1985 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

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1985 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team - Wikipedia

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1985 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
MVC champion
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	6–5 (5–0 MVC)
Head coach	Don Morton (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Daly (1st season)
Home stadium	Skelly Stadium
Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

1985 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
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.

The 1985 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Don Morton, the Golden Hurricane compiled an overall record of 6–5 record with a mark of 5–0 against conference opponents, winning the MVC title for the sixth consecutive season.^[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]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	Houston^{[n 1]}	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK (rivalry)	W 31–24	28,156	^[3]
September 14	Texas Tech*	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	L 17–21	29,972	^[4]
September 21	at No. 14 Arkansas*	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	L 0–24	55,112	^[5]
September 28	at Texas A&M*	Kyle Field College Station, TX	L 10–45	44,342	^[6]
October 5	at No. 6 Oklahoma State*	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK (rivalry)	L 13–25	49,400	^[7]
October 12	Long Beach State*	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	W 37–35	12,262	^[8]
October 19	at Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 14–76	53,500	^[9]
October 26	West Texas State	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	W 44–17	11,378	^[10]
November 2	at Wichita State	Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	W 42–26	11,760	^[11]
November 9	Drake	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	W 45–15	12,872	^[12]
November 16	at East Carolina^{[n 1]}	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, NC	W 21–20	23,126	^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^[14]^[15]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Designated conference game

After the season

1986 NFL draft

The following Golden Hurricane player was selected in the 1986 NFL draft following the season.^[16]^[17]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
12	314	Mike Williams	Linebacker	Pittsburgh Steelers

References

^ "College Football Standings". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. November 25, 1985. p. 6C. Retrieved January 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "1985 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
^ "Gage, Tulsa beat Houston, 31–24". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 8, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Keesee passes Texas Tech to last-minute victory". The Victoria Advocate. September 15, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Arkansas storms past Tulsa". The Tyler Courier-Times. September 22, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Murray, Aggies strafe Tulsa, 45–10". The Tulsa World. September 29, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Tom Kensler (October 6, 1985). "Williams, Defense Lift OSU, 25-13". The Daily Oklahoman. pp. 1C, 4C – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tulsa beats the clock, Long Beach". Reno Gazette-Journal. October 13, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "FSU drills Tulsa in record fashion". Florida Today. October 20, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Hurricane pops West Texas St". Bryan-College Station Eagle. October 27, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tulsa wins 24th straight in MVC". The Daily Oklahoman. November 3, 1985. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tulsa clinches Valley tie". Tulsa World. November 10, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Golden Hurricane posts 21–20 win on 42-yard kick". The Daily Oklahoman. November 17, 1985. Retrieved March 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1985 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
^ "Tulsa Golden Hurricane Football Record & Fact Book 2022" (PDF). University of Tulsa. p. 186. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
^ "1986 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
^ "Tulsa Drafted Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.

v t e Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
Venues	South Main Park (1912–1914) Association Park (1915–1917) McNulty Park (1919–1929) Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium (1930–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Houston Oklahoma State
Culture & lore	Captain Cane "Hurricane Spirit" The Sound of the Golden Hurricane Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Missouri Valley Conference football champions
Pre-split	Iowa & Nebraska (1907) Kansas (1908) Missouri (1909) Nebraska (1910) Iowa State & Nebraska (1911) Iowa State & Nebraska (1912) Missouri & Nebraska (1913) Nebraska (1914) Nebraska (1915) Nebraska (1916) Nebraska (1917) Missouri (1919) Oklahoma (1920) Nebraska (1921) Drake & Nebraska (1922) Kansas & Nebraska (1923) Missouri (1924) Missouri (1925) Oklahoma A&M (1926) Missouri (1927)
Post-split	Drake (1928) Drake (1929) Drake & Oklahoma A&M (1930) Drake (1931) Oklahoma A&M (1932) Oklahoma A&M (1933) Washington University (1934) Tulsa & Washington University (1935) Creighton & Tulsa (1936) Tulsa (1937) Tulsa (1938) Washington University (1939) Tulsa (1940) Tulsa (1941) Tulsa (1942) Tulsa (1943) Oklahoma A&M (1944) Oklahoma A&M (1945) Tulsa (1946) Tulsa (1947) Oklahoma A&M (1948) Detroit (1949) Tulsa (1950) Tulsa (1951) Houston (1952) Detroit & Oklahoma A&M (1953) Wichita (1954) Detroit & Wichita (1955) Houston (1956) Houston (1957) North Texas State (1958) Houston & North Texas State (1959) Wichita (1960) Wichita (1961) Tulsa (1962) Wichita (1963) Cincinnati (1964) Tulsa (1965) North Texas State & Tulsa (1966) North Texas State (1967) Memphis State (1968) Memphis State (1969) Louisville (1970) Memphis State (1971) Drake, Louisville, & West Texas State (1972) North Texas State & Tulsa (1973) Tulsa (1974) Tulsa (1975) New Mexico State & Tulsa (1976) West Texas State (1977) New Mexico State (1978) West Texas State (1979) Tulsa (1980) Drake & Tulsa (1981) Tulsa (1982) Tulsa (1983) Tulsa (1984) Tulsa (1985)
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