1985 Green Bay Packers season
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The 1985 Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...

 season
was their 65th season in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

. The club posted a 8–8 record under coach Forrest Gregg
Forrest Gregg
Alvis Forrest Gregg is a former American football player and coach in the National Football League. During a Pro Football Hall of Fame playing career, he was a part of six championships, five of them with the Green Bay Packers before closing out his tenure with the Dallas Cowboys with a win in...

, earning them a second-place finish in the NFC Central
NFC North
The NFC North is a division of the National Football League's National Football Conference, based in the Upper Midwest region of the United States...

 division.

NFL Draft

Pick # |Player |College
7 Round 1 Ken Ruettgers
Ken Ruettgers
Kenneth Ruettgers is a former National Football League offensive lineman who played for the Green Bay Packers from 1985 to 1996.-High school career:...

Guard
Guard (American football)
In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....

USC
71 Round 3 Rich Moran
Rich Moran
Rich Moran is a former guard in the National Football League who played nine seasons for the Green Bay Packers....

Guard
Guard (American football)
In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....

San Diego State
98 Round 4 Walter Stanley
Walter Stanley
Walter Stanley is a former professional American football wide receiver for Ten seasons in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, the Detroit Lions, the Washington Redskins, the New England Patriots, and the San Diego Chargers...

Wide Receiver
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...

Mesa State
125 Round 5 Brian Noble
Brian Noble (American football)
Brian Noble is a former American football linebacker who played for the Green Bay Packers from 1985-1993. After retiring from the National Football League, Noble went on to produce his own outdoor television program called Hitting the Outdoors which aired throughout the Midwest...

Linebacker
Linebacker
A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...

Arizona State
155 Round 6 Mark Lewis
Mark Lewis (American football)
Mark Joseph Lewis is a former professional American football tight end in the National Football League. He played four seasons for the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions....

Tight End
Tight end
The tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be...

Texas A&M
171 Round 7 Eric Wilson
Eric Wilson (American football)
Eric Wendell Wilson is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins...

Linebacker
Linebacker
A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...

Maryland
182 Round 7 Gary Ellerson
Gary Ellerson
Gary Tobius Ellerson is a former American football player with the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions...

Running Back
Running back
A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...

Wisconsin
209 Round 8 Ken Stills
Ken Stills
Ken Stills is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the eighth round of the 1985 NFL Draft...

Defensive Back
Defensive back
In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...

Wisconsin
239 Round 9 Morris Johnson Guard
Guard (American football)
In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....

Alabama A&M
266 Round 10 Ronnie Burgess
Ronnie Burgess
Ronnie Burgess is a former defensive back in the National Football League.-Career:Burgess was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the tenth round of the 1985 NFL Draft and played that season with the team. He played at the collegiate level at Wake Forest University.-References:...

Defensive Back
Defensive back
In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...

Wake Forest
294 Round 11 Joe Shield
Joe Shield
-Career:Shield was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the eleventh round of the 1985 NFL Draft and was a member of the team for two seasons. He played at the collegiate level at Trinity College.-References:...

Quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...

Trinity
323 Round 12 Jim Meyer Punter Arizona State

Staff

Regular season

The team finished with an 8-8 record for the third consecutive season. The club was 5-3 at home and 3-5 on the road.

Snow Bowl

The Snow Bowl was a National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 game played on December 1, 1985 between the Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...

 and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...

 at Lambeau Field
Lambeau Field
Lambeau Field is an outdoor football stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the home of the NFL's Green Bay Packers. Opened in 1957 as City Stadium, it replaced the original City Stadium as the Packers' home field...

 in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of above sea level and is located north of Milwaukee. As of the 2010 United States Census,...

. Snow had begun to fall heavily that morning and continued throughout the day. By kickoff, the roads were impossible to navigate preventing many fans from attending. This gave the game the dubious distinction of having over 36,000 "no-shows," the most in Packers history. However, 19,856 fans did make it through the gates, many of whom arrived by snowmobile
Snowmobile
A snowmobile, also known in some places as a snowmachine, or sled,is a land vehicle for winter travel on snow. Designed to be operated on snow and ice, they require no road or trail. Design variations enable some machines to operate in deep snow or forests; most are used on open terrain, including...

.

The game itself saw the Packers dominate the Buccaneers en route to a 21-0 victory. The Packers offense gained 512 total yards to the Buccaneers' 65. During the game, Packers defensive end Alphonso Carreker
Alphonso Carreker
Alphonso Carreker He attended Columbus Marion Franklin High School. He is a former defensive end who played seven seasons for the Green Bay Packers and the Denver Broncos in the National Football League. He started in Super Bowl XXIV, recording 1 sack and 1 tackle....

 sacked Buccaneers quarterback and future Pro Football Hall of Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees...

 enshrinee Steve Young a then team record four times.

Schedule

Game Date Opponent Score Record Notes Attendance
1 9-8-1985 at New England Patriots
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...

 
L,20-26 0-1
49,488
2 9-15-1985 New York Giants
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 
W,23-20 1-1
56,145
3 9-22-1985 New York Jets
New York Jets
The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 
L,3-24 1-2
53,667
4 9-29-1985 at St. Louis Cardinals
Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 
L,28-43 1-3
48,598
5 10-6-1985 Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...

 
W,43-10 2-3
55,914
6 10-13-1985 Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...

 
W,20-17 3-3
54,674
7 10-21-1985 at Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 
L,7-23 3-4 Monday Night Football
Monday Night Football
Monday Night Football is a live broadcast of the National Football League on ESPN. From to it aired on ABC. Monday Night Football was, along with Hallmark Hall of Fame, and the Walt Disney anthology television series, one of the longest running prime time commercial network television series...

 
65,095
8 10-27-1985 at Indianapolis Colts
Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....

 
L,10-37 3-5
59,708
9 11-3-1985 Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 
L,10-16 3-6
55,343
10 11-10-1985 at Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...

 
W,17-27 4-6
59,970
11 11-17-1985 New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....

 
W,38-14 5-6
52,104
12 11-24-1985 at Los Angeles Rams
St. Louis Rams
The St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,...

 
L,17-34 5-7
52,710
13 12-1-1985 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...

 
W,21-0 6-7 The Snow Bowl
Snow Bowl (1985)
The Snow Bowl was a National Football League game played on December 1, 1985 between the Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It is known for its heavy snow...

 
19,856
14 12-8-1985 Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 
L,34-24 6-8
52,671
15 12-15-1985 at Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...

 
W,26-23 7-8
49,379
16 12-22-1985 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...

 
W,20-17 8-8
33,992

Passing

Player Attempts Completion Percentage Yards Avg Long TD Int Sacks Rating
Lynn Dickey
Lynn Dickey
Clifford Lynn Dickey is a retired National Football League quarterback, who played for the Houston Oilers and the Green Bay Packers in the 1970s and 1980s.-High school:...

314 172 54.8 2206 7.03 63 15 17 30 70.4
Jim Zorn
Jim Zorn
James Arthur "Jim" Zorn is an American quarterbacks coach in the National Football League. He was formerly the quarterbacks coach for the Baltimore Ravens and now holds that same position with the Kansas City Chiefs...

123 56 45.5 794 6.46 56t 4 6 11 57.4
Randy Wright
Randy Wright
Randall Steven Wright is a former professional American football quarterback who played for the Green Bay Packers from 1984 to 1988.-High school:...

74 39 52.7 552 7.46 38 2 4 8 63.6
TOTALS 513 267 52.0 3552 6.92 63 21 27 0 66.0

Receiving

Player Receptions Yards Average TD Long
James Lofton
James Lofton
James David Lofton is a former American football player and coach. He is a former American football coach for the San Diego Chargers but is best known for his years in the National Football League as a wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers , Los Angeles Raiders , the Buffalo Bills...

69 1153 16.7 4 56t
Paul Coffman
Paul Coffman
Paul Randolph Coffman is a former professional American football player who played tight end for ten seasons for the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs in the National Football League.-Personal:...

49 666 13.6 6 32
Phil Epps
Phil Epps
Phillip Epps is a former American football wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers and the New York Jets...

44 683 15.5 3 63
Eddie Lee Ivery
Eddie Lee Ivery
Eddie Lee Ivery is a former professional American football player.-Early years through college:Ivery was born in McDuffie County, Georgia. He played high school football at Thomson High School in Thomson, Georgia...

28 270 9.6 2 24
Jessie Clark
Jessie Clark
Jessie Clark is a former professional American football player who played running back for eight seasons for the Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals, and Minnesota Vikings....

24 252 10.5 2 55t
Gerry Ellis
Gerry Ellis
Gerry Ellis is a former professional American football player who played running back for seven seasons for the Green Bay Packers....

24 206 8.6 0 35
Preston Dennard
Preston Dennard
Preston Jackson Dennard is a former professional American football wide receiver in the NFL for the Los Angeles Rams, the Buffalo Bills and the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at the University of New Mexico....

13 182 14.0 2 34
Ed West
Ed West
Edward "Ed" Lee West, III , nickname 'the Toolbox'. , is a former professional American football player. A 6'1", 243-lb. tight end from Auburn University, West was never drafted by an NFL team but did play in over 200 NFL games in 14 seasons from 1984 to 1997 for the Green Bay Packers,...

8 95 11.9 1 30
Harlan Huckleby
Harlan Huckleby
Harlan Charles Huckleby is a former professional American football running back and kick returner who was drafted by the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League . Over the course of his NFL career he accumulated nearly 2500 all-purpose yards, with over half of that being return...

5 27 5.4 0 8
TOTALS 267 3552 13.3 21 63

Rushing

Player Attempts Yards avg TD Long
Eddie Lee Ivery
Eddie Lee Ivery
Eddie Lee Ivery is a former professional American football player.-Early years through college:Ivery was born in McDuffie County, Georgia. He played high school football at Thomson High School in Thomson, Georgia...

132 636 4.8 2 34
Jessie Clark
Jessie Clark
Jessie Clark is a former professional American football player who played running back for eight seasons for the Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals, and Minnesota Vikings....

147 633 4.3 5 80
Gerry Ellis
Gerry Ellis
Gerry Ellis is a former professional American football player who played running back for seven seasons for the Green Bay Packers....

104 571 5.5 5 39t
Gary Ellerson
Gary Ellerson
Gary Tobius Ellerson is a former American football player with the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions...

32 205 6.4 2 37t
Phil Epps
Phil Epps
Phillip Epps is a former American football wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers and the New York Jets...

5 103 20.6 1 34
Harlan Huckleby
Harlan Huckleby
Harlan Charles Huckleby is a former professional American football running back and kick returner who was drafted by the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League . Over the course of his NFL career he accumulated nearly 2500 all-purpose yards, with over half of that being return...

8 41 5.1 0 15
Lynn Dickey
Lynn Dickey
Clifford Lynn Dickey is a retired National Football League quarterback, who played for the Houston Oilers and the Green Bay Packers in the 1970s and 1980s.-High school:...

18
1 3
TOTALS 470 2208 4.7 16 8

Defensive

Player Sacks INT'S Yards Average TD Long
John Anderson 6.0 2 2 1.0 0 2
Robert Brown
Robert Brown (American football)
Robert Lee Brown is a former American football defensive end who played for the Green Bay Packers in an eleven year career that lasted from 1982 to 1992, in the National Football League. He ranks ninth in team history in sacks with 25.5, and played in more games than any Packer defensive lineman...

3.0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mike Butler
Mike Butler (American football)
Michael Anthony Butler is a former American football defensive end who played seven seasons for the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League. He also played two seasons for the Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League....

2.0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mossy Cade
Mossy Cade
Mossy Cade is a former professional American football player who played safety first for the Memphis Showboats of the USFL in 1985 and then for two seasons for the Green Bay Packers...

0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Alphonso Carreker
Alphonso Carreker
Alphonso Carreker He attended Columbus Marion Franklin High School. He is a former defensive end who played seven seasons for the Green Bay Packers and the Denver Broncos in the National Football League. He started in Super Bowl XXIV, recording 1 sack and 1 tackle....

9.0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mike Douglass
Mike Douglass (American football)
Michael Reese Douglass is a former American football player. He played outside linebacker for the Green Bay Packers and the San Diego Chargers in the National Football League. He ranks third in the lists of tackles made by a Packers player....

1.5 2 126 63.0 1 80t
Tom Flynn
Tom Flynn (American football)
Thomas Jeffery Flynn is a former American football safety who played five seasons in the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh and was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 1984 NFL Draft...

0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7
Donnie Humphrey
Donnie Humphrey
Donnie Humphrey is a former nose tackle and defensive end in the National Football League.-Biography:Humphrey was born Donnie Ray Humphrey on April 20, 1961 in Huntsville, Alabama. He is the father of WNBA player Tasha Humphrey.-Career:...

2.0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Ezra Johnson
Ezra Johnson
Ezra Johnson is a retired American Football defensive end who played for the Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts and Houston Oilers in a fifteen-year career that lasted from 1977 to 1991 in the National Football League .Johnson played college football in Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia...

9.5 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mark Lee
Mark Lee (American football)
Mark Lee is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the 1980 NFL Draft...

0.0 1 23 23.0 0 23
Tim Lewis
Tim Lewis
Tim Lewis is an American football coach and former cornerback. He is currently the secondary coach for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League.-Playing career:...

0.0 4 4 1.0 0 4
Charles Martin 3.0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mark Murphy 4.0 2 50 25.0 1 50t
Brian Noble
Brian Noble (American football)
Brian Noble is a former American football linebacker who played for the Green Bay Packers from 1985-1993. After retiring from the National Football League, Noble went on to produce his own outdoor television program called Hitting the Outdoors which aired throughout the Midwest...

3.0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Guy Prather
Guy Prather
Guy Prather is a former linebacker in the National Football League. He played five seasons with the Green Bay Packers.-References:...

2.0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Randy Scott
Randy Scott (American football)
Randolph Charles Scott is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played 7 seasons in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers and he played for Bear Bryant at Alabama-External links:*...

3.0 2 50 25.0 0 30
TOTALS 48.0 15 262 17.5 2 8

Hall of Famers

The Following were inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame was the first hall of fame built to honor a single professional American football team. After receiving approval from coach Vince Lombardi, William L. Brault, a Green Bay restaurateur and Packers fan, founded the Hall of Fame in 1966...

 in February 1985;
  • Phil Bengtson
    Phil Bengtson
    John Phillip Bengtson was a college football player and longtime assistant coach on the collegiate and NFL levels, chiefly remembered as the successor to Vince Lombardi as head coach of the Green Bay Packers in 1968....

    , Coach-G.M., 1959–70
  • Bob Jeter
    Bob Jeter
    Robert DeLafayette Jeter, Jr. was a former American football cornerback in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears. He was raised in Weirton, WV where he attended Weir High School...

    , DB, 1963–70
  • Earl "Bud" Svendsen, C-LB, 1937, 1939
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