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(Top) 1 Schedule 2 Roster 3 Rankings 4 Game summaries 4.1 At Alabama 4.2 At No. 14 Baylor 4.3 At No. 19 SMU 4.4 Vs. No. 16 Auburn (Cotton Bowl Classic) 5 References

1985 Texas A&M Aggies football team

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1985 Texas A&M Aggies football
Southwest Conference champion Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 36–16 vs. Auburn
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 6
Record	10–2 (7–1 SWC)
Head coach	Jackie Sherrill (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Lynn Amedee (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	R. C. Slocum (6th season)
Home stadium	Kyle Field
Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

1985 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No.6Texas A&M $	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No.12Arkansas	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No.17Baylor	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Texas	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
SMU	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Houston	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Rice	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Texas Tech	1	–	7	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
TCU	0	–	8	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC). The team was led by head coach Jackie Sherrill, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Kyle FieldinCollege Station, Texas. They finished the season with a record of ten wins and two losses (10–2, 7–1 SWC), as Southwest Conference champions and with a victory over Auburn in the Cotton Bowl Classic.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	6:45 p.m.	at No. 20Alabama*		Legion Field Birmingham, AL	ESPN	L 10–23	74,697	^[1]
September 21		Northeast Louisiana*		Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 31–17	46,851	^[2]
September 28		Tulsa*		Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 45–10	44,593
October 5		atTexas Tech		Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		W 28–27	50,148
October 12		Houston		Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 43–16	55,711
October 19		at No. 14Baylor		Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (Battle of the Brazos)		L 15–20	48,500
October 26		atRice		Rice Stadium Houston, TX		W 43–28	41,195
November 2		No. 19SMU		Kyle Field College Station, TX	ESPN	W 19–17	54,597
November 16		No. 9Arkansas		Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	ESPN	W 10–6	58,632
November 23		atTCU	No. 19	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)		W 53–6	38,782
November 28	7:00 p.m.	No. 18Texas	No. 15	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	ESPN	W 42–10	77,607
January 1		vs. No. 16Auburn*	No. 11	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	W 36–16	73,137	^[3]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster[edit]

1985 Texas A&M Aggies football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`14`	Kevin Murray	Jr
RB		Randy Dausin	Sr
RB	`25`	Anthony Toney	Sr
RB		Ira Valentine	Jr
RB	`33`	Keith Woodside	So
FB	`43`	Roger Vick	Jr
C		Matt Darwin	Sr
OT		Doug Williams	Sr
TE		Rod Bernstine	Jr
WR		Rod Harris	Fr
WR	`8`	Jeff Nelson	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB		Wayne Asberry	Sr
DB	`6`	Domingo Bryant	Sr
LB	`11`	Johnny Holland	Jr
DL	`99`	Rod Saddler	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`47`	Eric Franklin

Head coach

Jackie Sherrill

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Rankings[edit]

^[4]

Game summaries[edit]

At Alabama[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	3	7	0	10
• No. 20 Crimson Tide	7	3	0	13	23

Date: September 14
Location: Legion Field
Game attendance: 74,697
Television network: ESPN

Scoring summary

1		ALA	Chester Braggs 2-yard run (Van Tiffin kick)	ALA 7–0

2	2:46	A&M	Eric Franklin 20-yard field goal	ALA 7–3
2		ALA	Van Tiffin 57-yard field goal	ALA 10–3

3		A&M	Anthony Toney 1-yard run (kick)	Tied 10–10

4	11:15	ALA	Van Kiffin 40-yard field goal	ALA 13–10
		ALA	Van Kiffin 51-yard field goal	ALA 16–10
	1:07	ALA	Craig Turner 32-yard run (Tiffin kick)	ALA 23–10

^[5]

At No. 14 Baylor[edit]

At No. 19 SMU[edit]

Vs. No. 16 Auburn (Cotton Bowl Classic)[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 16 Tigers	7	6	3	0	16
• No. 11 Aggies	12	3	6	15	36

Date: January 1, 1986
Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas
Game attendance: 73,137
Referee: Sam Maphis
TV announcers (CBS): Brent Musburger, Ara Parseghian

Scoring summary

1	AUB	Bo Jackson 5-yard run (Chris Johnson kick)	AUB 7–0
	A&M	Harry Johnson 11-yard run (Eric Franklin kick failed)	AUB 7–6
	A&M	Keith Woodside 22-yard run (pass failed)	A&M 12–7

2	AUB	Bo Jackson 73-yard pass from Pat Washington (run failed)	AUB 13–12
2	A&M	Scott Slater 26-yard field goal	A&M 15–13

3	A&M	Anthony Toney 21-yard run (pass failed)	A&M 21–13
3	AUB	Johnson 26-yard field goal	A&M 21–16

4	A&M	Keith Woodside 9-yard pass from Kevin Murray (Rod Bernstine run)	A&M 29–16
4	A&M	Toney 1-yard run (Slater kick)	A&M 36–16

^[6]

References[edit]

^ "Alabama drops A&M". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 15, 1985. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Texas A&M eases past NE Louisiana". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 22, 1985. p. 16B. Retrieved January 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "No joke: A&M 36, Auburn 16". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. January 2, 1986. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Texas A&M 1985 AP Football Rankings". collegepollarchive.com. Retrieved July 17, 2022.

^ "ALABAMA 23, TEXAS A&M 10". UPI Archives. September 15, 1985. Retrieved July 17, 2022.

^ "Texas A&M Stops Jackson and Auburn". The New York Times. January 2, 1986. Retrieved July 17, 2022.

v t e Texas A&M Aggies football
Venues	Kyle Field (1904–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Baylor: Battle of the Brazos LSU TCU Texas Texas Tech
Culture & lore	Reveille "Aggie War Hymn" Aggie Band 12th man Aggie Bonfire Junction Boys film Sherman era Highest scoring Division I game
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
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National championship seasons in bold

Southwest Conference football champions

Oklahoma (1915)
Texas (1916)
Texas A&M (1917)
Texas & Oklahoma (1918)
Texas A&M (1919)
Texas (1920)
Texas A&M (1921)
Baylor (1922)
SMU (1923)
Baylor (1924)
Texas A&M (1925)
SMU (1926)
Texas A&M (1927)
Texas (1928)
TCU (1929)
Texas (1930)
SMU (1931)
TCU (1932)
No champion (1933)
Rice (1934)
SMU (1935)
Arkansas (1936)
Rice (1937)
TCU (1938)
Texas A&M (1939)
Texas A&M & SMU (1940)
Texas A&M (1941)
Texas (1942)
Texas (1943)
TCU (1944)
Texas (1945)
Rice & Arkansas (1946)
SMU (1947)
SMU (1948)
Rice (1949)
Texas (1950)
TCU (1951)
Texas (1952)
Rice & Texas (1953)
Arkansas (1954)
TCU (1955)
Texas A&M (1956)
Rice (1957)
TCU (1958)
Arkansas, Texas, & TCU (1959)
Arkansas (1960)
Texas & Arkansas (1961)
Texas (1962)
Texas (1963)
Arkansas (1964)
Arkansas (1965)
SMU (1966)
Texas A&M (1967)
Arkansas & Texas (1968)
Texas (1969)
Texas (1970)
Texas (1971)
Texas (1972)
Texas (1973)
Baylor (1974)
Arkansas, Texas & Texas A&M (1975)
Houston & Texas Tech (1976)
Texas (1977)
Houston (1978)
Arkansas & Houston (1979)
Baylor (1980)
SMU (1981)
SMU (1982)
Texas (1983)
SMU & Houston (1984)
Texas A&M (1985)
Texas A&M (1986)
Texas A&M (1987)
Arkansas (1988)
Arkansas (1989)
Texas (1990)
Texas A&M (1991)
Texas A&M (1992)
Texas A&M (1993)
Texas Tech, Baylor, Rice, Texas & TCU (1994)
Texas (1995)

National championships in bold

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