1985 Seattle Seahawks season

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1985 Seattle Seahawks season
Owner The Nordstrom family
General manager Mike McCormack
Head coach Chuck Knox
Home field Kingdome
Results
Record8–8
Division place3rd AFC West
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro Bowlers WR Steve Largent
LB Fredd Young
SS Kenny Easley
AP All-Pros WR Steve Largent (1st team)
SS Kenny Easley (1st team)

The 1985 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's tenth season with the National Football League (NFL). The team finished with an 8-8 record and a 3rd place finish in the AFC West and missed the playoffs.

Contents

Offseason

Draft

1985 Seattle Seahawks draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
253 Owen Gill   RB Iowa
381 Danny Greene   WR Washington
4109Tony Davis  TE Missouri
5123Mark Napolitan  C Michigan St
5128 Arnold Brown   DB NC Central
5137 Johnnie Jones  RB Tennessee
7193 Ron Mattes   OT Virginia
8221Judious Lewis WR Arkansas St
9248 Bob Otto   DE Idaho St
10277John Conner  QB Arizona
10280James Bowers DB Memphis
11305 Louis Cooper   LB Western Carolina
      Made roster        Pro Football Hall of Fame     *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Undrafted free agents

1985 Undrafted Free Agents of note
PlayerPositionCollege
Eugene Robinson Safety Colgate

Personnel

Staff

1985 Seattle Seahawks staff
Front office
  • President/general manager – Mike McCormack
  • Assistant general manager – Chuck Allen
  • Player personnel director – Mike Allman
  • Assistant player personnel director – Rick Thompson
  • Pro personnel assistant – Randy Mueller
  • Head athletic trainer - Jim Whitesel
  • Assistant athletic trainer - John Kasik

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator/linebackers – Tom Catlin
  • Defensive line – George Dyer
  • Defensive backs – Ralph Hawkins
  • Special assignments – Joe Vitt

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams – Rusty Tillman


Final roster

1985 Seattle Seahawks final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists
  • 87 Tony Davis TE (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg
  • 75 Angelo Dilulo DT (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg
  • 33 Dan Doornink RB (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg
  • 84 Danny Greene WR (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg
  • -- Jeff Komlo QB (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg
  • 70 Ron Mattes T (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg


Rookies in italics
54 active, 0 inactive, 0 practice squad

[1]

Schedule

Preseason

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordGame siteRecap
1August 10at Indianapolis Colts L 7–190–1 Hoosier Dome Recap
2August 16 Detroit Lions W 28–31–1 Kingdome Recap
3August 24at Minnesota Vikings W 27–102–1 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Recap
4August 30 San Francisco 49ers L 21–232–2Kingdome Recap
Source: Seahawks Media Guides [2] [3]

Regular season

Divisional matchups have the AFC West playing the NFC West.

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordGame siteRecap
1September 8at Cincinnati Bengals W 28–241–0 Riverfront Stadium Recap
2September 15at San Diego Chargers W 49–352–0 Jack Murphy Stadium Recap
3September 23 Los Angeles Rams L 24–352–1 Kingdome Recap
4September 29at Kansas City Chiefs L 7–282–2 Arrowhead Stadium Recap
5October 6San Diego ChargersW 26–213–2Kingdome Recap
6October 13 Atlanta Falcons W 30–264–2Kingdome Recap
7October 20at Denver Broncos L 10–13 (OT)4–3 Mile High Stadium Recap
8October 27at New York Jets L 14–174–4 Giants Stadium Recap
9November 3 Los Angeles Raiders W 33–35–4Kingdome Recap
10November 10at New Orleans Saints W 27–36–4 Louisiana Superdome Recap
11November 17 New England Patriots L 13–206–5Kingdome Recap
12November 25at San Francisco 49ers L 6–196–6 Candlestick Park Recap
13December 1Kansas City ChiefsW 24–67–6Kingdome Recap
14December 8 Cleveland Browns W 31–138–6Kingdome Recap
15December 15at Los Angeles RaidersL 3–138–7 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Recap
16December 20Denver BroncosL 24–278–8Kingdome Recap
Bold indicates division opponents.
Source: 1985 NFL season results [4]

Standings

AFC West
WLTPCTDIVCONFPFPASTK
Los Angeles Raiders (1)1240.7505–39–3354308W6
Denver Broncos 1150.6885–38–4380329W2
Seattle Seahawks 880.5004–46–6349303L2
San Diego Chargers 880.5003–57–7467435L1
Kansas City Chiefs 6100.3753–54–8317360W1

Game summaries

Preseason

Week P1: at Indianapolis Colts

Preseason Week One: Seattle Seahawks at Indianapolis Colts – Game summary
Period1234Total
Seahawks70007
Colts0331319

at Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis

Week P2: vs. Detroit Lions

Preseason Week Two: Seattle Seahawks vs. Detroit Lions – Game summary
Period1234Total
Lions03003
Seahawks0072128

at Kingdome, Seattle

  • Date: August 16
  • Game time: 7:34 pm local
  • Game weather: indoors
  • Game attendance: 57,751
  • Referee: Bob Frederic
  • Gamebook

Week P3: at Minnesota Vikings

Preseason Week Three: Seattle Seahawks at Minnesota Vikings – Game summary
Period1234Total
Seahawks1437226
Vikings037010

at Metrodome, Minneapolis

Week P4: vs. San Francisco 49ers

Preseason Week Four: Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers – Game summary
Period1234Total
49ers7331023
Seahawks777021

at Kingdome, Seattle

Regular season

Week 1: at Cincinnati Bengals

Week One: Seattle Seahawks at Cincinnati Bengals – Game summary
Period1234Total
Seahawks7140728
Bengals01014024

at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Game information

Week 2: at San Diego Chargers

Week Two: Seattle Seahawks at San Diego Chargers – Game summary
Period1234Total
Seahawks7728749
Chargers10136635

at Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego

Game information

Week 3: vs. Los Angeles Rams

Week Three: Seattle Seahawks vs. Los Angeles Rams – Game summary
Period1234Total
Rams70141435
Seahawks0731424

at Kingdome, Seattle

Game information

Week 4: at Kansas City Chiefs

Week Four: Seattle Seahawks at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
Period1234Total
Seahawks00707
Chiefs1477028

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: September 29
  • Game time: 12:00 pm local
  • Game weather: showers, 47 °F (8 °C), 100% humidity, wind NE 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 50,485
  • Referee: Ben Dreith
  • TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones and Sam Rutigliano
  • Gamebook
Game information

Week 5: vs. San Diego Chargers

Week Five: Seattle Seahawks vs. San Diego Chargers – Game summary
Period1234Total
Chargers0701421
Seahawks3371326

at Kingdome, Seattle

Game information

Week 6: vs. Atlanta Falcons

Week Six: Seattle Seahawks vs. Atlanta Falcons – Game summary
Period1234Total
Falcons0631726
Seahawks7071630

at Kingdome, Seattle

Game information

Week 7: at Denver Broncos

Week Seven: Seattle Seahawks at Denver Broncos – Game summary
Period1234OTTotal
Seahawks0073010
Broncos7030313

at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

Game information

Week 8 at Jets

Week Eight: Seattle Seahawks (4–3) at New York Jets (5–2)
Period1234Total
Seahawks0140014
Jets0071017

at Giants StadiumEast Rutherford, New Jersey

  • Date: October 27
  • Game time: 1:00 pm. EDT
  • Game weather: Sunny • 69 °F (21 °C) • Wind SW 11 miles per hour (18 km/h; 9.6 kn) to 16 miles per hour (26 km/h; 14 kn)
  • Game attendance: 69,320
  • Referee: Jerry Seeman
  • TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen
  • Gamebook
Game information

Week 9: vs. Los Angeles Raiders

Week Nine: Seattle Seahawks vs. Los Angeles Raiders – Game summary
Period1234Total
Raiders00303
Seahawks3237033

at Kingdome, Seattle

  • Date: November 3
  • Game time: 1:02 pm local
  • Game weather: indoors
  • Game attendance: 64,060
  • Referee: Chuck Heberling
  • TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones and Merlin Olsen
  • Gamebook
Game information

Week 10: at New Orleans Saints

Week Ten: Seattle Seahawks at New Orleans Saints – Game summary
Period1234Total
Seahawks0702027
Saints30003

at Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

Game information

Week 11: vs. New England Patriots

Week Eleven: Seattle Seahawks vs. New England Patriots – Game summary
Period1234Total
Patriots0701320
Seahawks0310013

at Kingdome, Seattle

  • Date: November 17
  • Game time: 1:02 pm local
  • Game weather: indoors
  • Game attendance: 60,345
  • Referee: Jerry Markbreit
  • TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen
  • Gamebook
Game information

Week 12: at San Francisco 49ers

Week Twelve: Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers – Game summary
Period1234Total
Seahawks00066
49ers0120719

at Candlestick Park, San Francisco

Game information

Week 13: vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Week Thirteen: Seattle Seahawks vs. Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
Period1234Total
Chiefs30306
Seahawks3147024

at Kingdome, Seattle

Game information

Week 14: vs. Cleveland Browns

Week Fourteen: Seattle Seahawks vs. Cleveland Browns – Game summary
Period1234Total
Browns303713
Seahawks3147731

at Kingdome, Seattle

  • Date: December 8
  • Game time: 1:02 pm local
  • Game weather: indoors
  • Game attendance: 58,477
  • Referee: Fred Silva
  • TV announcers (NBC): Phil Stone and Reggie Rucker
  • Gamebook
Game information

Week 15: at Los Angeles Raiders

Week Fifteen: Seattle Seahawks at Los Angeles Raiders – Game summary
Period1234Total
Seahawks30003
Raiders060713

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

  • Date: December 15
  • Game time: 1:00 pm local
  • Game weather: partly cloudy, 71 °F (22 °C), 36% humidity, wind 0 miles per hour (0 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 77,425
  • Referee: Gene Barth
  • TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones and Merlin Olsen
  • Gamebook
Game information

Week 16: vs. Denver Broncos

Week Sixteen: Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos – Game summary
Period1234Total
Broncos01001727
Seahawks7100724

at Kingdome, Seattle

  • Date: December 20
  • Game time: 5:03 pm local
  • Game weather: indoors
  • Game attendance: 56,283
  • Referee: Chuck Heberling
  • TV announcers (ABC): Frank Gifford, O. J. Simpson, and Joe Namath
  • Gamebook
Game information

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References

  1. "Home". pro-football-reference.com.
  2. 1985 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.
  3. 1986 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.
  4. 1985 NFL season results, NFL.com, accessed February 14, 2015.