1985 New York Giants Statistics
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 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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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Simms | 495 | 275 | 55.6 | 3829 | 7.7 | 22 | 4.4 | 20 | 4.0 | 70 | 52 | 396 | 78.6 |
| Sean Landeta | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| George Adams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 497 | 275 | 55.3 | 3829 | 7.7 | 22 | 4.4 | 20 | 4.0 | 70 | 52 | 396 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Morris | 294 | 1336 | 4.5 | 65 | 21 |
| George Adams | 128 | 498 | 3.9 | 39 | 2 |
| Rob Carpenter | 60 | 201 | 3.4 | 46 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 29 | 187 | 6.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Phil Simms | 37 | 132 | 3.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Maurice Carthon | 27 | 70 | 2.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Byron Williams | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jess Atkinson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Lee Rouson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Rutledge | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Totals | 581 | 2451 | 4.2 | 65 | 24 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel Manuel | 49 | 859 | 17.5 | 51 | 5 |
| Mark Bavaro | 37 | 511 | 13.8 | 32 | 4 |
| Bobby Johnson | 33 | 533 | 16.2 | 42 | 8 |
| George Adams | 31 | 389 | 12.5 | 70 | 2 |
| Tony Galbreath | 30 | 327 | 10.9 | 49 | 1 |
| Phil McConkey | 25 | 404 | 16.2 | 48 | 1 |
| Joe Morris | 22 | 212 | 9.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 20 | 162 | 8.1 | 23 | 0 |
| Byron Williams | 15 | 280 | 18.7 | 45 | 0 |
| Maurice Carthon | 8 | 81 | 10.1 | 22 | 0 |
| Don Hasselbeck | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 30 | 1 |
| Totals | 275 | 3829 | 13.9 | 70 | 22 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Schubert | 27 | 26 | 96.3 | 13 | 10 | 76.9 | 56 |
| Jess Atkinson | 15 | 14 | 93.3 | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 44 |
| Ali Haji-Sheikh | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 11 |
| Totals | 47 | 45 | 95.7 | 33 | 22 | 66.7 | 111 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Landeta | 81 | 3472 | 42.9 | 68 |
| Totals | 81 | 3472 | 42.9 | 68 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Adams | 14 | 241 | 17.2 | 29 | 0 |
| Phil McConkey | 12 | 234 | 19.5 | 43 | 0 |
| Kenny Hill | 11 | 186 | 16.9 | 27 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 7 | 120 | 17.1 | 37 | 0 |
| Lee Rouson | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Joe Morris | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Don Hasselbeck | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jerome Sally | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 50 | 866 | 17.3 | 43 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis Patterson | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 29 | 1 |
| Terry Kinard | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Kenny Hill | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Perry Williams | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Herb Welch | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Andy Headen | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| George Martin | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 1 |
| Gary Reasons | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Currier | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Leonard Marshall | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ted Watts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24 | 339 | 14.1 | 56 | 2 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Marshall | 15.5 | 0.0 | |
| Lawrence Taylor | 13.0 | 0.0 | |
| George Martin | 10.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jerome Sally | 7.5 | 0.0 | |
| Andy Headen | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
| Jim Burt | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Casey Merrill | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Carl Banks | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Perry Williams | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Byron Hunt | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| Terry Kinard | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Harry Carson | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Elvis Patterson | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Gary Reasons | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 68.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Marshall | 99 | 99 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Carl Banks | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Simms | 16 | 5 | -22 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lawrence Taylor | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Adams | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Joe Morris | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Phil McConkey | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jim Burt | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kenny Hill | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bart Oates | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Curtis McGriff | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Terry Kinard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Martin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Byron Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Karl Nelson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Elvis Patterson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Flowers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Perry Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Byron Hunt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Maurice Carthon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jeff Rutledge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lionel Manuel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 130 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Joe Morris | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | |||||||
| Eric Schubert | 10 | 26 | 0 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Jess Atkinson | 1 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 50 | |||||||||
| Bobby Johnson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
| Lionel Manuel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| George Adams | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Mark Bavaro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Ali Haji-Sheikh | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Tony Galbreath | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Don Hasselbeck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| George Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Phil McConkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Elvis Patterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 24 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 399 |
