1985 Washington Huskies football
Freedom Bowl, W 20–17 vs. Colorado
ConferencePacific-10
Record7–5 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGary Pinkel (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Lambright (9th season)
MVPJoe Kelly
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its eleventh season under head coach Don James, the team compiled a 7–5 record, and outscored its opponents 238 to 225.[1] Joe Kelly was selected for the Guy Flaherty Most Inspirational award. Kelly was also selected as the team's most valuable player. Kelly, Vestee Jackson, Hugh Millen, and Dennis Soldat were the team captains.

Senior quarterback Millen started the first nine games,[2] and sophomore Chris Chandler the final three.[3][4][5]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 7No. 16 Oklahoma State*No. 12
L 17–3160,320
September 14at No. 16 BYU*
L 3–3165,476
September 21at Houston*
W 29–1220,522
September 28No. 13 UCLA
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 21–1460,425
October 5at Oregon
W 19–1344,383
October 12at California
W 28–1249,000
October 19Oregon State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 20–2158,771
November 2Stanford
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 34–058,625
November 9at Arizona State
L 7–3667,474
November 16USC
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 20–1759,417
November 23Washington State
L 20–2159,887
December 30vs. Colorado*
W 20–1730,961
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1985 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
C 57 Dan Agen Sr
G 78 Tim Burnham Sr
QB 17 Chris Chandler So
TB 39 Tony Covington Fr
FB 30 Rick Fenney Jr
FL 7 Darryl Franklin So
OT 72 Kevin Gogan Jr
WR 1 Lonzell Hill Jr
TE 84 Rod Jones Jr
TE 82 Scott Jones So
QB 12 Hugh Millen (C) Sr
OT 65 Dennis Soldat (C) Sr
OT 68 Garth Thomas Jr
RB 22 Vince Weathersby Fr
G 50 Mike Zandofsky So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 93 Steve Alvord Jr
LB 55 Ricky Andrews So
LB 46 Tom Erlandson So
DT 64 Andy Fuimaono Sr
DT 91 Brian Habib So
LB 56 Ron Hadley Sr
CB 24 Vestee Jackson (C) Sr
SS 32 Allen James Jr
LB 38 Joe Kelly (C) Sr
MG 97 Jim Mathews Sr
CB 12 Ron Milus Sr
FS 26 Tim Peoples Jr
LB 38 David Rill So
DT 51 Reggie Rogers Jr
LB 3 Bo Yates So
DB 31 Tony Zackery So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 9 Thane Cleland Jr
K 18 Jeff Jaeger Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt
Source:[6]

Game summaries

UCLA

Source:[7]
1 234Total
UCLA 7 700 14
• Washington 0 11100 21
  • Date: September 28
  • Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle
  • Game attendance: 60,801
  • Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C)
Scoring summary
1UCLASherrard 26-yard pass from Norrie (Lee kick)UCLA 7-0
2WASHJaeger 31-yard field goalUCLA 7-3
2UCLADorrell 26-yard pass from Norrie (Lee kick)UCLA 14-3
2WASHHill 31-yard pass from Millen (Millen to Trimble pass)UCLA 14-11
3WASHJaeger 37-yard field goalTied 14-14
3WASHToy 1-yard run (Jaeger kick)WASH 21-14

See also: 1985 UCLA Bruins football team

Oregon State

Main article: 1985 Oregon State vs. Washington football game
Source:[8]
1 234Total
• Oregon State 7 707 21
Washington 3 773 20
  • Date: October 19
  • Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle
  • Game attendance: 56,544
  • Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C)
Scoring summary
1WASHJaeger 28-yard field goalWASH 3-0
1OSUMalone 43-yard pass from Gonzales (Nielsen kick)OSU 7-3
2WASHWeathersby 2-yard run (Jaeger kick)WASH 10-7
2OSUGonzales 20-yard run (Nielsen kick)OSU 14-10
3WASHCovington 14-yard run (Jaeger kick)WASH 17-14
4WASHJaeger 43-yard field goalWASH 20-14
4OSUNorthington recovered blocked punt in end zone (Nielsen kick)OSU 21-20

Washington State

Source:[9][10][11]
1 234Total
• Wash. State 7 707 21
Washington 0 686 20
  • Date: November 23
  • Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle
  • Game attendance: 49,302
  • Game weather: 25 °F (−4 °C)
Scoring summary
1WSUJames 44-yard pass from Rypien (Traut kick)WSU 7-0
2WASHJaeger 31-yard field goalWSU 7-3
2WSUTaylor 24-yard pass from Rypien (Traut kick)WSU 14-3
2WASHJaeger 38-yard field goalWSU 14-6
3WASHCovington 2-yard run (Covington run)Tied 14-14
4WSUTaylor 15-yard pass from Rypien (Traut kick)WSU 21-14
4WASHHill 50-yard pass from Chandler (pass failed)WSU 21-20

NFL draft

Four Huskies were selected in the 1986 NFL draft.

Player Position Round Overall Franchise
Joe Kelly LB 1 11 Cincinnati Bengals
Vestee Jackson CB 2 55 Chicago Bears
Hugh Millen QB 3 71 Los Angeles Rams
Ron Hadley LB 5 132 New York Jets
Source:[12]

References

  1. ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1985–1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. ^ "Sun Devils are red hot, Huskies not". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 9, 1985. p. 4B.
  3. ^ Endysk, Monte (November 23, 1985). "Chandler apparent frontrunner in Huskies' quarterback battle". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 4B.
  4. ^ Grummert, Dale (November 24, 1985). "WSU enjoys a Dawg-Day afternoon, 21-20". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
  5. ^ "Strong defense preserves Huskies' Freedom". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 31, 1985. p. C1.
  6. ^ Grummert, Dale (November 23, 1985). "Cougars, Huskies in Apple Cup redemption matchup". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  7. ^ "Huskies jolt Bruins, 21-17". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 29, 1985. p. 9B.
  8. ^ "Oregon State stuns UW, 21-20". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 20, 1985. p. 3C.
  9. ^ "WSU stuns bowl-bound UW, 21-20". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 24, 1985. p. 6C.
  10. ^ Cour, Jim (November 25, 1985). "Loss didn't cost UW its Freedom". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B2.
  11. ^ Grummert, Dale (November 25, 1985). "It was inevitable Cougar players would prove their points to UW". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  12. ^ Devlin, Vince (April 30, 1986). "An early start, late finish for WSU trio". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
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