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1985 California

4–⁠7 (2–⁠7 Pac-10), coached by Joe Kapp.

Schedule and results

California in 1985, game by game: won vs. San José State 48–21; lost at Washington State 19–20; lost vs. Oregon State 20–23; lost vs. Arizona 17–23; won at Missouri 39–32; lost vs. Washington 12–28; won at Oregon 27–24; lost at No. 17 UCLA 7–34; lost vs. Arizona State 8–30; won vs. USC 14–6; lost at Stanford 22–24+27−27Won 48–21 vs. San José State+27San José StateLost 19–20 at Washington State-1Washington StateLost 20–23 vs. Oregon State-3Oregon StateLost 17–23 vs. Arizona-6ArizonaWon 39–32 at Missouri+7MissouriLost 12–28 vs. Washington-16WashingtonWon 27–24 at Oregon+3OregonLost 7–34 at No. 17 UCLA-27No. 17 UCLALost 8–30 vs. Arizona State-22Arizona StateWon 14–6 vs. USC+8USCLost 22–24 at Stanford-2Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsSan José StateW 48–⁠2142%
Sep 7atWashington StateL 19–⁠2032%
Sep 14vsOregon StateL 20–⁠2358%
Sep 21vsArizonaL 17–⁠2334%
Oct 5atMissouriW 39–⁠3242%
Oct 12vsWashingtonL 12–⁠2828%
Oct 19atOregonW 27–⁠2436%
Oct 26at17UCLAL 7–⁠3416%
Nov 2vsArizona StateL 8–⁠3036%
Nov 9vsUSCW 14–⁠637%
Nov 23atStanfordL 22–⁠2443%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stanford 24–⁠22; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 88th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 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.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠7 10th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
233–⁠265
Coach
Joe Kapp
Elo
1429 +24 this season
SP+ rating
-3.2 No. 66 of 106; offense No. 61, defense No. 64
SRS
−1.2 No. 60 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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All-Pac-10

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Marc HicksRBCoaches-2
  • Mark StephensOGCoaches-2
  • Majett WhitesideDLCoaches-2

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

1985 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠29–⁠2–⁠17
Arizona5–⁠28–⁠3–⁠1
Arizona State5–⁠28–⁠4
Washington5–⁠37–⁠5
USC5–⁠36–⁠6
Oregon3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State3–⁠54–⁠7
Stanford3–⁠54–⁠7
Oregon State2–⁠63–⁠8
California2–⁠74–⁠7

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