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1985 Utah State

3–⁠8 (3–⁠4 Pacific Coast Athletic Association), coached by Chris Pella.

Schedule and results

Utah State in 1985, game by game: won at Long Beach State 19–17; lost at Iowa State 3–10; won vs. San José State 35–32; lost at Pacific 7–33; lost at UNLV 7–14; lost vs. Cal State Fullerton 30–32; lost at Arizona State 10–42; lost vs. Fresno State 19–38; lost at Utah 7–34; lost vs. No. 18 BYU 0–44; won at New Mexico State 40–23+17−44Won 19–17 at Long Beach State+2Long Beach StateLost 3–10 at Iowa State-7Iowa StateWon 35–32 vs. San José State+3San José StateLost 7–33 at Pacific-26PacificLost 7–14 at UNLV-7UNLVLost 30–32 vs. Cal State Fullerton-2Cal State Fulle…Lost 10–42 at Arizona State-32Arizona StateLost 19–38 vs. Fresno State-19Fresno StateLost 7–34 at Utah-27UtahLost 0–44 vs. No. 18 BYU-44No. 18 BYUWon 40–23 at New Mexico State+17New Mexico State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7atLong Beach StateW 19–⁠1733%
Sep 14atIowa StateL 3–⁠1040%
Sep 21vsSan José StateW 35–⁠3248%
Sep 28atPacificL 7–⁠3346%
Oct 5atUNLVL 7–⁠1424%
Oct 12vsCal State FullertonL 30–⁠3244%
Oct 19atArizona StateL 10–⁠4218%
Oct 26vsFresno StateL 19–⁠3829%
Nov 2atUtahL 7–⁠3416%
Nov 9vs18BYUL 0–⁠4412%
Nov 23atNew Mexico StateW 40–⁠2354%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat New Mexico State 40–⁠23; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

In program history: The 106th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 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
3–⁠8
Conference
3–⁠4 5th in Pacific Coast Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked
Points
177–⁠319
Coach
Chris Pella
Elo
1335 −53 this season
SP+ rating
-14.4 No. 94 of 106; offense No. 85, defense No. 83
SRS
−16.7 No. 101 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Kent Baer

Drafted in 1986

The 1986 draft
Rd 6Solomon Miller WRNew York Giants
Rd 7Ed Berry DBGreen Bay Packers

1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Fresno State7–⁠011–⁠0–⁠1
Cal State Fullerton5–⁠26–⁠5
UNLV4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Long Beach State4–⁠36–⁠6
Utah State3–⁠43–⁠8
San José State2–⁠4–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1
Pacific2–⁠55–⁠7
New Mexico State0–⁠71–⁠10

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