1985 Auburn Tigers football team

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1985 Auburn Tigers football
Auburn Tigers logo.svg
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1985 record8–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJack Crowe (4th season)
Offensive schemeI formation
Defensive coordinatorFrank Orgel (5th season)
Home stadiumJordan–Hare Stadium
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 Southeastern Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   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[]

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 7SW Louisiana*No. 2
W 49–760,000
September 14Southern Miss*No. 1
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
W 29–1863,000[1]
September 28at TennesseeNo. 1
ABCL 20–3894,358
October 5Ole MissNo. 14
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama (rivalry)
W 41–067,500
October 12No. 4 Florida State*No. 12
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
TBSW 59–2775,000
October 19at Georgia Tech*No. 8
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, Georgia (rivalry)
CBSW 17–1457,501
October 26Mississippi StateNo. 6
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
W 21–968,700
November 2No. 2 FloridaNo. 6
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama (rivalry)
ABCL 10–1475,000
November 9East Carolina*No. 13
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
W 35–1065,600[2]
November 16at No. 12 GeorgiaNo. 14
ABCW 24–1082,122
November 30vs. AlabamaNo. 7
ABCL 23–2575,808[3]
January 1vs. No. 11 Texas A&M*No. 16
CBSL 16–3673,137
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[]

1985 Auburn Tigers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 30 Tommie Agee Sr
RB 34 Bo Jackson Sr
OL 66 Jeff Lott Sr
C 55 Ben Tamburello Jr
OL 78 Steve Wallace Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
SS 9 Tommy Powell Jr
DE 95 Gerald Robinson Sr
CB 45 Jimmie Warren Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 5 Lewis Colbert Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries[]

at Tennessee[]

#1 Auburn (2-0) at Tennessee (0-0-1)
1 234Total
No. 1 Auburn 0 0020 20
• Tennessee 14 10014 38
See also: 1985 Tennessee Volunteers football team

Florida State[]

See also: 1985 Florida State Seminoles football team

at Georgia[]

1 234Total
• No. 14 Auburn 0 1707 24
No. 12 Georgia 0 730 10
  • Date: November 16
  • Location: Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia
  • Game attendance: 82,122
See also: 1985 Georgia Bulldogs football team and Deep South's Oldest Rivalry

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Alabama[]

See also: 1985 Alabama Crimson Tide football and Iron Bowl

Van Tiffin game winning field goal.

Awards and honors[]

Team players in the NFL[]

Bo Jackson Running Back 7 183 Los Angeles Raiders
Bo Jackson Running back 1 1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tigers sputter but win 29–18". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 15, 1985. Retrieved March 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Auburn plods past Pirates". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 10, 1985. Retrieved March 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Game-winning field goal is new experience for Tiffin". The Montgomery Advertiser. December 1, 1985. Retrieved March 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1985 Nov 17. Retrieved 2015-Sep-18.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2007-04-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Football".
  7. ^ "1986 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21.
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