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1985 Green Bay Packers season
Head Coach Forrest Gregg
(2nd season)
General Manager Bob Harlan
(Since 1981)
Home Field Lambeau Field
Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record 8–8
Place 2nd NFC Central
Playoff Finish did not qualify
Timeline
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1984 1986

The 1985 Green Bay Packers season was their 67th season overall and their 65th 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

  • Special Teams – Chuck Priefer

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Virgil Knight

[1]


Roster[]

1985 Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists



Practice squad



Rookies in italics
00 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 Practice squad

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[]

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total
• Packers 3 3 0 21 27
Vikings 7 0 7 3 17

[3]

Week 13[]

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 0 0 0
Packers 0 7 7 7 21

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
view · talk · edit W L T PCT PF PA STK
Chicago Bears 15 1 0 .938 456 198 W3
Green Bay Packers 8 8 0 .500 337 355 W2
Minnesota Vikings 7 9 0 .438 346 359 L2
Detroit Lions 7 9 0 .438 307 366 L3
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2 14 0 .125 294 448 L4

[4]

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. http://nfl.packers.com/history/all_time_roster/coaches/. 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
  4. (PDF) 2010 NFL Record and Fact Book. National Football League. p. 383. http://www.nfl.info/download/2010%20NFL%20Record%20and%20Fact%20Book.pdf. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
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