1985 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1985 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 14	Northern Illinois*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 38–17	69,131
September 21	UNLV*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 26–23	68,123
September 28	at Wyoming*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	W 41–17	11,129
October 5	at No. 5 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 6–33	105,491
October 12	No. 1 Iowa	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	L 13–23	79,023
October 19	Northwestern	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 14–17	78,401
October 26	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	L 25–38	76,395
November 2	Indiana	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 31–20	78,605
November 9	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	L 18–27	64,571
November 16	at No. 3 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 12–7	89,873
November 23	Michigan State	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 7–41	56,854
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1985 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`24`	Larry Emery	Jr
G	`66`	Bob Landsee	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`99`	Rick Graf	Jr
LB	`95`	Tim Jordan	Jr
DB	`38`	Nate Odomes	Jr
LB	`52`	Michael Reid	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`5`	Todd Gregoire

Iowa at Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 1 Hawkeyes	3	7	3	10	23
Badgers	0	0	10	3	13

Wisconsin at Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Badgers	3	3	6	0	12
No. 3 Buckeyes	0	7	0	0	7

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Bob Landsee	Center	6	149	Philadelphia Eagles

^ "Wisconsin Badgers Index". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
^ "Top-ranked Iowa eases past Wisconsin". Gainesville Sun. October 13, 1985. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
^ "Air Force Toppled; Ohio State Stunned; Wisconsin Victor in Upset by 12-7". The New York Times. November 17, 1985. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
^ "1986 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

v t Wisconsin Badgers football
Venues	Randall Field (1895–1916) Camp Randall Stadium (1917–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa (Heartland Trophy) Minnesota (Slab of Bacon, 1930–1943; Paul Bunyan's Axe, 1948–present) Nebraska (Freedom Trophy)
Culture & lore	Bucky Badger "On, Wisconsin!" Marching band "Jump Around" Tall Grass Game Crazylegs
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders Retired numbers
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 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 2018 2019 2020 2021

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