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1985 Missouri

1–⁠10 (1–⁠6 Big Eight), coached by Woody Widenhofer.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1985, game by game: lost vs. Northwestern 23–27; lost at Texas 17–21; lost vs. Indiana 17–36; lost vs. California 32–39; lost at Colorado 7–38; lost vs. No. 7 Nebraska 20–28; lost vs. Kansas State 17–20; won at Iowa State 28–27; lost vs. No. 7 Oklahoma 6–51; lost vs. No. 10 Oklahoma State 19–21; lost at Kansas 20–34+7−45Lost 23–27 vs. Northwestern-4NorthwesternLost 17–21 at Texas-4TexasLost 17–36 vs. Indiana-19IndianaLost 32–39 vs. California-7CaliforniaLost 7–38 at Colorado-31ColoradoLost 20–28 vs. No. 7 Nebraska-8No. 7 NebraskaLost 17–20 vs. Kansas State-3Kansas StateWon 28–27 at Iowa State+1Iowa StateLost 6–51 vs. No. 7 Oklahoma-45No. 7 OklahomaLost 19–21 vs. No. 10 Oklahoma State-2No. 10 Oklahoma StateLost 20–34 at Kansas-14Kansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vsNorthwesternL 23–⁠2777%
Sep 21atTexasL 17–⁠2130%
Sep 28vsIndianaL 17–⁠3666%
Oct 5vsCaliforniaL 32–⁠3958%
Oct 12atColoradoL 7–⁠3839%
Oct 19vs7NebraskaL 20–⁠2815%
Oct 26vsKansas StateL 17–⁠2066%
Nov 2atIowa StateW 28–⁠2739%
Nov 9vs7OklahomaL 6–⁠5118%
Nov 16vs10Oklahoma StateL 19–⁠2115%
Nov 23atKansasL 20–⁠3425%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Kansas 34–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 123rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 7th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
206–⁠342
Coach
Woody Widenhofer
Elo
1321 −173 this season
SP+ rating
-15.8 No. 96 of 106; offense No. 73, defense No. 95
SRS
−10.6 No. 82 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bill Meyers
Defensive coordinator
James McKinley

All-Big Eight

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Herbert JohnsonWRAP-2; UPI-1
  • John ClayOTAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Darrell WallaceRBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Dick ChapuraDTAP-2
  • Erik McMillanDBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Tom WhelihanPlace-kickerUPI-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.