1985 Green Bay Packers season

1985 Green Bay Packers season

Head coach	Forrest Gregg (2nd season)
General manager	Bob Harlan (Since 1981)
Owner	Green Bay Packers, Inc. (Since 1923)
Home field	Lambeau Field Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	2nd NFC Central
Playoff finish	did 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, earning them 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

Head Coach – Forrest Gregg

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator – Bob Schnelker
Offensive Backs – George Sefcik
Receivers – Lew Carpenter
Offensive Line – Jerry Wampfler

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line – Dick Modzelewski
Linebackers – Herb Paterra
Defensive Backs – Ken Riley

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – Chuck Priefer

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

Date: November 10
Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Game start: 12:00 p.m.

Scoring summary

1	MIN	Ted Brown 1-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick)	Vikings 7–0

1	GB	Al Del Greco 46-yard field goal	Vikings 7–3

2	GB	Al Del Greco 28-yard field goal	Vikings 7–6

3	MIN	Darrin Nelson 4-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick)	Vikings 14–6

4	MIN	Jan Stenerud 24-yard field goal	Vikings 17–6

4	GB	Gerry Ellis 1-yard run (Al Del Greco kick)	Vikings 17–13

4	GB	Eddie Lee Ivery 1-yard pass from Lynn Dickey (Al Del Greco kick)	Packers 20–17

4	GB	Mark Murphy 50-yard interception return (Al Del Greco kick)	Packers 27–17

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Week 13

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	0	0	0	0
• Packers	0	7	7	7	21

Date: December 1
Location: Lambeau Field • Green Bay, Wisconsin
Game start: 12:00 p.m.
Game attendance: 19,856
Game weather: Snow • 30°F • Wind 21
TV announcers (CBS): Jim Hill and John Dockery

Scoring summary

2	GB	Lynn Dickey 1-yard run (Al Del Greco kick)	Packers 7–0

3	GB	Gerry Ellis 35-yard run (Al Del Greco kick)	Packers 14–0

4	GB	Jessie 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;

Phil Bengtson, Coach-G.M., 1959–70
Bob Jeter, DB, 1963–70
Earl "Bud" Svendsen, C-LB, 1937, 1939

References

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

Green Bay Packers

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Based in Green Bay, Wisconsin

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Division championships (22)

League championships (13)

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Retired numbers

Current league affiliations

League: National Football League
Conference: National Football Conference
Division: NFC North

Rivalries

Broadcasters

Radio: Packers Radio Network
- WTMJ
- WKTI-HD2
- WIXX
- WTAQ
Television (pre-season & official in-season team programming):
- WGBA-TV
- WTMJ-TV
Personnel:
- Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play)
- Larry McCarren (color/analysis)

Seasons (97)

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1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

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2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

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Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearence

1985 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Buffalo	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Indianapolis	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	LA Rams
Miami	Houston	LA Raiders	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay

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