The 1985 Army Cadets football team represented the
United States Military Academy in the
1985 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season saw the Oklahoma Sooners, led by head coach Barry Switzer, win the national championship.
Oklahoma finished the season 11–1, with their only loss to Miami at home, in a game in which future NFL star Tr ...
as an
independent. The team was led by head coach
Jim Young
James Norman Young (born June 6, 1943) is a former professional American football and Canadian football player. Young played running back and wide receiver for the NFL's Minnesota Vikings for two seasons (1965–66), and the CFL's BC Lions f ...
, in his third year, and played their home games at
Michie Stadium in
West Point, New York. They finished the season with a record of nine wins and three losses (9–3 overall), and with a victory against
Illinois in the
Peach Bowl. The Cadets offense scored 396 points, while the defense allowed 232 points.
Schedule
Personnel
Season summary
Western Michigan
*Clarence Jones 110 rush yards
Rutgers
at Penn
Yale
*Most points Army scored since
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
*Craig Stopa's 53-yard field goal in the second quarter was a school record
*Tory Crawford replaced injured Rob Healy (cracked ribs)
at Boston College
*Tory Crawford (first start) 131 rush yards, three TDs
CAC Offensive Player of the Week
*Clarence Jones 103 rush yards
at Notre Dame
Colgate
*Tory Crawford (off the bench) 136 rush yards
Holy Cross
*Tory Crawford 134 rush yards, 2 TDs
CAC Offensive Player of the Week
at Air Force
Memphis State
vs Navy
With Vice President and former Navy pilot
George Bush in attendance,
Napoleon McCallum rushed for 217 yards, the second-most rushing yards by a Navy player against Army, and broke the NCAA single-season all-purpose yardage record of Pitt's
Tony Dorsett.
Peach Bowl (vs Illinois)
References
Army
Army Black Knights football seasons
Peach Bowl champion seasons
Army Cadets football
The Army Black Knights football team, previously known as the Army Cadets, represents the United States Military Academy in college football. Army is a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) member of the NCAA. The Black Knights play home ga ...
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