1985 Army Cadets football team

1985 Army Cadets football
Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 31–29 vs. Illinois
Conference	Independent
1985 record	9–3
Head coach	Jim Young (3rd season)
Home stadium	Michie Stadium
Seasons

1985 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Penn State		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Miami (FL)		–		–				10	–	2	–	0
Army		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Florida State		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
West Virginia		–		–				7	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		–				7	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–				5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Boston College		–		–				4	–	8	–	0
Memphis		–		–				2	–	7	–	2
Rutgers		–		–				2	–	8	–	1
East Carolina		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Louisville		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Tulane		–		–				1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season as an independent. The team was led by head coach Jim Young, in his third year, and played their home games at Michie Stadium in West Point, New York. They finished the season with a record of nine wins and three losses (9–3 overall), and with a victory against Illinois in the Peach Bowl. The Cadets offense scored 396 points, while the defense allowed 232 points.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 14	Western Michigan	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 48–6
September 21	Rutgers	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 20–16
September 28	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 41–3
October 5	Yale	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 59–16
October 12	Boston College	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 45–14
October 19	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Rivalry)	L 10–24
October 26	Colgate	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 45–43
November 2	Holy Cross	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 34–12
November 9	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	L 7–45
November 16	Memphis State	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 49–7
December 7	vs. Navy	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy/Army–Navy Game)	L 7–17
December 31	vs. Illinois	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	W 31–29

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Roster

1985 Army Black Knights football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class FB Black, DougDoug Black 7.0 !Sr QB Crawford, ToryTory Crawford 3.0 !So QB Healy, RobRob Healy 7.0 !Sr RB Jones, ClarenceClarence Jones RB Lampley, WilliamWilliam Lampley OT Manausa, JoeJoe Manausa OL Parlier, BryanBryan Parlier 7.0 !Sr OG Smith, DonnieDonnie Smith WR Spellmon, ScottScott Spellmon	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL Brock, JimJim Brock DE Gutierrez, KurtKurt Gutierrez S Chronister, PeelPeel Chronister	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Stopa, CraigCraig Stopa 7.0 !Sr	Head coach Jim Young Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt