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 StatisticsTeam 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.
The Giants piled up points with 399 points, and 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 contributed to the receiving game, too.
Joe Morris ran for a team-leading 1,336 yards for New York.
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.
Click on column headings to sort.
| # | 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 |
