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1985 Hawai’i

4–⁠6–⁠2 (4–⁠3–⁠1 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Dick Tomey.

Schedule and results

Hawai’i in 1985, game by game: lost vs. Kansas 27–33; lost vs. Utah 27–29; lost vs. Long Beach State 30–33; tied at Fresno State 24–24; won at Wyoming 26–18; lost vs. Pacific 15–24; won at New Mexico 27–17; won vs. Colorado State 34–14; won at UTEP 23–7; lost vs. No. 13 Air Force 20–27; tied vs. San Diego State 10–10; lost vs. No. 9 BYU 6–26+20−20Lost 27–33 vs. Kansas-6KansasLost 27–29 vs. Utah-2UtahLost 30–33 vs. Long Beach State-3Long Beach StateTied 24–24 at Fresno State0Fresno StateWon 26–18 at Wyoming+8WyomingLost 15–24 vs. Pacific-9PacificWon 27–17 at New Mexico+10New MexicoWon 34–14 vs. Colorado State+20Colorado StateWon 23–7 at UTEP+16UTEPLost 20–27 vs. No. 13 Air Force-7No. 13 Air ForceTied 10–10 vs. San Diego State0San Diego StateLost 6–26 vs. No. 9 BYU-20No. 9 BYU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsKansasL 27–⁠3361%
Sep 14vsUtahL 27–⁠2951%
Sep 21vsLong Beach StateL 30–⁠3368%
Oct 5atFresno StateT 24–⁠2434%
Oct 12atWyomingW 26–⁠1848%
Oct 19vsPacificL 15–⁠2468%
Oct 26atNew MexicoW 27–⁠1755%
Nov 2vsColorado StateW 34–⁠1465%
Nov 9atUTEPW 23–⁠769%
Nov 23vs13Air ForceL 20–⁠2730%
Nov 30vsSan Diego StateT 10–⁠1060%
Dec 7vs9BYUL 6–⁠2624%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to BYU 26–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 21st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 97 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
4–⁠6–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠3–⁠1 4th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
269–⁠262
Coach
Dick Tomey
Elo
1484 −32 this season
SP+ rating
4.4 No. 47 of 106; offense No. 44, defense No. 51
SRS
−0.6 No. 58 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1986

The 1986 draft
Rd 2Walter Murray WRWashington Redskins

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.