1985 Northwestern Wildcats football team

American college football season

1985 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–8 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Dennis Green (5th season)
Captains
  • Casey Cummings[1]
  • Jim Torkelson
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 Big Ten Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Iowa $ 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 2 Michigan 6 – 1 – 1 10 – 1 – 1
Illinois 5 – 2 – 1 6 – 5 – 1
No. 14 Ohio State 5 – 3 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Michigan State 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Minnesota 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Purdue 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Wisconsin 2 – 6 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Indiana 1 – 7 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Northwestern 1 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1985 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fifth year under head coach Dennis Green, the Wildcats compiled a 3–8 record (1–7 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a tie for last place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mike Greenfield with 2,152 passing yards, Stanley Davenport with 598 rushing yards, and Curtis Duncan with 498 receiving yards.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 7at Duke*L 17–4021,000[4]
September 14at Missouri*W 27–23
September 28Northern Illinois*
W 38–16
October 5at Indiana
L 7–2636,905
October 12Minnesota
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 10–2124,512
October 19at WisconsinW 17–1478,401
October 26No. 1 Iowa
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 10–4947,269
November 2at PurdueL 7–3153,640
November 9No. 4 Ohio State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
WTBSL 17–3526,477
November 16at Michigan State
L 0–3255,439
November 23Illinois
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
L 20–4533,054
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1985 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 10 Greg Bradshaw So
TE 88 Rich Borresen Sr
OT 75 Matt Burbach Jr
RB 43 Casey Cummings Sr
RB 1 Stanley Davenport So
TE 83 Bob Driscoll So
WR 82 Curtis Duncan Jr
QB 14 Mike Greenfield So
G 61 Steve Hofmann Jr
OT 70 Daryl Newell Sr
QB 17 Sandy Schwab Sr
C 50 John Yale Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 54 Tom Flaherty Sr
DT 53 Ted Karras Jr
LB 35 Rich Myers So
LB 56 Jim Torkelson Jr
LB 57 Mike Witteck Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "1985 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "1985 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  4. ^ "Duke beats Northwestern with 2 quick touchdowns". Star Tribune. September 8, 1985. Retrieved January 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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