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1985 SMU

6–⁠5 (5–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Bobby Collins.

Schedule and results

SMU in 1985, game by game: won vs. UTEP 35–23; won at TCU 56–21; lost at Arizona 6–28; lost vs. No. 19 Baylor 14–21; won at Houston 37–13; won vs. No. 19 Texas 44–14; lost at Texas A&M 17–19; won vs. Rice 40–15; won vs. Texas Tech 9–7; lost at No. 18 Arkansas 9–15; lost at No. 4 Oklahoma 13–35+35−22Won 35–23 vs. UTEP+12UTEPWon 56–21 at TCU+35TCULost 6–28 at Arizona-22ArizonaLost 14–21 vs. No. 19 Baylor-7No. 19 BaylorWon 37–13 at Houston+24HoustonWon 44–14 vs. No. 19 Texas+30No. 19 TexasLost 17–19 at Texas A&M-2Texas A&MWon 40–15 vs. Rice+25RiceWon 9–7 vs. Texas Tech+2Texas TechLost 9–15 at No. 18 Arkansas-6No. 18 ArkansasLost 13–35 at No. 4 Oklahoma-22No. 4 Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsUTEPW 35–⁠2389%
Sep 28atTCUW 56–⁠2162%
Oct 5atArizonaL 6–⁠2855%
Oct 12vs19BaylorL 14–⁠2164%
Oct 19atHoustonW 37–⁠1362%
Oct 26vs19TexasW 44–⁠1465%
Nov 2atTexas A&ML 17–⁠1954%
Nov 9vsRiceW 40–⁠1590%
Nov 16vsTexas TechW 9–⁠782%
Nov 23at18ArkansasL 9–⁠1541%
Dec 7at4OklahomaL 13–⁠3529%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma 35–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 3
  2. Wk 2: 3
  3. Wk 3: 6
  4. Wk 4: 5
  5. Wk 5: 6
  6. Wk 6: 3
  7. Wk 7: 16
  8. Wk 10: 20

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.

Consensus All-AmericanReggie Dupard, RB

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠3 5th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 3
Points
280–⁠211
Coach
Bobby Collins
Elo
1629 −20 this season
SP+ rating
11.4 No. 29 of 106; offense No. 29, defense No. 38
SRS
9.0 No. 26 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Bill Clay
Offense
No-huddle option
Defense
3–⁠4

Drafted in 1986

The 1986 draft
Rd 1Roderick Jones DBTampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 1Reggie Dupard RBNew England Patriots
Rd 4Joe Phillips DTMinnesota Vikings

1985 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M7–⁠110–⁠26
Arkansas6–⁠210–⁠212
Baylor6–⁠29–⁠317
Texas6–⁠28–⁠4
SMU5–⁠36–⁠5
Houston3–⁠54–⁠7
Rice2–⁠63–⁠8
Texas Tech1–⁠74–⁠7
TCU0–⁠83–⁠8

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