1985 Cincinnati Bengals Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Sam Wyche (7-9)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

1985 Cincinnati Bengals Roster
1985 Cincinnati Bengals Results

The Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League ended the 1985 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.

Cincinnati moved the ball well, scoring 441 points, while the shaky defensive squad conceded 437. Boomer Esiason triggered the aerial attack, slinging for 3,443 yards. Cris Collinsworth paced the receiving corps, grabbing 65 passes for 1,125 yards. James Brooks and Eddie Brown were targeted regularly as well.

James Brooks carried the pigskin for a team-best 929 yards for the Bengals, and Larry Kinnebrew additionally aided the ground game.

James Griffin intercepted 7 opponent throws. Ross Browner sacked opposing passers 9 times.

Sam Wyche coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Boomer Esiason	431	251	58.2	3443	8.0	27	6.3	12	2.8	68	32	289	93.2
Turk Schonert	51	33	64.7	460	9.0	1	2.0	0	0.0	71	6	54	100.1
Ken Anderson	32	16	50.0	170	5.3	2	6.2	0	0.0	44	2	16	86.7
James Brooks	1	1	100.0	8	8.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	8	0	0	139.6
Steve Kreider	1	1	100.0	1	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0	0	79.2
Eddie Brown	0	0		0		0		0		0	1	6	0.0
Pat McInally	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Cris Collinsworth	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Totals	518	302	58.3	4082	7.9	31	6.0	13	2.5	71	41	365

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
James Brooks	192	929	4.8	39	7
Larry Kinnebrew	170	714	4.2	29	9
Charles Alexander	44	156	3.5	18	2
Eddie Brown	14	129	9.2	35	0
Stanford Jennings	31	92	3.0	19	1
Boomer Esiason	33	79	2.4	20	1
Bill Johnson	8	44	5.5	15	0
Turk Schonert	8	39	4.9	17	0
Cris Collinsworth	1	3	3.0	3	0
Ken Anderson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Pat McInally	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Totals	503	2183	4.3	39	20

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Cris Collinsworth	65	1125	17.3	71	5
James Brooks	55	576	10.5	57	5
Eddie Brown	53	942	17.8	68	8
Rodney Holman	38	479	12.6	64	7
Larry Kinnebrew	22	187	8.5	29	1
Charles Alexander	15	110	7.3	19	0
Mike Martin	14	187	13.4	28	0
Stanford Jennings	12	101	8.4	24	3
Steve Kreider	10	184	18.4	56	1
M.L. Harris	10	123	12.3	22	1
Dan Ross	6	63	10.5	20	0
Brian Blados	1	4	4.0	4	0
Anthony Munoz	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	302	4082	13.5	71	31

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Jim Breech	50	48	96.0	33	24	72.7	120
Steve Kreider	1	1	100.0				1
Totals	51	49	96.1	33	24	72.7	121

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Pat McInally	57	2410	42.3	64
Jim Breech	5	153	30.6	43
Totals	62	2563	41.3	64

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Mike Martin	32	268	8.4	26	0
Totals	32	268	8.4	26	0

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Mike Martin	48	1104	23.0	45
Stanford Jennings	13	218	16.8	26
James Brooks	3	38	12.7	15
Carl Zander	1	19	19.0	19
Eddie Brown	1	6	6.0	6
James Griffin	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	67	1385	20.7	45

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
James Griffin	7	116	16.6	33	1
Robert Jackson	6	100	16.7	57	1
Louis Breeden	2	24	12.0	30	0
Ray Horton	2	3	1.5	3	0
Jimmy Turner	1	40	40.0	40	0
Bobby Kemp	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	19	283	14.9	57	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Ross Browner	9.0
Eddie Edwards	8.5
Jeff Schuh	4.0
Reggie Williams	3.5
Tim Krumrie	3.5
Ron Simpkins	3.5
Carl Zander	2.0
Emanuel King	2.0
Bobby Kemp	1.0
Louis Breeden	1.0
Jerry Boyarsky	1.0
James Griffin	1.0
Totals	40.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds
Tim Krumrie	96	96	0		0	2	0
Reggie Williams					0	4	4
Boomer Esiason					9	4	-5
Dave Rimington					0	3	0
Ray Horton				0	1	2	0
Turk Schonert					3	2	-2
Eddie Edwards					0	2	0
Ross Browner					0	2	0
Charles Alexander					0	1	0
Rodney Holman					1	1	0
James Brooks					7	1	0
Dan Ross					1	1	0
Stanford Jennings					1	1	0
Emanuel King					0	1	0
Larry Kinnebrew					4	1	0
Ron Simpkins					0	1	4
Robert Jackson				0	0	1	0
James Griffin				0	0	1	29
Eddie Brown					2	1	0
Carl Zander					0	1	34
Jeff Schuh					0	1	0
Cris Collinsworth					1	0	0
Mike Martin					4	0	0
Ken Anderson					1	0	0
Totals	96	96	0	0	35	34	64

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Jim Breech	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	48	0			120
James Brooks	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			72
Larry Kinnebrew	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			60
Eddie Brown	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			48
Rodney Holman	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			42
Cris Collinsworth	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Stanford Jennings	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Charles Alexander	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Steve Kreider	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0			7
Robert Jackson	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
James Griffin	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
M.L. Harris	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Boomer Esiason	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Ross Browner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2
Totals	20	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	24	49	0	0	1	441