1985 Philadelphia Eagles season

The 1985 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 53rd in the National Football League (NFL). The team improved upon their previous output of 6–9–1, winning seven games. This was the fourth consecutive season in which the team failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Philadelphia was in position to earn a wild-card berth with a 6–5 record by late November, but a four-game losing streak, which included a home loss to the Minnesota Vikings in which the Eagles squandered a 23–0 fourth-quarter lead, foiled their playoff hopes. That losing streak also cost head coach Marion Campbell his job before the season finale at Minnesota. Under interim coach Fred Bruney, the Eagles pulled off a 37–35 victory at the Metrodome to finish the season on an up note.

Two bright spots emerged at the quarterback position as Ron Jaworski returned from the broken leg suffered at the end of the 1984 season, and performed well enough (3,450 passing yards, 17 touchdowns) to be considered for comeback player of the year, though no award was given out. In addition, second-round draft pick Randall Cunningham earned his first career victory at RFK Stadium on September 22 at Washington. On November 10, at Veterans Stadium, Jaworski combined with wide receiver Mike Quick for a club-record 99-yard touchdown pass in overtime to beat the Atlanta Falcons, 23–17.

Offseason

NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	9	Kevin Allen	OT	Indiana
2	37	Randall Cunningham	QB	UNLV
4	93	Greg Naron	G	North Carolina
5	121	Dwayne Jiles	LB	Texas Tech
6	156	Ken Reeves	T	Texas A&M
8	205	Tom Polley	LB	UNLV
9	231	Dave Toub	C	Texas El-Paso
9	233	Joe Drake	NT	Arizona
10	261	Mark Kelso	DB	William & Mary
11	289	Herman Hunter	RB	Tennessee St.
12	317	Todd Russell	DB	Boston College

Schedule

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1	September 8	at New York Giants	L 0–21	0–1	Giants Stadium	76,141
2	September 15	Los Angeles Rams	L 6–17	0–2	Veterans Stadium	60,920
3	September 22	at Washington Redskins	W 19–6	1–2	RFK Stadium	53,748
4	September 29	New York Giants	L 10–16 (OT)	1–3	Veterans Stadium	66,696
5	October 6	at New Orleans Saints	L 21–23	1–4	Louisiana Superdome	56,364
6	October 13	St. Louis Cardinals	W 30–7	2–4	Veterans Stadium	48,186
7	October 20	Dallas Cowboys	W 16–14	3–4	Veterans Stadium	70,114
8	October 27	Buffalo Bills	W 21–17	4–4	Veterans Stadium	60,987
9	November 3	at San Francisco 49ers	L 13–24	4–5	Candlestick Park	58,383
10	November 10	Atlanta Falcons	W 23–17 (OT)	5–5	Veterans Stadium	63,694
11	November 17	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 24–14	6–5	Busch Memorial Stadium	39,032
12	November 24	at Dallas Cowboys	L 17–34	6–6	Texas Stadium	54,047
13	December 1	Minnesota Vikings	L 23–28	6–7	Veterans Stadium	54,688
14	December 8	Washington Redskins	L 12–17	6–8	Veterans Stadium	60,737
15	December 15	at San Diego Chargers	L 14–20	6–9	Jack Murphy Stadium	45,569
16	December 22	at Minnesota Vikings	W 37–35	7–9	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	49,722

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 8

1 2 3 4 Total Bills 7 3 7 0 17 • Eagles 0 0 0 21 21 Date: October 27 Location: Veterans Stadium Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 60.987 Game weather: ; wind Referee: Ben Dreith TV announcers (NBC): Tom Hammond and Dave Rowe 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

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 honors

• Mike Quick, 1985 Pro Bowl selection
• Mike Quick, Associated Press first-team All-Pro selection 1985

External links

• 1985 Philadelphia Eagles at Pro-Football-Reference.com