The 1985 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the
University of Colorado
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in the
Big Eight Conference
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during 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 ...
. Led by fourth-year head coach
Bill McCartney, the Buffaloes switched to a
wishbone
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* Furcula, a fork-shaped bone in birds and some dinosaurs
Wishbone may also refer to:
* Wish-Bone, an American salad dressing and condiment company
* Wishbone formation, a type of offense in American football
* Wishb ...
offense and finished the regular season at 7–4 (4–3 in Big 8, tied for third).
Home games were played on campus at
Folsom Field
Folsom Field is an outdoor college football stadium in the western United States, located on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder. It is the home field of the Colorado Buffaloes of the Pac-12 Conference.
Opened in 1924, th ...
in
Boulder, Colorado
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.
Colorado, 1–10 the
previous season, won five of its first six games,
Freedom Bowl
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The bowl frequently invited a team from the Western Athletic Conference to compete against an at-large o ...
in late December, CU fell to the favored Washington Huskies
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by three points in Anaheim
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; both teams finished at 7–5.
Schedule
:[2011 Colorado football information guide]
Game summaries
Kansas
*COL - Mickey Pruitt
Mickey Pruitt (born January 10, 1965) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys, winning a Super Bowl ring with the Cowboys in Super Bowl XXVII over the Buffalo Bills.
Ea ...
27-yard interception return (Larry Eckel kick)
*KAN - Jeff Johnson 36-yard field goal
*COL - Mark Hatcher 5-yard run (Eckel kick)
:Attendance: 25,000
:Passing: COL Mark Hatcher 1/6, 11 yds; KAN Mike Norseth 22/41, 256 yds, INT
:Rushing: COL Anthony Weatherspoon 16–65; KAN Harvey Fields 7–24
:Receiving: COL Sam Smith 1–11; KAN Richard Estell 8–126
References
External links
University of Colorado Athletics
– 1985 football roster
– 1985 Colorado Buffaloes
Colorado
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Colorado Buffaloes football seasons
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