1985 Drake Bulldogs football team
Appearance
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Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
Record | 4–7 (1–5 MVC) |
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Home stadium | Drake Stadium |
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Tulsa $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Texas State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wichita State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drake | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1985 Drake Bulldogs football team represented the Drake University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Chuck Shelton, Drake compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 1–5 in conference play. By mid-October the team was 4–3, a record that included wins over in-state opponents Northern Iowa and Iowa State, but ended the season on a four-game skid. After the season, Drake announced it would drop its football program for the 1986 season and transition to NCAA Division III for the 1987 season.[1]
Schedule
[edit]Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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August 31 | Southwest Missouri State* | L 24–31 | ||||
September 7 | Northern Iowa* |
| W 24–9 | 14,718 | ||
September 14 | 1:05 p.m. | No. 5 Iowa* | L 0–58 | 66,135 | [2] | |
September 21 | at Southern Illinois |
| W 31–6 | 6,520 | ||
September 28 | Indiana State | L 10–17 | ||||
October 5 | 1:30 p.m. | at Iowa State* | W 20–17 | 42,008 | ||
October 12 | 1:30 p.m. | Texas–Arlington* |
| W 21–10 | 7,925 | [3] |
October 19 | at Wichita State | L 21–24 | 8,302 | |||
October 26 | 1:30 p.m. | Illinois State |
| L 3–10 | ||
November 2 | 1:30 p.m. | West Texas State |
| L 27–28 | ||
November 9 | Tulsa | L 15–45 | 12,872 | [4] | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Drake University will drop its football program next year". Associated Press. November 11, 1985. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
- ^ "Iowa bites 'Dogs, 58-0: 37-point quarter ruins Drake effort". Cedar Rapids Gazette. September 15, 1985. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
- ^ "Drake bounces Mavericks, 21–10". The Des Moines Register. October 13, 1985. p. 6D. Retrieved August 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tulsa Drubs Drake, 45-15". The Oklahoman. November 10, 1985. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
- ^ 2018 Drake Football Fact Book. Drake Bulldogs. p. 68. Retrieved August 22, 2022.