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1985 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1985 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Fiesta Bowl, L 23–27 vs. Michigan
Conference Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 10
AP No. 11
1985 record 9–3 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach Tom Osborne (13th year)
Offensive coordinator Tom Osborne (16th year)
Offensive scheme I formation
Defensive coordinator Charlie McBride (5th year)
Base defense 5–2
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 73,650)
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 Big 8 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Oklahoma $ 7 – 0 – 0     11 – 1 – 0
#11 Nebraska 6 – 1 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
Oklahoma State 4 – 3 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
Colorado 4 – 3 – 0     7 – 5 – 0
Iowa State 3 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Kansas 2 – 5 – 0     6 – 6 – 0
Kansas State 1 – 6 – 0     1 – 10 – 0
Missouri 1 – 6 – 0     1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
#17 Florida State at #10 Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
• #17 Florida State 7 10 0 0 17
#10 Nebraska 7 6 0 0 13
Illinois at #18 Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
Illinois 0 10 0 15 25
• #18 Nebraska 14 10 21 7 52
Oregon at #16 Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
Oregon 0 0 0 0 0
• #16 Nebraska 14 28 14 7 63
  • Source:
New Mexico at #13 Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
New Mexico 7 0 0 0 7
• #13 Nebraska 7 7 10 14 38
#9 Nebraska at #5 Oklahoma State [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
• #9 Nebraska 0 17 3 14 34
#5 Oklahoma State 0 3 14 7 24
#7 Nebraska at Missouri [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
• #7 Nebraska 6 9 3 10 28
Missouri 7 0 6 7 20
Colorado at #5 Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
Colorado 7 0 0 0 7
• #5 Nebraska 0 7 7 3 17

The 1985 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. The season opener against Florida State was the last season opening loss until 2015.

Both teams started out evenly with a 7-7 tie after the first quarter, but Florida State led the Cornhuskers by 4 at the half and no one scored during the rest of this scorcher, as the mercury in Lincoln reached 93 °F (and 133 °F on the field). This was the last season opener Nebraska would lose until 2015.

Although Illinois started out behind 0-17, they came within 7 points of a tie before Nebraska ran away, as the Cornhuskers at one point scored 28 straight in a game whose outcome never was seriously in doubt.

Oregon was rendered helpless in Lincoln as Nebraska punched in four touchdowns late in the 2nd quarter and rolled to a 63-0 shutout in Lincoln. The Ducks only crossed the center of the field twice and were unable to scrape up even 1/3 of the total time of possession.

Nebraska closed out the non-conference season against a New Mexico team that was not intimidated in Lincoln. The Lobos scored first and acquired 379 total yards of offense while winning the time of possession battle, but could not turn those accomplishments into scores as they also allowed nine sacks, four interceptions and lost a fumble.

Nebraska pulled off the upset of Oklahoma State in Stillwater, as The Cowboys' passing attack was no match for the Cornhuskers' rushing attack when it was hampered by OSU's two lost fumbles and two thrown interceptions. Nebraska continued their unbeaten streak over Oklahoma State that began in 1961.

21 of Nebraska's 28 points came off of the foot of PK Dale Klein, who not only tied the NCAA record of seven field goals in a game, but also became the first player to make seven straight in a game while also running his Nebraska field goal record streak up to nine.

Colorado, playing without its 1st and 2nd string quarterbacks, still managed to hold Nebraska to a 7-7 halftime tie before a long touchdown run at the end of the 3rd quarter allowed the Cornhuskers to pull away.

Kansas State managed to prevent any single Nebraska runner from exceeding 100 yards, and even though Nebraska only completed six passes, it made no difference as the Wildcats were held to just a 1st-quarter field goal while the Cornhuskers had little trouble putting up 41 points. Nebraska PK Dale Klein set a Nebraska and personal record when he kicked a 50-yard field goal, his 12th of the season.


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