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1985 Auburn Tigers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1985
team	Auburn Tigers
sport	football
image	Auburn Tigers logo.svg
image_size	125
conference	Southeastern Conference
short_conf	SEC
record	8–4
conf_record	3–3
head_coach	Pat Dye
hc_year	5th
off_coach	Jack Crowe
oc_year	4th
off_scheme	I formation
def_coach	Frank Orgel
dc_year	5th
stadium	Jordan-Hare Stadium
bowl	[Cotton Bowl Classic](1986-cotton-bowl-classic)
bowl_result	L 16–36 vs. [Texas A&M](1985-texas-a-m-aggies-football-team)

The 1985 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Pat Dye, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 8–4, with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, and finished sixth in the SEC.

Bo Jackson rushed for 1,786 yards, which was the second best single-season performance in SEC history behind Herschel Walker's 1,891 rushing yards for Georgia in 1981. For his performance, Jackson was awarded the Heisman Trophy edging out over Iowa quarterback Chuck Long. Auburn began the season ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll before losing to Tennessee on September 28.

Schedule

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Roster

Game summaries

At Tennessee

No. 4 Florida State

No. 2 Florida

At No. 12 Georgia

Bo Jackson 19 Rush, 121 Yds

Alabama

Van Tiffin game winning field goal.

Vs. No. 11 Texas A&M (Cotton Bowl Classic)

Main article: 1986 Cotton Bowl Classic

Awards and honors

Bo Jackson, Heisman Trophy
Bo Jackson, Walter Camp Award

Team players in the NFL

References

"1985 Auburn Tigers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
(September 8, 1985). "Name that score: Auburn 49, USL 7". The Daily Advertiser.
(September 15, 1985). "Tigers sputter but win 29–18". The Montgomery Advertiser.
(September 29, 1985). "Tennessee pulls a stunner". The Commercial Appeal.
(October 6, 1985). "Auburn routs Ole Miss 41–0". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution.
(October 13, 1985). "Auburn routs FSU". The Index-Journal.
(October 20, 1985). "Jackson, Tigers run past Ga. Tech". The Charlotte Observer.
(October 27, 1985). "Auburn defeats Mississippi State". Tallahassee Democrat.
(November 3, 1985). "Gators win war". The Tampa Tribune.
(November 10, 1985). "Auburn plods past Pirates". The Montgomery Advertiser.
(November 17, 1985). "Auburn stops Dawgs, 24–10". Hattiesburg American.
(December 1, 1985). "Game-winning field goal is new experience for Tiffin". The Montgomery Advertiser.
(January 2, 1986). "No joke: A&M 36, Auburn 16". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Gainesville Sun. 1985 Nov 17. Retrieved 2015-Sep-18.
(January 2, 1986). "Bo Gets the Yards, but Aggies Get the Win". [[The Los Angeles Times]].
"Heisman.com - Heisman Trophy".
"Football".
"1986 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com".

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