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1985 Washington Redskins season

The 1985 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 54th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 49th in Washington, D.C. The team failed to improve on their 11–5 record from 1984 and finished 10-6. The biggest moment of the year occurred on a November 18 Monday Night Football game, which witnessed Joe Theismann's career-ending injury after a sack by New York Giants outside linebacker Lawrence Taylor. The tackle resulted in a serious leg injury, and Theismann never played in the NFL again. Though the team failed to make the playoffs, they remained in contention for the entire regular season.

1985 Washington Redskins season
OwnerJack Kent Cooke
General managerBobby Beathard
PresidentJohn Kent Cooke
Head coachJoe Gibbs
Offensive coordinatorJoe Bugel
Defensive coordinatorRichie Petitbon
Home fieldRFK Stadium
Results
Record10–6
Division place3rd NFC East
Playoff finishDid not qualify

During the December 15 game against Cincinnati, law authorities conducted a successful sting operation which resulted in the arrest of 101 fugitives who thought they had received free tickets to the game.[1]

Offseason

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NFL Draft

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Main article: 1985 NFL draft
1985 Washington Redskins Draft
Round Selection Player Position College
2 33 Tory Nixon DB San Diego State
5 122 Raphel Cherry DB Hawaii
6 163 Danzell Lee TE Lamar
8 219 Barry Wilburn DB Mississippi
10 263 Terry Orr TE Texas
11 290 Raleigh McKenzie C Tennessee

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Personnel

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Staff

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1985 Washington Redskins staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning Coordinator – Dan Riley


Roster

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1985 Washington Redskins roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Reserve


Rookies in italics

Regular season

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Schedule

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Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap
1 September 9 at Dallas Cowboys L 14–44 0–1 Texas Stadium 62,292 Recap
2 September 15 Houston Oilers W 16–13 1–1 RFK Stadium 53,553 Recap
3 September 22 Philadelphia Eagles L 6–19 1–2 RFK Stadium 53,748 Recap
4 September 29 at Chicago Bears L 10–45 1–3 Soldier Field 63,708 Recap
5 October 7 St. Louis Cardinals W 27–10 2–3 RFK Stadium 53,134 Recap
6 October 13 Detroit Lions W 24–3 3–3 RFK Stadium 52,845 Recap
7 October 20 at New York Giants L 3–17 3–4 Giants Stadium 74,389 Recap
8 October 27 at Cleveland Browns W 14–7 4–4 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 78,540 Recap
9 November 3 at Atlanta Falcons W 44–10 5–4 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 42,209 Recap
10 November 10 Dallas Cowboys L 7–13 5–5 RFK Stadium 55,750 Recap
11 November 18 New York Giants W 23–21 6–5 RFK Stadium 53,371 Recap
12 November 24 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 30–23 7–5 Three Rivers Stadium 59,293 Recap
13 December 1 San Francisco 49ers L 8–35 7–6 RFK Stadium 51,321 Recap
14 December 8 at Philadelphia Eagles W 17–12 8–6 Veterans Stadium 60,737 Recap
15 December 15 Cincinnati Bengals W 27–24 9–6 RFK Stadium 50,544 Recap
16 December 21 at St. Louis Cardinals W 27–16 10–6 Busch Memorial Stadium 28,090 Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

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Week 1: at Dallas Cowboys

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Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys
1 234Total
Redskins 0 707 14
• Cowboys 3 141314 44
Scoring summary
1CowboysRafael Septién 53-yard field goalCowboys 3–0
2CowboysTimmy Newsome 1-yard run (Rafael Septien kick)Cowboys 10–0
2RedskinsJohn Riggins 1-yard run (Mark Moseley kick)Cowboys 10–7
2CowboysMike Renfro 55-yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick)Cowboys 17–7
3CowboysRafael Septien 39-yard field goalCowboys 20–7
3CowboysRafael Septien 43-yard field goalCowboys 23–7
3CowboysTony Dorsett 9-yard run (Rafael Septien kick)Cowboys 30–7
4CowboysVictor Scott 26-yard interception return (Rafael Septien kick)Cowboys 37–7
4RedskinsClint Didier 19-yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick)Cowboys 37–14
4CowboysDennis Thurman 21-yard interception return (Rafael Septien kick)Cowboys 44–14

Week 2: vs. Houston Oilers

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Houston Oilers at Washington Redskins
1 234Total
Oilers 0 1030 13
• Redskins 13 300 16
  • Date: Sunday, September 15
  • Location: RFK Stadium • Washington, D.C.
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C), wind 8 mph (13 km/h)
  • Referee: Gordon McCarter
Scoring summary
1RedskinsCalvin Muhammad 17-yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick)Redskins 7–0
1RedskinsGeorge Rogers 31-yard run (kick failed)Redskins 13–0
2RedskinsMark Moseley 34-yard field goalRedskins 16–0
2OilersTony Zendejas 44-yard field goalRedskins 16–3
2OilersDrew Hill 2-yard pass from Warren Moon (Tony Zendejas kick)Redskins 16–10
3OilersTony Zendejas 35-yard field goalRedskins 16–13

Week 7

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1 234Total
Redskins 0 003 3
• Giants 0 773 17

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Week 11

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1 234Total
Giants 7 0140 21
• Redskins 7 079 23
  • Date: November 18
  • Location: RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
  • Game start: 9:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 52 °F (11.1 °C); wind 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h; 5.2 kn)
  • Referee: Fred Wyant
  • Television network: ABC

Standings

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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
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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Redskins Ticket Sting Nets 101 Fugitives". AP NEWS. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "National Football League: NFL Draft History". NFL.com. Archived from the original on September 16, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  3. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
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