The 1985

1985 NFL season

The 1985 NFL season was the 66th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XX when the Chicago Bears defeated the New England Patriots.-Major rule changes:...

 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...

 season was the 61st season for the club 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...

. At the time, the team set a record for most rushing yards in one season by a Giants team.

Regular season

In a game against the Washington Redskins, Joe Theismann's career ended on November 18, 1985

1985 NFL season

The 1985 NFL season was the 66th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XX when the Chicago Bears defeated the New England Patriots.-Major rule changes:...

, when he suffered a gruesome comminuted compound fracture of his leg while being sacked

Quarterback sack

In American football and Canadian football, a sack occurs when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage before he can throw a forward pass, or when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage in the "pocket" and the intent of what he was going to do is unclear...

 by 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...

 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...

s Lawrence Taylor

Lawrence Taylor

Lawrence Julius Taylor , nicknamed "L.T.", is a Hall of Fame former American football player. Taylor played his entire professional career as a linebacker for the New York Giants in the National Football League...

 and Harry Carson

Harry Carson

Harold Donald Carson is a former American football inside linebacker who played his entire professional career for the NFL's New York Giants...

 during a Monday Night Football

Monday Night Football

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game telecast. The injury was voted the NFL's "Most Shocking Moment in History" by viewers in an ESPN

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 poll, and the tackle was dubbed "The Hit That No One Who Saw It Can Ever Forget" by The Washington Post

The Washington Post

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.

At the time, the Redskins had been attempting to run a "flea-flicker"

Flea flicker (American football)

A flea flicker is an unorthodox play in American football designed to fool the defensive team into thinking that a play is a run instead of a pass...

 play. The Giants' defense, however, was not fooled, and they tried to blitz

Blitz (American football)

In American football or Canadian football, a blitz or red dog is when players on or behind the line of scrimmage during a play, are sent across the scrimmage line to the offensive side to try to tackle the quarterback or disrupt his pass attempt...

 Theismann. Taylor sandwiched Theismann into Carson and inadvertently landed his hip on Theismann's lower right leg, fracturing both the tibia

Tibia

The tibia , shinbone, or shankbone is the larger and stronger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates , and connects the knee with the ankle bones....

 and the fibula.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 8, 1985	Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	W 21–0	76,141
2	September 15, 1985	at 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...	L 23–20	56,145
3	September 22, 1985	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...	W 27–17	74,987
4	September 29, 1985	at Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	W 16–10	66,696
5	October 6, 1985	Dallas Cowboys Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...	L 30–29	74,981
6	October 13, 1985	at Cincinnati Bengals Cincinnati Bengals The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...	L 35–30	53,112
7	October 20, 1985	Washington Redskins Washington Redskins The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...	W 17–3	74,389
8	October 27, 1985	at 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 21–13	54,082
9	November 3, 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 22–20	72,031
10	November 10, 1985	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,...	W 24–19	74,663
11	November 18, 1985	at Washington Redskins Washington Redskins The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...	L 23–21	53,371
12	November 24, 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...	W 34–3	41,248
13	December 1, 1985	Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...	L 35–33	66,482
14	December 8, 1985	at Houston Oilers Tennessee Titans The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter...	W 35–14	36,576
15	December 15, 1985	at Dallas Cowboys Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...	L 28–21	62,310
16	December 21, 1985	Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...	W 28–10	66,785

Standings

NFC East NFC East The NFC East is a division of the National Football League's National Football Conference. It currently has four members: the Philadelphia Eagles, the New York Giants, the Dallas Cowboys, and Washington Redskins....
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Dallas Cowboys 1985 Dallas Cowboys season The Cowboys finished the 1985 season with a record of ten wins and six losses, good for first place in the NFC East, and earning a trip to the playoffs , where they lost in a divisional playoff game to the Los Angeles Rams.Tom Landry's team got off to another fast start, opening the season with a...	10	6	0	.625	357	333	L-1
New York Giants	10	6	0	.625	399	283	W-1
Washington Redskins 1985 Washington Redskins season The 1985 Washington Redskins began the season with the team trying to improve on their 11-5 record from 1984. The biggest moment of the year occurred on a November 18 Monday Night Football game, which witnessed Joe Theismann's career-ending injury after a sack by New York Giants outside linebacker...	10	6	0	.625	297	312	W-3
Philadelphia Eagles 1985 Philadelphia Eagles season The 1985 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 53rd in the league. 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.-Player Selections:...	7	9	0	.438	286	310	W-1
St. Louis Cardinals 1985 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season The 1985 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 66th season the team was in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 9-7, winning only five games. This was the third straight season in which the team did not reach the playoffs.-Schedule:...	5	11	0	.313	278	414	L-2

Roster

1985 New York Giants

* Hall of Fame

Head Coach: Bill Parcells

To be listed, a player must have played at least one game for the team during this season.

RB George Adams

G Billy Ard

K Jess Atkinson

LB Carl Banks

TE Mark Bavaro

T/G/C Brad Benson

NT/DT Jim Burt

RB Rob Carpenter

LB Harry Carson

RB Maurice Carthon

DB Bill Currier

DB Tyrone Davis

DB Larry Flowers

RB Tony Galbreath

G/T/DE/DT Chris Godfrey

T/G/C Conrad Goode

K Ali Haji-Sheikh

DE/NT/DT Dee Hardison

TE Don Hasselbeck

DB Mark Haynes

LB Andy Headen

DB Kenny Hill

QB Jeff Hostetler

LB Byron Hunt

WR Bobby Johnson

LB Robbie Jones

G David Jordan

TE Vyto Kab

DB Terry Kinard

T/G Gordon King

P Sean Landeta

WR Lionel Manuel

DT Leonard Marshall

DE/TE George Martin

WR Phil McConkey

DE/NT Curtis McGriff

DE/DT Casey Merrill

RB Joe Morris

T Karl Nelson

C Bart Oates

S Elvis Patterson

LB Gary Reasons

WR Stacy Robinson

RB Lee Rouson

QB Jeff Rutledge

NT Jerome Sally

K Eric Schubert

QB Phil Simms

LB * Lawrence Taylor

DB Ted Watts

DB Herb Welch

WR Byron Williams

CB Perry Williams

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NFC Wild Card

Even though the 49ers recorded 362 yards of total offense, with receiver Dwight Clark

Dwight Clark

Dwight Edward Clark is a former American Pro Bowl wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers from 1979 to 1987...

 catching 8 passes for 120 yards, the Giants limited San Francisco to only one field goal. Meanwhile, New York running back Joe Morris

Joe Morris (American football)

Joseph Edward Morris is a former American football running back in the National Football League who played for the New York Giants from 1982 to 1988. Initially noted for his diminutive stature — 5' 7", Morris was a key member of the Giants team that won Super Bowl XXI in 1987...

rushed for 141 yards.