1985 Drake Bulldogs football team

1985 Drake Bulldogs football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record4–7 (1–5 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDrake Stadium
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
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
Drake 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]

  1. ^ "Drake University will drop its football program next year". Associated Press. November 11, 1985. Retrieved August 22, 2022.