1985 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1985 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented the Purdue University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Season
During the 1985 season, Jim Everett led the nation in total offense (3,589 yards), which was also a school record, since broken by Drew Brees. Everett finished sixth in balloting for the Heisman Trophy.

Rivalries

 * In the battle for the Old Oaken Bucket, Purdue beat Indiana
 * In the battle for the Purdue Cannon, Purdue beat Illinois
 * In the battle for the Shillelagh Trophy, Purdue beat Notre Dame

Awards and honors

 * Jim Everett, sixth in Heisman Trophy voting