1985 Southwest Missouri State Bears football team

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1985 Southwest Missouri State Bears football
Conference Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference
Record6–4–1 (2–2–1 GCAC)
Head coach
Home stadium Briggs Stadium
Seasons
  1984
1986  
1985 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
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

The 1985 Southwest Missouri State Bears football team represented Southwest Missouri State University (now known as Missouri State University) as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 10th-year head coach Rich Johanningmeier, the Bears compiled an overall record of 6–4–1, with a mark of 2–2–1 in conference play, and finished second in the GCAC.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 31at Drake *W 31–2412,202 [1]
September 7at Southern Illinois W 40–289,600 [2]
September 14 Illinois State T 17–17 [3]
September 21 Northern Iowa
  • Briggs Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
L 17–387,750 [4]
September 28 Western Kentucky *
  • Briggs Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
W 47–77,515 [5]
October 5at Northeast Missouri State *No. 18
W 59–33 [6]
October 19at Eastern Illinois No. 15L 27–284,065 [7]
October 26No. 19 Murray State *
  • Briggs Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
L 21–36 [8]
November 2at Western Illinois W 27–17 [9]
November 9 Central Missouri State *
  • Briggs Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
W 37–32,716 [10]
November 16at Nicholls State *L 28–31 [11]

References

  1. "Late score dooms Bulldogs, 31–24". The Daily Nonpareil. September 1, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Bears ramble to big victory". Anchorage Daily News. September 8, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "SMS and Illinois State end game tied in knots". Springfield News-Leader. September 15, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "UNI clobbers SW Missouri". The Cedar Rapids Gazette. September 22, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Southwest Missouri inflicts latest blow to Hilltoppers". The Park City Daily News. September 29, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Southwest Missouri wins scoring battle, 59–33". The Des Moines Register. October 6, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Eastern turns tables on Southwest Missouri". Herald and Review. October 20, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Racers revives during Beamer's halftime exhortations". The Paducah Sun. October 27, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "SW Missouri topples WIU". The Pantagraph. November 3, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Home is sweet to SMS seniors in 37–3 victory". The Springfield News-Leader. November 10, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "SMS falls to tricky Colonels". The Springfield News-Leader. November 17, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 via Newspapers.com.