1985 Washington Huskies football team

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1985
Pacific-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
Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
    		• 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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