1985 Auburn Tigers football team

1985 Auburn Tigers football

Cotton Bowl Classic, L 36–16 vs. Texas A&M
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

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*	No. 2	Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL		W 49–7	60,000
September 14	Southern Miss*	No. 1	Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL		W 29–18	63,000
September 28	at Tennessee	No. 1	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	ABC	L 20–38	94,358
October 5	Mississippi	No. 14	Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL		W 41–0	67,500
October 12	No. 4 Florida State*	No. 12	Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	TBS	W 59–27	75,000
October 19	at Georgia Tech*	No. 8	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	CBS	W 17–14	57,501
October 26	Mississippi State	No. 6	Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL		W 21–9	68,700
November 2	No. 2 Florida	No. 6	Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	ABC	L 10–14	75,000
November 9	East Carolina*	No. 13	Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL		W 35–10	65,600
November 16	at No. 12 Georgia	No. 14	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	ABC	W 24–10	82,122
November 30	vs. Alabama	No. 7	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)	ABC	L 23–25	75,808
January 1	vs. No. 11 Texas A&M*	No. 16	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	L 16–36	73,137
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Game summaries

Georgia

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

Date: November 16
Location: Sanford Stadium
Game attendance: 82,122

Scoring summary

Q2	AUB	Johnson 49 yard field goal	AUB 3–0

Q2	UGA	Jackson 3 yard run (Crumley kick)	UGA 7–3

Q2	AUB	Jackson 67 yard run (Johnson kick)	AUB 10–7

Q2	AUB	Weygand 8 yard run (Johnson kick)	AUB 17–7

Q3	UGA	Crumley 50 yard field goal	AUB 17–10

Q4	AUB	Jackson 6 yard run (Johnson kick)	AUB 24–10

Bo Jackson 19 Rush, 121 Yds

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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

Bo Jackson, Heisman Trophy ^[3]
Bo Jackson, Walter Camp Award^[4]

References

↑ Gainesville Sun. 1985 Nov 17. Retrieved 2015-Sep-18.
↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1986.htm
↑ http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html
↑ http://collegefootball.about.com/od/collegefootballawards/a/award-camp.htm

Auburn Tigers football

Venues	Drill Field (1892–1910) Drake Field (1911–1939) Legion Field (alternate, 1926–1991) Jordan–Hare Stadium (1939–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama: Iron Bowl (James E. Foy, V-ODK Sportsmanship Trophy) Arkansas Clemson Florida Georgia: Deep South's Oldest Rivalry Georgia Tech LSU Tennessee Tulane

Culture & lore	History Traditions Aubie "War Eagle" Marching band Toomer's Corner Punt Bama Punt Bo Over the Top Earthquake Game Prayer at Jordan–Hare Kick Six (Kick Bama Kick)

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

National championship seasons in bold

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