1985 Atlanta Falcons season

The 1985 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise’s 20th season in the National Football League (NFL). They finished last in the NFC West with a record of four wins and twelve losses.

This season marked the first time since 1972 that the Falcons played the Kansas City Chiefs, and merely the second in team history. The reason for this is that before the admission of the Texans in 2002, NFL scheduling formulas for games outside a team’s division were much more influenced by table position during the previous season. They were provisionally scheduled to play in 1976, but that game was scrapped to make room for games against the newly formed Buccaneers and Seahawks, and actually scheduled to play in 1982, but that game was cancelled by a player's strike.

Chairman of the board – Rankin M. Smith Sr. President – Rankin M. Smith, Jr. Executive vice president/chief operating officer – Eddie LeBaron General manager – Tom Braatz Head coaches

Head coach – Dan Henning Offensive coaches

Running backs – Sam Elliott Receivers – Bob Harrison Offensive line – Larry Beightol Tight ends/h-backs – Garry Puetz | | | Defensive coaches Assistant head coach/defensive line – Dan Sekanovich Defensive coordinator – John Marshall Linebackers – Bobby Jackson Secondary – Jack Stanton Defensive assistant – Joe Madden Special teams coaches

Special teams – Ted Fritsch Strength and conditioning

Strength and conditioning – George Dostal |

42 Gerald Riggs 29 Sylvester Stamps 32 Tim Tyrrell 24 Joe Washington Wide receivers (WR)

85 Anthony Allen 82 Stacey Bailey 89 Charlie Brown 81 Billy "White Shoes" Johnson Tight ends (TE)

87 Cliff Benson 88 Arthur Cox 49 Allama Matthews 45 Ken Whisenhunt | | Offensive linemen (OL) 79 Bill Fralic G 71 Glen Howe T 63 Jeff Kiewel G 62 Brett Miller T 55 Wayne Radloff C 67 Eric Sanders T 66 Chuck Thomas C 57 Jeff Van Note C Defensive linemen (DL)

69 Dan Benish DT 77 Rick Bryan DE 76 Mike Gann DE 70 Willard Goff DT 74 Mike Pitts DT 72 Andrew Provence DE | | Linebackers (LB) 53 Thomas Benson MLB 50 Buddy Curry MLB 58 David Frye OLB 59 John Rade OLB 56 Al Richardson OLB 96 Johnny Taylor OLB 92 Ronnie Washington MLB Defensive backs (DB)

23 Bobby Butler CB 25 Scott Case SS 20 Wendell Cason CB 30 David Croudip CB 37 Kenny Johnson SS 27 Tom Pridemore FS 22 Sean Thomas FS 36 Dan Wagoner CB Special teams (ST)

 1 Ralph Giacomarro P 18 Mick Luckhurst K | | Reserve

39 Cliff Austin RB (IR) 38 John Ayres CB (IR) 26 James Britt CB (IR)  3 Rick Donnelly P (IR) 33 Tiger Greene S (IR) 78 Mike Kenn T (IR) 93 Brent Martin C (IR) 52 Rydell Melancon LB (IR)

40 Eddie Meyers RB (Military) 64 Joe Pellegrini G (IR) 61 John Scully G (IR) Rookies in italics |

• Bill Fralic, Sports Illustrated NFL Rookie of the Year.

• 1985 Atlanta Falcons at Pro-Football-Reference.com