1985 Philadelphia Eagles season

The 1985 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 53rd in the National Football League (NFL). The team improved upon their previous output of 6–9–1, winning seven games.[1] This was the fourth consecutive season in which the team failed to qualify for the playoffs.

1985 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head coach	Marion Campbell (weeks 1-15) (3rd season) Fred Bruney (interim, week 16)
General manager	Harry Gamble (Since 1985)
Owner	Norman Braman & Ed Leibowitz (Since 1985)
Home field	Veterans Stadium
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	4th NFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Uniform

Philadelphia was in position to earn a wild-card berth with a 6–5 record by late November, but a four-game losing streak, which included a home loss to the Minnesota Vikings in which the Eagles squandered a 23-0 fourth quarter lead, foiled their playoff hopes. That losing streak also cost head coach Marion Campbell his job before the season finale at Minnesota. Under interim coach Fred Bruney, the Eagles pulled off a 37–35 victory at the Metrodome to finish the season on an up note.

Two bright spots emerged at the quarterback position as Ron Jaworski returned from the broken leg suffered at the end of the 1984 season, and performed well enough (3,450 passing yards, 17 touchdowns) to be considered for comeback player of the year, though no award was given out. In addition, second-round draft pick Randall Cunningham made his debut on September 22 at Washington and earned his first career victory at RFK Stadium. On November 10, at Veterans Stadium, Jaworski combined with wide receiver Mike Quick for a club-record 99-yard touchdown pass in overtime to beat the Atlanta Falcons, 23–17.

Offseason

NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	9	Kevin Allen	OT	Indiana
2	37	Randall Cunningham	QB	UNLV
4	93	Greg Naron	G	North Carolina
5	121	Dwayne Jiles	LB	Texas Tech
6	156	Ken Reeves	T	Texas A&M
8	205	Tom Polley	LB	UNLV
9	231	Dave Toub	C	Texas El-Paso
9	233	Joe Drake	NT	Arizona
10	261	Mark Kelso	DB	William & Mary
11	289	Herman Hunter	RB	Tennessee St.
12	317	Todd Russell	DB	Boston College

Personnel

Staff

1985 Philadelphia Eagles staff

	Front office Owner – Norman Braman Vice President and General Manager – Harry Gamble Director of Player Personnel – Lynn Stiles Head coaches Head Coach – Marion Campbell Assistant Head Coach – Fred Bruney Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Ted Marchibroda Running Backs – Milt Jackson Receivers – Tom Coughlin Tight Ends – Frank Gansz Offensive Line – Ken Iman			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Marion Campbell Defensive Line – Tommy Brasher Linebackers – Chuck Clausen Defensive Backs – Fred Bruney Special teams coaches Special Teams – Frank Gansz

Roster

1985 Philadelphia Eagles roster

	Quarterbacks 12 Randall Cunningham  7 Ron Jaworski Running backs 26 Michael Haddix 41 Earnest Jackson Wide receivers 86 Gregg Garrity 81 Kenny Jackson 82 Mike Quick Tight ends 88 John Spagnola		Offensive linemen 72 Kevin Allen T 63 Ron Baker G 65 Mark Dennard C 77 Tom Jelesky T 73 Steve Kenney T Defensive linemen 98 Greg Brown DE 71 Ken Clarke DT 92 Smiley Creswell DE 92 Reggie White DE		Linebackers 50 Garry Cobb 53 Dwayne Jiles OLB 54 Jon Kimmel 52 Rich Kraynak 55 Mike Reichenbach MLB 51 Reggie Wilkes OLB 58 Joel Williams OLB Defensive backs 21 Evan Cooper CB 46 Herm Edwards CB 24 Ray Ellis SS 29 Elbert Foules 48 Wes Hopkins 20 Andre Waters 43 Roynell Young CB Special teams  2 Mike Horan P 8 Paul McFadden K		Reserve lists {{{reserve_lists}}} Practice squad Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 8, 1985	at New York Giants	L 0–21	76,141
2	September 15, 1985	Los Angeles Rams	L 6–17	60,920
3	September 22, 1985	at Washington Redskins	W 19–6	53,748
4	September 29, 1985	New York Giants	L 10–16 (OT)	66,696
5	October 6, 1985	at New Orleans Saints	L 21–23	56,364
6	October 13, 1985	St. Louis Cardinals	W 30–7	48,186
7	October 20, 1985	Dallas Cowboys	W 16–14	70,114
8	October 27, 1985	Buffalo Bills	W 21–17	60,987
9	November 3, 1985	at San Francisco 49ers	L 13–24	58,383
10	November 10, 1985	Atlanta Falcons	W 23–17 (OT)	63,694
11	November 17, 1985	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 24–14	39,032
12	November 24, 1985	at Dallas Cowboys	L 17–34	54,047
13	December 1, 1985	Minnesota Vikings	L 23–28	54,688
14	December 8, 1985	Washington Redskins	L 12–17	60,737
15	December 15, 1985	at San Diego Chargers	L 14–20	45,569
16	December 22, 1985	at Minnesota Vikings	W 37–35	49,722

Game summaries

Week 10

1 2 3 4 OT Total Falcons 0 0 0 17 0 17 • Eagles 0 14 3 0 6 23 Date: November 10 Location: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game weather: 61°F, wind 16 mph

Scoring summary 2 PHI Earnest Jackson 8 yard run (Paul McFadden kick) Eagles 7–0 2 PHI Ron Jaworski 1 yard run (Paul McFadden kick) Eagles 14–0 3 PHI Paul McFadden 30 yard field goal Eagles 17–0 4 ATL Joe Washington 18 yard pass from David Archer (Mick Luckhurst kick) Eagles 17–7 4 ATL Gerald Riggs 1 yard run (Mick Luckhurst kick) Eagles 17–14 4 ATL Mick Luckhurst 27 yard field goal Tie 17–17 OT PHI Mike Quick 99 yard pass from Ron Jaworski Eagles 23–17

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Standings

NFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Dallas Cowboys^(3)	10	6	0	.625	6–2	7–5	357	333	L1
New York Giants^(4)	10	6	0	.625	5–3	8–4	399	283	W1
Washington Redskins	10	6	0	.625	4–4	6–6	297	312	W3
Philadelphia Eagles	7	9	0	.438	4–4	6–8	286	310	W1
St. Louis Cardinals	5	11	0	.313	1–7	3–9	278	414	L2

Awards and honors

• Mike Quick, 1985 Pro Bowl selection
• Mike Quick, Associated Press first-team All-Pro selection 1985

References

1. 1985 Philadelphia Eagles
2. Pro-Football-Reference.com

External links

• 1985 Philadelphia Eagles at Pro-Football-Reference.com