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1985 Long Beach State

6–⁠6 (4–⁠3 Pacific Coast Athletic Association), coached by Mike Sheppard.

Schedule and results

Long Beach State in 1985, game by game: lost vs. Utah State 17–19; lost vs. San Diego State 14–34; won at Hawai’i 33–30; won at UNLV 28–24; won at Boise State 17–16; lost at Tulsa 35–37; lost vs. Eastern Washington 23–30; won vs. New Mexico State 38–17; won at Pacific 20–7; won vs. San José State 37–22; lost vs. Fresno State 31–33; lost vs. Cal State Fullerton 27–38+21−20Lost 17–19 vs. Utah State-2Utah StateLost 14–34 vs. San Diego State-20San Diego StateWon 33–30 at Hawai’i+3Hawai’iWon 28–24 at UNLV+4UNLVWon 17–16 at Boise State+1Boise StateLost 35–37 at Tulsa-2TulsaLost 23–30 vs. Eastern Washington-7Eastern Washing…Won 38–17 vs. New Mexico State+21New Mexico StateWon 20–7 at Pacific+13PacificWon 37–22 vs. San José State+15San José StateLost 31–33 vs. Fresno State-2Fresno StateLost 27–38 vs. Cal State Fullerton-11Cal State Fulle…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsUtah StateL 17–⁠1967%
Sep 14vsSan Diego StateL 14–⁠3454%
Sep 21atHawai’iW 33–⁠3032%
Sep 28atUNLVW 28–⁠2427%
Oct 5atBoise StateW 17–⁠1663%
Oct 12atTulsaL 35–⁠3738%
Oct 19vsEastern WashingtonL 23–⁠3086%
Oct 26vsNew Mexico StateW 38–⁠1773%
Nov 2atPacificW 20–⁠742%
Nov 7vsSan José StateW 37–⁠2265%
Nov 16vsFresno StateL 31–⁠3339%
Nov 23vsCal State FullertonL 27–⁠3860%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Cal State Fullerton 38–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 29 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
6–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Pacific Coast Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked
Points
320–⁠307
Coach
Mike Sheppard
Elo
1433 −22 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−8.0 No. 77 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1986

The 1986 draft
Rd 4Doug Gaynor QBCincinnati Bengals

1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Fresno State7–⁠011–⁠0–⁠1
Cal State Fullerton5–⁠26–⁠5
UNLV4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Long Beach State4–⁠36–⁠6
Utah State3–⁠43–⁠8
San José State2–⁠4–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1
Pacific2–⁠55–⁠7
New Mexico State0–⁠71–⁠10

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