1985 Auburn Tigers football team

1985 Auburn Tigers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1985 record 8–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach Pat Dye (5th season)
Offensive coordinator Jack Crowe (4th season)
Offensive scheme I formation
Defensive coordinator Frank Orgel (5th season)
Home stadium Jordan–Hare Stadium
1985 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Tennessee $ 5 –1 –0  9 –1 –2
No. 5 Florida 5 –1 –0  9 –1 –1
No. 13 Alabama 4 –1 –1  9 –2 –1
No. 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* No. 2 Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama W 49–7   60,000
September 14 Southern Miss* No. 1 Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama W 29–18   63,000
September 28 at Tennessee No. 1 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee ABC L 20–38   94,358
October 5 Ole Miss No. 14 Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama W 41–0   67,500
October 12 No. 4 Florida State* No. 12 Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama TBS W 59–27   75,000
October 19 at Georgia Tech* No. 8 Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia CBS W 17–14   57,501
October 26 Mississippi State No. 6 Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama W 21–9   68,700
November 2 No. 2 Florida No. 6 Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama ABC L 10–14   75,000
November 9 East Carolina* No. 13 Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama W 35–10   65,600
November 16 at No. 12 Georgia No. 14 Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) ABC W 24–10   82,122
November 30 vs. Alabama No. 7 Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama (Iron Bowl) ABC L 23–25   75,808
January 1 vs. No. 11 Texas A&M* No. 16 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, Texas (Cotton Bowl Classic) CBS L 16–36   73,137
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game summaries

Georgia

1 234Total
• Auburn 0 1707 24
Georgia 0 730 10

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Roster

1985 Auburn Tigers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 34 Bo Jackson Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Team players in the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Bo JacksonRunning back11Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ Gainesville Sun. 1985 Nov 17. Retrieved 2015-Sep-18.
  2. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1986.htm
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
  4. ↑ http://collegefootball.about.com/od/collegefootballawards/a/award-camp.htm
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