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Preseason Week 1
Saturday, February 2, 1985
Baltimore 10 at Orlando 16 (Deland, FL)
Saturday, February 2, 1985
Birmingham 0 at San Antonio 0
Saturday, February 2, 1985
Denver 17 at Los Angeles 17 (Long Beach, CA)
Saturday, February 2, 1985
New Jersey 16 at Memphis 3 (Charlotte, NC)
11,667
S
Saturday, February 2, 1985
Oakland 10 at Arizona 3 (Mesa, AZ)
S
Preseason Week 2
Saturday, February 9, 1985
Baltimore 14 at Memphis 9 (Winter Haven, FL)
Saturday, February 9, 1985
Denver 27 at Portland 9 (Pomona, CA)
Saturday, February 9, 1985
Houston 28 at San Antonio 21 (McAllen, TX)
S
Saturday, February 9, 1985
New Jersey 7 at Tampa Bay 21
32,370
S
Saturday, February 9, 1985
Oakland 12 at Arizona 0 (Mesa, AZ)
Saturday, February 9, 1985
Orlando 20 at Jacksonville 10
Preseason Week 3
Friday, February 15, 1985
New Jersey 24 at Orlando 14
33,000
S
Saturday, February 16, 1985
Baltimore 26 at Tampa Bay 28 (Charlotte, NC)
20,000
WTOG-Tampa
S
V
Saturday, February 16, 1985
Denver 13 at San Antonio 36
Saturday, February 16, 1985
Houston 20 at Birmingham 10
KTXH-Houston
S
V
Saturday, February 16, 1985
Memphis 13 at Jacksonville 10
S
Saturday, February 16, 1985
Portland 17 at Los Angeles 38 (Pierce College, Los Angeles)
5,500
S
Sunday, February 17, 1985
Arizona 13 at Oakland 31 (Fresno, CA)
10,204
S
Week 1
Saturday, February 23, 1985
Orlando 7 at Tampa Bay 35
45,045
ESPN
S
Sunday, February 24, 1985
Baltimore 14 at Jacksonville 22
51,045
S
Sunday, February 24, 1985
Denver 10 at Oakland 31
23,622
S
Sunday, February 24, 1985
Houston 34 at Los Angeles 33
18,828
S
Sunday, February 24, 1985
New Jersey 28 at Birmingham 38
34,785
ABC
S
B
Sunday, February 24, 1985
Portland 7 at Arizona 9
20,351
S
Monday, February 25, 1985
Memphis 20 at San Antonio 3
10,983
ESPN
S
Week 2
Friday, March 1, 1985
New Jersey 28 at Orlando 10
32,748
ESPN
S
B
Saturday, March 2, 1985
Los Angeles 10 at Portland 14
25,232
ESPN
S
B
Sunday, March 3, 1985
Arizona 14 at San Antonio 16
11,151
B
Sunday, March 3, 1985
Baltimore 17 at Oakland 17 OT
20,495
S
B
Sunday, March 3, 1985
Denver 40 at Birmingham 23
27,400
S
B
Sunday, March 3, 1985
Houston 50 at Tampa Bay 28
42,291
ABC
S
B
V
Monday, March 4, 1985
Memphis 24 at Jacksonville 14
40,112
ESPN
S
Week 3
Saturday, March 9, 1985
Baltimore 19 at Memphis 21
37,466
ESPN
Saturday, March 9, 1985
Birmingham 34 at Orlando 10
25,831
Sunday, March 10, 1985
Houston 42 at Oakland 7
16,037
S
Sunday, March 10, 1985
Los Angeles 24 at New Jersey 35
58,741
ABC
S
B
V
Sunday, March 10, 1985
Portland 17 at Denver 29
17,870
S
Sunday, March 10, 1985
Tampa Bay 31 at San Antonio 18
21,822
S
Monday, March 11, 1985
Jacksonville 21 at Arizona 41
13,025
ESPN
Week 4
Saturday, March 16, 1985
Arizona 13 at Tampa Bay 23
41,381
ESPN
Saturday, March 16, 1985
Memphis 19 at Birmingham 34
34,500
Saturday, March 16, 1985
Orlando 17 at Portland 23
25,885
Saturday, March 16, 1985
San Antonio 7 at Los Angeles 38
10,410
ESPN
S
Sunday, March 17, 1985
Jacksonville 36 at Oakland 42
16,678
S
Sunday, March 17, 1985
New Jersey 9 at Baltimore 29
31,026
ABC
S
B
1
Monday, March 18, 1985
Denver 17 at Houston 36
33,747
ESPN
S
V
Week 5
Thursday, March 21, 1985
Orlando 31 at Jacksonville 34 OT
31,883
ESPN
S
V
Saturday, March 23, 1985
Los Angeles 13 at Arizona 27
20,835
ESPN
S
Sunday, March 24, 1985
Birmingham 7 at Baltimore 3
14,529
S
Sunday, March 24, 1985
Oakland 31 at Memphis 19
28,773
S
Sunday, March 24, 1985
Portland 20 at Houston 27
22,031
S
Sunday, March 24, 1985
Tampa Bay 24 at New Jersey 28
41,079
ABC
S
B
Monday, March 25, 1985
San Antonio 2 at Denver 16
13,901
ESPN
Week 6
Friday, March 29, 1985
Tampa Bay 28 at Memphis 20
23,952
ESPN
S
Saturday, March 30, 1985
Jacksonville 18 at Birmingham 25
41,200
S
Saturday, March 30, 1985
New Jersey 13 at Arizona 31
30,432
ESPN
B
V
Sunday, March 31, 1985
Baltimore 27 at Houston 14
24,166
ABC
S
Sunday, March 31, 1985
Oakland 30 at Los Angeles 6
11,619
S
Sunday, March 31, 1985
Orlando 17 at Denver 21
10,217
S
Monday, April 1, 1985
San Antonio 33 at Portland 0
19,882
ESPN
Week 7
Thursday, April 4, 1985
Memphis 17 at Orlando 28
21,223
ESPN
S
V
Saturday, April 6, 1985
Jacksonville 17 at Tampa Bay 31
51,286
ESPN
S
B
V
Saturday, April 6, 1985
Oakland 17 at Portland 30
23,388
Sunday, April 7, 1985
Baltimore 17 at Los Angeles 6
5,637
ABC
S
B
Sunday, April 7, 1985
Birmingham 14 at San Antonio 15
8,873
S
Sunday, April 7, 1985
Houston 25 at New Jersey 31
34,573
ABC
S
B
Monday, April 8, 1985
Arizona 7 at Denver 28
12,769
ESPN
S
B
Week 8
Friday, April 12, 1985
San Antonio 17 at Jacksonville 28
32,097
ESPN
Saturday, April 13, 1985
Oakland 17 at Birmingham 20
44,500
ESPN
V
Sunday, April 14, 1985
Los Angeles 18 at Houston 17
20,193
S
Sunday, April 14, 1985
Memphis 13 at Baltimore 10
15,728
ABC
S
Sunday, April 14, 1985
Orlando 24 at Arizona 19
32,169
S
Sunday, April 14, 1985
Portland 7 at New Jersey 34
38,245
ABC
S
B
Monday, April 15, 1985
Denver 17 at Tampa Bay 33
54,267
ESPN
S
Week 9
Friday, April 19, 1985
New Jersey 21 at Memphis 18
44,339
ESPN
S
B
V
Saturday, April 20, 1985
Jacksonville 31 at Orlando 10
34,338
S
Sunday, April 21, 1985
Houston 33 at Arizona 17
16,640
ABC
Sunday, April 21, 1985
Los Angeles 0 at Denver 51
13,165
S
Sunday, April 21, 1985
Portland 17 at Baltimore 26
14,832
S
1
Sunday, April 21, 1985
Tampa Bay 3 at Birmingham 30
28,900
ESPN
S
Monday, April 22, 1985
San Antonio 20 at Oakland 27
18,215
ESPN
S
V
Week 10
Friday, April 26, 1985
Arizona 11 at Oakland 27
12,972
ESPN
Saturday, April 27, 1985
Memphis 33 at Denver 17
8,207
ESPN
S
Saturday, April 27, 1985
Portland 12 at Los Angeles 17
8,410
Sunday, April 28, 1985
Baltimore 14 at Tampa Bay 28
41,226
S
Sunday, April 28, 1985
Birmingham 17 at Jacksonville 27
41,298
ABC
S
V
Sunday, April 28, 1985
Houston 38 at San Antonio 29
9,723
Monday, April 29, 1985
Orlando 7 at New Jersey 24
38,084
ESPN
S
B
Week 11
Friday, May 3, 1985
Birmingham 24 at Memphis 38
29,025
ESPN
S
Saturday, May 4, 1985
Tampa Bay 24 at Los Angeles 14
4,912
ESPN
S
Sunday, May 5, 1985
Arizona 19 at Baltimore 24
14,432
S
Sunday, May 5, 1985
Denver 35 at San Antonio 9
9,753
S
Sunday, May 5, 1985
New Jersey 20 at Jacksonville 30
60,100
ABC
S
B
Sunday, May 5, 1985
Oakland 21 at Orlando 7
21,085
S
Monday, May 6, 1985
Houston 45 at Portland 7
18,457
ESPN
Week 12
Saturday, May 11, 1985
Los Angeles 6 at Oakland 27
12,482
ESPN
V
Saturday, May 11, 1985
Portland 0 at Birmingham 14
28,500
ESPN
Sunday, May 12, 1985
Baltimore 3 at New Jersey 10
34,446
ABC
S
B
Sunday, May 12, 1985
Denver 42 at Arizona 28
5,731
S
Sunday, May 12, 1985
Houston 15 at Memphis 17
27,325
ABC
S
V
Sunday, May 12, 1985
Tampa Bay 21 at Jacksonville 10
58,928
S
Monday, May 13, 1985
San Antonio 20 at Orlando 21
22,404
ESPN
S
V
Week 13
Friday, May 17, 1985
Baltimore 34 at Orlando 21
23,121
ESPN
Saturday, May 18, 1985
Memphis 38 at Tampa Bay 14
44,818
ESPN
B
Saturday, May 18, 1985
Oakland 24 at San Antonio 21
7,118
B
Sunday, May 19, 1985
Arizona 30 at Portland 21
15,275
Sunday, May 19, 1985
Birmingham 44 at Los Angeles 7
4,658
S
Sunday, May 19, 1985
New Jersey 24 at Denver 28
29,129
ABC
S
B
V
Monday, May 20, 1985
Jacksonville 20 at Houston 17
17,127
ESPN
Week 14
Thursday, May 23, 1985
Oakland 31 at Denver 16
12,372
ESPN
S
V
Saturday, May 25, 1985
Los Angeles 7 at Jacksonville 21
51,033
ESPN
B
Saturday, May 25, 1985
Memphis 14 at Portland 17
16,682
ESPN
B
Sunday, May 26, 1985
Arizona 20 at Houston 41
12,696
S
B
Sunday, May 26, 1985
New Jersey 30 at Tampa Bay 24 OT
44,539
ABC
S
B
Sunday, May 26, 1985
San Antonio 10 at Baltimore 28
8,633
B
Monday, May 27, 1985
Orlando 17 at Birmingham 41
24,500
ESPN
S
Week 15
Thursday, May 30, 1985
Denver 27 at Los Angeles 20
3,059
ESPN
S
Saturday, June 1, 1985
Memphis 7 at New Jersey 17
45,682
ESPN
S
B
Saturday, June 1, 1985
San Antonio 3 at Arizona 13
11,151
Saturday, June 1, 1985
Tampa Bay 7 at Orlando 37
26,847
Sunday, June 2, 1985
Jacksonville 12 at Baltimore 17
9,663
ABC
S
Sunday, June 2, 1985
Portland 20 at Oakland 38
12,740
S
Monday, June 3, 1985
Birmingham 29 at Houston 27
13,202
ESPN
S
V
Week 16
Friday, June 7, 1985
Orlando 17 at Memphis 41
23,216
ESPN
S
Saturday, June 8, 1985
Baltimore 7 at Birmingham 14
24,300
ESPN
Saturday, June 8, 1985
Oakland 21 at Arizona 28
10,591
Saturday, June 8, 1985
Tampa Bay 24 at Portland 27
15,521
Sunday, June 9, 1985
Houston 13 at Denver 16
12,553
ABC
S
V
Sunday, June 9, 1985
Los Angeles 27 at San Antonio 31
4,963
Monday, June 10, 1985
Jacksonville 24 at New Jersey 31
36,465
ESPN
S
B
V
Week 17
Friday, June 14, 1985
Denver 17 at Portland 23
18,953
ESPN
Saturday, June 15, 1985
Arizona 21 at Los Angeles 10 (Pierce College, Los Angeles)
8,200
S
Saturday, June 15, 1985
Birmingham 14 at Tampa Bay 17
42,131
S
Saturday, June 15, 1985
Jacksonville 0 at Memphis 31
31,634
S
Saturday, June 15, 1985
New Jersey 29 at Oakland 34
24,338
ESPN
S
B
Saturday, June 15, 1985
Orlando 10 at Baltimore 41
6,988
S
Monday, June 17, 1985
San Antonio 21 at Houston 49
11,780
ESPN
Week 18
Friday, June 21, 1985
Los Angeles 10 at Orlando 17
22,865
ESPN
V
Saturday, June 22, 1985
Arizona 28 at Memphis 38
32,743
ESPN
S
Sunday, June 23, 1985
Birmingham 14 at New Jersey 6
44,098
ABC
S
B
V
Sunday, June 23, 1985
Denver 6 at Jacksonville 42
32,428
Sunday, June 23, 1985
Portland 13 at San Antonio 21
19,603
Sunday, June 23, 1985
Tampa Bay 10 at Baltimore 38
12,647
Monday, June 24, 1985
Oakland 31 at Houston 21
15,797
ESPN
S
V
Quarterfinals
Saturday, June 29, 1985
Houston 20 at Birmingham 22
18,500
ABC
Sunday, June 30, 1985
Denver 7 at Memphis 48
34,528
S
Sunday, June 30, 1985
Tampa Bay 27 at Oakland 30
19,346
ABC
S
V
Monday, July 1, 1985
Baltimore 20 at New Jersey 17
26,982
S
B
Semifinals
Saturday, July 6, 1985
Oakland 28 at Memphis 19
37,796
ABC
S
V
Sunday, July 7, 1985
Baltimore 28 at Birmingham 14
23,250
ABC
S
B
Championship
Sunday, July 14, 1985
Baltimore 28 at Oakland 24 (East Rutherford, NJ)
49,263
ABC
S
B
V