1985 Auburn Tigers football team

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1985 Auburn Tigers football
AuburnTigers.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
1985 record 8–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach Pat Dye
Offensive coordinator Jack Crowe
Offensive scheme I Formation
Defensive coordinator Frank Orgel
Home stadium Jordan-Hare Stadium
Seasons
« 1984 1986 »
1985 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Tennessee $ 5 – 1 – 0     9 – 1 – 2
#5 Florida 5 – 1 – 0     9 – 1 – 1
#13 Alabama 4 – 1 – 1     9 – 2 – 1
#20 LSU 4 – 1 – 1     9 – 2 – 1
Georgia 3 – 2 – 1     7 – 3 – 2
Auburn 3 – 3 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
Ole Miss 2 – 4 – 0     4 – 6 – 1
Vanderbilt 1 – 4 – 1     3 – 7 – 1
Kentucky 1 – 5 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Mississippi State 0 – 6 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Florida ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Season

Bo Jackson rushed for 1,786 yards, which was the second best single-season performance in SEC history behind Herschel Walker's 1,891 rushing yards for the Georgia in 1981. For his performance, Jackson was awarded the Heisman Trophy edging out over Iowa quarterback Chuck Long. Auburn began the season ranked #1 in the AP Poll before losing to Tennessee on September 28.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 7 SW Louisiana* #2 Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL W 49–7   60,000
September 14 Southern Miss* #1 Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL W 29–18   63,000
September 28 at Tennessee #1 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN ABC L 20–38   94,358
October 5 Mississippi #14 Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL W 41–0   67,500
October 12 #4 Florida State* #12 Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL TBS W 59–27   75,000
October 19 at Georgia Tech* #8 Grant Field • Atlanta, GA CBS W 17–14   57,501
October 26 Mississippi State #6 Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL W 21–9   68,700
November 2 #2 Florida #6 Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL ABC L 10–14   75,000
November 9 East Carolina* #13 Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL W 35–10   65,600
November 16 at #12 Georgia #14 Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) ABC W 24–10   82,122
November 30 vs. Alabama #7 Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl) ABC L 23–25   75,808
January 1 vs. #11 Texas A&M* #16 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) CBS L 16–36   73,137
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Game summaries

Georgia

1 2 3 4 Total
• Auburn 0 17 0 7 24
Georgia 0 7 3 0 10

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Alabama

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Team players in the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Bo Jackson Running Back 1 1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=330&season=1985
  2. ↑ Gainesville Sun. 1985 Nov 17. Retrieved 2015-Sep-18.
  3. ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1986.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html
  5. ↑ http://collegefootball.about.com/od/collegefootballawards/a/award-camp.htm
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