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1985 San Diego State

5–⁠6–⁠1 (3–⁠4–⁠1 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Doug Scovil.

Schedule and results

San Diego State in 1985, game by game: won at Long Beach State 34–14; lost at No. 12 UCLA 16–34; won vs. Colorado State 48–23; won vs. Stanford 41–22; lost at No. 11 BYU 0–28; lost vs. Utah 37–39; lost vs. Oregon 37–49; lost at No. 7 Air Force 10–31; lost at Wyoming 20–41; won at UTEP 34–6; won at New Mexico 55–20; tied at Hawai’i 10–10+35−28Won 34–14 at Long Beach State+20Long Beach StateLost 16–34 at No. 12 UCLA-18No. 12 UCLAWon 48–23 vs. Colorado State+25Colorado StateWon 41–22 vs. Stanford+19StanfordLost 0–28 at No. 11 BYU-28No. 11 BYULost 37–39 vs. Utah-2UtahLost 37–49 vs. Oregon-12OregonLost 10–31 at No. 7 Air Force-21No. 7 Air ForceLost 20–41 at Wyoming-21WyomingWon 34–6 at UTEP+28UTEPWon 55–20 at New Mexico+35New MexicoTied 10–10 at Hawai’i0Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14atLong Beach StateW 34–⁠1446%
Sep 21at12UCLAL 16–⁠3425%
Sep 28vsColorado StateW 48–⁠2370%
Oct 5vsStanfordW 41–⁠2265%
Oct 12at11BYUL 0–⁠2818%
Oct 19vsUtahL 37–⁠3951%
Oct 26vsOregonL 37–⁠4965%
Nov 2at7Air ForceL 10–⁠3116%
Nov 9atWyomingL 20–⁠4156%
Nov 16atUTEPW 34–⁠661%
Nov 23atNew MexicoW 55–⁠2052%
Nov 30atHawai’iT 10–⁠1040%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Hawai’i 10–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 36th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 86 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
5–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠4–⁠1 6th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
342–⁠317
Coach
Doug Scovil
Elo
1485 +19 this season
SP+ rating
6.8 No. 41 of 106; offense No. 17, defense No. 76
SRS
3.4 No. 47 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1986

The 1986 draft
Rd 2Webster Slaughter WRCleveland Browns
Rd 4Dan Knight OTGreen Bay Packers
Rd 5Vince Warren WRNew York Giants

1985 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Air Force7–⁠112–⁠18
BYU7–⁠111–⁠316
Utah5–⁠38–⁠4
Hawai’i4–⁠3–⁠14–⁠6–⁠2
Colorado State4–⁠45–⁠7
San Diego State3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠6–⁠1
Wyoming2–⁠63–⁠8
New Mexico2–⁠63–⁠8
UTEP1–⁠71–⁠10

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