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The 1985 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season
1985 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football | |
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OVC champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 21–28 vs. Georgia Southern | |
Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
Record | 11–1 (7–0 OVC) |
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Home stadium | Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Middle Tennessee $^ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Akron ^ | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 Murray State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Eastern Kentucky | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youngstown State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morehead State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 7 | Lenoir–Rhyne* | W 37–6 | [1] | |||
September 14 | at Georgia Southern* | W 35–10 | 9,227 | [2] | ||
September 21 | Jacksonville State* |
| W 55–21 | 10,200 | [3] | |
September 28 | at Morehead State | No. 5 | W 33–14 | [4] | ||
October 12 | No. T–17 Eastern Kentucky | No. T–4 |
| W 28–14 | 13,250 | [5] |
October 19 | No. T–13 Murray State | No. 3 |
| W 31–24 2OT | 13,300 | [6] |
October 26 | at Austin Peay | No. 3 | W 17–14 | [7] | ||
November 2 | Youngstown State | No. 1 |
| W 28–21 2OT | 8,000 | [8] |
November 9 | Western Kentucky* | No. 1 |
| W 41–9 | 8,000 | [9] |
November 16 | at No. T–7 Akron | No. 1 | W 17–0 | [10] | ||
November 23 | Tennessee Tech | No. 1 |
| W 45–12 | [11] | |
December 7 | No. 9 Georgia Southern* | No. 1 |
| L 21–28 | 9,500 | [12] |
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The following Blue Raider was selected in the 1986 NFL draft following the season.[14]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
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6 | 162 | Don Griffin | Defensive back | San Francisco 49ers |
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