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1985 Kansas State

1–⁠10 (1–⁠6 Big Eight), coached by Jim Dickey, then Lee Moon (interim, final 9 games).

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1985, game by game: lost vs. Wichita State 10–16; lost vs. Northern Iowa 6–10; lost vs. TCU 22–24; lost vs. North Texas 10–22; lost vs. No. 2 Oklahoma 6–41; lost at Kansas 7–38; won at Missouri 20–17; lost vs. No. 5 Nebraska 3–41; lost at No. 10 Oklahoma State 3–35; lost vs. Iowa State 14–21; lost at Colorado 0–30+7−38Lost 10–16 vs. Wichita State-6Wichita StateLost 6–10 vs. Northern Iowa-4Northern IowaLost 22–24 vs. TCU-2TCULost 10–22 vs. North Texas-12North TexasLost 6–41 vs. No. 2 Oklahoma-35No. 2 OklahomaLost 7–38 at Kansas-31KansasWon 20–17 at Missouri+3MissouriLost 3–41 vs. No. 5 Nebraska-38No. 5 NebraskaLost 3–35 at No. 10 Oklahoma State-32No. 10 Oklahoma StateLost 14–21 vs. Iowa State-7Iowa StateLost 0–30 at Colorado-30Colorado
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsWichita StateL 10–⁠1667%
Sep 14vsNorthern IowaL 6–⁠1076%
Sep 21vsTCUL 22–⁠2437%
Sep 28vsNorth TexasL 10–⁠2263%
Oct 5vs2OklahomaL 6–⁠4118%
Oct 19atKansasL 7–⁠3816%
Oct 26atMissouriW 20–⁠1734%
Nov 2vs5NebraskaL 3–⁠4111%
Nov 9at10Oklahoma StateL 3–⁠358%
Nov 16vsIowa StateL 14–⁠2152%
Nov 23atColoradoL 0–⁠3019%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado 30–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 106th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 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
1–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 7th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
101–⁠295
Coach
Jim Dickey, then Lee Moon (interim, final 9 games)
Elo
1273 −143 this season
SP+ rating
-22.8 No. 104 of 106; offense No. 105, defense No. 84
SRS
−19.2 No. 106 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Al Sandahl

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Barton HundleyDBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Gerald AlphinWRAP-2; UPI-2
  • Kevin HumphreyDEAP-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 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠011–⁠11
Nebraska6–⁠19–⁠311
Oklahoma State4–⁠38–⁠4
Colorado4–⁠37–⁠5
Iowa State3–⁠45–⁠6
Kansas2–⁠56–⁠6
Kansas State1–⁠61–⁠10
Missouri1–⁠61–⁠10

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