| 1985 All-Big Ten team |
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| 1985 Big Ten Conference football season |
| Selectors |
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Associated Press (media) United Press International (coaches) |
| 1983 1984 ← → 1986 1987 |
The 1985 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 1985 Big Ten Conference football season.
Running back Lorenzo White and linebacker Larry Station were the only players unanimously selected as first-team players on all 20 ballots submitted by the members of the Associated Press (AP) media panel. Defensive end Mike Hammerstein followed with 19 first-team votes.[1] In the UPI balloting among conference coaches, Illinois wide receiver David Williams received the most votes, having been named to the first team by nine of the conference's ten coaches.[2] In the UPI voting, Iowa's Chuck Long edged Jim Everett by one vote for the first-team quarterback position.[2]
The Iowa Hawkeyes won the Big Ten championship and led the conference with eight first-team players, including quarterback Chuck Long and linebacker Larry Station. The Michigan Wolverines led the nation in scoring defense and placed six players on the first-team units, including defensive linemen Mike Hammerstein and Mark Messner and linebacker Mike Mallory.[1]