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1985 Minnesota Vikings season

Head coach	Bud Grant
General manager	Mike Lynn
Home field	Metrodome

Results
Record	7–9
Division Place	3rd NFC Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Timeline

Previous season	Next season
1984	1986

1985 was the 25nd year of season play for the Minnesota Vikings and the 66th regular season of the National Football League. The Vikings finished with a record of seven wins and nine losses.

Contents

1 Offseason
- 1.1 NFL Draft
2 Personnel
- 2.1 Staff
- 2.2 Roster
3 Regular season
- 3.1 Schedule
- 3.2 Standings
4 25 year team
5 References

Offseason

NFL Draft

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
4	Minnesota Vikings	Chris Doleman	Defensive End	Pittsburgh

Personnel

Staff

1985 Minnesota Vikings staff

Front Office

President – Max Winter
General Manager – Mike Lynn

Head Coaches

Head Coach – Bud Grant
Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator – Jerry Burns

Offensive Coaches

Running Backs – Marc Trestman
Receivers – Dick Rehbein
Offensive Line – John Michels

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Bob Hollway
Defensive Line – Paul Wiggin
Linebackers – Floyd Reese
Defensive Backs – Pete Carroll

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams – Tom Batta

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Roster

1985 Minnesota Vikings roster

Quarterbacks

9 Tommy Kramer

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

87 Leo Lewis
85 Sammy White

Tight Ends

86 Mike Mularkey

Offensive Linemen

51 Jim Hough G

Defensive Linemen

79 Doug Martin DE
77 Mark Mullaney DE

Linebackers

59 Matt Blair
54 Fred McNeill

Defensive Backs

47 Joey Browner S
39 Carl Lee CB

Special Teams

8 Greg Coleman P

Reserve Lists

Practice Squad

Rookies in italics
Active, Inactive, Practice Squad

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Results		Attendance
Week	Date	Opponent	Final score	Team record	Attendance
1	September 8, 1985	San Francisco 49ers	W 28–21	1–0	57,375
2	September 15, 1985	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 31–16	2–0	46,188
3	September 19, 1985	Chicago Bears	L 24–33	2–1	61,242
4	September 29, 1985	at Buffalo Bills	W 27–20	3–1	45,667
5	October 6, 1985	at Los Angeles Rams	L 10–13	3–2	61,139
6	October 13, 1985	at Green Bay Packers (Milw)	L 17–20	3–3	54,674
7	October 20, 1985	San Diego Chargers	W 21–17	4–3	61,670
8	October 27, 1985	at Chicago Bears	L 9–27	4–4	63,815
9	November 3, 1985	Detroit Lions	W 16–13	5–4	58,012
10	November 10, 1985	Green Bay Packers	L 17–27	5–5	59,970
11	November 17, 1985	at Detroit Lions	L 21–41	5–6	54,647
12	November 24, 1985	New Orleans Saints	L 23–30	5–7	54,117
13	December 1, 1985	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 28–23	6–7	54,688
14	December 8, 1985	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 26–7	7–7	51,593
15	December 15, 1985	at Atlanta Falcons	L 13–14	7–8	14,167
16	December 22, 1985	Philadelphia Eagles	L 35–37	7–9	49,722

Standings

NFC Central
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Bears	15	1	0	.938	456	198	W3
Green Bay Packers	8	8	0	.500	337	355	W2
Minnesota Vikings	7	9	0	.438	346	359	L2
Detroit Lions	7	9	0	.438	307	366	L3
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2	14	0	.125	294	448	L4

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25 year team

The team recognized an all-time team in 1985 as part of the celebration of the 25th season VIKINGS 25TH SEASON ALL-TIME TEAM 1961-85 [1]

OFFENSE
WRs: Ahmad Rashad, Sammy White
Ts: Ron Yary, Grady Alderman
Gs: Ed White, Milt Sunde
C: Mick Tingelhoff
TE: Stu Voigt
QB: Fran Tarkenton
RBs: Bill Brown, Chuck Foreman
K: Fred Cox
DEFENSE
DEs: Jim Marshall, Carl Eller
DTs: Alan Page, Gary Larsen
OLBs: Matt Blair, Roy Winston
ILBs: Jeff Siemon, Scott Studwell
Ss: Paul Krause, Karl Kassulke
CBs: Bobby Bryant, Ed Sharockman
P: Greg Coleman
Head Coach: Bud Grant

References

^ 2010 Minnesota Vikings Media Guide. p. 265. http://www.vikings.com/news/media-guide.html. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
^ (PDF) 2010 NFL Record and Fact Book. National Football League. p. 383. http://www.nfl.info/download/2010%20NFL%20Record%20and%20Fact%20Book.pdf. Retrieved February 20, 2011.

v d e Minnesota Vikings

Founded in 1961 • Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Franchise	Franchise • History • Expansion Draft • Players • Quarterbacks • Head coaches • Seasons • Statistics • Draft

Stadiums	Metropolitan Stadium • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Proposed: New Vikings Stadium Temporary stadiums due to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome roof collapse in 2010: Ford Field (December 13) • TCF Bank Stadium (December 20) Temporary stadium due to a conflict with a Minnesota Twins playoff game at Metropolitan Stadium in 1969: Memorial Stadium (October 5)

Culture	Purple People Eaters • "Skol, Vikings" • Herschel Walker trade • Love Boat Scandal

Rivalries	Chicago Bears • Detroit Lions • Green Bay Packers

Lore	The Wrong Way Run • Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy • 2010 Metrodome roof collapse

Head coaches	Van Brocklin • Grant • Steckel • Burns • Green • Tice • Childress • Frazier

Division championships (18)	1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2008, 2009

League championship	1969

Super Bowl appearances (4)	IV • VIII • IX • XI

Retired numbers	10, 53, 70, 77, 80, 88

Seasons	1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League • Conference: National Football Conference • Division: North Division

Minnesota Vikings seasons

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1985 NFL season v d e
AFC	East	Central	West	East	Central	West	NFC
	Buffalo	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
	Indianapolis	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	LA Rams
	Miami	Houston	LA Raiders	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
	New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
	NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay
1985 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl XX

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