1985 Atlanta Falcons season

1985 Atlanta Falcons season
Head Coach	Dan Henning
Home Field	Fulton County Stadium
Results
Record	4–12
Place	4th NFC West
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1984	1986

The 1985 Atlanta Falcons season was the Falcons 20th season.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	2	Bill Fralic	Guard	Pittsburgh Panthers
2	45	Mike Gann	Defensive End	Notre Dame
4	89	Emile Harry	Wide Receiver	Stanford
6	152	Reggie Pleasant	Defensive Back	Clemson

Personnel

Staff

1985 Atlanta Falcons staff
	Front office Chairman of the Board – Rankin M. Smith, Sr. President – Rankin M. Smith, Jr. Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer – Eddie LeBaron General Manager – Tom Braatz Head coaches Head Coach – Dan Henning Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line – Dan Sekanovich Offensive coaches Running Backs – Sam Elliott Receivers – Bob Harrison Offensive Line – Larry Beightol Tight Ends/H-Backs – Garry Puetz			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – John Marshall Linebackers – Bobby Jackson Secondary – Jack Stanton Defensive Assistant – Joe Madden Special teams coaches Special Teams – Ted Fritsch Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – George Dostal

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 8, 1985	Detroit Lions	L 28-27	37,785
2	September 15, 1985	at San Francisco 49ers	L 35-16	58,923
3	September 22, 1985	Denver Broncos	L 44-28	37,903
4	September 29, 1985	at Los Angeles Rams	L 17-6	49,870
5	October 6, 1985	San Francisco 49ers	L 38-17	44,740
6	October 13, 1985	at Seattle Seahawks	L 30-26	60,430
7	October 20, 1985	New Orleans Saints	W 31-24	44,784
8	October 27, 1985	at Dallas Cowboys	L 24-10	57,941
9	November 3, 1985	Washington Redskins	L 44-10	42,209
10	November 10, 1985	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 23-17	63,694
11	November 17, 1985	Los Angeles Rams	W 30-14	29,960
12	November 24, 1985	at Chicago Bears	L 36-0	61,769
13	December 1, 1985	Los Angeles Raiders	L 34-24	20,858
14	December 8, 1985	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 38-10	18,199
15	December 15, 1985	Minnesota Vikings	W 14-13	14,167
16	December 22, 1985	at New Orleans Saints	W 16-10	37,717

Standings

NFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Los Angeles Rams(2)	11	5	0	.688	3–3	8–4	340	277	L1
San Francisco 49ers(5)	10	6	0	.625	4–2	7–5	411	263	W2
New Orleans Saints	5	11	0	.313	2–4	5–7	294	401	L3
Atlanta Falcons	4	12	0	.250	3–3	4–8	282	452	W2

Awards and records

• Bill Fralic, Sports Illustrated NFL Rookie of the Year.

References

• Falcons on Pro Football Reference
• Falcons on jt-sw.com