1985 Oregon Ducks football team

American college football season

1985 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	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 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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
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

Oregon at Nebraska

1	2	3	4	Total
Ducks	0	0	0	0	0
• No. 16 Cornhuskers	14	28	14	7	63

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

Oregon vs. USC

1	2	3	4	Total
Ducks	3	0	3	0	6
• Trojans	7	10	0	3	20

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

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

Player Position Round Pick Franchise

Lew Barnes Wide receiver 5 138 Chicago Bears

Drew Smetana Tackle 11 298 San Diego Chargers

Source:^[6]

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

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