1985 Philadelphia Eagles season

1985 Philadelphia Eagles season
OwnerNorman Braman & Ed Leibowitz
General managerHarry Gamble
Head coachMarion Campbell (fired December 16, 6-9 record)
Fred Bruney (interim, 1-0 record)
Home stadiumVeterans Stadium
Results
Record7–9
Division place4th NFC East
PlayoffsDid not qualify
Pro BowlersFS Wes Hopkins
WR Mike Quick
Uniform

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)

Running backs (RB)

  • 39 Major Everett
  • 26 Michael Haddix
  • 36 Herman Hunter
  • 41 Earnest Jackson
  • 38 Jairo Penaranda

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

  • 87 John Goode
  • 89 David Little
  • 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 G
  • 74 Leonard Mitchell T
  • 66 Ken Reeves T

Defensive linemen (DL)

  • 98 Greg Brown DE
  • 71 Ken Clarke NT
  • 94 Byron Darby DE
  • 99 Joe Drake NT
  • 93 Thomas Strauthers DE
  • 91 Reggie White DE
 Linebackers (LB)
  • 50 Garry Cobb OLB
  • 58 Anthony Griggs ILB
  • 53 Dwayne Jiles OLB
  • 52 Rich Kraynak ILB
  • 55 Mike Reichenbach ILB
  • 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 CB
  • 48 Wes Hopkins FS
  • 20 Andre Waters SS
  • 22 Brenard Wilson FS
  • 43 Roynell Young CB

Special teams (ST)

  •  2 Mike Horan P
  •  8 Paul McFadden K

Reserve

  • 85 Ron Johnson WR (IR)
  • 54 Jon Kimmel LB (IR)
  • 69 Dwaine Morris DE (IR)
  • -- Greg Naron G (IR)
  • 57 Tom Polley LB (IR)
  • 95 Jody Schulz LB (IR)


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

Team 1 234Total
Bills 7 370 17
• Eagles 0 0021 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
Scoring summary
Q1BUFReed 14 yard run (Norwood kick)BUF 7–0
Q2BUFNorwood 26 yard field goalBUF 10–0
Q3BUFReed 7 yard pass from Ferragamo (Norwood kick)BUF 17-0
Q4PHIJaworski 3 yard run (McFadden kick)BUF 17–7
Q4PHIHopkins 24 yard interception return (McFadden kick)BUF 17–14
Q4PHIQuick 32 yard pass from Jaworski (McFadden kick)PHI 21–17

[2]

Week 10

Team 1 234OTTotal
Falcons 0 00170 17
• Eagles 0 14306 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
Scoring summary
2PHIEarnest Jackson 8 yard run (Paul McFadden kick)Eagles 7–0
2PHIRon Jaworski 1 yard run (Paul McFadden kick)Eagles 14–0
3PHIPaul McFadden 30 yard field goalEagles 17–0
4ATLJoe Washington 18 yard pass from David Archer (Mick Luckhurst kick)Eagles 17–7
4ATLGerald Riggs 1 yard run (Mick Luckhurst kick)Eagles 17–14
4ATLMick Luckhurst 27 yard field goalTie 17–17
OTPHIMike Quick 99 yard pass from Ron JaworskiEagles 23–17

[3]

Standings

NFC East
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
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

References

  1. ^ 1985 Philadelphia Eagles
  2. ^ [1]. Retrieved 2015-Apr-22.
  3. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
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