# 1985 Green Bay Packers season

The 1985 Green Bay Packers season was their 67th season overall and their 65th in the National Football League. The team finished with an 8–8 record under second-year head coach Forrest Gregg, the same record as the previous two seasons.
The Packers were again second in the NFC Central division, but seven games behind the Chicago Bears, the eventual Super Bowl champions.

## Offseason
### NFL draft

1985 Green Bay Packers draft :
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College |
| 1 | 7 | Ken Ruettgers | Offensive tackle | USC |
| 3 | 71 | Rich Moran | Guard | San Diego State |
| 4 | 98 | Walter Stanley | Wide receiver | Mesa State |
| 5 | 125 | Brian Noble | Linebacker | Arizona State |
| 6 | 155 | Mark Lewis | Tight end | Texas A&M |
| 7 | 171 | Eric Wilson | Linebacker | Maryland |
| 7 | 182 | Gary Ellerson | Running back | Wisconsin |
| 8 | 209 | Ken Stills | Safety | Wisconsin |
| 9 | 239 | Morris Johnson | Guard | Alabama A&M |
| 10 | 266 | Ronnie Burgess | Cornerback | Wake Forest |
| 11 | 294 | Joe Shield | Quarterback | Trinity |
| 12 | 323 | Jim Meyer | Punter | Arizona State |
| Made roster ||||||

### Undrafted free agents

1985 Undrafted Free Agents of note :
| Player | Position | College |
| Mark Allen | Defensive back | BYU |
| Keith Bratel | Wide receiver | Carroll |
| Mike Davis | Defensive end | Ball State |
| Mike Farley | Kicker | Wisconsin–River Falls |
| Deno Foster | Wide receiver | Cincinnati |
| Marc Hogan | Defensive back | Tennessee |
| Don Jefferson | Defensive back | Florida A&M |
| Shawn Jones | Running back | Oklahoma State |
| Bill Mayo | Offensive line | Tennessee |
| Peter Quinlan | Defensive line | Holy Cross |
| David Texeira | Kicker | American International |
| Ralph Williams | Wide receiver | Miami (OH) |

## Regular season

The Packers finished with an 8–8 record for a third consecutive season; 5–3 at home and 3–5 on the road.

### Schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
| 1 | September 8 | at New England Patriots | L 20–26 | 0–1 | Sullivan Stadium | Recap |
| 2 | September 15 | New York Giants | W 23–20 | 1–1 | Lambeau Field | Recap |
| 3 | September 22 | New York Jets | L 3–24 | 1–2 | Milwaukee County Stadium | Recap |
| 4 | September 29 | at St. Louis Cardinals | L 28–43 | 1–3 | Busch Memorial Stadium | Recap |
| 5 | October 6 | Detroit Lions | W 43–10 | 2–3 | Lambeau Field | Recap |
| 6 | October 13 | Minnesota Vikings | W 20–17 | 3–3 | Milwaukee County Stadium | Recap |
| 7 | October 21 | at Chicago Bears | L 7–23 | 3–4 | Soldier Field | Recap |
| 8 | October 27 | at Indianapolis Colts | L 10–37 | 3–5 | Hoosier Dome | Recap |
| 9 | November 3 | Chicago Bears | L 10–16 | 3–6 | Lambeau Field | Recap |
| 10 | November 10 | at Minnesota Vikings | W 27–17 | 4–6 | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | Recap |
| 11 | November 17 | New Orleans Saints | W 38–14 | 5–6 | Milwaukee County Stadium | Recap |
| 12 | November 24 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 17–34 | 5–7 | Anaheim Stadium | Recap |
| 13 | December 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 21–0 | 6–7 | Lambeau Field | Recap |
| 14 | December 8 | Miami Dolphins | L 24–34 | 6–8 | Lambeau Field | Recap |
| 15 | December 15 | at Detroit Lions | W 26–23 | 7–8 | Pontiac Silverdome | Recap |
| 16 | December 22 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 20–17 | 8–8 | Tampa Stadium | Recap |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

### Game summaries
#### Week 10

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Packers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 27 |
| Vikings | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |

#### Week 13

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • Packers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
This divisional matchup with Tampa Bay would come to be known as the Snow Bowl in Packers' history. By kickoff, twelves inches of snow had fallen and 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.
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 sacked Buccaneers quarterback Steve Young a team record four times.

### Standings

NFC Central :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK |
| Chicago Bears$^{(1)}$ | 15 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 8–0 | 12–0 | 456 | 198 | W3 |
| Green Bay Packers | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 6–2 | 8–4 | 337 | 355 | W2 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 3–5 | 5–9 | 346 | 359 | L2 |
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 2–6 | 5–7 | 307 | 366 | L3 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 14 | 0 | .125 | 1–7 | 2–10 | 294 | 448 | L4 |

## Statistics
### Passing

| Player | Attempts | Completion | Percentage | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Int | Sacks | Rating |
| Lynn Dickey | 314 | 172 | 54.8 | 2206 | 7.03 | 63 | 15 | 17 | 30 | 70.4 |
| Jim Zorn | 123 | 56 | 45.5 | 794 | 6.46 | 56t | 4 | 6 | 11 | 57.4 |
| Randy Wright | 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 | 69 | 1153 | 16.7 | 4 | 56t |
| Paul Coffman | 49 | 666 | 13.6 | 6 | 32 |
| Phil Epps | 44 | 683 | 15.5 | 3 | 63 |
| Eddie Lee Ivery | 28 | 270 | 9.6 | 2 | 24 |
| Jessie Clark | 24 | 252 | 10.5 | 2 | 55t |
| Gerry Ellis | 24 | 206 | 8.6 | 0 | 35 |
| Preston Dennard | 13 | 182 | 14.0 | 2 | 34 |
| Ed West | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 1 | 30 |
| Harlan Huckleby | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | 8 |
| TOTALS | 267 | 3552 | 13.3 | 21 | 63 |

### Rushing

| Player | Attempts | Yards | avg | TD | Long |
| Eddie Lee Ivery | 132 | 636 | 4.8 | 2 | 34 |
| Jessie Clark | 147 | 633 | 4.3 | 5 | 80 |
| Gerry Ellis | 104 | 571 | 5.5 | 5 | 39t |
| Gary Ellerson | 32 | 205 | 6.4 | 2 | 37t |
| Phil Epps | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 1 | 34 |
| Harlan Huckleby | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 0 | 15 |
| Lynn Dickey | 18 | −12 | −0.7 | 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 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Butler | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mossy Cade | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alphonso Carreker | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Douglass | 1.5 | 2 | 126 | 63.0 | 1 | 80t |
| Tom Flynn | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Donnie Humphrey | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ezra Johnson | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Lee | 0.0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 23 |
| Tim Lewis | 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 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Prather | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Scott | 3.0 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | 30 |
| TOTALS | 48.0 | 15 | 262 | 17.5 | 2 | 8 |

## Awards and records
### Hall of Famers

The Following were inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in February 1985;
* Phil Bengtson, Coach-GM, 1959–70
* Bob Jeter, CB, 1963–70
* Earl "Bud" Svendsen, C-LB, 1937, 1939