1985 Florida Gators football team

The 1985 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was the second for Galen Hall as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team, having coached the 1984 Gators' final eight games as their interim coach. Because of NCAA probation terms handed down the previous year, Hall's 1985 Florida Gators were ineligible to win the Southeastern Conference (SEC) title, receive a bowl bid, or appear on live television.

1985 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 5
Record	9–1–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Galen Hall (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Charlie Bailey (1st season)
Home stadium	Florida Field
Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

1985 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Tennessee $	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	2
No. 5 Florida	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
No. 13 Alabama	4	–	1	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
No. 20 LSU	4	–	1	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
Georgia	3	–	2	–	1			7	–	3	–	2
Auburn	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
Vanderbilt	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Kentucky	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Mississippi State	0	–	6	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion Florida ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation. Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	at Miami (FL)*	No. 5	Orange Bowl Stadium Miami, FL (rivalry)		W 35–23	80,227	[1]
September 14	Rutgers*	No. 3	Florida Field Gainesville, FL		T 28–28	71,708	[2]
September 28	at Mississippi State	No. 11	Scott Field Starkville, MS		W 36–22	34,588	[3]
October 5	at No. 8 LSU	No. 11	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	TigerVision	W 20–0	78,598	[4]
October 12	No. 14 Tennessee	No. 7	Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)		W 17–10	74,432	[5]
October 19	Southwestern Louisiana*	No. 5	Florida Field Gainesville, FL		W 45–0	74,369	[6]
October 26	Virginia Tech*	No. 2	Florida Field Gainesville, FL		W 35–18	70,119	[7]
November 2	at No. 6 Auburn	No. 2	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)		W 14–10	75,000	[8]
November 9	vs. No. 17 Georgia	No. 1	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)		L 3–24	82,327	[9]
November 16	Kentucky	No. 11	Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)		W 15–13	73,672	[10]
November 30	No. 12 Florida State*	No. 6	Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)		W 38–14	74,461	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1985 Florida Gators football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 27 Neal Anderson Sr QB 12 Kerwin Bell So WR 89 Ricky Nattiel Jr FB 22 John L. Williams Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Galen Hall Coordinators/assistant coaches Charlie Bailey (DC) Mike Heimerdinger (WR) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Postseason

After the season, Sagarin Ratings (ELO-Chess), one of two NCAA recognized selectors created by Jeff Sagarin, an MIT math graduate and sports statistician, named Florida as the 1985 national champions, though Florida does not claim the title. Florida finished with a 9–1–1 overall record and an SEC record of 5–1, tying for first place in the ten-team SEC.^[12]