1985 Stanford Cardinal football team

American college football season

1985 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 UCLA $	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
Arizona	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	1
Arizona State	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Washington	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
USC	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Oregon	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Stanford	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
California	2	–	7	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Jack Elway, the Cardinal compiled a 4–7 record (3–5 in Pac-10, tied for seventh), and played home games on campus at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 14		San Jose State*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)		W 41–7	68,000
September 21	1:00 pm	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		L 28–45	33,494
September 28	2:30 pm	Texas*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	CBS	L 34–38	53,000
October 5		at San Diego State*	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA		L 22–41	30,822
October 12	1:30 pm	UCLA	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	CBS	L 9–34	63,000
October 19		at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)		L 6–30	56,837
October 26		Arizona	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 28–17	40,000
November 2	12:30 pm	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		L 0–34	54,041
November 9	5:00 pm	Oregon State	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	TBS	W 24–39	26,000
November 16	5:00 pm	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	TBS	L 14–21	64,003
November 23	1:00 pm	California	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Big Game)		W 24–22	84,876
*Non-conference game All times are in Pacific time

1985 Stanford Cardinal football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OT		John Barnes	Sr
TE		Greg Baty	Sr
OT		Robbie Coffin	So
WR		Henry Green	So
TB		Thomas Henley	Jr
WR		Jeff James	Jr
C		Kurt Josephson	Sr
OT		Jeff Marchin	So
WR		Carl Morris	So
FB	`25`	Brad Muster	Jr
OL		Tom Nye	Sr
QB	`14`	John Paye	Jr
TB		Kevin Scott	Jr
OL		Andy Sinclair	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OLB		Kurt Colehower	Jr
CB		Toi Cook	Jr
ILB		Jack Gilmete	Sr
CB		Walt Harris	Sr
FS		Mark Hashimoto	Sr
DB		Brad Humphreys	So
DT		Tony Leiker	Jr
DT		Joe Lortie	Jr
OLB		Tom Prukop	Sr
DT		Sean Scheller	Jr
ILB		Matt Soderlund	Sr
SS		Sam Sutherland	So
NG		Eric Volta	So
ILB	`92`	Dave Wyman	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P		Doug Robison
K		David Sweeney

Steve Dolan (October 6, 1985). "Santos Helps Aztecs Beat Stanford". The Los Angeles Times (San Diego County ed.). Los Angeles, California. p. III-1. Retrieved January 18, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
"UO-Stanford lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 21, 1985. p. 2B.
"OSU-Stanford lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 9, 1985. p. 4C.

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