Schedule

Week 1 (Sunday September 8, 1985): vs. 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 ....

 

• Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 55,279
• Referee: Red Cashion
  Red Cashion
  Mason L. "Red" Cashion is a former American football official. He started officiating in 1952 while attending Texas A&M University, and then worked for various high school and college football conferences, most notably the Southwest Conference. From 1972 to 1997, he officiated in the National...
  
  
• TV announcers: (NBC) Jay Randolph
  Jay Randolph
  Jennings "Jay" Randolph, Jr. is an American sportscaster whose career has spanned more than fifty years.-Early life and career:...
  
   (play by play), Sam Rutigliano
  Sam Rutigliano
  Sam Rutigliano is a former National Football League head coach.Rutigliano, the son of Italian immigrants, played high school football at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn. He played college football at Tennessee and Tulsa. He coached at the high school level in New York...
  
   (color commentator)

• Pittsburgh – Lipps
  Louis Lipps
  Louis Adam Lipps is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL who played his entire nine-season career for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints....
  
   7 pass from Malone
  Mark Malone
  Mark M. Malone is a former American football quarterback in the NFL.-Playing career:Malone was the nation's most recruited quarterback in 1975 out of El Cajon Valley High School near San Diego, California...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• Indianapolis – FG Allegre
  Raul Allegre
  Raul Enrique Allegre is a former football placekicker in the National Football League. In his career he kicked for the Baltimore Colts, Indianapolis Colts, New York Giants, and the New York Jets. Although he was not known for a having a strong leg, he was a clutch kicker for the Giants from...
  
   39
• Pittsburgh – Lipps
  Louis Lipps
  Louis Adam Lipps is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL who played his entire nine-season career for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints....
  
   11 pass from Malone
  Mark Malone
  Mark M. Malone is a former American football quarterback in the NFL.-Playing career:Malone was the nation's most recruited quarterback in 1975 out of El Cajon Valley High School near San Diego, California...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 31
• Pittsburgh – Erenberg
  Rich Erenberg
  Richard Mark Erenberg is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League. He played three seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He currently resides in Peters Township, Pennsylvania....
  
   11 pass from Malone
  Mark Malone
  Mark M. Malone is a former American football quarterback in the NFL.-Playing career:Malone was the nation's most recruited quarterback in 1975 out of El Cajon Valley High School near San Diego, California...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – Stallworth
  John Stallworth
  Johnny Lee Stallworth is a former American football wide receiver who played fourteen seasons in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at Alabama A&M, and was the Steelers' fourth-round draft pick in 1974. Stallworth played in six AFC championships,...
  
   6 pass from Malone
  Mark Malone
  Mark M. Malone is a former American football quarterback in the NFL.-Playing career:Malone was the nation's most recruited quarterback in 1975 out of El Cajon Valley High School near San Diego, California...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – Malone
  Mark Malone
  Mark M. Malone is a former American football quarterback in the NFL.-Playing career:Malone was the nation's most recruited quarterback in 1975 out of El Cajon Valley High School near San Diego, California...
  
   1 run (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – Lipps
  Louis Lipps
  Louis Adam Lipps is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL who played his entire nine-season career for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints....
  
   16 pass from Malone
  Mark Malone
  Mark M. Malone is a former American football quarterback in the NFL.-Playing career:Malone was the nation's most recruited quarterback in 1975 out of El Cajon Valley High School near San Diego, California...
  
   (Anderson kick)

Week 2 (Monday September 16, 1985): at 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...

 

• Game time: 9:00 pm EDT
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 79,042
• Referee: Gene Barth
  Gene Barth
  Gene Barth was an American football official in the National Football League , who wore uniform number 14, which is now worn by Ron Winter. He is most notable for being the referee in Super Bowl XVIII, played January 22, 1984.-Personal:...
  
  
• TV announcers: (ABC) Frank Gifford
  Frank Gifford
  Francis Newton "Frank" Gifford is a Hall of Fame former American football player and American sportscaster.-Early life:Gifford was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Lola Mae and Weldon Gifford, an oil driller....
  
   (play by play), Joe Namath
  Joe Namath
  Joseph William "Joe" Namath , nicknamed "Broadway Joe" or "Joe Willie", is a former American football quarterback. He played college football for the University of Alabama under coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and his assistant, Howard Schnellenberger, from 1962–1964, and professional football in the...
  
   & O.J. Simpson (color commentators)

• Cleveland – Banks
  Fred Banks
  Frederick Bly Banks is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He played eight seasons for the Cleveland Browns , the Miami Dolphins , and the Chicago Bears ....
  
   7 pass from Danielson
  Gary Danielson
  Gary Danielson is a former professional football player, a quarterback in the National Football League . He played for the Detroit Lions from 1976 to 1984 and for the Cleveland Browns in 1985, 1987, and 1988...
  
   (Bahr
  Matt Bahr
  Matthew David Bahr is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League. He attended Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, Pennsylvania where he excelled in both football and soccer...
  
   kick)
• Cleveland – FG Bahr
  Matt Bahr
  Matthew David Bahr is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League. He attended Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, Pennsylvania where he excelled in both football and soccer...
  
   18
• Pittsburgh – Stallworth
  John Stallworth
  Johnny Lee Stallworth is a former American football wide receiver who played fourteen seasons in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at Alabama A&M, and was the Steelers' fourth-round draft pick in 1974. Stallworth played in six AFC championships,...
  
   6 pass from Malone
  Mark Malone
  Mark M. Malone is a former American football quarterback in the NFL.-Playing career:Malone was the nation's most recruited quarterback in 1975 out of El Cajon Valley High School near San Diego, California...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• Cleveland – Byner
  Earnest Byner
  Earnest Alexander Byner is a former American football running back in the National Football League and is currently a running backs coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars...
  
   21 run (Bahr
  Matt Bahr
  Matthew David Bahr is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League. He attended Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, Pennsylvania where he excelled in both football and soccer...
  
   kick)

Week 3 (Sunday September 22, 1985): vs. Houston Oilers 

• Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 58,752
• Referee: Ben Dreith
  Ben Dreith
  Ben Dreith is a former American professional football on-field official who worked from 1960 to 1969 in the American Football League and from 1970 to 1990 in the NFL. Prior to his teaching and officiating career, he was a three-sport athlete at the University of Northern Colorado.Dreith developed...
  
  
• TV announcers: (NBC) Charlie Jones
  Charlie Jones (sportscaster)
  Charlie Jones was an American Emmy Award-winning sportscaster for NBC and ABC.-Education:Born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Jones earned an undergraduate degree at the University of Southern California and a law degree at the University of Arkansas.-American Football League/National Football...
  
   (play by play), Sam Rutigliano
  Sam Rutigliano
  Sam Rutigliano is a former National Football League head coach.Rutigliano, the son of Italian immigrants, played high school football at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn. He played college football at Tennessee and Tulsa. He coached at the high school level in New York...
  
   (color commentator)

• Pittsburgh – Lipps
  Louis Lipps
  Louis Adam Lipps is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL who played his entire nine-season career for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints....
  
   25 pass from Malone
  Mark Malone
  Mark M. Malone is a former American football quarterback in the NFL.-Playing career:Malone was the nation's most recruited quarterback in 1975 out of El Cajon Valley High School near San Diego, California...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – Lipps
  Louis Lipps
  Louis Adam Lipps is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL who played his entire nine-season career for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints....
  
   5 pass from Malone
  Mark Malone
  Mark M. Malone is a former American football quarterback in the NFL.-Playing career:Malone was the nation's most recruited quarterback in 1975 out of El Cajon Valley High School near San Diego, California...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 37
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 38

Week 4 (Monday September 30, 1985): vs. 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...

 

• Game time: 9:00 pm EDT
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 59,541
• Referee: Pat Haggerty
  Pat Haggerty (American football official)
  Patrick "Pat" Haggerty was an American football official in the National Football League from 1965 to 1992. In his 28 seasons in the NFL, he was selected as the referee in three Super Bowls, XIII in 1979, XVI in 1982, and XIX in 1985...
  
  
• TV announcers: (ABC) Frank Gifford
  Frank Gifford
  Francis Newton "Frank" Gifford is a Hall of Fame former American football player and American sportscaster.-Early life:Gifford was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Lola Mae and Weldon Gifford, an oil driller....
  
   (play by play), Joe Namath
  Joe Namath
  Joseph William "Joe" Namath , nicknamed "Broadway Joe" or "Joe Willie", is a former American football quarterback. He played college football for the University of Alabama under coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and his assistant, Howard Schnellenberger, from 1962–1964, and professional football in the...
  
   & O.J. Simpson (color commentators)

• Pittsburgh – Lipps
  Louis Lipps
  Louis Adam Lipps is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL who played his entire nine-season career for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints....
  
   15 pass from Malone
  Mark Malone
  Mark M. Malone is a former American football quarterback in the NFL.-Playing career:Malone was the nation's most recruited quarterback in 1975 out of El Cajon Valley High School near San Diego, California...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• Cincinnati – Brooks 14 run (Breech
  Jim Breech
  James Thomas Breech is a former American football kicker in the National Football League, who played for Oakland Raiders in 1979 and Cincinnati Bengals from 1980-1992. Before his NFL career, Breech played for the University of California and Sacramento High School...
  
   kick)
• Cincinnati – Holman
  Rodney Holman
  Rodney Holman is a former professional American football player who played tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals , and the Detroit Lions . Holman graduated from Ypsilanti High School in 1978 where he starred on the football team and was an all-state wrestler...
  
   26 pass from Esiason
  Boomer Esiason
  Norman Julius "Boomer" Esiason is a former American football quarterback and current network color commentator. He played for the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets, and Arizona Cardinals before working as an analyst for ABC and HBO...
  
   (Breech
  Jim Breech
  James Thomas Breech is a former American football kicker in the National Football League, who played for Oakland Raiders in 1979 and Cincinnati Bengals from 1980-1992. Before his NFL career, Breech played for the University of California and Sacramento High School...
  
   kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 29
• Cincinnati – Brown 8 pass from Esiason
  Boomer Esiason
  Norman Julius "Boomer" Esiason is a former American football quarterback and current network color commentator. He played for the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets, and Arizona Cardinals before working as an analyst for ABC and HBO...
  
   (Breech
  Jim Breech
  James Thomas Breech is a former American football kicker in the National Football League, who played for Oakland Raiders in 1979 and Cincinnati Bengals from 1980-1992. Before his NFL career, Breech played for the University of California and Sacramento High School...
  
   kick)
• Pittsburgh – Stallworth
  John Stallworth
  Johnny Lee Stallworth is a former American football wide receiver who played fourteen seasons in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at Alabama A&M, and was the Steelers' fourth-round draft pick in 1974. Stallworth played in six AFC championships,...
  
   17 pass from Malone
  Mark Malone
  Mark M. Malone is a former American football quarterback in the NFL.-Playing career:Malone was the nation's most recruited quarterback in 1975 out of El Cajon Valley High School near San Diego, California...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – Erenberg
  Rich Erenberg
  Richard Mark Erenberg is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League. He played three seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He currently resides in Peters Township, Pennsylvania....
  
   4 pass from Malone
  Mark Malone
  Mark M. Malone is a former American football quarterback in the NFL.-Playing career:Malone was the nation's most recruited quarterback in 1975 out of El Cajon Valley High School near San Diego, California...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• Cincinnati – Holman
  Rodney Holman
  Rodney Holman is a former professional American football player who played tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals , and the Detroit Lions . Holman graduated from Ypsilanti High School in 1978 where he starred on the football team and was an all-state wrestler...
  
   4 pass from Esiason
  Boomer Esiason
  Norman Julius "Boomer" Esiason is a former American football quarterback and current network color commentator. He played for the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets, and Arizona Cardinals before working as an analyst for ABC and HBO...
  
   (Breech
  Jim Breech
  James Thomas Breech is a former American football kicker in the National Football League, who played for Oakland Raiders in 1979 and Cincinnati Bengals from 1980-1992. Before his NFL career, Breech played for the University of California and Sacramento High School...
  
   kick)
• Cincinnati – FG Breech
  Jim Breech
  James Thomas Breech is a former American football kicker in the National Football League, who played for Oakland Raiders in 1979 and Cincinnati Bengals from 1980-1992. Before his NFL career, Breech played for the University of California and Sacramento High School...
  
   32
• Cincinnati – Brooks 32 run (pass failed)

Week 5 (Sunday October 6, 1985): at 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...

 

• Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 72,820
• Referee: Dick Jorgensen
  Dick Jorgensen
  Dick Jorgensen was an American football official in the National Football League for 23 years until the conclusion of the 1989 NFL season. Jorgensen's career was highlighted by being selected to referee Super Bowl XXIV in 1990 and was an alternate official in Super Bowl VIII and Super Bowl XV...
  
  
• TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert
  Marv Albert
  Marv Albert is an American television and radio sportscaster. Honored for his work as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, he is commonly referred to as "the voice of basketball." From 1967–2004, he was also known as "the voice of the New York Knicks."Including Super Bowl XLII, Marv has called...
  
   (play by play), Bob Griese
  Bob Griese
  Robert Allen "Bob" Griese is a former American collegiate and Professional Football quarterback who earned All-American honors with the Purdue Boilermakers before being drafted in 1967 by the American Football League's Miami Dolphins...
  
   (color commentator)

• Miami – Nathan
  Tony Nathan
  Tony Curtis Nathan is an American football coach and former running back.Nathan was a running back from Alabama who was selected in the third round of the 1979 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins, with whom he played from 1979-1987...
  
   1 run (Reveiz
  Fuad Reveiz
  Fuad Reveiz is a former placekicker for the Miami Dolphins, the San Diego Chargers, and the Minnesota Vikings. He played for Miami Sunset Senior High and was voted one of the top high school football players from Miami of all time by the Miami Herald...
  
   kick)
• Pittsburgh – Abercrombie
  Walter Abercrombie
  Walter Augustus Abercrombie is a former professional American football running back and kick returner in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1982 to 1987 and then for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1988....
  
   (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 48
• Miami – Johnson
  Dan Johnson (American football)
  Dan Johnson is a former professional American football player who played tight end for seven seasons for the Miami Dolphins....
  
   2 pass from Marino
  Dan Marino
  Daniel Constantine "Dan" Marino, Jr. is a retired American football quarterback who played for the Miami Dolphins in the National Football League...
  
   (Reveiz
  Fuad Reveiz
  Fuad Reveiz is a former placekicker for the Miami Dolphins, the San Diego Chargers, and the Minnesota Vikings. He played for Miami Sunset Senior High and was voted one of the top high school football players from Miami of all time by the Miami Herald...
  
   kick)
• Pittsburgh – Thompson
  Weegie Thompson
  Willis Hope “Weegie” Thompson is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for six seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played high school football for Midlothian High School in Richmond, Virginia...
  
   1 pass from Malone
  Mark Malone
  Mark M. Malone is a former American football quarterback in the NFL.-Playing career:Malone was the nation's most recruited quarterback in 1975 out of El Cajon Valley High School near San Diego, California...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• Miami – FG Reveiz
  Fuad Reveiz
  Fuad Reveiz is a former placekicker for the Miami Dolphins, the San Diego Chargers, and the Minnesota Vikings. He played for Miami Sunset Senior High and was voted one of the top high school football players from Miami of all time by the Miami Herald...
  
   35
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 33
• Miami – Hampton
  Lorenzo Hampton
  Lorenzo Timothy Hampton is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League for five seasons in the 1980s...
  
   2 run (Reveiz
  Fuad Reveiz
  Fuad Reveiz is a former placekicker for the Miami Dolphins, the San Diego Chargers, and the Minnesota Vikings. He played for Miami Sunset Senior High and was voted one of the top high school football players from Miami of all time by the Miami Herald...
  
   kick)

Week 6 (Sunday October 13, 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...

 

• Game time: 4:00 pm EDT
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 62,932
• Referee: Tom Dooley
  Tom Dooley (American football official)
  Robert Thomas "Tom" Dooley Jr. was an American football official for 32 years with 14 of those years in the National Football League from 1978 to 1992 as a line judge and referee. Dooley was assigned Super Bowl XV in 1981 as line judge...
  
  
• TV announcers: (NBC) Charlie Jones
  Charlie Jones (sportscaster)
  Charlie Jones was an American Emmy Award-winning sportscaster for NBC and ABC.-Education:Born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Jones earned an undergraduate degree at the University of Southern California and a law degree at the University of Arkansas.-American Football League/National Football...
  
   (play by play), Merlin Olsen
  Merlin Olsen
  Merlin Jay Olsen was an American football player in the National Football League, NFL commentator, and actor. He played his entire 15-year career with the Los Angeles Rams and was elected to the Pro Bowl in 14 of those seasons, a current record shared with Bruce Matthews...
  
   (color commentator)

• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 48
• Dallas – Dorsett
  Tony Dorsett
  Anthony "Tony" Drew Dorsett is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos.-Early years:...
  
   56 pass from D. White
  Danny White
  Wilford Daniel "Danny" White is a former quarterback and punter for the Dallas Cowboys, an American football coach in the Arena Football League and also occasionally appears as an analyst on broadcasts of college football games. He was named the head coach of the Arena Football League expansion...
  
   (Septien
  Rafael Septien
  Jose Rafael Septien was a Mexican placekicker in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys from 1978 through 1986. He was the leading scorer for the Cowboys those nine years...
  
   kick)
• Dallas – FG Septien
  Rafael Septien
  Jose Rafael Septien was a Mexican placekicker in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys from 1978 through 1986. He was the leading scorer for the Cowboys those nine years...
  
   38
• Dallas – FG Septien
  Rafael Septien
  Jose Rafael Septien was a Mexican placekicker in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys from 1978 through 1986. He was the leading scorer for the Cowboys those nine years...
  
   39
• Dallas – Lockhart
  Eugene Lockhart
  Eugene Lockhart, Jr. is a former American football linebacker who played for nine seasons in the National Football League from 1984 to 1992...
  
   19 interception return (Septien
  Rafael Septien
  Jose Rafael Septien was a Mexican placekicker in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys from 1978 through 1986. He was the leading scorer for the Cowboys those nine years...
  
   kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 34
• Pittsburgh – Abercrombie
  Walter Abercrombie
  Walter Augustus Abercrombie is a former professional American football running back and kick returner in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1982 to 1987 and then for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1988....
  
   1 run (Anderson kick)
• Dallas – Dorsett
  Tony Dorsett
  Anthony "Tony" Drew Dorsett is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos.-Early years:...
  
   35 run (Septien
  Rafael Septien
  Jose Rafael Septien was a Mexican placekicker in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys from 1978 through 1986. He was the leading scorer for the Cowboys those nine years...
  
   kick)

Week 7 (Sunday October 20, 1985): vs. St. Louis Cardinals 

• Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 56,478
• Referee: Jim Tunney
  Jim Tunney (American football official)
  Dr. Jim Tunney was an American football official in the National Football League from 1960 to 1991. In his 31 years as an NFL official, Jim Tunney received a record 29 post-season assignments, including ten Championship games and Super Bowls VI, XI, and XII and named as an alternate in Super Bowl...
  
  
• TV announcers: (CBS) Tom Brookshier
  Tom Brookshier
  Thomas Jefferson "Tom" Brookshier was an American professional football player, coach and sportscaster. He was a starting defensive back for the Philadelphia Eagles for seven seasons from 1953 to 1961...
  
   (play by play), Dick Vermiel (color commentator)

• St. Louis – FG O'Donoghue
  Neil O'Donoghue
  Cornelis Joseph Connor Dennis "Neil" O'Donoghue is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League ....
  
   19
• Pittsburgh – Lipps
  Louis Lipps
  Louis Adam Lipps is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL who played his entire nine-season career for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints....
  
   45 pass from Malone
  Mark Malone
  Mark M. Malone is a former American football quarterback in the NFL.-Playing career:Malone was the nation's most recruited quarterback in 1975 out of El Cajon Valley High School near San Diego, California...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – Pollard
  Frank Pollard
  Frank Pollard is a former professional American football player who played running back for nine seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers....
  
   14 run (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 33
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 33
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 33
• St. Louis – Mitchell
  Stump Mitchell
  Lyvonia Albert "Stump" Mitchell is an American football coach and former running back. He is currently the head coach of the Jaguars of Southern University.-Early years:...
  
   5 pass from Lomax
  Neil Lomax
  Neil Vincent Lomax is a former American football quarterback.-College career:Lomax was a standout college player at Portland State University, going from fifth-string freshman quarterback on partial scholarship to emergency starter to NCAA legend...
  
   (O'Donoghue
  Neil O'Donoghue
  Cornelis Joseph Connor Dennis "Neil" O'Donoghue is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League ....
  
   kick)

Week 8 (Sunday October 27, 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...

 

• Game time: 1:00 pm EST
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 55,241
• Referee: Bob McElwee
  Bob McElwee
  Robert T. "Bob" McElwee is a former American football official, who served for 41 years, with 27 of those years in the National Football League from 1976 to 2003...
  
  
• TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui
  Don Criqui
  Don Criqui is an American sportscaster, currently employed as a play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports. Criqui's duties include occasional television coverage of National Football League games, women's and men's college basketball, occasional college football and radio play-by-play of ISP Sports'...
  
   (play by play), Bob Trumpy
  Bob Trumpy
  Bob Trumpy is a former professional American Football tight end who played for the American Football League's Cincinnati Bengals from 1968 to 1969, and for the NFL Bengals from 1970 through 1977...
  
   (color commentator)

• Cincinnati – FG Breech
  Jim Breech
  James Thomas Breech is a former American football kicker in the National Football League, who played for Oakland Raiders in 1979 and Cincinnati Bengals from 1980-1992. Before his NFL career, Breech played for the University of California and Sacramento High School...
  
   37
• Cincinnati – Holman
  Rodney Holman
  Rodney Holman is a former professional American football player who played tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals , and the Detroit Lions . Holman graduated from Ypsilanti High School in 1978 where he starred on the football team and was an all-state wrestler...
  
   11 pass from Esiason
  Boomer Esiason
  Norman Julius "Boomer" Esiason is a former American football quarterback and current network color commentator. He played for the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets, and Arizona Cardinals before working as an analyst for ABC and HBO...
  
   (Breech
  Jim Breech
  James Thomas Breech is a former American football kicker in the National Football League, who played for Oakland Raiders in 1979 and Cincinnati Bengals from 1980-1992. Before his NFL career, Breech played for the University of California and Sacramento High School...
  
   kick)
• Cincinnati – Jackson 57 interception return (Breech
  Jim Breech
  James Thomas Breech is a former American football kicker in the National Football League, who played for Oakland Raiders in 1979 and Cincinnati Bengals from 1980-1992. Before his NFL career, Breech played for the University of California and Sacramento High School...
  
   kick)
• Pittsburgh – Lipps
  Louis Lipps
  Louis Adam Lipps is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL who played his entire nine-season career for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints....
  
   49 pass from Woodley
  David Woodley
  David Eugene Woodley was an American football player and quarterback for Louisiana State University , the National Football League's Miami Dolphins , and the Pittsburgh Steelers...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• Cincinnati – FG Breech
  Jim Breech
  James Thomas Breech is a former American football kicker in the National Football League, who played for Oakland Raiders in 1979 and Cincinnati Bengals from 1980-1992. Before his NFL career, Breech played for the University of California and Sacramento High School...
  
   39
• Cincinnati – FG Breech
  Jim Breech
  James Thomas Breech is a former American football kicker in the National Football League, who played for Oakland Raiders in 1979 and Cincinnati Bengals from 1980-1992. Before his NFL career, Breech played for the University of California and Sacramento High School...
  
   40
• Cincinnati – FG Breech
  Jim Breech
  James Thomas Breech is a former American football kicker in the National Football League, who played for Oakland Raiders in 1979 and Cincinnati Bengals from 1980-1992. Before his NFL career, Breech played for the University of California and Sacramento High School...
  
   32
• Pittsburgh – Lipps
  Louis Lipps
  Louis Adam Lipps is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL who played his entire nine-season career for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints....
  
   62 punt return (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – Abercrombie
  Walter Abercrombie
  Walter Augustus Abercrombie is a former professional American football running back and kick returner in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1982 to 1987 and then for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1988....
  
   1 run (Anderson kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 3, 1985): vs. 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...

 

• Game time: 1:00 pm EST
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 51,976
• Referee: Bob Frederic
• TV announcers: (NBC) Len Berman
  Len Berman
  Len Berman is the former weekday evening sports anchor on WNBC-TV. Berman was with WNBC/NBC from 1982-2009. He was previously with WCBS-TV from 1979–1982, and before that at WBZ-TV in Boston from 1973–1978.-Early life:...
  
   (play by play), Reggie Rucker
  Reggie Rucker
  Reginald Joseph Rucker is a former professional American football player. Rucker played in twelve National Football League seasons from 1970–1981, primarily for the Cleveland Browns. He played college football for Boston University.Rucker has been a part of the Cleveland media since his retirement...
  
   (color commentator)

• Cleveland – FG Bahr
  Matt Bahr
  Matthew David Bahr is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League. He attended Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, Pennsylvania where he excelled in both football and soccer...
  
   34
• Cleveland – FG Bahr
  Matt Bahr
  Matthew David Bahr is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League. He attended Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, Pennsylvania where he excelled in both football and soccer...
  
   45
• Pittsburgh – Abercrombie
  Walter Abercrombie
  Walter Augustus Abercrombie is a former professional American football running back and kick returner in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1982 to 1987 and then for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1988....
  
   32 run (Anderson kick)
• Cleveland – FG Bahr
  Matt Bahr
  Matthew David Bahr is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League. He attended Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, Pennsylvania where he excelled in both football and soccer...
  
   30
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 25

Week 10 (Sunday November 10, 1985): at Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

 

• Game time: 4:00 pm EST
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 46,126
• Referee: Ben Dreith
  Ben Dreith
  Ben Dreith is a former American professional football on-field official who worked from 1960 to 1969 in the American Football League and from 1970 to 1990 in the NFL. Prior to his teaching and officiating career, he was a three-sport athlete at the University of Northern Colorado.Dreith developed...
  
  
• TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert
  Marv Albert
  Marv Albert is an American television and radio sportscaster. Honored for his work as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, he is commonly referred to as "the voice of basketball." From 1967–2004, he was also known as "the voice of the New York Knicks."Including Super Bowl XLII, Marv has called...
  
   (play by play), Bob Griese
  Bob Griese
  Robert Allen "Bob" Griese is a former American collegiate and Professional Football quarterback who earned All-American honors with the Purdue Boilermakers before being drafted in 1967 by the American Football League's Miami Dolphins...
  
   (color commentator)

• Kansas City – Cherry 47 interception return (Lowery
  Nick Lowery
  Dominic Gerald Lowery , nicknamed Nick the Kick, is a former American football placekicker for the New England Patriots , the Kansas City Chiefs , and New York Jets . Lowery was selected to the Pro Bowl three times and when he retired was ranked first in field goal percentage and also had the most...
  
   kick)
• Pittsburgh – Stallworth
  John Stallworth
  Johnny Lee Stallworth is a former American football wide receiver who played fourteen seasons in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at Alabama A&M, and was the Steelers' fourth-round draft pick in 1974. Stallworth played in six AFC championships,...
  
   13 pass from Woodley
  David Woodley
  David Eugene Woodley was an American football player and quarterback for Louisiana State University , the National Football League's Miami Dolphins , and the Pittsburgh Steelers...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 35
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 31
• Kansas City – Smith
  Jeff Smith (running back)
  Jeff Smith is a former professional American football player who played running back for four seasons for the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the National Football League. His most productive season was 1986 with the Chiefs when he gained 1270 all-purpose yards, 557 of which came...
  
   45 pass from Kenney
  Bill Kenney
  William Patrick Kenney is a retired quarterback who spent 9 years in the National Football League with the Kansas City Chiefs from 1980 to 1988 and a former politician who spent 8 years as a Missouri State Senator...
  
   (Lowery
  Nick Lowery
  Dominic Gerald Lowery , nicknamed Nick the Kick, is a former American football placekicker for the New England Patriots , the Kansas City Chiefs , and New York Jets . Lowery was selected to the Pro Bowl three times and when he retired was ranked first in field goal percentage and also had the most...
  
   kick)
• Pittsburgh – Lipps
  Louis Lipps
  Louis Adam Lipps is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL who played his entire nine-season career for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints....
  
   71 punt return (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – Abercrombie
  Walter Abercrombie
  Walter Augustus Abercrombie is a former professional American football running back and kick returner in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1982 to 1987 and then for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1988....
  
   2 run (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 27
• Kansas City – Smith
  Jeff Smith (running back)
  Jeff Smith is a former professional American football player who played running back for four seasons for the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the National Football League. His most productive season was 1986 with the Chiefs when he gained 1270 all-purpose yards, 557 of which came...
  
   13 pass from Kenney
  Bill Kenney
  William Patrick Kenney is a retired quarterback who spent 9 years in the National Football League with the Kansas City Chiefs from 1980 to 1988 and a former politician who spent 8 years as a Missouri State Senator...
  
   (Lowery
  Nick Lowery
  Dominic Gerald Lowery , nicknamed Nick the Kick, is a former American football placekicker for the New England Patriots , the Kansas City Chiefs , and New York Jets . Lowery was selected to the Pro Bowl three times and when he retired was ranked first in field goal percentage and also had the most...
  
   kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 36
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 28
• Kansas City – Hancock
  Anthony Hancock (American football)
  Anthony Duane Hancock is a retired American football wide receiver. He attended the University of Tennessee. He also played with the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League....
  
   13 pass from Kenney
  Bill Kenney
  William Patrick Kenney is a retired quarterback who spent 9 years in the National Football League with the Kansas City Chiefs from 1980 to 1988 and a former politician who spent 8 years as a Missouri State Senator...
  
   (Lowery
  Nick Lowery
  Dominic Gerald Lowery , nicknamed Nick the Kick, is a former American football placekicker for the New England Patriots , the Kansas City Chiefs , and New York Jets . Lowery was selected to the Pro Bowl three times and when he retired was ranked first in field goal percentage and also had the most...
  
   kick)

Week 11 (Sunday November 17, 1985): at Houston Oilers 

• Game time: 4:00 pm EST
• Game weather: Dome
• Game attendance: 45,977
• Referee: Red Cashion
  Red Cashion
  Mason L. "Red" Cashion is a former American football official. He started officiating in 1952 while attending Texas A&M University, and then worked for various high school and college football conferences, most notably the Southwest Conference. From 1972 to 1997, he officiated in the National...
  
  
• TV announcers: (NBC) Tom Hammond
  Tom Hammond
  Tom Hammond is an American sportscaster for NBC Sports television. Hammond is one of the network's staple on-air presenters, along with Bob Costas and Dan Hicks...
  
   (play by play), Jimmy Cefalo
  Jimmy Cefalo
  James Carmen Cefalo, , is an American sportscaster, game show host and former professional American football wide receiver.-High school:Cefalo attended Pittston Area High School in Pittston, Pennsylvania...
  
   (color commentator)

• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 52
• Pittsburgh – Pollard
  Frank Pollard
  Frank Pollard is a former professional American football player who played running back for nine seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers....
  
   2 run (Anderson kick)
• Houston – Rozier
  Mike Rozier
  Michael Rozier is a former American collegiate and professional football running back who won the Heisman Trophy in 1983. He was born in Camden, New Jersey. Mike and his wife, Rochelle, an attorney, reside in South Jersey and together they have one son. Mike has two other children who reside in...
  
   15 run (Zendejas
  Tony Zendejas
  Tony Zendejas is a retired Mexican professional athlete. He was a placekicker in American football, playing for the Los Angeles Express, Houston Oilers, the Los Angeles Rams, the Atlanta Falcons and the San Francisco 49ers.-Early life:...
  
   kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 31
• Pittsburgh – Woodley
  David Woodley
  David Eugene Woodley was an American football player and quarterback for Louisiana State University , the National Football League's Miami Dolphins , and the Pittsburgh Steelers...
  
   1 run (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 34
• Pittsburgh – Abercrombie
  Walter Abercrombie
  Walter Augustus Abercrombie is a former professional American football running back and kick returner in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1982 to 1987 and then for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1988....
  
   5 run (Anderson kick)

Week 12 (Sunday November 24, 1985): vs. 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,...

 

• Game time: 4:00 pm EST
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 59,293
• Referee: Gordon McCarter
  Gordon McCarter
  Gordon McCarter was an American football official in the National Football League from 1967 to 1995. He joined the NFL as a line judge and back judge in 1967 before being promoted to referee with the start of the 1974 NFL season when Jack Reader was named Assistant Supervisor of Officials at NFL...
  
  
• TV announcers: (CBS) Tim Ryan
  Tim Ryan (sportscaster)
  Tim Ryan is an American sportscaster, currently a resident of Ketchum, Idaho.-Early life and career:Raised in Canada, Ryan graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1960, and took a job the newly-formed CFTO as an assistant sports director...
  
   (play by play), Johnny Morris
  Johnny Morris (football player)
  Johnny Edward Morris is a former American football running back/wide receiver in the National Football League. He spent his entire ten year career with the Chicago Bears, and is the franchise's all-time leader in receiving yards with 5,059. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara...
  
   (color commentator)

• Washington – Rogers
  George Rogers (American football)
  George Washington Rogers is a former American football player who achieved distinction in both the college and professional ranks as a running back...
  
   1 run (Moseley
  Mark Moseley
  Mark DeWayne Moseley is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League who played for the Philadelphia Eagles , the Houston Oilers , the Washington Redskins , and the Cleveland Browns . He won the Most Valuable Player Award during the strike-shortened 1982 season...
  
   kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 22
• Washington – Didier
  Clint Didier
  Clint Bradley Didier is a former professional American football player. He was a tight end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins from 1982 to 1987 and for the Green Bay Packers from 1988 to 1989...
  
   18 pass from Schroeder
  Jay Schroeder
  Jay Brian Schroeder is a former professional American football quarterback in the National Football League who played for the Washington Redskins , Los Angeles Raiders , Cincinnati Bengals and Arizona Cardinals .He attended Palisades High School and was a high school football teammate of actor...
  
   (Moseley
  Mark Moseley
  Mark DeWayne Moseley is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League who played for the Philadelphia Eagles , the Houston Oilers , the Washington Redskins , and the Cleveland Browns . He won the Most Valuable Player Award during the strike-shortened 1982 season...
  
   kick)
• Washington – FG Moseley
  Mark Moseley
  Mark DeWayne Moseley is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League who played for the Philadelphia Eagles , the Houston Oilers , the Washington Redskins , and the Cleveland Browns . He won the Most Valuable Player Award during the strike-shortened 1982 season...
  
   20
• Pittsburgh – Lipps
  Louis Lipps
  Louis Adam Lipps is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL who played his entire nine-season career for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints....
  
   5 pass from Campbell
  Scott Campbell (American football)
  Robert Scott Campbell is a former professional American football player who played quarterback for six seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Atlanta Falcons. He played collegiately at Purdue University. He is currently a real estate broker and owner of Brownstone Realty in Hershey,...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – Erenberg
  Rich Erenberg
  Richard Mark Erenberg is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League. He played three seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He currently resides in Peters Township, Pennsylvania....
  
   9 pass from Campbell
  Scott Campbell (American football)
  Robert Scott Campbell is a former professional American football player who played quarterback for six seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Atlanta Falcons. He played collegiately at Purdue University. He is currently a real estate broker and owner of Brownstone Realty in Hershey,...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• Washington – FG Moseley
  Mark Moseley
  Mark DeWayne Moseley is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League who played for the Philadelphia Eagles , the Houston Oilers , the Washington Redskins , and the Cleveland Browns . He won the Most Valuable Player Award during the strike-shortened 1982 season...
  
   39
• Washington – Riggins
  John Riggins
  Robert John Riggins, nicknamed "The Diesel", is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the New York Jets and Washington Redskins. Riggins was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992....
  
   1 run (Moseley
  Mark Moseley
  Mark DeWayne Moseley is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League who played for the Philadelphia Eagles , the Houston Oilers , the Washington Redskins , and the Cleveland Browns . He won the Most Valuable Player Award during the strike-shortened 1982 season...
  
   kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 37
• Washington – FG Moseley
  Mark Moseley
  Mark DeWayne Moseley is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League who played for the Philadelphia Eagles , the Houston Oilers , the Washington Redskins , and the Cleveland Browns . He won the Most Valuable Player Award during the strike-shortened 1982 season...
  
   42
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 27

Week 13 (Sunday December 1, 1985): vs. Denver Broncos

Denver Broncos

The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

• Game time: 1:00 pm EST
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 56,797
• Referee: Gene Barth
  Gene Barth
  Gene Barth was an American football official in the National Football League , who wore uniform number 14, which is now worn by Ron Winter. He is most notable for being the referee in Super Bowl XVIII, played January 22, 1984.-Personal:...
  
  
• TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui
  Don Criqui
  Don Criqui is an American sportscaster, currently employed as a play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports. Criqui's duties include occasional television coverage of National Football League games, women's and men's college basketball, occasional college football and radio play-by-play of ISP Sports'...
  
   (play by play), Bob Trumpy
  Bob Trumpy
  Bob Trumpy is a former professional American Football tight end who played for the American Football League's Cincinnati Bengals from 1968 to 1969, and for the NFL Bengals from 1970 through 1977...
  
   (color commentator)

• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 25
• Denver – Sampson
  Clint Sampson
  Clinton Bernard Sampson was an American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the third round of the 1983 NFL Draft. He played college football at San Diego State....
  
   24 pass from Elway
  John Elway
  John Albert Elway, Jr. is a former American football quarterback and currently is the executive vice president of football operations for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League . He played college football at Stanford and his entire professional career with the Denver Broncos...
  
   (Karlis
  Rich Karlis
  Richard John Karlis is a former American Football placekicker who played nine seasons for the Denver Broncos, the Minnesota Vikings, and the Detroit Lions in the National Football League from 1982 to 1990...
  
   kick)
• Denver – FG Karlis
  Rich Karlis
  Richard John Karlis is a former American Football placekicker who played nine seasons for the Denver Broncos, the Minnesota Vikings, and the Detroit Lions in the National Football League from 1982 to 1990...
  
   42
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 34
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 24
• Denver – Sewell
  Steve Sewell
  Steven Edward Sewell , is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Denver Broncos in the 1st round of the 1985 NFL Draft. A 6'3", 210-lb. running back from the University of Oklahoma, Sewell played his entire NFL career for the Broncos from 1985 to 1991...
  
   12 run (Karlis
  Rich Karlis
  Richard John Karlis is a former American Football placekicker who played nine seasons for the Denver Broncos, the Minnesota Vikings, and the Detroit Lions in the National Football League from 1982 to 1990...
  
   kick)
• Pittsburgh – Lipps
  Louis Lipps
  Louis Adam Lipps is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL who played his entire nine-season career for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints....
  
   31 pass from Woodley
  David Woodley
  David Eugene Woodley was an American football player and quarterback for Louisiana State University , the National Football League's Miami Dolphins , and the Pittsburgh Steelers...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – Merriweather
  Mike Merriweather
  -External links:*.*....
  
   35 interception return (Anderson kick)
• Denver – Sewell
  Steve Sewell
  Steven Edward Sewell , is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Denver Broncos in the 1st round of the 1985 NFL Draft. A 6'3", 210-lb. running back from the University of Oklahoma, Sewell played his entire NFL career for the Broncos from 1985 to 1991...
  
   2 run (Karlis
  Rich Karlis
  Richard John Karlis is a former American Football placekicker who played nine seasons for the Denver Broncos, the Minnesota Vikings, and the Detroit Lions in the National Football League from 1982 to 1990...
  
   kick)
• Denver – Harden
  Mike Harden
  Michael Harden is a former professional American football player who played safety from 1980 to 1990 for the Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Raiders. Harden was selected by the Broncos in the 5th round of the 1980 NFL Draft. During his 11-year NFL career, he intercepted 38 passes for 663 yards and...
  
   42 interception return (Karlis
  Rich Karlis
  Richard John Karlis is a former American Football placekicker who played nine seasons for the Denver Broncos, the Minnesota Vikings, and the Detroit Lions in the National Football League from 1982 to 1990...
  
   kick)

Week 14 (Sunday December 8, 1985): at San Diego Chargers

San Diego Chargers

The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

• Game time: 9:00 pm EST
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 52,098
• Referee: Jerry Seeman
  Jerry Seeman
  Jerry Seeman was an American football official in the National Football League from 1975 to 1990 and was the NFL's Senior Director of Officiating from 1991 to 2001, succeeding Art McNally...
  
  
• TV announcers: (ABC) Frank Gifford
  Frank Gifford
  Francis Newton "Frank" Gifford is a Hall of Fame former American football player and American sportscaster.-Early life:Gifford was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Lola Mae and Weldon Gifford, an oil driller....
  
   (play by play), Joe Namath
  Joe Namath
  Joseph William "Joe" Namath , nicknamed "Broadway Joe" or "Joe Willie", is a former American football quarterback. He played college football for the University of Alabama under coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and his assistant, Howard Schnellenberger, from 1962–1964, and professional football in the...
  
   & O.J. Simpson (color commentators)

• San Diego – Spencer 12 run (Thomas
  Robert R. Thomas
  Robert R. Thomas is a justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois and a former professional football player. He has served as the Illinois Supreme Court Justice for the Second District since December 4, 2000 and as Chief Justice from September 6, 2005, to September 5, 2008...
  
   kick)
• Pittsburgh – Abercrombie
  Walter Abercrombie
  Walter Augustus Abercrombie is a former professional American football running back and kick returner in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1982 to 1987 and then for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1988....
  
   15 pass from Woodley
  David Woodley
  David Eugene Woodley was an American football player and quarterback for Louisiana State University , the National Football League's Miami Dolphins , and the Pittsburgh Steelers...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• San Diego – Chandler
  Wes Chandler
  Wesley Sandy "Wes" Chandler is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for eleven seasons in the 1970s and 1980s...
  
   36 pass from Fouts
  Dan Fouts
  Daniel Francis Fouts is a retired Hall of Fame American football quarterback in the National Football League. Fouts played his entire professional career with the San Diego Chargers from 1973 through 1987...
  
   (Thomas
  Robert R. Thomas
  Robert R. Thomas is a justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois and a former professional football player. He has served as the Illinois Supreme Court Justice for the Second District since December 4, 2000 and as Chief Justice from September 6, 2005, to September 5, 2008...
  
   kick)
• San Diego – Holohan
  Pete Holohan
  Peter Joseph Holohan is a former professional American football player. A 6'4", 232-lb. tight end from the Notre Dame, Holohan was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the seventh round of the 1981 NFL Draft...
  
   20 pass from Fouts
  Dan Fouts
  Daniel Francis Fouts is a retired Hall of Fame American football quarterback in the National Football League. Fouts played his entire professional career with the San Diego Chargers from 1973 through 1987...
  
   (Thomas
  Robert R. Thomas
  Robert R. Thomas is a justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois and a former professional football player. He has served as the Illinois Supreme Court Justice for the Second District since December 4, 2000 and as Chief Justice from September 6, 2005, to September 5, 2008...
  
   kick)
• Pittsburgh – Lipps
  Louis Lipps
  Louis Adam Lipps is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL who played his entire nine-season career for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints....
  
   8 pass from Woodley
  David Woodley
  David Eugene Woodley was an American football player and quarterback for Louisiana State University , the National Football League's Miami Dolphins , and the Pittsburgh Steelers...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 45
• San Diego – Chandler
  Wes Chandler
  Wesley Sandy "Wes" Chandler is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for eleven seasons in the 1970s and 1980s...
  
   75 pass from Fouts
  Dan Fouts
  Daniel Francis Fouts is a retired Hall of Fame American football quarterback in the National Football League. Fouts played his entire professional career with the San Diego Chargers from 1973 through 1987...
  
   (Thomas
  Robert R. Thomas
  Robert R. Thomas is a justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois and a former professional football player. He has served as the Illinois Supreme Court Justice for the Second District since December 4, 2000 and as Chief Justice from September 6, 2005, to September 5, 2008...
  
   kick)
• San Diego – McGee
  Buford McGee
  Buford Lamar McGee is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League. He played nine seasons for the San Diego Chargers , the Los Angeles Rams and the Green Bay Packers...
  
   3 run (kick failed)
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 41
• Pittsburgh – Woodley
  David Woodley
  David Eugene Woodley was an American football player and quarterback for Louisiana State University , the National Football League's Miami Dolphins , and the Pittsburgh Steelers...
  
   1 run (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – Abercrombie
  Walter Abercrombie
  Walter Augustus Abercrombie is a former professional American football running back and kick returner in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1982 to 1987 and then for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1988....
  
   25 pass from Woodley
  David Woodley
  David Eugene Woodley was an American football player and quarterback for Louisiana State University , the National Football League's Miami Dolphins , and the Pittsburgh Steelers...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• San Diego – McGee
  Buford McGee
  Buford Lamar McGee is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League. He played nine seasons for the San Diego Chargers , the Los Angeles Rams and the Green Bay Packers...
  
   7 run (Thomas
  Robert R. Thomas
  Robert R. Thomas is a justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois and a former professional football player. He has served as the Illinois Supreme Court Justice for the Second District since December 4, 2000 and as Chief Justice from September 6, 2005, to September 5, 2008...
  
   kick)
• Pittsburgh – Lipps
  Louis Lipps
  Louis Adam Lipps is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL who played his entire nine-season career for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints....
  
   15 run (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 26
• San Diego – Anderson
  Gary Anderson (running back)
  Gary Wayne Anderson is a former professional American football running back who played in the National Football League, the United States Football League and the Canadian Football League from 1983 to 1995.-USFL:...
  
   2 run (kick failed)
• San Diego – Dale
  Jeffery Dale
  Jeffery Dwayne Dale is a former professional American football safety in the National Football League. He played three seasons for the San Diego Chargers....
  
   47 interception return (Thomas
  Robert R. Thomas
  Robert R. Thomas is a justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois and a former professional football player. He has served as the Illinois Supreme Court Justice for the Second District since December 4, 2000 and as Chief Justice from September 6, 2005, to September 5, 2008...
  
   kick)

Week 15 (Sunday December 15, 1985): vs. Buffalo Bills

Buffalo Bills

The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

• Game time: 1:00 pm EST
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 35,953
• Referee: Pat Haggerty
  Pat Haggerty (American football official)
  Patrick "Pat" Haggerty was an American football official in the National Football League from 1965 to 1992. In his 28 seasons in the NFL, he was selected as the referee in three Super Bowls, XIII in 1979, XVI in 1982, and XIX in 1985...
  
  
• TV announcers: (NBC) Phil Stone
  Phil Stone
  Phil Stone was an Oxford, Mississippi, attorney who was a mentor of the young William Faulkner. Educated at the University of Mississippi and Yale, Stone had a law office in Oxford, Mississippi and provided the services of his secretary to type and submit Faulkner's early literary works to...
  
   (play by play), Sam Rutigliano
  Sam Rutigliano
  Sam Rutigliano is a former National Football League head coach.Rutigliano, the son of Italian immigrants, played high school football at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn. He played college football at Tennessee and Tulsa. He coached at the high school level in New York...
  
   (color commentator)

• Buffalo – Bell 77 run (Norwood
  Scott Norwood
  Scott Allan Norwood is a former American football placekicker in the NFL who played for the Buffalo Bills. Norwood was an integral part of its offense during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and kicked in Buffalo's first two Super Bowl appearances...
  
   kick)
• Buffalo – Butler
  Jerry Butler (American football)
  Jerry O'Dell Butler is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He played his entire career with the Buffalo Bills . Butler was a Pro Bowl selection in 1980. In his career, he caught 278 receptions for 4,301 yards and 29 touchdowns...
  
   33 pass from Mathison
  Bruce Mathison
  Bruce Martin Mathison is a former American football quarterback who played in the NFL for the San Diego Chargers , Buffalo Bills, and the Seattle Seahawks. He played college football at the University of Nebraska.-References:...
  
   (Norwood
  Scott Norwood
  Scott Allan Norwood is a former American football placekicker in the NFL who played for the Buffalo Bills. Norwood was an integral part of its offense during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and kicked in Buffalo's first two Super Bowl appearances...
  
   kick)
• Buffalo – Wilson 61 fumble return (Norwood
  Scott Norwood
  Scott Allan Norwood is a former American football placekicker in the NFL who played for the Buffalo Bills. Norwood was an integral part of its offense during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and kicked in Buffalo's first two Super Bowl appearances...
  
   kick)
• Pittsburgh – Lipps
  Louis Lipps
  Louis Adam Lipps is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL who played his entire nine-season career for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints....
  
   13 pass from Campbell
  Scott Campbell (American football)
  Robert Scott Campbell is a former professional American football player who played quarterback for six seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Atlanta Falcons. He played collegiately at Purdue University. He is currently a real estate broker and owner of Brownstone Realty in Hershey,...
  
   (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – Pollard
  Frank Pollard
  Frank Pollard is a former professional American football player who played running back for nine seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers....
  
   4 run (Anderson kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 26
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 31
• Buffalo – FG Norwood
  Scott Norwood
  Scott Allan Norwood is a former American football placekicker in the NFL who played for the Buffalo Bills. Norwood was an integral part of its offense during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and kicked in Buffalo's first two Super Bowl appearances...
  
   24
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 45
• Pittsburgh – Abercrombie
  Walter Abercrombie
  Walter Augustus Abercrombie is a former professional American football running back and kick returner in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1982 to 1987 and then for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1988....
  
   2 run (Anderson kick)

Week 16 (Saturday December 21, 1985): at 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...

 

• Game time: 12:30 pm EST
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 66,785
• Referee: Jerry Markbreit
  Jerry Markbreit
  Jerry Markbreit is a former American football referee in the National Football League for 23 seasons and became one of the most recognizable referees in the game. Markbreit officiated football games for 43 seasons. From 1965 to 1975, Markbreit officiated college football games in the Big Ten...
  
  
• TV announcers: (NBC) Dick Enberg
  Dick Enberg
  Richard Alan "Dick" Enberg is an American sportscaster. He currently provides play-by-play for telecasts of San Diego Padres baseball on 4SD, following a long career calling various sports for such networks as NBC, CBS, and ESPN...
  
   (play by play), Merlin Olsen
  Merlin Olsen
  Merlin Jay Olsen was an American football player in the National Football League, NFL commentator, and actor. He played his entire 15-year career with the Los Angeles Rams and was elected to the Pro Bowl in 14 of those seasons, a current record shared with Bruce Matthews...
  
   (color commentator)

• New York Giants – Morris 9 run (Schubert kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 26
• New York Giants – Morris 65 run (Schubert kick)
• New York Giants – Morris 1 run (Schubert kick)
• New York Giants – Johnson
  Bobby Johnson (American football)
  Bobby Lee Johnson is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League for three seasons for the New York Giants. He played college football at the University of Kansas....
  
   23 pass from Simms
  Phil Simms
  Phillip Martin "Phil" Simms is a former American football quarterback, and currently a television sportscaster for the CBS network. After a standout career at Morehead State University, Simms was drafted in the first round by the New York Giants of the National Football League with the number...
  
   (Schubert kick)
• Pittsburgh – Stallworth
  John Stallworth
  Johnny Lee Stallworth is a former American football wide receiver who played fourteen seasons in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at Alabama A&M, and was the Steelers' fourth-round draft pick in 1974. Stallworth played in six AFC championships,...
  
   34 pass from Campbell
  Scott Campbell (American football)
  Robert Scott Campbell is a former professional American football player who played quarterback for six seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Atlanta Falcons. He played collegiately at Purdue University. He is currently a real estate broker and owner of Brownstone Realty in Hershey,...
  
   (Anderson kick)

Standings