1985 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

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1985 Southern Illinois Salukis football
Conference Missouri Valley Conference
Record4–7 (1–4 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadium McAndrew Stadium
Seasons
  1984
1986  
1985 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Northern Iowa $^ 5 0 011 2 0
Southwest Missouri State 2 2 16 4 1
Western Illinois 2 3 05 5 0
Southern Illinois 2 3 04 7 0
Eastern Illinois 2 3 06 5 0
Illinois State 1 3 16 3 2
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1985 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Tulsa $ 3 0 06 5 0
West Texas State 3 1 16 3 1
Illinois State 3 1 16 3 2
Indiana State 2 2 04 6 0
Wichita State 2 3 03 8 0
Southern Illinois 1 3 04 7 0
Drake 1 5 04 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Tulsa also played Houston and East Carolina and recorded those games as conference games, but the league did not count them toward Tulsa's finish. 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 Southern Illinois Salukis football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Under second-year head coach Ray Dorr, the team compiled a 4–7 record (1–4 against conference opponents) and finished in sixth place out of seven teams in the MVC. [1] The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 31 Lincoln (MO) *W 63–010,500 [2]
September 7 Southwest Missouri State
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
L 28–409,600
September 14at Illinois *L 25–2876,330
September 21at Drake *L 6–316,520
September 28 Eastern Illinois
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
W 42–1311,200
October 5 No. 8 Illinois State
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
W 21–013,200
October 19 Southeast Missouri State *
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
W 51–1313,250
October 26at Wichita State *L 34–357,473 [3]
November 2at Indiana State *L 38–415,412
November 9at No. 8 Arkansas State *L 12–4110,104 [4]
November 16at Western Illinois L 7–141,478

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References

  1. "Southern Illinois Saluki Football 2019 Media Guide" (PDF). Southern Illinois University. 2019. p. 118. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  2. "Salukis edge Lincoln, 63–0". Southern Illinoisan. September 1, 1985. Retrieved February 26, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "WSU rallies past Salukis". The Salina Journal. October 27, 1985. Retrieved February 26, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "SIUC falls 41–12 to Arkansas State". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 10, 1985. Retrieved October 8, 2022 via Newspapers.com.