1985 Drake Bulldogs football team

1985 Drake Bulldogs football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record4–7 (1–5 MVC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorFred Bliel (2nd season)
Home stadiumDrake Stadium
1985 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulsa $ 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
West Texas State 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Illinois State 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 2
Indiana State 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Wichita State 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Southern Illinois 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
1 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • The conference was a hybrid of NCAA Division I-A and I-AA programs. Tulsa and Wichita State were I-A and the other teams were I-AA.

The 1985 Drake Bulldogs football team represented the Drake University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Chuck Shelton, Drake compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 1–5 in conference play. By mid-October the team was 4–3, a record that included wins over in-state opponents Northern Iowa and Iowa State, but ended the season on a four-game skid. After the season, Drake announced it would drop its football program for the 1986 season and transition to NCAA Division III for the 1987 season.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 31Southwest Missouri State*
L 24–3112,202[2]
September 7Northern Iowa*
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
W 24–914,718[3]
September 141:05 p.m.at No. 5 Iowa*
L 0–5866,135[4]
September 21Southern Illinois
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
W 31–66,520[5]
September 28at Indiana State
L 10–179,290[6]
October 5at Iowa State*
W 20–1742,008[7]
October 121:30 p.m.UT Arlington*
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
W 21–107,925[8]
October 19at Wichita State
L 21–248,302[9]
October 261:30 p.m.Illinois State
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
L 3–109,260[10]
November 21:30 p.m.West Texas State
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
L 27–288,075[11]
November 9at Tulsa
L 15–4512,872[12][13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References

  1. ^ "Drake University will drop its football program next year". Associated Press. November 11, 1985. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  2. ^ "Late score dooms Bulldogs, 31–24". The Daily Nonpareil. September 1, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Reserve lifts Drake past Northern Iowa". Quad-City Times. September 8, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Iowa bites 'Dogs, 58–0: 37-point quarter ruins Drake effort". Cedar Rapids Gazette. September 15, 1985. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  5. ^ "SIU falls to Drake". Southern Illinoisan. September 22, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Indiana State handles Drake". The Courier. September 29, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "ISU loss Criner's 'worst game'". Omaha World-Herald. October 6, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Drake bounces Mavericks, 21–10". The Des Moines Register. October 13, 1985. p. 6D. Retrieved August 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Drake's title chances jolted by Wheatshockers". The Des Moines Register. October 20, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Bulldogs miscues aid Redbird win". The Daily Nonpareil. October 27, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Blocked FG in closing seconds thwarts Drake". Waterloo Courier. November 3, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Tulsa Drubs Drake, 45–15". The Oklahoman. November 10, 1985. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  13. ^ "Tulsa clinches Valley tie". Tulsa World. November 10, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ 2018 Drake Football Fact Book. Drake Bulldogs. p. 68. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
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