1985 Purdue Boilermakers football team
1985 Purdue Boilermakers football | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1985 record | 5–6 (3–5 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Leon Burtnett (4th season) |
Home stadium |
Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 69,200) |
1985 Big Ten football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Iowa $ | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Michigan | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Ohio State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1985 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented the Purdue University in the 1985 Big Ten Conference football season. Quarterback Jim Everett led the nation in total offense (3,589 yards), which was also a school record, since broken by Drew Brees. Everett finished sixth in balloting for the Heisman Trophy. [1]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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August 31 | 7:30 PM | at Pittsburgh* | Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA | ESPN | L 30–31 | 50,103 | |||
September 21 | 2:00 PM | Ball State* | Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN | W 37–18 | 63,162 | ||||
September 28 | 12:30 PM | Notre Dame* | Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy) | TBS | W 35–17 | 69,338 | |||
October 5 | 8:00 PM | at Minnesota | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN | TBS | L 15–45 | 59,503 | |||
October 12 | 2:30 PM | Illinois | Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon) | W 30–24 | 68,837 | ||||
October 19 | 12:00 PM | at No. 11 Ohio State | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH | CBS | L 27–41 | 89,888 | |||
October 26 | 12:30 PM | Michigan State |
Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN | TBS | L 24–28 | 67,660 | |||
November 2 | 2:00 PM | Northwestern | Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN | W 31–7 | 53,640 | ||||
November 9 | 1:00 PM | at No. 9 Michigan | Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI | L 0–47 | 105,503 | ||||
November 16 | 2:30 PM | No. 5 Iowa | Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN | CBS | L 24–27 | 57,762 | |||
November 23 | 2:00 PM | at Indiana | Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) | W 34–21 | 51,752 | ||||
*Non-conference game. |
Rivalries
- In the battle for the Old Oaken Bucket, Purdue beat Indiana
- In the battle for the Purdue Cannon, Purdue beat Illinois
- In the battle for the Shillelagh Trophy, Purdue beat Notre Dame
1986 NFL Draft
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
Jim Everett | Quarterback | 1 | 3 | Houston Oilers |
Ray Wallace | Running back | 6 | 145 | Houston Oilers |
Mark Jackson | Wide receiver | 6 | 161 | Denver Broncos |
Rodney Carter | Running back | 5 | 146 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
Mark Drenth | Tackle | 11 | 279 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
Steve Griffin | Wide receiver | 12 | 308 | Atlanta Falcons |
Awards and honors
- Jim Everett, sixth in Heisman Trophy voting
References
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