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1985 Boston College

4–⁠8, coached by Jack Bicknell.

Schedule and results

Boston College in 1985, game by game: lost vs. No. 10 BYU 14–28; won vs. Temple 28–25; lost vs. No. 17 Maryland 13–31; won at Pittsburgh 29–22; lost vs. Miami 10–45; won at Rutgers 20–10; lost at Army 14–45; lost vs. West Virginia 6–13; lost at Cincinnati 17–24; lost at No. 3 Penn State 12–16; lost at Syracuse 21–41; won vs. Holy Cross 38–7+31−35Lost 14–28 vs. No. 10 BYU-14No. 10 BYUWon 28–25 vs. Temple+3TempleLost 13–31 vs. No. 17 Maryland-18No. 17 MarylandWon 29–22 at Pittsburgh+7PittsburghLost 10–45 vs. Miami-35MiamiWon 20–10 at Rutgers+10RutgersLost 14–45 at Army-31ArmyLost 6–13 vs. West Virginia-7West VirginiaLost 17–24 at Cincinnati-7CincinnatiLost 12–16 at No. 3 Penn State-4No. 3 Penn StateLost 21–41 at Syracuse-20SyracuseWon 38–7 vs. Holy Cross+31Holy Cross
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 29vs10BYUL 14–⁠2842%
Sep 7vsTempleW 28–⁠2572%
Sep 14vs17MarylandL 13–⁠3160%
Sep 21atPittsburghW 29–⁠2251%
Sep 28vsMiamiL 10–⁠4559%
Oct 5atRutgersW 20–⁠1053%
Oct 12atArmyL 14–⁠4544%
Oct 19vsWest VirginiaL 6–⁠1355%
Oct 26atCincinnatiL 17–⁠2462%
Nov 2at3Penn StateL 12–⁠1625%
Nov 16atSyracuseL 21–⁠4134%
Nov 23vsHoly CrossW 38–⁠778%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Holy Cross 38–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 60th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

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.

Outland TrophyMike Ruth, DT

Consensus All-AmericanMike Ruth, DT

Record
4–⁠8
Conference
3–⁠3 4th in the Major eastern college football independents (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
222–⁠307
Coach
Jack Bicknell
Elo
1500 −146 this season
SP+ rating
-2.2 No. 63 of 106; offense No. 62, defense No. 60
SRS
−1.8 No. 62 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Seymour “Red” Kelin
Captains
Shawn Regent, Mike Ruth and Troy Stradford

Drafted in 1986

The 1986 draft
Rd 2Mike Ruth DTNew England Patriots
Rd 4Scott Gieselman TENew England Patriots