page_title: 1985 Los Angeles Rams season
section_title: Divisional
hierarchical_section_title: 1985 Los Angeles Rams season / Playoffs / Divisional
caption_attribution_description: English: A football card from the 1986 Jeno's Pizza NFL football card stickers set of Los Angeles Rams' running back Eric Dickerson rushing the ball against the Dallas Cowboys in the 1985 NFC Divisional Playoffs game on January 4, 1986. The card is numbered #23 in the set. The back of the card reads: THE DAY DICKERSON DESTROYED DALLAS Rams running back Eric Dickerson slices through a hole behind teammate Barry Redden's block on Dallas linebacker Mike Hegman, as the Rams blank the Cowboys 20-0 in their 1985 Divisional Playoff Game. Dickerson set an all-time playoff mark by rushing for 248 yards, including touchdown sprints of 40 and 55 yards.
context_page_description: The 1985 Los Angeles Rams season was the franchise's 48th season in the National Football League, their 38th overall, and their 40th in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
  In the playoffs, the Rams shutout the Dallas Cowboys 20–0 in the Divisional playoffs, advancing to the NFC Championship Game, but were shutout themselves by the eventual Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears 0–24. Eric Dickerson rushed for 1,234 yards in 1985 while missing the first two games while in a contract dispute. He missed the Pro Bowl for the first time in his short NFL career. He did, however, go on to rush for a playoff record 248 yards against the Dallas Cowboys in post-season play.
  It was also the last time the Rams would win an NFC West divisional title when based in Los Angeles until 2017, and the last NFC West title until 1999 while they were in St. Louis.
context_section_description: Running back Eric Dickerson led the Rams to a victory by scoring two touchdowns and recording a playoff record 248 rushing yards. After the first half ended with a 3–0 Los Angeles lead, Dickerson scored on a 55-yard touchdown run early in the third period. On the ensuing kickoff, Kenny Duckett fumbled, and the ball was recovered by Vince Newsome to set up kicker Mike Lansford's second field goal. In the fourth period, Tony Hunter recovered a fumbled punt to set up Dickerson's 40-yard rushing touchdown.  The Rams' defense dominated the Cowboys' offense all afternoon as the Cowboys never got inside the Rams' 20-yard-line. This was the last home playoff game for the Rams in Los Angeles until 2017. This was also the last playoff game in which Tom Landry coached.
caption: Rams' running back Dickerson (29) rushing the ball through the Cowboys' defense in the 1985 NFC Divisional Playoff Game.
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