1985 New York Giants Roster

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-6
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Bill Parcells (10-6)
Location: New York, New York

1985 New York Giants Statistics
1985 New York Giants Results

The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1985 season with a record of 10 wins and 6 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.

New York piled up points with 399 points, while the solid defense surrendered 283. Phil Simms led the charge, passing for 3,829 yards. Lionel Manuel hauled in 49 passes for 859 yards. Mark Bavaro was targeted regularly, too.

Joe Morris ran for a team-leading 1,336 yards for the Giants.

Elvis Patterson intercepted 6 errant tosses from the opposition. Leonard Marshall topped pass rushers with 15.5 quarterback sacks, helping propel the defense to an overall total of 68 sacks.

Bill Parcells coached the team. The 1985 New York Giants lost in the Division Playoff.

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#	Player	Pos.	Birth Date	Height	Weight	College	Hometown	GP	GS
33	George Adams	KR	December 22, 1962	6'1"	225	Kentucky	Lexington, KY USA	16	0
67	Billy Ard	LG	March 12, 1959	6'3"	265	Wake Forest	East Orange, NJ USA	16	16
12	Jess Atkinson	K	December 11, 1961	5'9"	165	Maryland	Ann Arbor, MI USA	6	0
58	Carl Banks	LOLB	August 29, 1962	6'4"	235	Michigan St.	Flint, MI USA	12	5
89	Mark Bavaro	TE	April 28, 1963	6'4"	245	Notre Dame	East Boston, MA USA	16	16
60	Brad Benson	LT	November 25, 1955	6'3"	262	Penn St.	Altoona, PA USA	16	16
64	Jim Burt	NT	June 7, 1959	6'1"	260	Miami (FL)	Buffalo, NY USA	16	15
26	Rob Carpenter	FB	April 20, 1955	6'1"	224	Miami (OH)	Lancaster, OH USA	14	10
53	Harry Carson	RILB	November 26, 1953	6'2"	237	South Carolina St.	Florence, SC USA	16	16
44	Maurice Carthon	RB	April 24, 1961	6'1"	225	Arkansas St.	Chicago, IL USA	16	6
29	Bill Currier	DB	January 5, 1955	6'0"	196	South Carolina	Glen Burnie, MD USA	2	2
39	Tyrone Davis	DB	November 17, 1961	6'1"	190	Clemson	Athens, GA USA	7	0
37	Larry Flowers	DB	April 19, 1958	6'1"	190	Texas Tech	Temple, TX USA	9	0
30	Tony Galbreath	RB	January 29, 1954	6'0"	228	Missouri	Fulton, MO USA	16	0
61	Chris Godfrey	RG	May 17, 1958	6'3"	263	Michigan	Detroit, MI USA	16	16
62	Conrad Goode	T	January 19, 1962	6'6"	285	Missouri	St. Louis, MO USA	16	2
6	Ali Haji-Sheikh	K	January 11, 1961	6'0"	172	Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI USA	2	0
79	Dee Hardison	DE-DT-NT-DE	May 2, 1956	6'4"	274	North Carolina	Jacksonville, NC USA	13	0
85	Don Hasselbeck	TE	April 1, 1955	6'7"	245	Colorado	Cincinnati, OH USA	7	0
36	Mark Haynes	DB	November 6, 1958	5'11"	194	Colorado	Kansas City, KS USA	5	1
54	Andy Headen	LB	July 8, 1960	6'5"	240	Clemson	Asheboro, NC USA	16	1
48	Kenny Hill	SS	July 25, 1958	6'0"	194	Yale	Oak Grove, LA USA	12	11
15	Jeff Hostetler	QB	April 22, 1961	6'3"	215	Penn St.	Hollsopple, PA USA	5	0
57	Byron Hunt	LOLB	December 17, 1958	6'5"	238	SMU	Longview, TX USA	16	11
88	Bobby Johnson	WR	December 14, 1961	5'11"	170	Kansas	East St. Louis, IL USA	16	15
51	Robbie Jones	LB	December 25, 1959	6'2"	230	Alabama	Demopolis, AL USA	16	0
69	David Jordan	G	June 14, 1962	6'6"	274	Auburn	Birmingham, AL USA	16	0
82	Vyto Kab	TE	December 23, 1959	6'5"	243	Penn St.	Albany, GA USA	11	0
43	Terry Kinard	FS	November 24, 1959	6'1"	199	Clemson	Bitburg, Germany	16	16
72	Gordon King	T-G	February 3, 1956	6'6"	275	Stanford	Madison, WI USA	15	0
5	Sean Landeta	P	January 6, 1962	6'0"	215	Towson St.	Baltimore, MD USA	16	0
86	Lionel Manuel	WR	April 13, 1962	5'11"	178	Pacific	Rancho Cucamonga, CA USA	12	12
70	Leonard Marshall	RDE	October 22, 1961	6'3"	288	LSU	Franklin, LA USA	16	16
75	George Martin	DE	February 16, 1953	6'4"	245	Oregon	Greenville, SC USA	16	0
80	Phil McConkey	PR	February 24, 1957	5'10"	170	Navy	Buffalo, NY USA	16	0
76	Curtis McGriff	LDE	May 17, 1958	6'5"	270	Alabama	Donalsonville, GA USA	16	16
71	Casey Merrill	DE-DT	July 16, 1957	6'4"	254	California-Davis	Oakland, CA USA	11	0
20	Joe Morris	RB	September 15, 1960	5'7"	195	Syracuse	Fort Bragg, NC USA	16	16
63	Karl Nelson	RT	June 14, 1960	6'6"	285	Iowa St.	DeKalb, IL USA	16	16
65	Bart Oates	C	December 16, 1958	6'4"	275	BYU	Mesa, AZ USA	16	14
34	Elvis Patterson	LCB	October 21, 1960	5'11"	193	Kansas	Bryan, TX USA	16	15
55	Gary Reasons	LILB	February 18, 1962	6'4"	235	NW State (LA)	Crowley, TX USA	16	15
81	Stacy Robinson	WR	February 19, 1962	5'11"	186	Prairie View	St. Paul, MN USA	4	0
22	Lee Rouson	RB	October 18, 1962	6'1"	220	Colorado	Elizabeth City, NC USA	2	0
17	Jeff Rutledge	QB	January 22, 1957	6'1"	195	Alabama	Birmingham, AL USA	16	0
78	Jerome Sally	NT	February 24, 1959	6'3"	267	Missouri	Chicago, IL USA	16	1
3	Eric Schubert	K	May 28, 1962	5'8"	185	Pittsburgh	Abington, PA USA	8	0
11	Phil Simms	QB	November 3, 1954	6'3"	216	Morehead St.	Lebanon, KY USA	16	16
56	Lawrence Taylor	ROLB	February 4, 1959	6'3"	237	North Carolina	Williamsburg, VA USA	16	16
21	Ted Watts	DB	May 29, 1958	6'0"	195	Texas Tech	Tarpon Springs, FL USA	16	3
27	Herb Welch	DB	January 12, 1961	5'11"	180	UCLA	Los Angeles, CA USA	16	0
87	Byron Williams	WR	October 31, 1960	6'2"	182	Texas-Arlington	Texarkana, TX USA	16	5
23	Perry Williams	RCB	May 12, 1961	6'2"	203	North Carolina St.	Hamlet, NC USA	16	16