1985 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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1985 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1985 record5–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorJoe Tiller (3rd season)
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 69,200)
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 Big Ten Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:30 pmat Pittsburgh*
ESPNL 30–3150,103
September 212:00 pmBall State*
W 37–1863,162
September 2812:30 pmNotre Dame*
TBSW 35–1769,338
October 58:00 pmat Minnesota
TBSL 15–4559,503
October 122:30 pmIllinois
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)
W 30–2468,837
October 1912:00 pmat No. 11 Ohio State
CBSL 27–4189,888
October 2612:30 pmMichigan Statedagger
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
TBSL 24–2867,660
November 22:00 pmNorthwestern
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 31–753,640
November 91:00 pmat No. 9 Michigan
L 0–47105,503
November 162:30 pmNo. 5 Iowa
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
CBSL 24–2757,762
November 232:00 pmat Indiana
W 34–2151,752
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster[]

1985 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 11 Jim Everett Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 19 Cris Dishman So
LB 48 Fred Strickland So
LB 44 Kevin Sumlin Jr
DB 26 Rod Woodson Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Season summary[]

Pittsburgh[]

Ball State[]

Notre Dame[]

Illinois[]

at Ohio State[]

Purdue at Ohio State
1 234Total
Boilermakers 0 10107 27
• Buckeyes 14 3717 41

Michigan State[]

Northwestern[]

  • James Medlock 23 rushes, 129 yards [8]

Iowa[]

#5 Iowa at Purdue
1 234Total
• Hawkeyes 7 1703 27
Boilermakers 7 1007 24
See also: 1985 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

at Indiana[]

See also: 1985 Indiana Hoosiers football team and Old Oaken Bucket
  • Ray Wallace 19 rushes, 140 yards [11]

1986 NFL Draft[]

Main article: 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

[12]

Awards and honors[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.goldfan.com/purdue_hncaa.shtml
  2. ^ 2018 Purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
  3. ^ 2018 Purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
  4. ^ 2018 Purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
  5. ^ 2018 Purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
  6. ^ 2018 Purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
  7. ^ 2018 Purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
  8. ^ 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2021-Jan-01.
  9. ^ 2018 Purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
  10. ^ "Iowa Wins, 27-24 on Late Field Goal". New York Times. November 17, 1985. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  11. ^ 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-29.
  12. ^ "1986 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21.
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