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1985 Washington State

4–⁠7 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Jim Walden.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1985, game by game: lost vs. Oregon 39–42; won vs. California 20–19; lost at Arizona 7–12; lost at Utah 37–44; lost at No. 5 Ohio State 32–48; won at Oregon State 34–0; lost vs. No. 18 UCLA 30–31; lost vs. Arizona State 16–21; lost at USC 13–31; won vs. Montana State 64–14; won at Washington 21–20+50−18Lost 39–42 vs. Oregon-3OregonWon 20–19 vs. California+1CaliforniaLost 7–12 at Arizona-5ArizonaLost 37–44 at Utah-7UtahLost 32–48 at No. 5 Ohio State-16No. 5 Ohio StateWon 34–0 at Oregon State+34Oregon StateLost 30–31 vs. No. 18 UCLA-1No. 18 UCLALost 16–21 vs. Arizona State-5Arizona StateLost 13–31 at USC-18USCWon 64–14 vs. Montana State+50Montana StateWon 21–20 at Washington+1Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsOregonL 39–⁠4267%
Sep 7vsCaliforniaW 20–⁠1968%
Sep 14atArizonaL 7–⁠1234%
Sep 21atUtahL 37–⁠4437%
Sep 28at5Ohio StateL 32–⁠4824%
Oct 12atOregon StateW 34–⁠064%
Oct 19vs18UCLAL 30–⁠3136%
Oct 26vsArizona StateL 16–⁠2149%
Nov 2atUSCL 13–⁠3136%
Nov 16vsMontana StateW 64–⁠1478%
Nov 23atWashingtonW 21–⁠2023%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington 21–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 59th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 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
313–⁠282
Coach
Jim Walden
Elo
1495 −45 this season
SP+ rating
6.9 No. 40 of 106; offense No. 24, defense No. 64
SRS
4.7 No. 42 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1986

The 1986 draft
Rd 2Erik Howard DTNew York Giants
Rd 3Rueben Mayes RBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 6Mark Rypien QBWashington Redskins

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Curt LadinesCCoaches-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.