1985 Cincinnati Bengals season explained

The 1985 season was the Cincinnati Bengals' 16th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 18th overall, and their second under head coach Sam Wyche. Wide receiver Isaac Curtis, a premier Bengal for 12 years, retired shortly before training camp opened. Second-year quarterback Boomer Esiason replaced Ken Anderson. The Bengals set a club scoring record with 441 points.

Offseason

See main article: article and 1985 NFL Draft. ^[1]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 8	Seattle Seahawks	L 24–28	0–1	Riverfront Stadium	51,625
2	September 15	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 27–41	0–2	Busch Memorial Stadium	46,321
3	September 22	San Diego Chargers	L 41–44	0–3	Riverfront Stadium	52,270
4		at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 37–24	1–3	Three Rivers Stadium	59,541
5	October 6	New York Jets	L 20–29	1–4	Riverfront Stadium	51,785
6	October 13	New York Giants	W 35–30	2–4	Riverfront Stadium	53,112
7	October 20	at Houston Oilers	L 27–44	2–5	Houston Astrodome	35,590
8	October 27	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 26–21	3–5	Riverfront Stadium	55,421
9	November 3	at Buffalo Bills	W 23–17	4–5	Rich Stadium	25,640
10	November 10	Cleveland Browns	W 27–10	5–5	Riverfront Stadium	57,293
11	November 17	at Los Angeles Raiders	L 6–13	5–6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	52,501
12	November 24	at Cleveland Browns	L 6–24	5–7	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	74,439
13	December 1	Houston Oilers	W 45–27	6–7	Riverfront Stadium	46,140
14	December 8		W 50–24	7–7	Riverfront Stadium	56,936
15	December 15	at Washington Redskins	L 24–27	7–8	RFK Stadium	50,544
16	December 22		L 23–34	7–9	Sullivan Stadium	57,953

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Player	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Points
	33	24	72.7%	50	48	96.0	120

Player	KR	KRYards	KRAvg	KRLong	KRTD	PR	PRYards	PRAvg	PRLong	PRTD
	48	1104	23.0	45	0	32	268	8.4	26	0