1985 Cincinnati Bengals season
OwnerPaul Brown
General managerPaul Brown
Head coachSam Wyche
Home fieldRiverfront Stadium
Results
Record7–9
Division place2nd AFC Central
Playoff finishDid not qualify
The Bengals hosting the Cowboys in December 1985.

The 1985 season was the Cincinnati Bengals' 16th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 18th overall, and their second under head coach Sam Wyche. Wide receiver Isaac Curtis, a premier Bengal for 12 years, retired shortly before training camp opened. Second-year quarterback Boomer Esiason replaced Ken Anderson. The Bengals set a club scoring record with 441 points.

Offseason

NFL Draft

1985 Cincinnati Bengals draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 13 Eddie Brown *  Wide receiver Miami (FL)
1 25 Emanuel King  Linebacker Alabama
2 43 Carl Zander  Linebacker Tennessee
3 70 Sean Thomas  Defensive back TCU
4 97 Anthony Tuggle  Defensive back Nicholls State
5 127 Tony Degrate  Defensive tackle Texas
5 129 Lee Davis  Defensive back Mississippi
6 148 Eric Stokes  Offensive tackle Northeastern
6 154 Keith Lester  Tight end Murray State
7 172 Kim Locklin  Running back New Mexico State
7 181 Joe Walter  Offensive tackle Texas Tech
8 211 Dave Strobel  Linebacker Iowa
9 238 Keith Cruise  Defensive end Northwestern
10 265 Bernard King  Linebacker Syracuse
11 296 Harold Stanfield  Tight end Mississippi College
12 322 Louis Garza  Offensive tackle New Mexico State
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff

1985 Cincinnati Bengals staff
Front office
  • Owner/president – John Sawyer
  • Owner/general manager – Paul Brown

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

 Defensive coaches


Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Kim Wood

Roster

1985 Cincinnati Bengals roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists


Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 8 Seattle Seahawks L 24–28 0–1 Riverfront Stadium 51,625
2 September 15 at St. Louis Cardinals L 27–41 0–2 Busch Memorial Stadium 46,321
3 September 22 San Diego Chargers L 41–44 0–3 Riverfront Stadium 52,270
4 September 30 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 37–24 1–3 Three Rivers Stadium 59,541
5 October 6 New York Jets L 20–29 1–4 Riverfront Stadium 51,785
6 October 13 New York Giants W 35–30 2–4 Riverfront Stadium 53,112
7 October 20 at Houston Oilers L 27–44 2–5 Houston Astrodome 35,590
8 October 27 Pittsburgh Steelers W 26–21 3–5 Riverfront Stadium 55,421
9 November 3 at Buffalo Bills W 23–17 4–5 Rich Stadium 25,640
10 November 10 Cleveland Browns W 27–10 5–5 Riverfront Stadium 57,293
11 November 17 at Los Angeles Raiders L 6–13 5–6 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 52,501
12 November 24 at Cleveland Browns L 6–24 5–7 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 74,439
13 December 1 Houston Oilers W 45–27 6–7 Riverfront Stadium 46,140
14 December 8 Dallas Cowboys W 50–24 7–7 Riverfront Stadium 56,936
15 December 15 at Washington Redskins L 24–27 7–8 RFK Stadium 50,544
16 December 22 at New England Patriots L 23–34 7–9 Sullivan Stadium 57,953

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1

1 234Total
• Seahawks 7 1407 28
Bengals 0 10140 24
Scoring summary
1SEAByron Walker 28 yard pass from David Krieg (Norm Johnson kick)Bengals 0–7
2CINJames Brooks 15 yard rush (Jim Breech kick)Bengals 7–7
2SEADaryl Turner 5 yard pass from David Krieg (Norm Johnson kick)Bengals 7–14
2SEACharle Young 19 yard pass from David Krieg (Norm Johnson kick)Bengals 7–21
2CINJim Breech 22 yard field goalBengals 10–21
3CINJames Brooks 17 yard pass from Turk Schonert (Jim Breech kick)Bengals 17–21
3CINLarry Kinnebrew 9 yard rush (Jim Breech kick)Bengals 24–21
4SEACurt Warner 11 yard rush (Norm Johnson kick)Bengals 24–28

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Week 2

1 234Total
Bengals 7 7310 27
• Cardinals 7 101014 41
  • Date: September 15
  • Location: Busch Stadium, St. Louis
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C), wind 8 mph (13 km/h)
Scoring summary
1CINStanford Jennings 4 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Jim Breech kick)Bengals 7–0
1STLEarl Ferrell 27 yard pass from Neil Lomax (Neil O'Donoghue kick)Bengals 7–7
2CINEddie Brown 44 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Jim Breech kick)Bengals 14–7
2STLOttis Anderson 1 yard rush (Neil O'Donoghue kick)Bengals 14–14
2STLNeil O'Donoghue 46 yard field goalBengals 14–17
3STLRoy Green 25 yard pass from Neil Lomax (Neil O'Donoghue kick)Bengals 14–24
3CINJim Breech 33 yard field goalBengals 17–24
3STLNeil O'Donoghue 49 yard field goalBengals 17–27
4CINJim Breech 47 yard field goalBengals 20–27
4STLStump Mitchell 1 yard rush (Neil O'Donoghue kick)Bengals 20–34
4STLPerry Harrington 1 yard rush (Neil O'Donoghue kick)Bengals 20–41
4CINLarry Kinnebrew 29 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick)Bengals 27–41

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Week 3

Week 4

1 234Total
• Bengals 0 14716 37
Steelers 0 10140 24
Scoring summary
Q2PITLipps 15 yard pass from Malone (Anderson kick)PIT 7–0
Q2CINBrooks 14 yard run (Breech kick)Tie 7–7
Q2CINHolman 26 yard pass from Esiason (Breech kick)CIN 14–7
Q2PITAnderson 29 yard field goalCIN 14–10
Q3CINBrown 8 yard pass from Esiason (Breech kick)CIN 21–10
Q3PITStallworth 17 yard pass from Malone (Anderson kick)CIN 21–17
Q3PITErenberg 4 yard pass from Malone (Anderson kick)PIT 24–21
Q4CINHolman 4 yard pass from Esiason (Breech kick)CIN 28–24
Q4CINBreech 32 yard field goalCIN 31–24
Q4CINBrooks 32 yard run (pass failed)CIN 37–24

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Week 6

1 234Total
Giants 0 31710 30
• Bengals 14 777 35
  • Date: October 13
  • Location: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C), wind 11 mph (18 km/h)
  • Referee: Jim Tunney
  • TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall and John Madden
Scoring summary
1CINCris Collinsworth 16 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick)Bengals 7–0
1CINJames Brooks 27 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick)Bengals 14–0
2CINJames Brooks 5 yard run (Jim Breech kick)Bengals 21–0
2NYGJess Atkinson 33 yard field goalBengals 21–3
3NYGJoe Morris 1 yard run (Jess Atkinson kick)Bengals 21–10
3NYGJess Atkinson 14 yard run (Jess Atkinson kick)Bengals 21–17
3NYGJess Atkinson 37 yard field goalBengals 21–20
3CINJames Griffin 24 yard interception return (Jim Breech kick)Bengals 28–20
4CINRodney Holman 5 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick)Bengals 35–20
4NYGJess Atkinson 46 yard field goalBengals 35–23
4NYGGeorge Adams 24 yard pass from Phil Simms (Jess Atkinson kick)Bengals 35–30

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Week 8

Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals
Period 1 2 34Total
Steelers 0 7 01421
Bengals 3 14 9026

at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati

  • Date: October 27, 1985
  • Game time: 4:00 pm EST
  • Game weather: 59 °F (15 °C), wind 4 miles per hour (6.4 km/h; 3.5 kn)
  • Game attendance: 55,241
  • Referee: Bob McElwee
  • TV announcers (NBC): Don Criqui (play by play), Bob Trumpy (color commentator)
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Standings

AFC Central
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Cleveland Browns(3) 8 8 0 .500 4–2 7–5 287 294 L1
Cincinnati Bengals 7 9 0 .438 4–2 5–7 441 437 L2
Pittsburgh Steelers 7 9 0 .438 3–3 6–6 379 355 L1
Houston Oilers 5 11 0 .313 1–5 4–8 284 412 L4

Team leaders

Passing

PlayerAttCompYdsTDINTRating
Boomer Esiason4312513443271292.3

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsYPCLongTD
James Brooks1929294.8397
Larry Kinnebrew1707144.2299

Receiving

PlayerRecYdsAvgLongTD
Cris Collinsworth65112517.3715
James Brooks5557610.3575
Eddie Brown5394217.8688

Defensive

PlayerTacklesSacksINTsFFFR
Tim Krumrie963.5012
Ross Browner639002
James Griffin551721

Kicking and punting

PlayerFGAFGMFG%XPAXPMXP%Points
Jim Breech332472.7%504896.0120
PlayerPuntsYardsLongBlkdAvg.
Pat McInally57241064142.3

Special teams

PlayerKRKRYardsKRAvgKRLongKRTDPRPRYardsPRAvgPRLongPRTD
Mike Martin48110423.0450322688.4260

Awards and honors

  • Anthony Muñoz, AFC Pro Bowl selection

References

  1. ↑ "1985 Cincinnati Bengals draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Seattle Seahawks at Cincinnati Bengals - September 8th, 1985". pro-football-reference.com. Pro Football Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Cincinnati Bengals at St. Louis Cardinals - September 15th, 1985". pro-football-reference.com. Pro Football Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  4. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Dec-24.
  5. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com
  6. ↑ Pro Football Reference; Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals – October 27th, 1985
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