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1985 Oregon State

3–⁠8 (2–⁠6 Pac-10), coached by Dave Kragthorpe.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1985, game by game: won vs. Idaho 43–28; won vs. California 23–20; lost vs. Fresno State 24–33; lost vs. Grambling 6–23; lost at USC 0–63; lost vs. Washington State 0–34; won at Washington 21–20; lost vs. Arizona 6–27; lost at Stanford 24–39; lost at No. 13 UCLA 0–41; lost at Oregon 13–34+15−63Won 43–28 vs. Idaho+15IdahoWon 23–20 vs. California+3CaliforniaLost 24–33 vs. Fresno State-9Fresno StateLost 6–23 vs. Grambling-17GramblingLost 0–63 at USC-63USCLost 0–34 vs. Washington State-34Washington StateWon 21–20 at Washington+1WashingtonLost 6–27 vs. Arizona-21ArizonaLost 24–39 at Stanford-15StanfordLost 0–41 at No. 13 UCLA-41No. 13 UCLALost 13–34 at Oregon-21Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsIdahoW 43–⁠2862%
Sep 14vsCaliforniaW 23–⁠2042%
Sep 21vsFresno StateL 24–⁠3345%
Sep 28vsGramblingL 6–⁠2351%
Oct 5atUSCL 0–⁠6320%
Oct 12vsWashington StateL 0–⁠3436%
Oct 19atWashingtonW 21–⁠208%
Nov 2vsArizonaL 6–⁠2722%
Nov 9atStanfordL 24–⁠3927%
Nov 16at13UCLAL 0–⁠417%
Nov 23atOregonL 13–⁠3419%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon 34–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 106th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 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
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠6 9th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
160–⁠362
Coach
Dave Kragthorpe
Elo
1283 −78 this season
SP+ rating
-13.6 No. 93 of 106; offense No. 75, defense No. 87
SRS
−12.9 No. 92 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Garth Hall
Defensive coordinator
Tim Hundley

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Reggie BynumWRCoaches-1

Second team

  • Osia LewisLBCoaches-2
  • Lavance NorthingtonDBCoaches-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 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠29–⁠2–⁠17
Arizona5–⁠28–⁠3–⁠1
Arizona State5–⁠28–⁠4
Washington5–⁠37–⁠5
USC5–⁠36–⁠6
Oregon3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State3–⁠54–⁠7
Stanford3–⁠54–⁠7
Oregon State2–⁠63–⁠8
California2–⁠74–⁠7

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