| 1985 Texas A&M Aggies football | |
Southwest Conference Champions Cotton Bowl Classic Champions | |
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Cotton Bowl Classic vs. Auburn, W 36–16 | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 6 |
| AP | No. 6 |
| 1985 record | 10–2 (7–1 SWC) |
| Head coach | Jackie Sherrill |
| Offensive coordinator | Lynn Amedee |
| Defensive coordinator | R. C. Slocum |
| Home stadium | Kyle Field |
Seasons | |
| 1985 Southwest Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #6 Texas A&M † | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #12 Arkansas | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #17 Baylor | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1985 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC). The team was led by head coach Jackie Sherrill, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. They finished the season with a record of ten wins and two losses (10–2, 7–1 SWC), as Southwest Conference champions and with a victory over Auburn in the Cotton Bowl Classic.
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 14* | at #20 Alabama | Legion Field • Birmingham, AL | ESPN | L 10–23 | 74,697 | |||
| September 21* | Northeast Louisiana | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | W 31–17 | 46,851 | ||||
| September 28* | [[{{{school}}}|Tulsa]] | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | W 45–10 | 44,593 | ||||
| October 5 | at Texas Tech | Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX (Rivalry) | W 28–27 | 50,148 | ||||
| October 12 | Houston | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | W 43–16 | 55,711 | ||||
| October 19 | at #14 Baylor | Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX (Battle of the Brazos) | L 15–20 | 48,500 | ||||
| October 26 | at Rice | Rice Stadium • Houston, TX | W 43–28 | 41,195 | ||||
| November 2 | #19 SMU | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | ESPN | W 19–17 | 54,597 | |||
| November 16 | #9 Arkansas | Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Rivalry) | ESPN | W 10–6 | 58,632 | |||
| November 23 | at TCU | #19 | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | W 53–6 | 38,782 | |||
| November 28 | #18 Texas | #15 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Lone Star Showdown) | ESPN | W 42–10 | 77,607 | ||
| January 1* | vs. #16 Auburn | #11 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) | CBS | W 36–16 | 73,137 | ||
| *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. | ||||||||
- Reference:[1]
References[]
- ↑ "Texas A&M University, College Station – 1985". College Football Reference. http://cfreference.net/cfr/schools/texas-am/392/1985. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
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