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1985 Oregon

5–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Pac-10), coached by Rich Brooks.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1985, game by game: won at Washington State 42–39; lost at Colorado 17–21; won vs. Stanford 45–28; lost at No. 16 Nebraska 0–63; lost vs. Washington 13–19; lost vs. California 24–27; won at San Diego State 49–37; won vs. San José State 35–13; lost at Arizona 8–20; won vs. Oregon State 34–13; lost vs. USC 6–20+22−63Won 42–39 at Washington State+3Washington StateLost 17–21 at Colorado-4ColoradoWon 45–28 vs. Stanford+17StanfordLost 0–63 at No. 16 Nebraska-63No. 16 NebraskaLost 13–19 vs. Washington-6WashingtonLost 24–27 vs. California-3CaliforniaWon 49–37 at San Diego State+12San Diego StateWon 35–13 vs. San José State+22San José StateLost 8–20 at Arizona-12ArizonaWon 34–13 vs. Oregon State+21Oregon StateLost 6–20 vs. USC-14USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31atWashington StateW 42–⁠3933%
Sep 14atColoradoL 17–⁠2155%
Sep 21vsStanfordW 45–⁠2856%
Sep 28at16NebraskaL 0–⁠6321%
Oct 5vsWashingtonL 13–⁠1936%
Oct 19vsCaliforniaL 24–⁠2764%
Oct 26atSan Diego StateW 49–⁠3735%
Nov 2vsSan José StateW 35–⁠1366%
Nov 16atArizonaL 8–⁠2030%
Nov 23vsOregon StateW 34–⁠1381%
Nov 30vsUSCL 6–⁠2044%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to USC 20–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 76th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 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
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 6th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
273–⁠300
Coach
Rich Brooks
Elo
1478 +6 this season
SP+ rating
2.5 No. 49 of 106; offense No. 28, defense No. 75
SRS
2.1 No. 52 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bob Toledo
Defensive coordinator
Joe Schaffeld
Captain
Lew Barnes

Drafted in 1986

The 1986 draft
Rd 5Lew Barnes WRChicago Bears

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Greg SchwabOTCoaches-2
  • Mike PreacherPCoaches-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.