1985 Auburn Tigers football team

The 1985 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Pat Dye, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 8–4, with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, and finished sixth in the SEC.^[1]

1985 Auburn Tigers football
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 16–36 vs. Texas A&M
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	8–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach	Pat Dye (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jack Crowe (4th season)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Frank Orgel (5th season)
Home stadium	Jordan-Hare Stadium
Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

1985 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Tennessee $	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	2
No. 5 Florida	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
No. 13 Alabama	4	–	1	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
No. 20 LSU	4	–	1	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
Georgia	3	–	2	–	1			7	–	3	–	2
Auburn	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
Vanderbilt	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Kentucky	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Mississippi State	0	–	6	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion Florida ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation. Rankings from AP Poll

Bo Jackson rushed for 1,786 yards, which was the second best single-season performance in SEC history behind Herschel Walker's 1,891 rushing yards for Georgia in 1981. For his performance, Jackson was awarded the Heisman Trophy edging out over Iowa quarterback Chuck Long. Auburn began the season ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll before losing to Tennessee on September 28.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	Southwestern Louisiana*	No. 2	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 49–7	60,000	[2]
September 14	Southern Miss*	No. 1	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 29–18	63,000	[3]
September 28	at Tennessee	No. 1	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	ABC	L 20–38	94,358	[4]
October 5	Ole Miss	No. 14	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)		W 41–0	67,500	[5]
October 12	No. 4 Florida State*	No. 12	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	TBS	W 59–27	75,000	[6]
October 19	at Georgia Tech*	No. 8	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	CBS	W 17–14	57,501	[7]
October 26	Mississippi State	No. 6	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 21–9	68,700	[8]
November 2	No. 2 Florida	No. 6	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)		L 10–14	75,000	[9]
November 9	East Carolina*	No. 13	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 35–10	65,600	[10]
November 16	at No. 12 Georgia	No. 14	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	ABC	W 24–10	82,122	[11]
November 30	vs. Alabama	No. 7	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)	ABC	L 23–25	75,808	[12]
January 1	vs. No. 11 Texas A&M*	No. 16	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	L 16–36	73,137	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1985 Auburn Tigers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 10 Pat Washington Sr RB 30 Tommie Agee Sr RB 34 Bo Jackson Sr OL 66 Jeff Lott Sr C 55 Ben Tamburello Jr OL 78 Steve Wallace Sr WR 85 Lawyer Tillman Fr TE Jeff Parks Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class SS 9 Tommy Powell Jr DE 95 Gerald Robinson Sr DE Gerald Williams Sr CB 45 Jimmie Warren Sr LB Harold Hallman Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 5 Lewis Colbert Sr	Head coach Pat Dye Coordinators/assistant coaches Steve Patterson Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

At Tennessee

#1 Auburn (2-0) at Tennessee (0-0-1)

1 2 3 4 Total No. 1 Auburn 0 0 0 20 20 • Tennessee 14 10 0 14 38 Date: September 28 Location: Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee Game attendance: 94,358

See also: 1985 Tennessee Volunteers football team

No. 4 Florida State

See also: 1985 Florida State Seminoles football team

No. 2 Florida

See also: 1985 Florida Gators football team

At No. 12 Georgia

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 14 Auburn 0 17 0 7 24 No. 12 Georgia 0 7 3 0 10 Date: November 16 Location: Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia Game attendance: 82,122

Scoring summary Q2 AUB Johnson 49 yard field goal AUB 3–0 Q2 UGA Jackson 3 yard run (Crumley kick) UGA 7–3 Q2 AUB Jackson 67 yard run (Johnson kick) AUB 10–7 Q2 AUB Weygand 8 yard run (Johnson kick) AUB 17–7 Q3 UGA Crumley 50 yard field goal AUB 17–10 Q4 AUB Jackson 6 yard run (Johnson kick) AUB 24–10

See also: 1985 Georgia Bulldogs football team and Deep South's Oldest Rivalry

• Bo Jackson 19 Rush, 121 Yds

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Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total • Crimson Tide 10 6 0 9 25 No. 7 Tigers 0 10 0 13 23 Date: November 30 Location: Legion Field Game attendance: 75,808

Scoring summary Q1 ALA Turner 1-yard run (Tiffin kick) ALA 7–0 Q1 ALA Tiffin 26-yard field goal ALA 10–0 Q2 ALA Tiffin 32-yard field goal ALA 13–0 Q2 AUB Jackson 7-yard run (Johnson kick) ALA 13–7 Q2 ALA Tiffin 42-yard field goal ALA 16–7 Q2 AUB Johnson 49-yard field goal ALA 16–10 Q4 AUB Jackson 1-yard run (Johnson kick) AUB 17–16 Q4 ALA Jelks 74-yard run (pass failed) ALA 22–17 Q4 :57 AUB Ware 1-yard run (run failed) AUB 23–22 Q4 :00 ALA Tiffin 52-yard field goal ALA 25–23

See also: 1985 Alabama Crimson Tide football and Iron Bowl

Van Tiffin game winning field goal.

Vs. No. 11 Texas A&M (Cotton Bowl Classic)

Main article: 1986 Cotton Bowl Classic

See also: 1985 Texas A&M Aggies football team

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Awards and honors

• Bo Jackson, Heisman Trophy^[16]
• Bo Jackson, Walter Camp Award^[17]

Team players in the NFL

Bo Jackson	Running back	7	183	Los Angeles Raiders
Bo Jackson	Running back	1	1	Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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