American college football season
1985 Washington Huskies football |
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Conference | Pacific-10 |
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Record | 7–5 (5–3 Pac-10) |
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Head coach | |
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Offensive coordinator | Gary Pinkel (2nd season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Jim Lambright (9th season) |
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MVP | Joe Kelly |
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Captains | - Joe Kelly
- Vestee Jackson
- Hugh Millen
- Dennis Soldat
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Home stadium | Husky Stadium |
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The 1985 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its eleventh season under head coach Don James, the team compiled a 7–5 record, and outscored its opponents 238 to 225.[1] Joe Kelly was selected for the Guy Flaherty Most Inspirational award. Kelly was also selected as the team's most valuable player. Kelly, Vestee Jackson, Hugh Millen, and Dennis Soldat were the team captains.
Senior quarterback Millen started the first nine games,[2] and sophomore Chris Chandler the final three.[3][4][5]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 7 | No. 16 Oklahoma State* | No. 12 | | L 17–31 | 60,320 |
September 14 | at No. 16 BYU* | | | L 3–31 | 65,476 |
September 21 | at Houston* | | | W 29–12 | 20,522 |
September 28 | No. 13 UCLA | | | W 21–14 | 60,425 |
October 5 | at Oregon | | | W 19–13 | 44,383 |
October 12 | at California | | | W 28–12 | 49,000 |
October 19 | Oregon State | | | L 20–21 | 58,771 |
November 2 | Stanford | | | W 34–0 | 58,625 |
November 9 | at Arizona State | | | L 7–36 | 67,474 |
November 16 | USC | | | W 20–17 | 59,417 |
November 23 | Washington State | | | L 20–21 | 59,887 |
December 30 | vs. Colorado* | | | W 20–17 | 30,961 |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1985 Washington Huskies football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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- Source:[6]
Game summaries
UCLA
- Source:[7]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | UCLA | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | • Washington | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 21 | - Date: September 28
- Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle
- Game attendance: 60,801
- Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C)
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | UCLA | Sherrard 26-yard pass from Norrie (Lee kick) | UCLA 7-0 | | 2 | | WASH | Jaeger 31-yard field goal | UCLA 7-3 | | 2 | | UCLA | Dorrell 26-yard pass from Norrie (Lee kick) | UCLA 14-3 | | 2 | | WASH | Hill 31-yard pass from Millen (Millen to Trimble pass) | UCLA 14-11 | | 3 | | WASH | Jaeger 37-yard field goal | Tied 14-14 | | 3 | | WASH | Toy 1-yard run (Jaeger kick) | WASH 21-14 | |
Oregon State
- Source:[8]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Oregon State | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 | Washington | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 | - Date: October 19
- Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle
- Game attendance: 56,544
- Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C)
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | WASH | Jaeger 28-yard field goal | WASH 3-0 | | 1 | | OSU | Malone 43-yard pass from Gonzales (Nielsen kick) | OSU 7-3 | | 2 | | WASH | Weathersby 2-yard run (Jaeger kick) | WASH 10-7 | | 2 | | OSU | Gonzales 20-yard run (Nielsen kick) | OSU 14-10 | | 3 | | WASH | Covington 14-yard run (Jaeger kick) | WASH 17-14 | | 4 | | WASH | Jaeger 43-yard field goal | WASH 20-14 | | 4 | | OSU | Northington recovered blocked punt in end zone (Nielsen kick) | OSU 21-20 | |
Washington State
- Source:[9][10][11]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Wash. State | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 | Washington | 0 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 20 | - Date: November 23
- Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle
- Game attendance: 49,302
- Game weather: 25 °F (−4 °C)
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | WSU | James 44-yard pass from Rypien (Traut kick) | WSU 7-0 | | 2 | | WASH | Jaeger 31-yard field goal | WSU 7-3 | | 2 | | WSU | Taylor 24-yard pass from Rypien (Traut kick) | WSU 14-3 | | 2 | | WASH | Jaeger 38-yard field goal | WSU 14-6 | | 3 | | WASH | Covington 2-yard run (Covington run) | Tied 14-14 | | 4 | | WSU | Taylor 15-yard pass from Rypien (Traut kick) | WSU 21-14 | | 4 | | WASH | Hill 50-yard pass from Chandler (pass failed) | WSU 21-20 | |
NFL draft
Four Huskies were selected in the 1986 NFL draft.
- Source:[12]
References
- ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1985–1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- ^ "Sun Devils are red hot, Huskies not". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 9, 1985. p. 4B.
- ^ Endysk, Monte (November 23, 1985). "Chandler apparent frontrunner in Huskies' quarterback battle". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 4B.
- ^ Grummert, Dale (November 24, 1985). "WSU enjoys a Dawg-Day afternoon, 21-20". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
- ^ "Strong defense preserves Huskies' Freedom". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 31, 1985. p. C1.
- ^ Grummert, Dale (November 23, 1985). "Cougars, Huskies in Apple Cup redemption matchup". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
- ^ "Huskies jolt Bruins, 21-17". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 29, 1985. p. 9B.
- ^ "Oregon State stuns UW, 21-20". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 20, 1985. p. 3C.
- ^ "WSU stuns bowl-bound UW, 21-20". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 24, 1985. p. 6C.
- ^ Cour, Jim (November 25, 1985). "Loss didn't cost UW its Freedom". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B2.
- ^ Grummert, Dale (November 25, 1985). "It was inevitable Cougar players would prove their points to UW". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
- ^ Devlin, Vince (April 30, 1986). "An early start, late finish for WSU trio". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
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