greco kick)Packers 21–0

This divisional matchup with Tampa Bay would come to be known as the Snow Bowl in Packers' history. By kickoff, twelves inches of snow had fallen and the roads were impossible to navigate preventing many fans from attending. This gave the game the dubious distinction of having over 36,000 "no-shows", the most in Packers history.

The game itself saw the Packers dominate the Buccaneers en route to a 21–0 victory. The Packers offense gained 512 total yards to the Buccaneers' 65. During the game, Packers defensive end Alphonso Carreker sacked Buccaneers quarterback Steve Young a team record four times.

Standings

NFC Central
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Chicago Bears(1) 15 1 0 .938 8–0 12–0 456 198 W3
Green Bay Packers 8 8 0 .500 6–2 8–4 337 355 W2
Minnesota Vikings 7 9 0 .438 3–5 5–9 346 359 L2
Detroit Lions 7 9 0 .438 2–6 5–7 307 366 L3
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2 14 0 .125 1–7 2–10 294 448 L4

Statistics

Passing

Player Attempts Completion Percentage Yards Avg Long TD Int Sacks Rating
Lynn Dickey 314 172 54.8 2206 7.03 63 15 17 30 70.4
Jim Zorn 123 56 45.5 794 6.46 56t 4 6 11 57.4
Randy Wright 74 39 52.7 552 7.46 38 2 4 8 63.6
TOTALS 513 267 52.0 3552 6.92 63 21 27 0 66.0

Receiving

Player Receptions Yards Average TD Long
James Lofton 69 1153 16.7 4 56t
Paul Coffman 49 666 13.6 6 32
Phil Epps 44 683 15.5 3 63
Eddie Lee Ivery 28 270 9.6 2 24
Jessie Clark 24 252 10.5 2 55t
Gerry Ellis 24 206 8.6 0 35
Preston Dennard 13 182 14.0 2 34
Ed West 8 95 11.9 1 30
Harlan Huckleby 5 27 5.4 0 8
TOTALS 267 3552 13.3 21 63

Rushing

Player Attempts Yards avg TD Long
Eddie Lee Ivery 132 636 4.8 2 34
Jessie Clark 147 633 4.3 5 80
Gerry Ellis 104 571 5.5 5 39t
Gary Ellerson 32 205 6.4 2 37t
Phil Epps 5 103 20.6 1 34
Harlan Huckleby 8 41 5.1 0 15
Lynn Dickey 18 −12 −0.7 1 3
TOTALS 470 2208 4.7 16 8

Defensive

Player Sacks INT'S Yards Average TD Long
John Anderson 6.0 2 2 1.0 0 2
Robert Brown 3.0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mike Butler 2.0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mossy Cade 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Alphonso Carreker 9.0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mike Douglass 1.5 2 126 63.0 1 80t
Tom Flynn 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7
Donnie Humphrey 2.0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Ezra Johnson 9.5 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mark Lee 0.0 1 23 23.0 0 23
Tim Lewis 0.0 4 4 1.0 0 4
Charles Martin 3.0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mark Murphy 4.0 2 50 25.0 1 50t
Brian Noble 3.0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Guy Prather 2.0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Randy Scott 3.0 2 50 25.0 0 30
TOTALS 48.0 15 262 17.5 2 8

Awards and records

Hall of Famers

The Following were inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in February 1985;

References

  1. ^ "All Time Coaches Database". Packers.com. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
  2. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 266
  3. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
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