1985 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

The 1985 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Don Morton, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 6–5 record, 3–0 against conference opponents, and won the Missouri Valley Conference championship.[1] The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Steve Gage with 1,069 passing yards, Gordon Brown with 1,201 rushing yards, and Ronnie Kelly with 379 receiving yards.[2]

1985 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
MVC champion
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
1985 record6–5 (3–0 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSkelly Stadium
Capacity: (40,385)
1985 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Tulsa $ 3 –0 –06 –5 –0
West Texas State 3 –1 –16 –3 –1
Illinois State 3 –1 –16 –3 –2
Indiana State 2 –2 –04 –6 –0
Wichita State 2 –3 –03 –8 –0
Southern Illinois 1 –3 –04 –7 –0
Drake 1 –5 –04 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Tulsa also played Houston and East Carolina and recorded those games as conference games, but the league did not count them toward Tulsa's finish. 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.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 7Houston*
W 31–24
September 14Texas Tech*
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
L 17–21
September 21at No. 14 Arkansas*
L 0–24
September 28at Texas A&M*
L 10–45
October 5at No. 6 Oklahoma State*
L 13–25[3]
October 12Long Beach State*
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 37–35
October 19at Florida State*
L 14–76
October 26West Texas State
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 44–17
November 2at Wichita State
W 42–26[4]
November 9Drake
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 45–15
November 16East Carolina*
W 21–20
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "1985 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  2. "1985 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  3. Tom Kensler (October 6, 1985). "Williams, Defense Lift OSU, 25-13". The Daily Oklahoman. pp. 1C, 4C – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Tulsa wins 24th straight in MVC". The Daily Oklahoman. November 3, 1985. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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