1985 Purdue

• Biggest winBeat Northwestern 31–⁠7Nov 2

  By 24 points, its widest win.

Date	Opponent	Result	Elo
Aug 31	atPittsburgh	L 30–⁠31		36%
Sep 21	vsBall State	W 37–⁠18		75%
Sep 28	vsNotre Dame	W 35–⁠17		46%
Oct 5	atMinnesota	L 15–⁠45		56%
Oct 12	vsIllinois	W 30–⁠24		50%
Oct 19	at11Ohio State	L 27–⁠41		24%
Oct 26	vsMichigan State	L 24–⁠28		66%
Nov 2	vsNorthwestern	W 31–⁠7		71%
Nov 9	at9Michigan	L 0–⁠47		19%
Nov 16	vs5Iowa	L 24–⁠27		27%
Nov 23	atIndiana	W 34–⁠21		58%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

• Rod WoodsonCornerback
• Jim EverettQuarterback

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.

From Wikipedia’s 1985 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Iowa	7–⁠1	10–⁠2	10
Michigan	6–⁠1–⁠1	10–⁠1–⁠1	2
Illinois	5–⁠2–⁠1	6–⁠5–⁠1
Ohio State	5–⁠3	9–⁠3	14
Michigan State	5–⁠3	7–⁠5
Minnesota	4–⁠4	7–⁠5
Purdue	3–⁠5	5–⁠6
Wisconsin	2–⁠6	5–⁠6
Indiana	1–⁠7	4–⁠7
Northwestern	1–⁠7	3–⁠8

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