1985 Atlanta Falcons season

The 1985 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise’s 20th season in the National Football League (NFL). They finished last in the NFC West with a record of four wins and twelve losses.

This season marked the first time since 1972 that the Falcons played the Kansas City Chiefs, and merely the second in team history. The reason for this is that before the admission of the Texans in 2002, NFL scheduling formulas for games outside a team’s division were much more influenced by table position during the previous season. They were provisionally scheduled to play in 1976, but that game was scrapped to make room for games against the newly formed Buccaneers and Seahawks, and actually scheduled to play in 1982, but that game was cancelled by a player's strike.

Regular season

Schedule

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1	September 8	Detroit Lions	L 27–28	0–1	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	37,785	Recap
2	September 15	at San Francisco 49ers	L 16–35	0–2	Candlestick Park	58,923	Recap
3	September 22	Denver Broncos	L 28–44	0–3	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	37,903	Recap
4	September 29	at Los Angeles Rams	L 6–17	0–4	Anaheim Stadium	49,870	Recap
5	October 6	San Francisco 49ers	L 17–38	0–5	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	44,740	Recap
6	October 13	at Seattle Seahawks	L 26–30	0–6	Kingdome	60,430	Recap
7	October 20	New Orleans Saints	W 31–24	1–6	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	44,784	Recap
8	October 27	at Dallas Cowboys	L 10–24	1–7	Texas Stadium	57,941	Recap
9	November 3	Washington Redskins	L 10–44	1–8	Atlanta–Fulton County Coliseum	42,209	Recap
10	November 10	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 17–23	1–9	Veterans Stadium	63,694	Recap
11	November 17	Los Angeles Rams	W 30–14	2–9	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	29,960	Recap
12	November 24	at Chicago Bears	L 0–36	2–10	Soldier Field	61,769	Recap
13	December 1	Los Angeles Raiders	L 24–43	2–11	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	20,858	Recap
14	December 8	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 10–38	2–12	Arrowhead Stadium	18,199	Recap
15	December 15	Minnesota Vikings	W 14–13	3–12	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	14,167	Recap
16	December 22	at New Orleans Saints	W 16–10	4–12	Louisiana Superdome	37,717	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

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: , wind Referee: Chuck Heberling Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry

Awards and records

• Bill Fralic, Sports Illustrated NFL Rookie of the Year.

External links

• 1985 Atlanta Falcons at Pro-Football-Reference.com