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1985 Big Ten Conference football season

1985 Big Ten Conference football season
League NCAA Division I-A
Sport Football
Number of teams 10
Top draft pick Jim Everett
Champion Iowa
Runners-up Michigan
Season MVP Chuck Long
Top scorer Lorenzo White
Football seasons
1986 →
1985 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#10 Iowa $ 7 1 0     10 2 0
#2 Michigan 6 1 1     10 1 1
Illinois 5 2 1     6 5 1
#14 Ohio State 5 3 0     9 3 0
Michigan State 5 3 0     7 5 0
Minnesota 4 4 0     7 5 0
Purdue 3 5 0     5 6 0
Wisconsin 2 6 0     5 6 0
Indiana 1 7 0     4 7 0
Northwestern 1 7 0     3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Big Ten Conference football season was the 90th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season.

The 1985 Big Ten champion was Iowa. The Hawkeyes began the season 7-0 and rose to the #1 ranking, including a 12-10 win over #2 Michigan at Kinnick Stadium, before losing to Ohio State. Iowa entered the Rose Bowl at 10-1 with an outside shot at a National Championship, but were upset by UCLA in the 1986 Rose Bowl, 45–28. Iowa quarterback Chuck Long received the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the conference's most valuable player. Michigan's Bo Schembechler was selected as Big Ten Coach of the Year.

Key
AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1985 season
AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1985 season
PPG = Average of points scored per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold
PAG = Average of points allowed per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold
MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

Six Big Ten teams played in bowl games:

The Big Ten's individual statistical leaders include the following:

1. Jim Everett, Purdue (3,651)
2. Chuck Long, Iowa (2,978)
3. Jack Trudeau, Illinois (2,938)
4. Jim Karsatos, Ohio State (2,311)
5. Mike Greenfield, Northwestern (2,152)

1. Lorenzo White, Michigan State (2,066)
2. Larry Emery, Wisconsin (1,113)
3. Ronnie Harmon, Iowa (1,111)
4. Jamie Morris, Michigan (1,030)
5. Bobby Howard, Indiana (967)


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