1985 New England Patriots (NFL) |
| 2nd place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 11-5-0 .688 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Raymond Berry |
| Dean Brittenham | Strength-Conditioning |
| Jimmy Carr | Defensive Backs |
| Bobby Grier | Offensive Backs |
| Rod Humeniuk | Assistant Head Coach-Offense/Offensive Line |
| Harold Jackson | Assistant Receivers |
| Eddie Khayat | Defensive Line |
| John Polonchek | Special Assistant to the Head Coach |
| Rod Rust | Defensive Coordinator |
| Dante Scarnecchia | Special Teams/Tight Ends |
| Don Shinnick | Linebackers |
| Les Steckel | Quarterbacks/Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/10/1985 | H | New Orleans Saints | 20-32 | L | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 27014 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1985 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 31-13 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 35162 | |
| Fri | 8/23/1985 | A | Washington Redskins | 36-37 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 50538 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1985 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 13-14 | L | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 39911 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1985 | H | Green Bay Packers | 26-20 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 49488 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1985 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-20 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 60533 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1985 | A | Buffalo Bills | 17-14 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 45320 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1985 | H | Los Angeles Raiders | 20-35 | L | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 60686 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1985 | A | Cleveland Browns | 20-24 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 62139 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1985 | H | Buffalo Bills | 14-3 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 40462 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1985 | H | New York Jets | 20-13 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 58163 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1985 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 32-14 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 34661 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1985 | H | Miami Dolphins | 17-13 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 58811 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1985 | H | Indianapolis Colts | 34-15 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 54176 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1985 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 20-13 | W | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 60345 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1985 | A | New York Jets | 13-16 | L | OT | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 74100 |
| Sun | 12/1/1985 | A | Indianapolis Colts | 38-31 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome | 56740 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1985 | H | Detroit Lions | 23-6 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 59078 | |
| Mon | 12/16/1985 | A | Miami Dolphins | 27-30 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 69489 | |
| Sun | 12/22/1985 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 34-23 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 57953 | |
| AFC Wild Card Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/28/1985 | A | New York Jets | 26-14 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 70958 | |
| AFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/5/1986 | A | Los Angeles Raiders | 27-20 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 88936 | |
| AFC Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/12/1986 | A | Miami Dolphins | 31-14 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 74978 | |
| Super Bowl XX | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/26/1986 | H | Chicago Bears | 10-46 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 73818 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Julius Adams | 85 | RDE | 6-3 | 262 | 37 | Texas Southern | 16 | 12 |
| Don Blackmon | 55 | ROLB | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Tulsa | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Bowman | 28 | S | 6-2 | 212 | 22 | Central Michigan | 16 | 0 |
| Pete Brock | 58 | C | 6-5 | 270 | 31 | Colorado | 9 | 8 |
| Rich Camarillo | 3 | P | 5-11 | 188 | 26 | Cerritos JC; Washington | 16 | 0 |
| Raymond Clayborn | 26 | RCB | 6-0 | 186 | 30 | Texas | 16 | 16 |
| Tony Collins | 33 | HB | 5-11 | 210 | 26 | East Carolina | 16 | 16 |
| Tom Condon | 63 | OG | 6-3 | 275 | 33 | Boston College | 1 | 0 |
| Lin Dawson | 87 | TE | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | North Carolina State | 16 | 13 |
| Tony Eason | 11 | QB | 6-4 | 212 | 26 | American River JC; Illinois | 16 | 10 |
| Paul Fairchild | 66 | ROG | 6-4 | 270 | 24 | Ellsworth CC; Kansas | 16 | 2 |
| Tony Franklin | 1 | K | 5-8 | 182 | 29 | Texas A&M | 16 | 0 |
| Irving Fryar | 80 | WR | 6-0 | 199 | 23 | Nebraska | 16 | 14 |
| Ernest Gibson | 43 | CB | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Furman | 9 | 0 |
| Steve Grogan | 14 | QB | 6-4 | 210 | 32 | Kansas State | 7 | 6 |
| John Hannah | 73 | LOG | 6-3 | 265 | 34 | Alabama | 14 | 14 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 27 | WR | 6-2 | 230 | 29 | Baylor | 15 | 0 |
| Brian Holloway | 76 | LOT | 6-7 | 280 | 26 | Stanford | 16 | 16 |
| Brian Ingram | 51 | LB | 6-4 | 230 | 26 | Tennessee | 15 | 0 |
| Craig James | 32 | FB | 6-0 | 215 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 16 | 14 |
| Roland James | 38 | SS | 6-2 | 191 | 27 | Tennessee | 16 | 16 |
| Cedric Jones | 83 | WR | 6-1 | 184 | 25 | Duke | 16 | 3 |
| Ronnie Lippett | 42 | LCB | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | 16 |
| Fred Marion | 31 | FS | 6-2 | 191 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | 16 |
| Trevor Matich | 64 | C | 6-4 | 279 | 24 | Brigham Young | 1 | 0 |
| Larry McGrew | 50 | RILB-ROLB | 6-5 | 233 | 28 | Contra Costa JC; Southern California | 13 | 13 |
| Rod McSwain | 23 | CB | 6-1 | 198 | 23 | Clemson | 16 | 0 |
| Steve Moore | 67 | ROT | 6-4 | 295 | 25 | Tennessee State | 16 | 16 |
| Stanley Morgan | 86 | WR | 5-11 | 181 | 30 | Tennessee | 15 | 13 |
| Guy Morriss | 75 | C-LOG | 6-4 | 275 | 34 | Texas Christian | 16 | 10 |
| Steve Nelson | 57 | LILB | 6-2 | 230 | 34 | Augsburg; North Dakota State | 15 | 15 |
| Dennis Owens | 98 | NT | 6-1 | 258 | 25 | North Carolina State | 14 | 13 |
| Art Plunkett | 70 | OT | 6-7 | 262 | 26 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 15 | 0 |
| Derrick Ramsey | 88 | TE | 6-5 | 230 | 29 | Kentucky | 16 | 3 |
| Johnny Rembert | 52 | RILB-LILB | 6-3 | 234 | 24 | Cowley County JC; Clemson | 16 | 6 |
| Ed Reynolds | 95 | LB | 6-5 | 243 | 24 | Virginia | 12 | 0 |
| Kenneth Sims | 77 | LDE | 6-5 | 271 | 26 | Texas | 13 | 13 |
| Stephen Starring | 81 | WR | 5-10 | 172 | 24 | McNeese State | 16 | 1 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 30 | FB | 6-0 | 227 | 30 | Southern California | 16 | 2 |
| Ben Thomas | 99 | DE | 6-4 | 277 | 24 | Auburn | 15 | 0 |
| Andre Tippett | 66 | LOLB | 6-3 | 241 | 26 | Iowa | 16 | 16 |
| Garin Veris | 60 | LDE-RDE | 6-4 | 255 | 22 | Stanford | 16 | 4 |
| Robert Weathers | 24 | RB | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Arizona State | 16 | 0 |
| Derwin Williams | 82 | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | New Mexico | 16 | 1 |
| Ed Williams | 54 | LB | 6-4 | 244 | 24 | Texas | 13 | 0 |
| Lester Williams | 72 | NT | 6-3 | 272 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 3 |
| Toby Williams | 90 | RDE | 6-4 | 270 | 26 | Nebraska | 5 | 3 |
| Ron Wooten | 61 | ROG | 6-4 | 273 | 26 | North Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 28 | Trevor Matich | C | Brigham Young |
| 2 | 48 | Garin Veris | DE | Stanford |
| 2 | 52 | Jim Bowman | DB | Central Michigan |
| 2 | 56 | Ben Thomas | DE | Auburn |
| 3 | 84 | Audray McMillian | DB | Houston |
| 4 | 102 | Tom Toth | T | Western Michigan |
| 4 | 108 | Gerard Phelan | WR | Boston College |
| 8 | 224 | Milford Hodge | DT | Washington State |
| 11 | 295 | Paul Lewis | RB | Boston University |
| 12 | 328 | Tony Mumford | RB | Penn State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 54 | 115 | 44 | 149 | 0 | 362 |
| Opponents Totals | 75 | 64 | 56 | 92 | 3 | 290 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 31:07 | 294 | 126 | 153 | 15 | 82/224 36.6% | 4/10 40.0% | 114 | 842 |
| Opponents Totals | 28:53 | 284 | 92 | 168 | 24 | 74/227 32.6% | 5/15 33.3% | 83 | 699 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Franklin | 0 | 40 | 41 | 97.6 | 24 | 30 | 80.0 | 0 | 112 |
| Irving Fryar | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Craig James | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Tony Collins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Stanley Morgan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Cedric Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Steve Grogan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mosi Tatupu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ray Clayborn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tony Eason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Greg Hawthorne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Derrick Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Rembert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Andre Tippett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Robert Weathers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Blackmon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Team Totals | 41 | 40 | 41 | 97.6 | 24 | 30 | 80.0 | 2 | 362 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 30 | 32 | 93.8 | 22 | 25 | 88.0 | 1 | 290 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Franklin | 24 | 30 | 80.0 | 0 | 50 | 1/1 | 7/9 | 9/9 | 5/9 | 2/2 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 30 | 80.0 | 0 | 50 | 1/1 | 7/9 | 9/9 | 5/9 | 2/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 25 | 88.0 | 0/0 | 8/8 | 6/8 | 6/7 | 2/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig James | 263 | 1227 | 4.7 | 65t | 5 |
| Tony Collins | 163 | 657 | 4.0 | 28 | 3 |
| Robert Weathers | 41 | 174 | 4.2 | 42t | 1 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 47 | 152 | 3.2 | 11 | 2 |
| Tony Eason | 22 | 70 | 3.2 | 23 | 1 |
| Steve Grogan | 20 | 29 | 1.5 | 12 | 2 |
| Irving Fryar | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 13 | 1 |
| Stanley Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Franklin | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 565 | 2331 | 4.1 | 65t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 466 | 1655 | 3.6 | 24 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Eason | 299 | 168 | 56.2 | 114 | 2156 | 7.2 | 12.8 | 90t | 11 | 3.7 | 17 | 5.7 | 28 | 229 | 1927 | 67.5 |
| Steve Grogan | 156 | 85 | 54.5 | 66 | 1311 | 8.4 | 15.4 | 56 | 7 | 4.5 | 5 | 3.2 | 11 | 86 | 1225 | 84.1 |
| Craig James | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 16 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 11t | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 139.6 |
| Team Totals | 457 | 255 | 55.8 | 180 | 3483 | 7.6 | 13.7 | 90t | 20 | 4.4 | 22 | 4.8 | 39 | 315 | 3168 | 74.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 525 | 262 | 49.9 | 240 | 3393 | 6.5 | 13.0 | 88t | 14 | 2.7 | 23 | 4.4 | 51 | 334 | 3059 | 61.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Collins | 52 | 549 | 10.6 | 49 | 2 |
| Stanley Morgan | 39 | 760 | 19.5 | 50t | 5 |
| Irving Fryar | 39 | 670 | 17.2 | 56 | 7 |
| Derrick Ramsey | 28 | 285 | 10.2 | 26 | 1 |
| Craig James | 27 | 360 | 13.3 | 90t | 2 |
| Cedric Jones | 21 | 237 | 11.3 | 29t | 2 |
| Lin Dawson | 17 | 148 | 8.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Stephen Starring | 16 | 235 | 14.7 | 40 | 0 |
| Derwin Williams | 9 | 163 | 18.1 | 30 | 0 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Robert Weathers | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 255 | 3483 | 13.7 | 90t | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 262 | 3393 | 13.0 | 88t | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Marion | 7 | 189 | 27.0 | 83 | 0 |
| Ray Clayborn | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 38 | 1 |
| Roland James | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 39 | 0 |
| Ronnie Lippett | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Don Blackmon | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Larry McGrew | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod McSwain | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 427 | 18.6 | 83 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 243 | 11.0 | 38t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Camarillo | 92 | 3953 | 43.0 | 75 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 598 | 3095 | 33.6 |
| Team Totals | 92 | 3953 | 43.0 | 75 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 598 | 3095 | 33.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 97 | 3933 | 40.5 | 64 | 0 | 11 | 25 | 530 | 3183 | 32.6 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Fryar | 37 | 15 | 520 | 14.1 | 85t | 2 |
| Roland James | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Stephen Starring | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Bowman | 1 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Fred Marion | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 42 | 16 | 530 | 12.6 | 85t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 7 | 598 | 10.7 | 46 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Starring | 48 | 0 | 1012 | 21.1 | 53 | 0 |
| Irving Fryar | 3 | 0 | 39 | 13.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Cedric Jones | 3 | 0 | 37 | 12.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Robert Weathers | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Craig James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 57 | 0 | 1119 | 19.6 | 53 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 76 | 0 | 1434 | 18.9 | 58 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Andre Tippett | 16.5 | |
| Garin Veris | 10.0 | |
| Don Blackmon | 8.0 | |
| Kenneth Sims | 5.5 | |
| Julius Adams | 5.0 | |
| Toby Williams | 2.0 | |
| Steve Nelson | 2.0 | |
| Lester Williams | 1.0 | |
| Larry McGrew | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 51.0 | 334.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 39.0 | 315.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julius Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Blackmon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Collins | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lin Dawson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Eason | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -19 | 0 | |
| Irving Fryar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Grogan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -10 | 0 | |
| Brian Holloway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig James | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 0 | |
| Roland James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cedric Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| Fred Marion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Larry McGrew | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanley Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Rembert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| Kenneth Sims | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Starring | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mosi Tatupu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andre Tippett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 1 |
| Garin Veris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 37 | 24 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 34 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 24 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 1 |
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