1985 San Francisco 49ers season

The 1985 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise's 36th season in the National Football League and their 40th overall.

1985 San Francisco 49ers season
Owner	Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr.
General manager	John McVay and Carmen Policy
Head coach	Bill Walsh
Defensive coordinator	George Seifert
Home stadium	Candlestick Park
Results
Record	10–6
Division place	2nd NFC West
Playoffs	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Giants) 3–17
All-Pros	9[1] QB Joe Montana RB Roger Craig T Keith Fahnhorst G Randy Cross G John Ayers C Fred Quillan NT Michael Carter LB Keena Turner CB Eric Wright
Pro Bowlers	6[2] QB Joe Montana RB Roger Craig C Fred Quillan NT Michael Carter CB Eric Wright SS Carlton Williamson
← 1984 49ers seasons 1986 →

A ticket for a November 1985 game between the 49ers and the Denver Broncos.

49ers running back Roger Craig became the first player in NFL history to record both 1,000 rushing yards and 1,000 receiving yards in the same season. Craig rushed for 1,050 yards,^[3] and had 1,016 receiving yards.^[4][5]

This season was Jerry Rice's first season in the league.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1985 NFL draft

1985 San Francisco 49ers draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	16	Jerry Rice * †	Wide receiver	Mississippi Valley State
3	75	Ricky Moore	Running back	Alabama
5	140	Bruce Collie	Guard	UT Arlington
6	168	Scott Barry	Quarterback	UC Davis
11	308	David Wood	Defensive end	Arizona
12	336	Donald Chumley	Defensive tackle	Georgia
Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Source:^[6]

Personnel

Staff

1985 San Francisco 49ers staff

Front office Owner – Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr. President – Bill Walsh Vice President/General Counsel – Carmen Policy Vice President/General Manager – John McVay Director of College Scouting – Tony Razzano Director of pro personnel – Allan Webb Director of Research and Development – Neal Dahlen Head coaches Head coach – Bill Walsh Offensive coaches Quarterbacks/Receivers – Paul Hackett Running Backs – Sherman Lewis Offensive Line – Bobb McKittrick Assistant Offensive Line/Tight Ends – Fred von Appen

Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – George Seifert Defensive Line – Bill McPherson Linebackers – Norb Hecker Defensive Backs – Ray Rhodes Defensive Assistant – Tommy Hart Special teams coaches Special Teams – Fred von Appen Strength and conditioning Physical Development Coordinator – Jerry Attaway

Roster

1985 San Francisco 49ers roster

Quarterbacks (QB)  6 Matt Cavanaugh 16 Joe Montana Running backs (RB) 24 Derrick Harmon 26 Wendell Tyler 30 Bill Ring 32 Carl Monroe 33 Roger Craig Wide receivers (WR) 80 Jerry Rice 85 Mike Wilson 87 Dwight Clark 88 Freddie Solomon Tight ends (TE) 81 Russ Francis 86 John Frank

Offensive linemen (OL) 52 John Hill C 56 Fred Quillan C 60 Vince Stroth G 62 Guy McIntyre G 68 John Ayers G 69 Bruce Collie T/G 71 Keith Fahnhorst T 77 Bubba Paris T Defensive linemen (DL) 72 Jeff Stover DE 74 Fred Dean DE 75 John Harty DE 76 Dwaine Board DE 78 Manu Tuiasosopo NT 79 Jim Stuckey DE 95 Michael Carter NT

Linebackers (LB) 50 Riki Ellison ILB 53 Milt McColl OLB 54 Ron Ferrari OLB 55 Jim Fahnhorst ILB 57 Jim Kovach ILB 58 Keena Turner OLB 90 Todd Shell OLB 99 Michael Walter ILB Defensive backs (DB) 20 Tory Nixon CB 21 Eric Wright CB 22 Dwight Hicks CB/FS 27 Carlton Williamson SS 42 Ronnie Lott FS/CB 43 Dana McLemore CB 49 Jeff Fuller SS Special teams (ST)  4 Max Runager P 14 Ray Wersching K

Reserve 89 Earl Cooper TE (IR) 51 Randy Cross G/C (IR) 28 Tom Holmoe S (IR) 40 Charles Huff CB (IR) 97 Gary Johnson NT (IR) 66 Allan Kennedy T (IR) 59 Fulton Kuykendall LB (IR) 61 Jesse Sapolu G (IR) Rookies in italics

Regular season

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	August 10	at Los Angeles Raiders	W 28–21	1–0	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	61,784
2	August 19	Denver Broncos	L 13–20	1–1	Candlestick Park	55,425
3	August 24	San Diego Chargers	W 25–10	2–1	Candlestick Park	50,569
4	August 30	at Seattle Seahawks	W 23–21	3–1	Kingdome	60,403

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Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 8	at Minnesota Vikings	L 21–28	0–1	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	57,375
2	September 15	Atlanta Falcons	W 35–16	1–1	Candlestick Park	58,923
3	September 22	at Los Angeles Raiders	W 34–10	2–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	87,006
4	September 29	New Orleans Saints	L 17–20	2–2	Candlestick Park	58,053
5	October 6	at Atlanta Falcons	W 38–17	3–2	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	44,740
6	October 13	Chicago Bears	L 10–26	3–3	Candlestick Park	60,523
7	October 20	at Detroit Lions	L 21–23	3–4	Pontiac Silverdome	67,715
8	October 27	at Los Angeles Rams	W 28–14	4–4	Anaheim Stadium	65,939
9	November 3	Philadelphia Eagles	W 24–13	5–4	Candlestick Park	58,383
10	November 11	at Denver Broncos	L 16–17	5–5	Mile High Stadium	73,173
11	November 17	Kansas City Chiefs	W 31–3	6–5	Candlestick Park	56,447
12	November 25	Seattle Seahawks	W 19–6	7–5	Candlestick Park	57,482
13	December 1	at Washington Redskins	W 35–8	8–5	RFK Stadium	51,321
14	December 9	Los Angeles Rams	L 20–27	8–6	Candlestick Park	60,581
15	December 15	at New Orleans Saints	W 31–19	9–6	Louisiana Superdome	46,065
16	December 22	Dallas Cowboys	W 31–16	10–6	Candlestick Park	60,114
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 15: at New Orleans Saints

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• 49ers	0	7	10	14	31
Saints	0	9	7	3	19

• Date: December 15
• Location: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA
• Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
• Game attendance: 46,065
• Game weather: Indoors (dome)
• Referee: Ben Dreith

Scoring summary

Q2		SF	Clark 26 yard pass from Montana (Wersching kick)	SF 7–0
Q2		NO	Andersen 46 yard field goal	SF 7–3
Q2		NO	Warren 42 yard blocked field goal return (kick failed)	NO 9–7
Q3		SF	Wilson 52 yard pass from Montana (Wersching kick)	SF 14–9
Q3		NO	Goodlow 76 yard pass from Hebert (Andersen kick)	NO 16–14
Q3		SF	Wersching 24 yard field goal	SF 17–16
Q4		NO	Andersen 41 yard field goal	NO 19–17
Q4		SF	Francis 17 yard pass from Montana (Wersching kick)	SF 24–19
Q4		SF	Craig 15 yard run (Wersching kick)	SF 31–19

• Joe Montana 25/38, 354 Yds

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Standings

NFC West
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Los Angeles Rams(2)	11	5	0	.688	3–3	8–4	340	277	L1
San Francisco 49ers(5)	10	6	0	.625	4–2	7–5	411	263	W2
New Orleans Saints	5	11	0	.313	2–4	5–7	294	401	L3
Atlanta Falcons	4	12	0	.250	3–3	4–8	282	452	W2

Postseason

See also: 1985–86 NFL playoffs

Schedule

Round	Date	Opponent (seed)	Result	Record	Venue
Wild Card	December 29	at New York Giants (4)	L 3–17	0–1	Giants Stadium

Game summaries

NFC Wild Card Playoff: at (4) New York Giants

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
49ers	0	3	0	0	3
• Giants	3	7	7	0	17

• Date: December 29
• Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
• Game start: 1:00 p.m.
• Game attendance: 75,842
• Game weather: Mostly cloudy; 36 °F or 2.2 °C; wind 16 miles per hour (26 km/h; 14 kn)
• Referee: Red Cashion
• TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall and John Madden

Awards and records

• Roger Craig, Led NFL, Receptions, 92 receptions ^[9]

Milestones

• Roger Craig, 1,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving in the same season