1985 Washington Huskies football team

1985 Washington Huskies football
Freedom Bowl, W 20–17 vs. Colorado
Conference	Pacific-10
1985 record	7–5 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Don James (11th season)
Offensive coordinator	Gary Pinkel (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Lambright (9th season)
MVP	Joe Kelly
Captain	Joe Kelly
Captain	Vestee Jackson
Captain	Hugh Millen
Captain	Dennis Soldat
Home stadium	Husky Stadium
Seasons

Template:1985 Pacific-10 football standings 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 11th season under head coach Don James, the team compiled a 7–5 record, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 238 to 225. 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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 7	No. 16 Oklahoma State*	No. 12	Husky Stadium Seattle	L 17–31	60,320
September 14	at No. 16 BYU*		Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	L 3–31	65,476
September 21	at Houston*		Astrodome Houston	W 29–12	20,522
September 28	No. 13 UCLA		Husky Stadium Seattle	W 21–14	60,425
October 5	at Oregon		Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon	W 19–13	44,383
October 12	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California	W 28–12	49,000
October 19	Oregon State		Husky Stadium Seattle	L 20–21	58,771
November 2	Stanford		Husky Stadium Seattle	W 34–0	58,625
November 9	at Arizona State		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	L 7–36	67,474
November 16	USC		Husky Stadium Seattle	W 20–17	59,417
November 23	Washington State		Husky Stadium Seattle (Apple Cup)	L 20–21	59,887
December 30	vs. Colorado*		Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California (Freedom Bowl)	W 20–17	30,961
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Oregon State

Main article: 1985 Oregon State vs. Washington football game

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total UCLA 7 7 0 0 14 • Washington 0 11 10 0 21 Date: September 28 Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle Game attendance: 60,801 Scoring summary 1 UCLA Sherrard 26-yard pass from Norrie (Lee kick) UCLA 7-0 2 WASH Jaeger 31-yard field goal UCLA 7-3 2 UCLA Dorrell 26-yard pass from Norrie (Lee kick) UCLA 14-3 2 WASH Hill 31-yard pass from Millen (Millen to Trimble pass) UCLA 14-11 3 WASH Jaeger 37-yard field goal Tied 14-14 3 WASH Toy 1-yard run (Jaeger kick) WASH 21-14

Roster

1985 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 17 Chandler, ChrisChris Chandler 3.0 !So FB 30 Fenney, RickRick Fenney 5.0 !Jr WR 1 Hill, LonzellLonzell Hill 5.0 !Jr TE 84 Jones, RodRod Jones 5.0 !Jr TE 82 Jones, ScottScott Jones 3.0 !So QB 12 Millen, HughHugh Millen 7.0 !Sr T 68 Thomas, GarthGarth Thomas 5.0 !Jr T 50 Zandofsky, MikeMike Zandofsky 3.0 !So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 93 Alvord, SteveSteve Alvord 5.0 !Jr LB 55 Andrews, RickyRicky Andrews 3.0 !So LB 46 Erlandson, TomTom Erlandson 3.0 !So DT 91 Habib, BrianBrian Habib 3.0 !So LB 56 Hadley, RonRon Hadley 7.0 !Sr CB 24 Jackson, VesteeVestee Jackson 7.0 !Sr LB 38 Kelly, JoeJoe Kelly 7.0 !Sr LB 51 Rogers, ReggieReggie Rogers 5.0 !Jr DB 31 Zackery, TonyTony Zackery 3.0 !So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 18 Jaeger, JeffJeff Jaeger 5.0 !Jr	Head coach Don James Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt