1985 Cincinnati Bengals season
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The 1985
Cincinnati Bengals
season was their 16th in the league
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1985 NFL season
The 1985 NFL season was the 66th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XX when the Chicago Bears defeated the New England Patriots.-Major rule changes:...
Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...
season was their 16th in the league
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
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NFL Draft
| 1985 Cincinnati Bengals Draft | |||||
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| Round | Pick # | Overall | Name | Position | College |
| 1 | 13 | 13 | Eddie Brown | Wide Receiver | Miami (FL) |
| 1 | 25 | 25 | Emanuel King Emanuel King Emanuel King is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for four seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals and two seasons for the Los Angeles Raiders.Random Facts:Was number 92 at Alabama.... |
Linebacker | Alabama |
| 2 | 15 | 43 | Carl Zander Carl Zander Carl August Zander, Jr is former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League.... |
Linebacker | Tennessee |
| 3 | 14 | 70 | Sean Thomas | Defensive Back | TCU Texas Christian University Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States and founded in 1873. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Disciples of Christ... |
| 4 | 13 | 97 | Anthony Tuggle | Defensive Back | Nicholls State Nicholls State University Nicholls State University, founded in 1948, is a public university located in Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA. Nicholls is part of the University of Louisiana System of universities. Originally called Francis T. Nicholls Junior College, the institution split from the Louisiana State University System in... |
| 5 | 15 | 127 | Tony Degrate Tony Degrate Anthony Degrate , is a former American professional football player who was selected by the Green Bay Packers as the 127th overall pick in the 1985 NFL Draft. A 6'4", 280 lbs. defensive end from the University of Texas at Austin, Degrate played one game for the Packers during the 1985 NFL... |
Defensive Tackle | Texas |
| 5 | 17 | 129 | Lee Davis | Defensive Back | Mississippi University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the... |
| 6 | 8 | 148 | Eric Stokes | Offensive Tackle | Northeastern |
| 6 | 14 | 154 | Keith Lester | Tight End | Murray State Murray State University Murray State University, located in the city of Murray, Kentucky, is a four-year public university with approximately 10,400 students. The school is Kentucky’s only public university to be listed in the U.S.News & World Report regional university top tier for the past 20 consecutive years... |
| 7 | 4 | 172 | Kim Locklin | Running Back | New Mexico State |
| 7 | 13 | 181 | Joe Walter | Offensive Tackle | Texas Tech |
| 8 | 15 | 211 | Dave Strobel | Linebacker | Iowa |
| 9 | 14 | 238 | Keith Cruise | Defensive End | Northwestern Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees.... |
| 10 | 13 | 265 | Bernard King | Linebacker | Syracuse |
| 11 | 16 | 296 | Harold Stanfield | Tight End | Mississippi College Mississippi College Mississippi College, also known as MC, is a private, Christian university located in Clinton, Mississippi. Mississippi College comprises the main campus in Clinton, as well as satellite campuses in Brandon and Madison, Mississippi, and the Mississippi College School of Law in Jackson... |
| 12 | 14 | 322 | Louis Garza | Offensive Tackle | New Mexico State |
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
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| 1 | September 8, 1985 | Seattle Seahawks Seattle Seahawks The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team... |
L 28–24 | |
| 2 | September 15, 1985 | at St. Louis Cardinals Arizona Cardinals The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 41–27 | |
| 3 | September 22, 1985 | San Diego Chargers San Diego Chargers The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 44–41 | |
| 4 | September 30, 1985 | at Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC... |
W 37–24 | |
| 5 | October 6, 1985 | New York Jets New York Jets The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 29–20 | |
| 6 | October 13, 1985 | New York Giants New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
W 35–30 | |
| 7 | October 20, 1985 | at Houston Oilers Tennessee Titans The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter... |
L 44–27 | |
| 8 | October 27, 1985 | Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC... |
W 26–21 | |
| 9 | November 3, 1985 | at Buffalo Bills Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
W 23–17 | |
| 10 | November 10, 1985 | Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
W 27–10 | |
| 11 | November 17, 1985 | at Los Angeles Raiders Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 13–6 | |
| 12 | November 24, 1985 | at Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 24–6 | |
| 13 | December 1, 1985 | Houston Oilers Tennessee Titans The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter... |
W 45–27 | |
| 14 | December 8, 1985 | Dallas Cowboys Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas... |
W 50–24 | |
| 15 | December 15, 1985 | at Washington Redskins Washington Redskins The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,... |
L 27–24 | |
| 16 | December 22, 1985 | at New England Patriots New England Patriots The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National... |
L 34–23 | |
Standings
| AFC Central | |||||||
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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| Cleveland Browns 1985 Cleveland Browns season The 1985 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 36th season with the National Football League.In Marty Schottenheimer's first full year as head coach, the Browns bounced back from a horrible 5–11 season in 1984 to make the playoffs, despite a .500 season... |
8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 287 | 294 | L-1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers 1985 Pittsburgh Steelers season - Schedule :- Week 1 : vs. Indianapolis Colts :at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania* Game time: 1:00 pm EDT* Game weather:* Game attendance: 55,279* Referee: Red Cashion... |
7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 379 | 355 | L-1 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 441 | 437 | L-2 |
| Houston Oilers 1985 Houston Oilers season The 1985 Houston Oilers season was the 26th season the team was with the league. The team improved upon their previous season's output of 3–13, winning five games, but failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.-Schedule:-Standings:... |
5 | 11 | 0 | .313 | 284 | 412 | L-4 |
Roster
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