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1985 Illinois State Redbirds football team

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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.

Record6–3–2 (1–3–1 GCAC, 3–1–1 MVC)
Headcoach
HomestadiumHancock Stadium
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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 →
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1985 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Tulsa $5–0–06–5–0
West Texas State3–1–16–3–1
Illinois State3–1–16–3–2
Indiana State3–2–04–6–0
Wichita State2–3–03–8–0
Southern Illinois1–3–04–7–0
Drake1–5–04–7–0
  • $ – 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.
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1985 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Northern Iowa $^5–0–011–2–0
Southwest Missouri State2–2–16–4–1
Western Illinois2–3–05–5–0
Southern Illinois2–3–04–7–0
Eastern Illinois2–3–06–5–0
Illinois State1–3–16–3–2
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 7Western IllinoisW 18–69,867[1]
September 14at Southwest Missouri StateT 17–17[2]
September 21Wayne State (MI)*
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
W 17–2[3]
September 28UCF*No. 12
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
W 48–2112,786[4]
October 5at Southern IllinoisNo. 8L 0–2113,200[5]
October 12at Eastern IllinoisL 14–21[6]
October 19West Texas State
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
T 29–298,036[7]
October 26at DrakeW 10–39,260[8]
November 2No. T–5 Northern Iowa
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
L 3–154,847[9]
November 9Wichita State
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
W 26–04,423[10]
November 16Indiana State
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
W 24–214,206[11]
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