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1985 Stanford

4–⁠7 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Jack Elway.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1985, game by game: won vs. San José State 41–7; lost at Oregon 28–45; lost vs. Texas 34–38; lost at San Diego State 22–41; lost vs. UCLA 9–34; lost at USC 6–30; won vs. Arizona 28–17; lost at Washington 0–34; won vs. Oregon State 39–24; lost at Arizona State 14–21; won vs. California 24–22+34−34Won 41–7 vs. San José State+34San José StateLost 28–45 at Oregon-17OregonLost 34–38 vs. Texas-4TexasLost 22–41 at San Diego State-19San Diego StateLost 9–34 vs. UCLA-25UCLALost 6–30 at USC-24USCWon 28–17 vs. Arizona+11ArizonaLost 0–34 at Washington-34WashingtonWon 39–24 vs. Oregon State+15Oregon StateLost 14–21 at Arizona State-7Arizona StateWon 24–22 vs. California+2California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vsSan José StateW 41–⁠752%
Sep 21atOregonL 28–⁠4544%
Sep 28vsTexasL 34–⁠3843%
Oct 5atSan Diego StateL 22–⁠4135%
Oct 12vsUCLAL 9–⁠3428%
Oct 19atUSCL 6–⁠3025%
Oct 26vsArizonaW 28–⁠1725%
Nov 2atWashingtonL 0–⁠3417%
Nov 9vsOregon StateW 39–⁠2473%
Nov 16atArizona StateL 14–⁠2119%
Nov 23vsCaliforniaW 24–⁠2257%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California 24–⁠22; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 83rd-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
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 7th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
245–⁠313
Coach
Jack Elway
Elo
1443 −10 this season
SP+ rating
-3.8 No. 67 of 106; offense No. 43, defense No. 81
SRS
−3.4 No. 66 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Dick Mannini
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Brad MusterRBCoaches-1
  • Greg BatyTECoaches-1
  • John BarnsCCoaches-1

Second team

  • John PayeQBCoaches-2
  • Tom PrukopLBCoaches-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.