1985 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

1985 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
	^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

1985 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
1985 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Conference	Independent
1985 record	7–4
Head coach	Tubby Raymond (20th season);
Offensive coordinator	Ted Kempski (18th season)
Offensive scheme	Delaware Wing-T
Home stadium	Delaware Stadium; (Capacity: 22,000)
	Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

The 1985 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season, as an Independent. They were led by Tubby Raymond, who was in his 20th season as head coach of the Fightin' Blue Hens. The team played its home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 7	Rhode Island	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware	W 29–13
September 14	Navy	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware	W 16–13	23,110
September 21	at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, Virginia (rivalry)	L 16–17
September 28	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, Massachusetts	L 6–22
October 5	West Chester	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware (rivalry)	W 37–22
October 12	Boston University	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware	W 21–0
October 19	at Bucknell	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, Pennsylvania	W 31–7
October 26	Lehigh	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware (rivalry)	L 14–16
November 2	Temple	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware	W 27–24
November 9	at Massachusetts	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, Massachusetts	W 27–24	9,121
November 16	Maine	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware	L 7–10

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Venues	Frazer Field (1913–1946) Wilmington Park (1940–1952) Delaware Stadium (1952–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games 1974 Grantland Rice Bowl Route 1 Rivalry (Delaware State) James Madison Lehigh Battle of the Blue (Villanova) West Chester William & Mary
Culture & lore	YoUDee "The Delaware Fight Song" Marching Band Winged football helmet
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1889 1890 1891 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 1943–1945 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 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

1985 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 9 Georgia Southern ^		–		13	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Eastern Washington ^		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Richmond		–		8	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		7	–	3	–	1
Delaware		–		7	–	4	–	0
Tennessee State		–		7	–	4	–	0
No. 16 William & Mary		–		7	–	4	–	0
Lafayette		–		6	–	5	–	0
James Madison		–		5	–	6	–	0
Lehigh		–		5	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross		–		4	–	6	–	1
Florida A&M		–		4	–	7	–	0
Western Kentucky		–		4	–	7	–	0
Bucknell		–		3	–	7	–	0
Northeastern		–		2	–	8	–	0

^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll