The 1985 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented
Syracuse University 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 ...
. The team was led by fifth-year head coach
Dick MacPherson and played their home games in the
Carrier Dome in
Syracuse, New York. Syracuse finished with a 7–5 record and played in the
1985 Cherry Bowl
The 1985 Cherry Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game between the Atlantic Coast Conference's Maryland Terrapins and the Syracuse Orangemen. After an early 10–6 lead, The Orangemen gave up 22 unanswered second-quarter points, falling ...
against
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
, where they lost, 18–35.
Notable players included
Tim Green, who earned unanimous All-American honors at defensive tackle and was a finalist for the
Lombardi Award
The Rotary Lombardi Award is an award for college football in the United States. Awarded by the Rotary Club of Houston, Texas annually to the college football player "who best embodies the values and spirit of NFL's legendary coach Vince Lomba ...
. Green was drafted 17th overall in the
1986 NFL Draft
The 1986 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 29–30, 1986, at the Marriott Marq ...
, ending his career at Syracuse as the school's all-time leader in sacks with 45.5, a record that he still owns.
Schedule
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References
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