1985_Drake_Bulldogs_football_team

1985 Drake Bulldogs football
1985 Drake Bulldogs football
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	4–7 (1–5 MVC)
Head coach	Chuck Shelton (9th season);
Home stadium	Drake Stadium
	Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

1985 Drake Bulldogs football team

American college football season

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]

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"Drake University will drop its football program next year". Associated Press. November 11, 1985. Retrieved August 22, 2022.

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"Iowa bites 'Dogs, 58-0: 37-point quarter ruins Drake effort". Cedar Rapids Gazette. September 15, 1985. Retrieved August 22, 2022.

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"Drake bounces Mavericks, 21–10". The Des Moines Register. October 13, 1985. p. 6D. Retrieved August 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Tulsa Drubs Drake, 45-15". The Oklahoman. November 10, 1985. Retrieved August 22, 2022.

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2018 Drake Football Fact Book. Drake Bulldogs. p. 68. Retrieved August 22, 2022.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31		Southwest Missouri State*	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA	L 24–31
September 7		Northern Iowa*	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA	W 24–9	14,718
September 14	1:05 p.m.	No. 5 Iowa*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 0–58	66,135	^[2]
September 21		at Southern Illinois	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA	W 31–6	6,520
September 28		Indiana State	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	L 10–17
October 5	1:30 p.m.	at Iowa State*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	W 20–17	42,008
October 12	1:30 p.m.	Texas–Arlington*	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA	W 21–10	7,925	^[3]
October 19		at Wichita State	Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	L 21–24	8,302
October 26	1:30 p.m.	Illinois State	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA	L 3–10
November 2	1:30 p.m.	West Texas State	Drake Stadium Des Moines, Iowa	L 27–28
November 9		Tulsa	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	L 15–45	12,872	^[4]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
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

$ – Conference champion The conference was a hybrid of NCAA Division I-A and I-AA programs. Tulsa and Wichita State were I-A and the other teams were I-AA.