1985 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

1985 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Florida ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation.; Rankings from AP Poll

1985 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
1985 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1985 record	5–6 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach	Emory Bellard (7th season);
Defensive coordinator	Melvin Robertson (7th season)
Home stadium	Scott Field; (capacity: 32,000)
	Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

The 1985 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. Head coach Emory Bellard was fired after the season, the Bulldogs' fourth consecutive losing season.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	Arkansas State*	Scott Field Starkville, MS	W 22–14
September 14	Syracuse*	Scott Field Starkville, MS	W 30–3	26,832
September 21	vs. Southern Miss*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	W 23–20	54,300	^[2]
September 28	No. 11 Florida	Scott Field Starkville, MS	L 22–36	34,588
October 5	Memphis State*	Scott Field Starkville, MS	W 31–28	26,012
October 12	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	L 19–33	58,345
October 19	Tulane*	Scott Field Starkville, MS	W 31–27	30,420	^[3]
October 26	at No. 6 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	L 9–21	68,700
November 2	at Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	L 28–44	60,210	^[4]
November 16	at No. 19 LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	L 15–17
November 23	vs. Ole Miss	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)	L 27–45
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1985 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`15`	Don Smith	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "Mississippi State's Bellard Fired as Coach, Forecaster". Los Angeles Times. 1985-11-28. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
^ "Blitzing Bulldogs scramble Eagles". The Clarion-Ledger. September 22, 1985. Retrieved March 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "State escapes Tulane". The Clarion-Ledger. October 20, 1985. Retrieved October 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Alabama whets SEC taste in romp over State". The Clarion-Ledger. November 3, 1985. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 25, 2015

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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