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1985 Illinois State Redbirds football team

1985 Illinois State Redbirds football
ConferenceGateway Collegiate Athletic Conference, Missouri Valley Conference
Record6–3–2 (1–3–1 GCAC, 3–1–1 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHancock Stadium
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
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.
1985 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Northern Iowa $^ 5 0 0 11 2 0
Southwest Missouri State 2 2 1 6 4 1
Western Illinois 2 3 0 5 5 0
Southern Illinois 2 3 0 4 7 0
Eastern Illinois 2 3 0 6 5 0
Illinois State 1 3 1 6 3 2
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1985 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State Universityas a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) and the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fifth year under head coach Bob Otolski, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 6–3–2 with marks of 1–3–1 in the GCAC, placing sixth, and 3–1–1 in MVC play, tying for second place. Illinois State played home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.


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