1985 Minnesota Vikings season

The 1985 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 25th in the National Football League. Under returning head coach Bud Grant, they finished with a 7–9 record and missed the playoffs for a third season in a row. At the end of the season, Grant retired for good after 18 years with the franchise.

1985 Draft

 * undefined In an attempt to draft QB Bernie Kosar, the Vikings traded their first-round selection (3rd overall) and a provisional second-round selection (30th overall) to the Houston Oilers in exchange for Houston's first-round selection (2nd overall).
 * undefined When Kosar did not declare for the draft and instead controversially waited for the supplemental draft, the traded the first-round selection they received from the Oilers to the Atlanta Falcons in exchange for Atlanta's first- and third-round selections (4th and 60th overall).
 * undefined As part of the trade between the Vikings and Oilers, the Vikings agreed not to draft DE Ray Childress or trade the pick to a team that would draft Childress. Houston drafted Childress with the 3rd overall pick and this provisional selection was returned to Minnesota.
 * undefined The Vikings traded CB John Turner to the San Diego Chargers in exchange for San Diego's third-round selection (66th overall).
 * undefined The Vikings traded QB Steve Dils to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for the Rams' fourth-round selection (106th overall).
 * undefined The Vikings traded LB Brad Van Pelt to the Los Angeles Raiders in exchange for the Raiders' sixth-round selection (164th overall) and 1986 second-round selection.
 * undefined The Vikings traded their seventh-round selection (171st overall) to the Green Bay Packers in exchange for K Jan Stenerud.

25-year team
The team recognized an all-time team in 1985 as part of the celebration of the 25th season.
 * Offense
 * WRs: Ahmad Rashad, Sammy White
 * T: Ron Yary, Grady Alderman
 * G: Ed White, Milt Sunde
 * C: Mick Tingelhoff
 * TE: Stu Voigt
 * QB: Fran Tarkenton
 * RB: Bill Brown, Chuck Foreman
 * K: Fred Cox
 * Defense
 * DE: Jim Marshall, Carl Eller
 * DT: Alan Page, Gary Larsen
 * OLB: Matt Blair, Roy Winston
 * ILB: Jeff Siemon, Scott Studwell
 * S: Paul Krause, Karl Kassulke
 * CB: Bobby Bryant, Ed Sharockman
 * P: Greg Coleman
 * Head coach: Bud Grant