1985 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

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1985 Southern Illinois Salukis football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record4–7 (1–4 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcAndrew Stadium
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Northern Iowa $^ 5 – 0 – 0 11 – 2 – 0
Southwest Missouri State
 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Western Illinois 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Southern Illinois 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Eastern Illinois 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Illinois State 1 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
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 Southern Illinois Salukis football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Under second-year head coach Ray Dorr, the team compiled a 4–7 record (1–4 against conference opponents) and finished in sixth place out of seven teams in the MVC.[1] The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 31Lincoln (MO)*
W 63–010,500[2]
September 7
Southwest Missouri State
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
L 28–409,600
September 14at
Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
    		• L 25–2876,330
    September 21at Drake*
    		L 6–316,520
    September 28Eastern Illinois
    • McAndrew Stadium
    • Carbondale, IL
    		W 42–1311,200
    October 5 No. 8 Illinois State
    • McAndrew Stadium
    • Carbondale, IL
    		W 21–013,200
    October 19
    Southeast Missouri State
    *
    • McAndrew Stadium
    • Carbondale, IL
    		W 51–1313,250
    October 26at Wichita State*
    		L 34–357,473[3]
    November 2at
    Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
    		• L 38–415,412
    November 9at No. 8 Arkansas State*
    		L 12–4110,104[4]
    November 16at Western Illinois
    		L 7–141,478

    References

    1. ^ "Southern Illinois Saluki Football 2019 Media Guide" (PDF). Southern Illinois University. 2019. p. 118. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
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