1985 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Orange Bowl, L 10–25 vs. Oklahoma
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
Record11–1
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFran Ganter (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJerry Sandusky (9th season)
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium
1985 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Penn State      11 1 0
No. 9 Miami (FL)      10 2 0
Army      9 3 0
No. 15 Florida State      9 3 0
West Virginia      7 3 1
Southern Miss      7 4 0
Syracuse      7 5 0
Virginia Tech      6 5 0
Pittsburgh      5 5 1
Cincinnati      5 6 0
Notre Dame      5 6 0
South Carolina      5 6 0
Southwestern Louisiana      4 7 0
Navy      4 7 0
Temple      4 7 0
Boston College      4 8 0
Memphis State      2 7 2
Rutgers      2 8 1
East Carolina      2 9 0
Louisville      2 9 0
Tulane      1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 712:20 p.m.at No. 7 MarylandNo. 19USAW 20–1850,750
September 1412:20 p.m.TempleNo. 11TCSW 27–2584,651
September 211:30 p.m.East CarolinaNo. 10
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
W 17–1084,266[2]
September 281:00 p.m.at RutgersNo. 9W 17–1054,560
October 123:30 p.m.No. 10 AlabamaNo. 8
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
ABCW 19–1785,444[3]
October 191:30 p.m.at SyracuseNo. 6W 24–2050,021
October 263:30 p.m.West VirginiadaggerNo. 3
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
ABCW 27–085,534
November 212:30 p.m.Boston CollegeNo. 3
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
W 16–1282,000
November 92:00 p.m.at CincinnatiNo. 2W 31–1033,528
November 163:30 p.m.Notre DameNo. 1
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
ABCW 36–684,000
November 237:45 p.m.at PittsburghNo. 1ESPNW 31–060,134
January 1, 19868:00 p.m.vs. No. 3 OklahomaNo. 1NBCL 10–2574,148

Roster

1985 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 9 Mike Alexander Jr
OT 74 Stan Clayton So
G 57 Chris Conlin Jr
RB 42 D.J. Dozier So
G 54 Mitch Frerotte Jr
FB 27 John Hornyak Jr
FB 44 Tim Manoa Jr
G 59 Dan Morgan Jr
C 56 Keith Radecic Jr
WR 6 Ray Roundtree So
QB 14 John Shaffer Jr
RB 35 Steve Smith Jr
RB 32 Blair Thomas Fr
WR 5 Michael Timpson Fr
G 66 Steve Wisniewski Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 95 Rogers Alexander Sr
LB 31 Shane Conlan Jr
LB 53 Don Graham Jr
S 22 Ray Isom Jr
LB 55 Tim Johnson Jr
DB 43 Mike Zordich Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
PK 10 Massimo Manca Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP181911109986332 (15)1 (44)1 (46)1 (49)1 (47)1 (47)3
Coaches1717986764221 (34)1 (34)1 (41)1 (39)1 (37)1 (36)3

Game summaries

At Maryland

Penn State at Maryland
1 234Total
No. 19 Nittany Lions 10 730 20
No. 7 Terrapins 0 1080 18

[4]

At Pittsburgh

Vs. Oklahoma (Orange Bowl)

Penn State vs. Oklahoma
1 234Total
No. 1 Nittany Lions 7 300 10
No. 3 Sooners 0 1636 25

[5]

NFL Draft

Three Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1986 NFL Draft.

RoundPickOverallNamePositionTeam
4th23105Rogers AlexanderLinebackerNew York Jets
7th2168Bob WilliamsTight endBuffalo Bills
9th14235Mike ZordichDefensive backSan Diego Chargers

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1985-1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. "PSU foils Carolina upset bid, 17–10". The Pittsburgh Press. September 22, 1985. Retrieved March 5, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Penn State rolls, 19–17, over Bama". The Pittsburgh Press. October 13, 1985. Retrieved February 20, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Gainesville Sun. 1985 September 8.
  5. "Orange Bowl; Oklahoma Upends Penn State, Stakes Claim to No. 1". The New York Times. January 2, 1986. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
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