1985 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

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1985 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
MVC champion
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record6–5 (3–0 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSkelly Stadium
capacity: (40,385)
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulsa $ 5 0 0 6 5 0
West Texas State 3 1 1 6 3 1
Illinois State 3 1 1 6 3 2
Indiana State 3 2 0 4 6 0
Wichita State 2 3 0 3 8 0
Southern Illinois 1 3 0 4 7 0
Drake 1 5 0 4 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • The conference was a hybrid of NCAA Division I-A and I-AA programs. Tulsa and Wichita State were I-A and the other teams were I-AA.

The 1985 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Don Morton, the Golden Hurricane compiled am overall record of 6–5 record with a mark of 3–0 against conference opponents, winning the MVC title for the sixth consecutive season.[1] The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Steve Gage with 1,069 passing yards, Gordon Brown with 1,201 rushing yards, and Ronnie Kelly with 379 receiving yards.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 7Houston*W 31–2428,156
September 14Texas Tech*
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
L 17–2129,972
September 21at No. 14 Arkansas*L 0–2455,112
September 28at Texas A&M*L 10–4544,593
October 5at No. 6 Oklahoma State*L 13–25[3]
October 12Long Beach State*
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 37–3512,262
October 19at Florida State*L 14–7653,500
October 26West Texas State
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 44–17
November 2at Wichita StateW 42–2611,760[4]
November 9Drake
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 45–15
November 16East Carolina*W 21–2023,126[5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1985 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  2. ^ "1985 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  3. ^ Tom Kensler (October 6, 1985). "Williams, Defense Lift OSU, 25-13". The Daily Oklahoman. pp. 1C, 4C – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Tulsa wins 24th straight in MVC". The Daily Oklahoman. November 3, 1985. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Golden Hurricane posts 21–20 win on 42-yard kick". The Daily Oklahoman. November 17, 1985. Retrieved March 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.