1985 Oregon Ducks football team

American college football season

1985 Oregon Ducks football

Conference| Pacific-10 Conference
Record| 5–6 (3–4 Pac-10)
Head coach|

* Rich Brooks (9th season)

Offensive coordinator| Bob Toledo (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator| Joe Schaffeld (3rd season)
Captain| Lew Barnes
Home stadium| Autzen Stadium

Seasons

<- 1984

1986 ->

1985 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 7 UCLA $  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 1
Arizona | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 1
Arizona State | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 4  | - | 0
Washington | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 5  | - | 0
USC | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 6  | - | 0
Oregon | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 6  | - | 0
Washington State | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 7  | - | 0
Stanford | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 7  | - | 0
Oregon State | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 8  | - | 0
California | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 7  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), the team was led by head coach Rich Brooks, in his ninth year, and played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 3–4 in the Pac-10).[1]

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| TV| Result| Attendance| Source

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August 31| 5:00 pm| at Washington State|

* Martin Stadium
* Pullman, WA

| TBS| W 42–39| 25,900|
September 14| 12:30 pm| at Colorado*|

* Folsom Field
* Boulder CO

| | L 17–21| 30,373|
September 21| 1:00 pm| Stanford|

* Autzen Stadium
* Eugene, OR

| | W 45–28| 33,494|
September 28| 11:30 am| at No. 16 Nebraska*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lincoln, NE

| | L 0–63| 75,947|
October 5| 1:00 pm| Washington|

* Autzen Stadium
* Eugene, OR (rivalry)

| | L 13–19| 44,383|
October 19| 1:00 pm| California|

* Autzen Stadium
* Eugene, OR

| | L 24–27| 27,465|
October 26| 7:00 pm| at San Diego State*|

* Jack Murphy Stadium
* San Diego, CA

| | W 49–37| 15,432|
November 2| 1:00 pm| San Jose State|

* Autzen Stadium
* Eugene, OR

| | W 35–13| 25,501|
November 16| 5:30 pm| at Arizona|

* Arizona Stadium
* Tucson, AZ

| | L 8–20| 35,292|
November 23| 1:00 pm| Oregon State|

* Autzen Stadium
* Eugene, OR (Civil War)

| | W 34–13| 41,805|
November 30| 9:00 pm| vs. USC|

* Olympic Memorial Stadium
* Tokyo, Japan (Mirage Bowl)

| | L 6–20| 65,000| [2]

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Pacific time

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## Game summaries

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### At Nebraska

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Oregon at Nebraska  |  | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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Ducks | 0 | 0| 0| 0 | 0
• No. 16 Cornhuskers | 14 | 28| 14| 7 | 63

* Date: 1985-09-28
* Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
* Game attendance: 75,947

| Scoring summary

1| 6:08| NEB| Rathman 1-yard run (Klein kick)| NEB 7-0
1| 1:04| NEB| Kaelin 3-yard run (Klein kick)| NEB 14-0
2| 7:32| NEB| Turner 1-yard run (Klein kick)| NEB 21-0
2| 6:28| NEB| Miles 46-yard run (Klein kick)| NEB 28-0
2| 3:17| NEB| Jones 25-yard run (Klein kick)| NEB 35-0
2| 0:41| NEB| Miles 1-yard run (Klein kick)| NEB 42-0
3| 10:58| NEB| Sheppard 8-yard run (Klein kick)| NEB 49-0
3| 4:15| NEB| Sheppard 27-yard run (Klein kick)| NEB 56-0
4| 9:54| NEB| Casterline 4-yard run (Cheloha kick)| NEB 63-0

See also: 1985 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

### Vs. USC

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Oregon vs. USC  |  | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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Ducks | 3 | 0| 3| 0 | 6
• Trojans | 7 | 10| 0| 3 | 20

* Date: November 30
* Location: Korakuen Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

* Source: [1]

| Scoring summary

1| | ORE| MacLeod 32-yard field goal| ORE 3-0
1| | USC| Knight 2-yard run (Shafer kick)| USC 7-3
2| | USC| Shafer 32-yard field goal| USC 10-3
2| | USC| Norman 5-yard pass from Peete (Shafer kick)| USC 17-3
3| | ORE| MacLeod 36-yard field goal| USC 17-6
4| | USC| Shafer 44-yard field goal| USC 20-6

See also: 1985 USC Trojans football team and Mirage Bowl (college football)

## NFL Draft

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Three Ducks were selected in the 1986 NFL draft, which lasted twelve rounds (335 selections).

Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise

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Lew Barnes | Wide receiver | 5 | 138 | Chicago Bears
Tony Cherry | Running back | 9 | 240 | San Francisco 49ers
Drew Smetana | Tackle | 11 | 298 | San Diego Chargers

Source:[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Pacific-10". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). December 1, 1985. p. 2C.
2. ^ "Trojans go from sayonara to aloha with win over Oregon". The Los Angeles Times. December 1, 1985. Retrieved January 18, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "1985 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
4. ^ "1985 Football Schedule". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
5. ^ "2023 Oregon Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 45. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
6. ^ "1986 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 17, 2013.

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Venues|

* Athletic Field (1894)
* Stewart's Field (1894)
* Kincaid Field (1895–1919)
* Hayward Field (1919–1966)
* Multnomah Stadium (alternate, before 1967)
* Autzen Stadium (1967–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

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* Oregon State
* Platypus Trophy
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* Washington
* Northwest Championship

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* 1961 gambling scandal
* "The Toilet Bowl"

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