1985 Los Angeles Rams season

NFL season
team = Los Angeles Rams
year = 1985
record = 11-5
division_place = 1st NFC West
coach = John Robinson
stadium = Anaheim Stadium
playoffs = W Divisional
L Conference
previous = 1984
next = 1986The 1985 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 48th year with the National Football League and the 40th season in Los Angeles. The Rams played in the NFC Championship Game but lost to the eventual Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears. Eric Dickerson rushed for 1,234 yards in 1985 while missing the first two games while in a contract dispute. He missed the Pro Bowl for the first time in his short NFL career. He did, however, go on to rush for a playoff record 248 yards against the Dallas Cowboys in post-season play. [Eric Dickerson: Pro Football Hall of Fame, http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?PLAYER_ID=55]

Offseason

NFL Draft

Roster

Postseason

NFC Divisional Playoff

* Los Angeles Rams 20, Dallas Cowboys 0Linescore Amfootball
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"at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California"

*Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST/1:00 p.m. PST
*TV announcers (CBS): Jack Buck, Hank Stram, and Dick Vermeil

Running back Eric Dickerson led the Rams to a victory by scoring two touchdowns and recording a playoff record 248 rushing yards. After the first half ended with a 3-0 Los Angeles lead, Dickerson scored on a 55-yard touchdown run early in the third period. On the ensuing kickoff, Kenny Duckett fumbled, and the ball was recovered by Vince Newsome to set up kicker Mike Lansford's second field goal. In the fourth period, Tony Hunter recovered a fumbled punt to set up Dickerson's 40-yard rushing touchdown.

NFC Championship Game

* Chicago Bears 24, Los Angeles Rams 0Linescore Amfootball
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"at Soldier Field, Chicago"

*Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST/11:30 a.m. CST
*TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall and John Madden
*Referee: Jim Tunney

The Bears defense dominated the game by limiting Rams running back Eric Dickerson to 46 yards, and holding quarterback Dieter Brock to 10 out of 31 completions for 66 passing yards. Los Angeles only gained 130 yards of total offense. The Rams had a chance to get back in the game as they got inside the Bears' 15 yard line in the waning moments of the first half, but poor play calling and clock management resulted in the clock running out.

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