1985 Washington Redskins (NFL) |
| 3rd place • National Football Conference • Eastern Division • 10-6-0 .625 |
| Head Coach: Joe Gibbs |
| Don Breaux | Offensive Backs |
| Joe Bugel | Assistant Head Coach/Offense |
| Bill Hickman | Administrative Assistant |
| Larry Peccatiello | Defensive Coordinator |
| Richie Petitbon | Assistant Head Coach/Defense |
| Jerry Rhome | Quarterbacks |
| Dan Riley | Conditioning |
| Wayne Sevier | Special Teams |
| Warren Simmons | Tight Ends |
| Charley Taylor | Wide Receivers |
| LaVern Torgeson | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/10/1985 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 17-14 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 30574 | |
| Sun | 8/18/1985 | A | Los Angeles Raiders | 14-9 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 56939 | |
| Fri | 8/23/1985 | H | New England Patriots | 37-36 | W | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 50538 | |
| Fri | 8/30/1985 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 20-7 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 33640 | |
| Mon | 9/9/1985 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 14-44 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 62292 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1985 | H | Houston Oilers | 16-13 | W | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 53553 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1985 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 6-19 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 53748 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1985 | A | Chicago Bears | 10-45 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 63708 | |
| Mon | 10/7/1985 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 27-10 | W | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 53134 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1985 | H | Detroit Lions | 24-3 | W | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 52845 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1985 | A | New York Giants | 3-17 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 74389 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1985 | A | Cleveland Browns | 14-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 78540 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1985 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 44-10 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 42209 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1985 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 7-13 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 55750 | |
| Mon | 11/18/1985 | H | New York Giants | 23-21 | W | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 53371 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1985 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 30-23 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 59293 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1985 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 8-35 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 51321 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1985 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-12 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 60737 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1985 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 27-24 | W | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 50544 | |
| Sat | 12/21/1985 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 27-16 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 28090 | |
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 |
| Stuart Anderson | 58 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | Virginia | 16 | 0 |
| Doug Barnett | 79 | DE | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Azusa Pacific | 2 | 0 |
| Malcolm Barnwell | 80 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Virginia Union | 7 | 2 |
| Tom Beasley | 67 | DE | 6-5 | 248 | 31 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 0 |
| Jeff Bostic | 53 | C-LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 27 | Clemson | 10 | 6 |
| Reggie Branch | 30 | RB | 5-11 | 231 | 23 | West Virginia State; East Carolina | 8 | 0 |
| Dave Butz | 65 | LDT | 6-7 | 295 | 35 | Purdue | 16 | 16 |
| Raphel Cherry | 37 | SS | 6-0 | 194 | 24 | Hawaii | 16 | 6 |
| Gary Clark | 84 | WR | 5-9 | 173 | 23 | James Madison | 16 | 10 |
| Monte Coleman | 51 | LLB | 6-3 | 230 | 28 | Central Arkansas | 10 | 1 |
| Steve Cox | 12 | P | 6-4 | 195 | 27 | Arkansas | 12 | 0 |
| Pete Cronan | 54 | LB | 6-2 | 238 | 30 | Boston College | 4 | 0 |
| Vernon Dean | 32 | RCB | 5-11 | 178 | 26 | Los Angeles Valley JC; U.S. International; San Diego State | 16 | 16 |
| Clint Didier | 86 | TE | 6-5 | 240 | 26 | Columbia Basin JC; Portland State | 16 | 14 |
| Rick Donnalley | 76 | C | 6-2 | 267 | 27 | North Carolina | 13 | 12 |
| Darryl Grant | 77 | RDT | 6-1 | 275 | 26 | Rice | 8 | 8 |
| Darrell Green | 28 | LCB | 5-8 | 180 | 25 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 16 | 16 |
| Keith Griffin | 35 | RB | 5-8 | 185 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | 0 |
| Russ Grimm | 68 | LOG-LOT | 6-3 | 275 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 16 |
| Dean Hamel | 78 | RDT | 6-3 | 285 | 24 | Coffeyville CC; Tulsa | 16 | 8 |
| Steve Hamilton | 64 | DE | 6-4 | 262 | 24 | East Carolina | 7 | 0 |
| Jeff Hayes | 5 | P | 5-11 | 175 | 26 | North Carolina | 4 | 0 |
| Ken Huff | 61 | ROG | 6-4 | 252 | 32 | North Carolina | 16 | 15 |
| Joe Jacoby | 66 | LOT | 6-7 | 300 | 26 | Louisville | 12 | 11 |
| Ken Jenkins | 31 | RB | 5-8 | 184 | 26 | Bucknell | 13 | 0 |
| Anthony Jones | 82 | TE | 6-3 | 248 | 25 | Maryland-Eastern Shore; Wichita State | 16 | 2 |
| Curtis Jordan | 22 | FS | 6-2 | 205 | 31 | Texas Tech | 16 | 16 |
| Mel Kaufman | 55 | LLB | 6-2 | 218 | 27 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | 15 | 15 |
| Chris Keating | 59 | LB | 6-2 | 233 | 28 | Maine | 10 | 0 |
| Todd Liebenstein | 79 | DE | 6-6 | 245 | 25 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 4 | 0 |
| Dexter Manley | 72 | RDE | 6-3 | 257 | 27 | Oklahoma State | 16 | 16 |
| Charles Mann | 71 | LDE | 6-6 | 270 | 24 | Nevada-Reno | 16 | 16 |
| Mark May | 73 | ROT | 6-6 | 289 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 16 |
| Mark McGrath | 83 | WR | 5-11 | 175 | 28 | Montana State | 5 | 0 |
| Raleigh McKenzie | 63 | OG | 6-2 | 283 | 22 | Tennessee | 6 | 0 |
| Dan McQuaid | 60 | LOT | 6-7 | 278 | 25 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 16 | 3 |
| Rich Milot | 57 | RLB | 6-4 | 237 | 28 | Penn State | 16 | 16 |
| Art Monk | 81 | WR | 6-3 | 209 | 28 | Syracuse | 15 | 14 |
| Michael Morton | 20 | RB | 5-8 | 175 | 25 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Moseley | 3 | K | 5-11 | 182 | 37 | Texas A&M; Stephen F. Austin State | 16 | 0 |
| Calvin Muhammad | 89 | WR | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | Texas Southern | 12 | 5 |
| Neal Olkewicz | 52 | MLB | 6-0 | 231 | 28 | Maryland | 16 | 16 |
| Tony Peters | 23 | SS | 6-1 | 185 | 32 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma | 10 | 10 |
| Joe Phillips | 80 | WR | 5-9 | 188 | 22 | Kentucky | 4 | 0 |
| John Riggins | 44 | RB | 6-2 | 230 | 36 | Kansas | 12 | 11 |
| George Rogers | 38 | RB | 6-2 | 229 | 27 | South Carolina | 15 | 5 |
| Jay Schroeder | 10 | QB | 6-4 | 215 | 24 | UCLA | 9 | 5 |
| Joe Theismann | 7 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 36 | Notre Dame | 11 | 11 |
| R.C. Thielemann | 69 | ROG | 6-4 | 257 | 30 | Arkansas | 3 | 1 |
| Rick Walker | 88 | TE | 6-4 | 235 | 30 | Santa Ana JC; UCLA | 16 | 0 |
| Don Warren | 85 | TE | 6-4 | 242 | 29 | Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego State | 16 | 16 |
| Barry Wilburn | 45 | CB | 6-3 | 186 | 22 | Mississippi | 16 | 0 |
| Greg Williams | 47 | FS | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Mississippi Delta CC; Mississippi State | 16 | 0 |
| Kevin Williams | 34 | CB | 5-9 | 169 | 24 | San Diego CC; Iowa State | 12 | 0 |
| Otis Wonsley | 39 | RB | 5-10 | 205 | 28 | Alcorn State | 16 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 33 | Tory Nixon | DB | San Diego State |
| 5 | 122 | Raphel Cherry | RB | Hawaii |
| 6 | 163 | Danzell Lee | TE | Lamar |
| 7 | 177 | Jamie Harris | KR | Oklahoma State |
| 7 | 185 | Lionel Vital | RB | Nicholls State |
| 8 | 219 | Barry Wilburn | DB | Mississippi |
| 9 | 247 | Mitch Geier | G | Troy |
| 10 | 263 | Terry Orr | RB | Texas |
| 11 | 290 | Raleigh McKenzie | G | Tennessee |
| 11 | 304 | Garry Kimble | DB | Sam Houston State |
| 12 | 309 | Dean Hamel | DT | Tulsa |
| 12 | 331 | Bryant Winn | LB | Houston |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 81 | 105 | 44 | 67 | 297 |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 107 | 78 | 68 | 312 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 33:17 | 319 | 147 | 157 | 15 | 107/247 43.3% | 9/19 47.4% | 74 | 596 |
| Opponents Totals | 26:43 | 244 | 94 | 134 | 16 | 73/211 34.6% | 6/15 40.0% | 89 | 699 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Moseley | 0 | 31 | 33 | 93.9 | 22 | 34 | 64.7 | 0 | 97 |
| John Riggins | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| George Rogers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Gary Clark | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Clint Didier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Keith Griffin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Art Monk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Joe Theismann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Calvin Muhammad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Warren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Cox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 33 | 31 | 33 | 93.9 | 22 | 35 | 62.9 | 1 | 297 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 34 | 35 | 97.1 | 22 | 28 | 78.6 | 1 | 312 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Moseley | 22 | 34 | 64.7 | 0 | 48 | 0/0 | 7/8 | 8/13 | 7/12 | 0/1 |
| Steve Cox | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | |
| Team Totals | 22 | 35 | 62.9 | 0 | 48 | 0/0 | 7/8 | 8/13 | 7/12 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 28 | 78.6 | 0/0 | 5/5 | 9/11 | 7/9 | 1/3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Rogers | 231 | 1093 | 4.7 | 35 | 7 |
| John Riggins | 176 | 677 | 3.8 | 51 | 8 |
| Keith Griffin | 102 | 473 | 4.6 | 66t | 3 |
| Joe Theismann | 25 | 115 | 4.6 | 25 | 2 |
| Art Monk | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Ken Jenkins | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Jay Schroeder | 17 | 30 | 1.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Rick Walker | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Gary Clark | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Otis Wonsley | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Darrell Green | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Warren | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 571 | 2523 | 4.4 | 66t | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 424 | 1734 | 4.1 | 64 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Theismann | 301 | 167 | 55.5 | 118 | 1774 | 5.9 | 10.6 | 55 | 8 | 2.7 | 16 | 5.3 | 37 | 314 | 1460 | 59.6 |
| Jay Schroeder | 209 | 112 | 53.6 | 92 | 1458 | 7.0 | 13.0 | 53 | 5 | 2.4 | 5 | 2.4 | 15 | 114 | 1344 | 73.8 |
| Steve Cox | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 112.5 |
| John Riggins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 512 | 280 | 54.7 | 211 | 3243 | 6.3 | 11.6 | 55 | 13 | 2.5 | 21 | 4.1 | 52 | 428 | 2815 | 65.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 465 | 239 | 51.4 | 203 | 3124 | 6.7 | 13.1 | 69 | 19 | 4.1 | 23 | 4.9 | 52 | 378 | 2746 | 65.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Monk | 91 | 1226 | 13.5 | 53 | 2 |
| Gary Clark | 72 | 926 | 12.9 | 55 | 5 |
| Clint Didier | 41 | 433 | 10.6 | 29 | 4 |
| Keith Griffin | 37 | 285 | 7.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Don Warren | 15 | 163 | 10.9 | 19 | 1 |
| Calvin Muhammad | 9 | 116 | 12.9 | 32 | 1 |
| John Riggins | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| George Rogers | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Malcolm Barnwell | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Raphel Cherry | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Rick Walker | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 280 | 3243 | 11.6 | 55 | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 239 | 3124 | 13.1 | 69 | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Jordan | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 36 | 0 |
| Vernon Dean | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Mel Kaufman | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Rich Milot | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Raphel Cherry | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Tony Peters | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Darrell Green | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neal Olkewicz | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Barry Wilburn | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 220 | 9.6 | 36 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 215 | 10.2 | 90 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Cox | 52 | 2175 | 41.8 | 57 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 228 | 1687 | 32.4 |
| Jeff Hayes | 16 | 665 | 41.6 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 578 | 36.1 |
| Jay Schroeder | 4 | 132 | 33.0 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 102 | 25.5 |
| Joe Theismann | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 73 | 2973 | 40.7 | 57 | 0 | 16 | 18 | 285 | 2368 | 32.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 85 | 3723 | 43.8 | 68 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 508 | 3055 | 36.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Jenkins | 26 | 9 | 272 | 10.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Darrell Green | 16 | 0 | 214 | 13.4 | 37 | 0 |
| Raphel Cherry | 4 | 1 | 22 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Vernon Dean | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Clark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 47 | 11 | 508 | 10.8 | 37 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 11 | 285 | 8.9 | 56 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Jenkins | 41 | 0 | 1018 | 24.8 | 95 | 0 |
| Keith Griffin | 7 | 0 | 142 | 20.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Michael Morton | 6 | 0 | 131 | 21.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Otis Wonsley | 2 | 0 | 26 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dean Hamel | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Raphel Cherry | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Chris Keating | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Anthony Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 60 | 0 | 1349 | 22.5 | 95 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 0 | 1186 | 22.4 | 99t | 2 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Dexter Manley | 15.0 | |
| Charles Mann | 14.5 | |
| Dean Hamel | 6.0 | |
| Dave Butz | 5.0 | |
| Mel Kaufman | 4.0 | |
| Rich Milot | 3.0 | |
| Darryl Grant | 1.5 | |
| Steve Hamilton | 1.0 | |
| Monte Coleman | 1.0 | |
| Tom Beasley | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 52.0 | 378.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 52.0 | 428.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Bostic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Butz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vernon Dean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Green | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Jenkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curtis Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Kaufman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Mann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark May | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Monk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neal Olkewicz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Riggins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Rogers | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Schroeder | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | |
| Joe Theismann | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Warren | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Wilburn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -3 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 1 |
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