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1985 Auburn

8–⁠4 (3–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Pat Dye.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1985, game by game: won vs. Louisiana 49–7; won vs. Southern Miss 29–18; lost at Tennessee 20–38; won vs. Ole Miss 41–0; won vs. No. 4 Florida State 59–27; won at Georgia Tech 17–14; won vs. Mississippi State 21–9; lost vs. No. 2 Florida 10–14; won vs. East Carolina 35–10; won at No. 12 Georgia 24–10; lost vs. Alabama 23–25; lost vs. No. 11 Texas A&M 16–36+42−20Won 49–7 vs. Louisiana+42LouisianaWon 29–18 vs. Southern Miss+11Southern MissLost 20–38 at Tennessee-18TennesseeWon 41–0 vs. Ole Miss+41Ole MissWon 59–27 vs. No. 4 Florida State+32No. 4 Florida StateWon 17–14 at Georgia Tech+3Georgia TechWon 21–9 vs. Mississippi State+12Mississippi Sta…Lost 10–14 vs. No. 2 Florida-4No. 2 FloridaWon 35–10 vs. East Carolina+25East CarolinaWon 24–10 at No. 12 Georgia+14No. 12 GeorgiaLost 23–25 vs. Alabama-2AlabamaLost 16–36 vs. No. 11 Texas A&M-20No. 11 Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsLouisianaW 49–⁠780%
Sep 14vsSouthern MissW 29–⁠1880%
Sep 28atTennesseeL 20–⁠3854%
Oct 5vsOle MissW 41–⁠075%
Oct 12vs4Florida StateW 59–⁠2754%
Oct 19atGeorgia TechW 17–⁠1455%
Oct 26vsMississippi StateW 21–⁠981%
Nov 2vs2FloridaL 10–⁠1448%
Nov 9vsEast CarolinaW 35–⁠1090%
Nov 16at12GeorgiaW 24–⁠1040%
Nov 30vsAlabamaL 23–⁠2560%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs11Texas A&MCotton BowlL 16–⁠3658%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 36–⁠16 in the Cotton Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 23rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 2
  2. Wk 2: 2
  3. Wk 3: 1
  4. Wk 4: 1
  5. Wk 5: 1
  6. Wk 6: 14
  7. Wk 7: 12
  8. Wk 8: 8
  9. Wk 9: 6
  10. Wk 10: 6
  11. Wk 11: 13
  12. Wk 12: 14
  13. Wk 13: 10
  14. Wk 14: 7
  15. Wk 15: 16
  16. Wk 16: 16

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1985.

Heisman TrophyBo Jackson, RB; also the Walter Camp

Consensus All-AmericanBo Jackson, RB

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠3 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 1
Points
344–⁠208
Coach
Pat Dye
Elo
1679 +35 this season
SP+ rating
23.0 No. 7 of 106; offense No. 9, defense No. 17
SRS
18.8 No. 10 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jack Crowe
Defensive coordinator
Frank Orgel
Offense
I formation

Drafted in 1986

The 1986 draft
Rd 1Bo Jackson RBTampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 1Gerald Robinson DEMinnesota Vikings
Rd 2Gerald Williams DEPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 4Steve Wallace OTSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 5Jeff Parks TEHouston Oilers

All-SEC

5 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1985 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1985 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida5–⁠19–⁠1–⁠15
Tennessee5–⁠19–⁠1–⁠24
LSU4–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠120
Alabama4–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠113
Georgia3–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠2
Auburn3–⁠38–⁠4
Ole Miss2–⁠44–⁠6–⁠1
Vanderbilt1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Kentucky1–⁠55–⁠6
Mississippi State0–⁠65–⁠6

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.