1985 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team

1985 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football
ConferenceNorthern California Athletic Conference
Record2–8 (1–4 NCAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRedwood Bowl
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 Northern California Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 UC Davis $^ 5 0 0 9 2 0
Chico State 3 1 1 4 4 1
Cal State Hayward 2 2 1 6 3 1
San Francisco State 2 3 0 3 6 1
Sonoma State 1 4 0 3 7 0
Humboldt State 1 4 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

The 1985 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University—now known as California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt—as a member of the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) during the 1985 NCAA Division II football season. Led by Bud Van Deren in his 20th and final season as head coach, Lumberjacks compiled an overall record of 2–8 with a mark of 1–4 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the NCAC.[1] The team was outscored by its opponents 350 to 175 for the season. Humboldt State played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California.

In 20 years under Van Deren, the Lumberjacks compiled a record of 98–101–4 (.493). They had nine winning seasons, and won the conference championship once, in 1968. The same year, Humboldt State had its only bowl game win in program history, in the Camellia Bowl.

  1. ^ "All-NCAC selections". Chico Enterprise-Record. Chico, California. November 25, 1985. p. 1C. Retrieved May 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.