1985 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1985 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 1985 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by second-year head coach Bill Mallory, the Hoosiers compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, tying for ninth place in the Big Ten. The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana.

1985 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record4–7 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorJoe Novak (2nd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(capacity: 52,324)
1985 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Iowa $ 7 1 010 2 0
No. 2 Michigan 6 1 110 1 1
Illinois 5 2 16 5 1
No. 14 Ohio State 5 3 09 3 0
Michigan State 5 3 07 5 0
Minnesota 4 4 07 5 0
Purdue 3 5 05 6 0
Wisconsin 2 6 05 6 0
Indiana 1 7 04 7 0
Northwestern 1 7 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 14Louisville*W 41–2837,626
September 21Navy*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 38–35
September 28at Missouri*W 36–17
October 5Northwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 26–7
October 121:30 pmat No. 15 Ohio StateL 7–4889,846
October 19Minnesotadagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 7–2238,826
October 261:00 pmat No. 4 MichiganPASSL 15–42105,629
November 2at WisconsinL 20–3178,605
November 9Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN (rivalry)
L 16–3524,764
November 16at IllinoisL 24–4178,805
November 232:00 pmPurdue
L 21–3451,752
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[1][2]

Personnel

1985 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR Kenny Allen
QB Steve Bradley
RB Jim Caldwell
WR Stacy Dawsey
QB Brian Dewitz
RB Bobby Howard
WR Ernie Jones
TE Tim Jordan
OL Dave Kinniry
QB Dave Kramme
OL Jeff Lemirande
TE Dave Lilja
OL Eric Moore
RB Tom Polce
OL Tim Radtke
OL Bob Riley
OL Don Schrader
RB Damon Sweazy
RB Spud Washington
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB Willie Bates
DL Dan Bauer
DB Leonard Bell
DB Erick Coleman
DB Efren Edwards
DL Vince Fisher
LB Joe Ford
DB Alex Green
LB Tom Houts
LB Steve May
DL Mike McCurry
LB Brad Mitchell
LB Brad Money
DL Rob Schmit
DB Rob VanVliet
DB Jeff Wade
LB Van Waiters
DL Tom Weidenbenner
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Mark Rogers
K Pete Stoyanovich
P Dan Stryzinski
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Season summary

    Purdue

    Purdue Boilermakers (4–6) at Indiana Hoosiers (4–6)
    Period 1 2 34Total
    Purdue 10 21 0334
    Indiana 7 7 7021

    at Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Indiana

    • Date: November 23
    • Game time: 1:00 p.m. CDT
    • Game attendance: 51,752
    • [3]
    Game information


    1986 NFL draftees

    PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
    Steve BradleyQuarterback12316Cincinnati Bengals
    Bobby HowardRunning back12325Philadelphia Eagles

    [4]

    References

    1. "1985 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
    2. "1985 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
    3. "(none)". Gainesville Sun. November 24, 1985. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
    4. "1986 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.


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