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1985 Colorado State

5–⁠7 (4–⁠4 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Leon Fuller.

Schedule and results

Colorado State in 1985, game by game: lost at Colorado 10–23; won vs. UTEP 41–24; lost at No. 9 LSU 3–17; lost at San Diego State 23–48; lost vs. No. 15 BYU 7–42; won at New Mexico 45–28; lost vs. No. 10 Air Force 19–35; won at Wyoming 30–19; lost at Hawai’i 14–34; won vs. Southern Miss 35–17; won vs. Utah 21–19; lost at No. 4 Miami 3–24+18−35Lost 10–23 at Colorado-13ColoradoWon 41–24 vs. UTEP+17UTEPLost 3–17 at No. 9 LSU-14No. 9 LSULost 23–48 at San Diego State-25San Diego StateLost 7–42 vs. No. 15 BYU-35No. 15 BYUWon 45–28 at New Mexico+17New MexicoLost 19–35 vs. No. 10 Air Force-16No. 10 Air ForceWon 30–19 at Wyoming+11WyomingLost 14–34 at Hawai’i-20Hawai’iWon 35–17 vs. Southern Miss+18Southern MissWon 21–19 vs. Utah+2UtahLost 3–24 at No. 4 Miami-21No. 4 Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7atColoradoL 10–⁠2347%
Sep 14vsUTEPW 41–⁠2465%
Sep 21at9LSUL 3–⁠1721%
Sep 28atSan Diego StateL 23–⁠4830%
Oct 5vs15BYUL 7–⁠4215%
Oct 12atNew MexicoW 45–⁠2837%
Oct 19vs10Air ForceL 19–⁠3522%
Oct 26atWyomingW 30–⁠1942%
Nov 2atHawai’iL 14–⁠3435%
Nov 9vsSouthern MissW 35–⁠1737%
Nov 16vsUtahW 21–⁠1939%
Nov 23at4MiamiL 3–⁠2412%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 24–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 62nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 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
5–⁠7
Conference
4–⁠4 5th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
251–⁠330
Coach
Leon Fuller
Elo
1449 +39 this season
SP+ rating
0.7 No. 58 of 106; offense No. 38, defense No. 69
SRS
−1.5 No. 61 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dave Lay
Defensive coordinator
Gary Sloan

Drafted in 1986

The 1986 draft
Rd 3Terry Unrein DESan Diego Chargers

1985 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Air Force7–⁠112–⁠18
BYU7–⁠111–⁠316
Utah5–⁠38–⁠4
Hawai’i4–⁠3–⁠14–⁠6–⁠2
Colorado State4–⁠45–⁠7
San Diego State3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠6–⁠1
Wyoming2–⁠63–⁠8
New Mexico2–⁠63–⁠8
UTEP1–⁠71–⁠10

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