1985 NFL season

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Sources
NFL History Super Bowl History Pro-Football-Reference.com - Large online database of NFL data and statistics NFL Record and Fact Book (ISBN 193299436X) Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League Wikipedia

The 1985 NFL season was the 66th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XX when the Chicago Bears defeated the New England Patriots.

[edit] Major rule changes

Whenever a team time out is called after the two minute warning of each half, it should only last 60 seconds instead of 90.
A play is immediately dead anytime the quarterback performs a kneel-down (the quarterback immediately kneels down after receiving the snap) after the two minute warning of each half, or whenever the player declares himself down by sliding feet first on the ground. The ball is then spotted at the point where the player touches the ground first.
Pass interference is not to be called when a pass is clearly uncatchable.
Both "Roughing the kicker" and "Running into the kicker" fouls are not to be called if the defensive player was blocked into the kicker.
The definition of a valid fair catch signal is clearly defined as one arm that is fully extended above the head and waved from side to side.
Goaltending (leaping up to deflect a kick as is passes through the goal posts) is illegal.

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against

Qualified for playoffs

N.Y. Jets was the first AFC Wild Card based on better conference record (9-3) than New England (8-4) and Denver (8-4).
New England was the second AFC Wild Card ahead of Denver based on better record against common opponents (4-2 to Broncos' 3-3).
Cincinnati finished ahead of Pittsburgh in the AFC Central based on head-to-head sweep (2-0).
Seattle finished ahead of San Diego in the AFC West based on head-to-head sweep (2-0).
Dallas finished ahead of N.Y. Giants and Washington in the NFC East based on better head-to-head record (4-0 to Giants' 1-3 and Redskins' 1-3).
N.Y. Giants was the first NFC Wild Card based on better conference record (8-4) than San Francisco (7-5) and Washington (6-6).
San Francisco was the second NFC Wild Card based on head-to-head victory over Washington (1-0).
Minnesota finished ahead of Detroit in the NFC Central based on better division record (3-5 to Lions' 2-6).

Main article: NFL playoffs, 1985-86

Home team in capitals

Chicago (NFC) 46, New England (AFC) 10, at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

NFL Record and Fact Book (ISBN 193299436X)
NFL History 1981-1990 (Last accessed December 4, 2005)
Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (ISBN 0062701746)

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