The 1985 season was the Cincinnati Bengals' 16th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 18th overall, and their second under head coach Sam Wyche. Wide receiver Isaac Curtis, a premier Bengal for 12 years, retired shortly before training camp opened. Second-year quarterback Boomer Esiason replaced Ken Anderson. The Bengals set a club scoring record with 441 points.
Offseason
NFL draft
Undrafted free agents
+ 1985 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeKeith CruiseDefensive endNorthwesternWayne PeaceQuarterbackFloridaRick RogersRunning backMichigan
Personnel
Staff / Coaches
Roster
Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 8 Seattle Seahawks L 24–28 0–1 Riverfront Stadium 51,625 2 September 15 at St. Louis Cardinals L 27–41 0–2 Busch Memorial Stadium 46,321 3 September 22 San Diego Chargers L 41–44 0–3 Riverfront Stadium 52,270 4 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 37–24 1–3 Three Rivers Stadium 59,541 5 October 6 New York Jets L 20–29 1–4 Riverfront Stadium 51,785 6 October 13 New York Giants W 35–30 2–4 Riverfront Stadium 53,112 7 October 20 at Houston Oilers L 27–44 2–5 Houston Astrodome 35,590 8 October 27 Pittsburgh Steelers W 26–21 3–5 Riverfront Stadium 55,421 9 November 3 at Buffalo Bills W 23–17 4–5 Rich Stadium 25,640 10 November 10 Cleveland Browns W 27–10 5–5 Riverfront Stadium 57,293 11 November 17 at Los Angeles Raiders L 6–13 5–6 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 52,501 12 November 24 at Cleveland Browns L 6–24 5–7 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 74,439 13 December 1 Houston Oilers W 45–27 6–7 Riverfront Stadium 46,140 14 December 8 Dallas Cowboys W 50–24 7–7 Riverfront Stadium 56,936 15 December 15 at Washington Redskins L 24–27 7–8 RFK Stadium 50,544 16 December 22 at New England Patriots L 23–34 7–9 Sullivan Stadium 57,953 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 6
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Week 8
Standings
Team leaders
Passing Player Att Comp Yds TD INT Rating Boomer Esiason 431 251 3443 27 12 92.3
Rushing Player Att Yds YPC Long TD James Brooks 192 929 4.8 39 7 Larry Kinnebrew 170 714 4.2 29 9
Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg Long TD Cris Collinsworth 65 1125 17.3 71 5 James Brooks 55 576 10.3 57 5 Eddie Brown 53 942 17.8 68 8
Defensive Player Tackles Sacks INTs FF FR Tim Krumrie 96 3.5 0 1 2 Ross Browner 63 9 0 0 2 James Griffin 55 1 7 2 1
Kicking and punting Player FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Points Jim Breech 33 24 72.7% 50 48 96.0 120 Player Punts Yards Long Blkd Avg. Pat McInally 57 2410 64 1 42.3
Special teams Player KR KRYards KRAvg KRLong KRTD PR PRYards PRAvg PRLong PRTD Mike Martin 48 1104 23.0 45 0 32 268 8.4 26 0
Awards and honors Anthony Muñoz, AFC Pro Bowl selection
References
External links 1985 Cincinnati Bengals at Pro-Football-Reference.com