1985 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL) |
| 2nd place • American Football Conference • Central Division • 7-9-0 .438 |
| Head Coach: Sam Wyche |
| Jim Anderson | Running Backs |
| Bruce Coslet | Wide Receivers/Passing Game |
| Bill Johnson | Tight Ends |
| Dick LeBeau | Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs |
| Jim McNally | Offensive Line/Running Game |
| Bill Urbanik | Defensive Line |
| Kim Wood | Strength |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/10/1985 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 27-35 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 41115 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1985 | H | New York Jets | 24-20 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 40371 | |
| Fri | 8/23/1985 | A | Detroit Lions | 17-31 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 36111 | |
| Fri | 8/30/1985 | A | Indianapolis Colts | 31-21 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome | 60006 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1985 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 24-28 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 51625 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1985 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 27-41 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 46321 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1985 | H | San Diego Chargers | 41-44 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 52270 | |
| Mon | 9/30/1985 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 37-24 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 59541 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1985 | H | New York Jets | 20-29 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 51785 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1985 | H | New York Giants | 35-30 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 53112 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1985 | A | Houston Oilers | 27-44 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 35590 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1985 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 26-21 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55421 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1985 | A | Buffalo Bills | 23-17 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 25640 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1985 | H | Cleveland Browns | 27-10 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 57293 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1985 | A | Los Angeles Raiders | 6-13 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 52501 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1985 | A | Cleveland Browns | 6-24 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 74439 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1985 | H | Houston Oilers | 45-27 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 46140 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1985 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 50-24 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 56936 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1985 | A | Washington Redskins | 24-27 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 50544 | |
| Sun | 12/22/1985 | A | New England Patriots | 23-34 | L | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 57953 | |
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 |
| Charles Alexander | 40 | FB | 6-1 | 225 | 28 | Louisiana State | 16 | 5 |
| Ken Anderson | 14 | QB | 6-3 | 212 | 36 | Augustana (Illinois) | 3 | 2 |
| Leo Barker | 53 | LOLB | 6-2 | 227 | 26 | New Mexico State | 16 | 2 |
| Brian Blados | 74 | LOG | 6-5 | 295 | 23 | North Carolina | 16 | 16 |
| Jerry Boyarsky | 61 | NT | 6-3 | 290 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Breech | 3 | K | 5-6 | 161 | 29 | California | 16 | 0 |
| Louis Breeden | 24 | LCB | 5-11 | 185 | 32 | North Carolina Central | 16 | 16 |
| James Brooks | 21 | RB | 5-10 | 182 | 27 | Auburn | 16 | 16 |
| Eddie Brown | 81 | WR | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Navarro JC; Miami (Florida) | 16 | 16 |
| Ross Browner | 79 | RDE | 6-3 | 265 | 31 | Notre Dame | 16 | 16 |
| Glenn Cameron | 50 | RILB | 6-2 | 228 | 32 | Florida | 16 | 15 |
| Glen Collins | 76 | DE | 6-6 | 260 | 26 | Mississippi State | 16 | 0 |
| Cris Collinsworth | 80 | WR | 6-5 | 192 | 26 | Florida | 16 | 16 |
| Lee Davis | 31 | CB | 5-11 | 198 | 23 | Mississippi | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Dinkel | 51 | LB | 6-3 | 240 | 39 | Kansas | 13 | 0 |
| Eddie Edwards | 73 | LDE | 6-5 | 257 | 31 | Arizona Western JC; Miami (Florida) | 16 | 16 |
| Boomer Esiason | 7 | QB | 6-5 | 222 | 24 | Maryland | 15 | 14 |
| James Griffin | 22 | FS | 6-2 | 199 | 24 | Middle Tennessee State | 16 | 11 |
| M.L. Harris | 83 | TE | 6-5 | 238 | 31 | Tampa; Kansas State | 10 | 0 |
| Rodney Holman | 82 | TE | 6-3 | 238 | 25 | Tulane | 16 | 16 |
| Ray Horton | 20 | RCB | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Washington | 16 | 16 |
| Robert Jackson | 37 | FS | 5-10 | 186 | 27 | Central Michigan | 16 | 5 |
| Stanford Jennings | 16 | RB | 6-1 | 207 | 23 | Furman | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Johnson | 30 | RB | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Arkansas State | 13 | 0 |
| Bobby Kemp | 26 | SS | 6-0 | 191 | 26 | Taft JC; Fullerton State | 16 | 16 |
| Don Kern | 89 | TE | 6-4 | 235 | 23 | West Valley JC; Arizona State | 8 | 0 |
| Emanuel King | 90 | LILB-ROLB | 6-4 | 251 | 22 | Alabama | 16 | 2 |
| Larry Kinnebrew | 28 | FB | 6-1 | 258 | 25 | Tennessee State | 12 | 11 |
| Bruce Kozerski | 64 | C | 6-4 | 279 | 23 | Holy Cross | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Kreider | 86 | WR | 6-3 | 192 | 27 | Lehigh | 16 | 0 |
| Tim Krumrie | 69 | NT | 6-2 | 268 | 25 | Wisconsin | 16 | 16 |
| Mike Martin | 88 | WR | 5-10 | 186 | 25 | Illinois | 16 | 0 |
| Pat McInally | 87 | P | 6-6 | 210 | 32 | Harvard | 16 | 0 |
| Max Montoya | 65 | ROG | 6-5 | 275 | 29 | UCLA | 16 | 16 |
| Anthony Munoz | 78 | LOT | 6-6 | 280 | 27 | Southern California | 16 | 16 |
| Clay Pickering | 42 | WR | 6-5 | 216 | 24 | Wright State; Daytona Beach CC; Maine | 1 | 0 |
| Bruce Reimers | 75 | OT | 6-7 | 287 | 25 | Iowa State | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Rimington | 52 | C | 6-3 | 287 | 25 | Nebraska | 16 | 16 |
| Dan Ross | 84 | TE | 6-4 | 234 | 28 | Northeastern | 6 | 0 |
| Turk Schonert | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 28 | Stanford | 7 | 0 |
| Jeff Schuh | 59 | LOLB | 6-3 | 233 | 27 | North Hennepin JC; Minnesota | 16 | 14 |
| John Simmons | 25 | CB | 5-11 | 192 | 27 | Southern Methodist | 9 | 0 |
| Ron Simpkins | 56 | LILB | 6-1 | 235 | 27 | Michigan | 16 | 9 |
| Sean Thomas | 24 | CB-S | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Sacramento CC; Texas Christian | 5 | 0 |
| Jimmy Turner | 35 | CB | 6-0 | 187 | 26 | UCLA | 16 | 0 |
| Joe Walter | 63 | OT | 6-6 | 292 | 22 | Texas Tech | 14 | 0 |
| Sam Washington | 41 | CB | 5-9 | 180 | 25 | Mississippi Valley State | 8 | 0 |
| Reggie Williams | 57 | ROLB | 6-0 | 230 | 31 | Dartmouth | 16 | 15 |
| Mike Wilson | 77 | ROT | 6-5 | 280 | 30 | Georgia | 16 | 16 |
| Carl Zander | 91 | LILB-RILB | 6-2 | 235 | 22 | Tennessee | 16 | 7 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 13 | Eddie Brown | WR | Miami (Florida) |
| 1 | 25 | Emanuel King | LB | Alabama |
| 2 | 43 | Carl Zander | LB | Tennessee |
| 3 | 70 | Sean Thomas | DB | Texas Christian |
| 4 | 97 | Anthony Tuggle | DB | Nicholls State |
| 5 | 127 | Tony Degrate | DT | Texas |
| 5 | 129 | Lee Davis | DB | Mississippi |
| 6 | 148 | Eric Stokes | T | Northeastern |
| 6 | 154 | Keith Lester | TE | Murray State |
| 7 | 172 | Kim Locklin | RB | New Mexico State |
| 7 | 181 | Joe Walter | T | Texas Tech |
| 8 | 211 | Dave Strobel | LB | Iowa |
| 9 | 238 | Keith Cruise | DE | Northwestern |
| 10 | 265 | Bernard King | LB | Syracuse |
| 11 | 296 | Harold Stanfield | TE | Mississippi College |
| 12 | 322 | Louis Garza | T | New Mexico State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 115 | 106 | 119 | 101 | 441 |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 131 | 107 | 138 | 437 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 31:18 | 344 | 125 | 191 | 28 | 82/208 39.4% | 9/19 47.4% | 110 | 795 |
| Opponents Totals | 28:42 | 337 | 118 | 194 | 25 | 85/197 43.1% | 8/12 66.7% | 84 | 731 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Breech | 0 | 48 | 50 | 96.0 | 24 | 33 | 72.7 | 0 | 120 |
| James Brooks | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Larry Kinnebrew | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Eddie Brown | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Rodney Holman | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Cris Collinsworth | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Stanford Jennings | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Charles Alexander | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Steve Kreider | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Boomer Esiason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| James Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| M.L. Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Robert Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ross Browner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 53 | 49 | 53 | 92.5 | 24 | 33 | 72.7 | 1 | 441 |
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 51 | 51 | 100.0 | 26 | 34 | 76.5 | 1 | 437 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Breech | 24 | 33 | 72.7 | 0 | 53 | 0/0 | 7/8 | 12/13 | 4/6 | 1/6 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 33 | 72.7 | 0 | 53 | 0/0 | 7/8 | 12/13 | 4/6 | 1/6 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 34 | 76.5 | 0/ | 10/ | 11/ | 5/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Brooks | 192 | 929 | 4.8 | 39 | 7 |
| Larry Kinnebrew | 170 | 714 | 4.2 | 29 | 9 |
| Charles Alexander | 44 | 156 | 3.5 | 18 | 2 |
| Eddie Brown | 14 | 129 | 9.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Stanford Jennings | 31 | 92 | 3.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Boomer Esiason | 33 | 79 | 2.4 | 20 | 1 |
| Bill Johnson | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Turk Schonert | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Cris Collinsworth | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ken Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat McInally | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 503 | 2183 | 4.3 | 39 | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 461 | 1999 | 4.3 | 56t | 23 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boomer Esiason | 431 | 251 | 58.2 | 168 | 3443 | 8.0 | 13.7 | 68t | 27 | 6.3 | 12 | 2.8 | 32 | 289 | 3154 | 93.2 |
| Turk Schonert | 51 | 33 | 64.7 | 18 | 460 | 9.0 | 13.9 | 71 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 54 | 406 | 100.1 |
| Ken Anderson | 32 | 16 | 50.0 | 16 | 170 | 5.3 | 10.6 | 44t | 2 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 16 | 154 | 86.7 |
| James Brooks | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 139.6 |
| Steve Kreider | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 79.2 |
| Pat McInally | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Cris Collinsworth | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Eddie Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -6 | |||||||
| Team Totals | 518 | 302 | 58.3 | 203 | 4082 | 7.9 | 13.5 | 71 | 31 | 6.0 | 13 | 2.5 | 41 | 365 | 3717 | 93.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 518 | 297 | 57.3 | 202 | 3998 | 7.7 | 13.5 | 72t | 26 | 5.0 | 19 | 3.7 | 40 | 334 | 3664 | 83.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cris Collinsworth | 65 | 1125 | 17.3 | 71 | 5 |
| James Brooks | 55 | 576 | 10.5 | 57t | 5 |
| Eddie Brown | 53 | 942 | 17.8 | 68t | 8 |
| Rodney Holman | 38 | 479 | 12.6 | 64t | 7 |
| Larry Kinnebrew | 22 | 187 | 8.5 | 29t | 1 |
| Charles Alexander | 15 | 110 | 7.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Mike Martin | 14 | 187 | 13.4 | 28 | 0 |
| Stanford Jennings | 12 | 101 | 8.4 | 24 | 3 |
| Steve Kreider | 10 | 184 | 18.4 | 56 | 1 |
| M.L. Harris | 10 | 123 | 12.3 | 22t | 1 |
| Dan Ross | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Brian Blados | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Anthony Munoz | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 302 | 4082 | 13.5 | 71 | 31 |
| Opponents Totals | 297 | 3998 | 13.5 | 72t | 26 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Griffin | 7 | 116 | 16.6 | 33 | 1 |
| Robert Jackson | 6 | 100 | 16.7 | 57t | 1 |
| Louis Breeden | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ray Horton | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Jimmy Turner | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Bobby Kemp | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 283 | 14.9 | 57t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 199 | 15.3 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat McInally | 57 | 2410 | 42.3 | 64 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 535 | 1735 | 29.9 |
| Jim Breech | 5 | 153 | 30.6 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 134 | 26.8 |
| Team Totals | 63 | 2563 | 40.7 | 64 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 554 | 1869 | 29.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 2477 | 41.3 | 63 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 268 | 2069 | 34.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Martin | 32 | 8 | 268 | 8.4 | 26 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 8 | 268 | 8.4 | 26 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 0 | 554 | 13.2 | 62t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Martin | 48 | 0 | 1104 | 23.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Stanford Jennings | 13 | 0 | 218 | 16.8 | 26 | 0 |
| James Brooks | 3 | 0 | 38 | 12.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Carl Zander | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Eddie Brown | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| James Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 67 | 0 | 1385 | 20.7 | 45 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 81 | 0 | 1734 | 21.4 | 58 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Ross Browner | 9.0 | |
| Eddie Edwards | 8.5 | |
| Jeff Schuh | 4.0 | |
| Reggie Williams | 3.5 | |
| Ron Simpkins | 3.5 | |
| Tim Krumrie | 3.5 | |
| Carl Zander | 2.0 | |
| Emanuel King | 2.0 | |
| Bobby Kemp | 1.0 | |
| James Griffin | 1.0 | |
| Louis Breeden | 1.0 | |
| Jerry Boyarsky | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 40.0 | 334.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 41.0 | 365.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Alexander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Brooks | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Brown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ross Browner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cris Collinsworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Edwards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Boomer Esiason | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 | |
| James Griffin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 0 |
| Rodney Holman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Horton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanford Jennings | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emanuel King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Kinnebrew | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Krumrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Martin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Rimington | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Ross | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Turk Schonert | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | |
| Jeff Schuh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Simpkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Sam Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Carl Zander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 35 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 64 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 0 |
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