1985 Washington Huskies football team

1985 Washington Huskies football
Freedom Bowl, W 20–17 vs. Colorado
ConferencePacific-10
Record7–5 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGary Pinkel (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Lambright (9th season)
MVPJoe Kelly
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 UCLA $ 6 2 0 9 2 1
Arizona 5 2 0 8 3 1
Arizona State 5 2 0 8 4 0
Washington 5 3 0 7 5 0
USC 5 3 0 6 6 0
Oregon 3 4 0 5 6 0
Washington State 3 5 0 4 7 0
Stanford 3 5 0 4 7 0
Oregon State 2 6 0 3 8 0
California 2 7 0 4 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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 eleventh season under head coach Don James, the team compiled a 7–5 record, and outscored its opponents 238 to 225.[1] 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.

Senior quarterback Millen started the first nine games,[2] and sophomore Chris Chandler the final three.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1985–1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. ^ "Sun Devils are red hot, Huskies not". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 9, 1985. p. 4B.
  3. ^ Endysk, Monte (November 23, 1985). "Chandler apparent frontrunner in Huskies' quarterback battle". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 4B.
  4. ^ Grummert, Dale (November 24, 1985). "WSU enjoys a Dawg-Day afternoon, 21-20". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
  5. ^ "Strong defense preserves Huskies' Freedom". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 31, 1985. p. C1.