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1985 Tulane

1–⁠10, coached by Mack Brown.

Schedule and results

Tulane in 1985, game by game: lost vs. No. 19 Florida State 12–38; lost at TCU 13–30; lost at Kentucky 11–16; lost vs. Ole Miss 10–27; lost vs. Vanderbilt 17–24; lost at Memphis 21–38; lost at Mississippi State 27–31; lost at No. 18 Georgia 3–58; won vs. Louisiana 27–17; lost at Southern Miss 6–24; lost vs. No. 13 LSU 19–31+10−55Lost 12–38 vs. No. 19 Florida State-26No. 19 Florida StateLost 13–30 at TCU-17TCULost 11–16 at Kentucky-5KentuckyLost 10–27 vs. Ole Miss-17Ole MissLost 17–24 vs. Vanderbilt-7VanderbiltLost 21–38 at Memphis-17MemphisLost 27–31 at Mississippi State-4Mississippi Sta…Lost 3–58 at No. 18 Georgia-55No. 18 GeorgiaWon 27–17 vs. Louisiana+10LouisianaLost 6–24 at Southern Miss-18Southern MissLost 19–31 vs. No. 13 LSU-12No. 13 LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vs19Florida StateL 12–⁠3833%
Sep 14atTCUL 13–⁠3033%
Sep 21atKentuckyL 11–⁠1626%
Sep 28vsOle MissL 10–⁠2747%
Oct 5vsVanderbiltL 17–⁠2450%
Oct 12atMemphisL 21–⁠3823%
Oct 19atMississippi StateL 27–⁠3123%
Nov 2at18GeorgiaL 3–⁠5810%
Nov 9vsLouisianaW 27–⁠1738%
Nov 23atSouthern MissL 6–⁠2424%
Nov 30vs13LSUL 19–⁠3118%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 31–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 107th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 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.

Led the nationMarc Zeno: receiving yards (1,137 yds)

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
166–⁠334
Coach
Mack Brown
Elo
1333 −112 this season
SP+ rating
-22.2 No. 102 of 106; offense No. 101, defense No. 96
SRS
−12.8 No. 91 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Darrell Moody

Drafted in 1986

The 1986 draft
Rd 6Burnell Dent LBGreen Bay Packers