1985 Morehead State Eagles football team

1985 Morehead State Eagles football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	1–10 (0–7 OVC)
Head coach	Bill Baldridge (2nd season)
Home stadium	Jayne Stadium

1985 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Middle Tennessee $^	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 10 Akron ^	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 17 Murray State	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	1
No. 19 Eastern Kentucky	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Youngstown State	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Austin Peay	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Tennessee Tech	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
Morehead State	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1985 Morehead State Eagles football team represented Morehead State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach Bill Baldridge, the Eagles compiled an overall record of 1–10, with a mark of 0–7 in conference play, and finished eighth in the OVC.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	Marshall*	Jayne Stadium Morehead, KY	L 10–27	9,500	[1]
September 14	at James Madison*	JMU Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	L 14–35	11,700	[2]
September 21	Salem*	Jayne Stadium Morehead, KY	W 41–14	5,000	[3]
September 28	No. 5 Middle Tennessee	Jayne Stadium Morehead, KY	L 14–33		[4]
October 5	at No. 7 Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	L 9–35	14,800	[5]
October 12	Austin Peay	Jayne Stadium Morehead, KY	L 10–14		[6]
October 19	No. 18 Akron	Jayne Stadium Morehead, KY	L 9–38	5,500	[7]
October 26	at Tennessee Tech	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	L 6–59	9,423	[8]
November 2	at Western Kentucky*	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	L 13–26	10,500	[9]
November 16	Eastern Kentucky	Jayne Stadium Morehead, KY (rivalry)	L 0–26		[10]
November 22	at Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	L 17–20	4,173	[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Marshall's Fodor foils MSU's opener with 3 TD passes". Lexington Herald-Leader. September 8, 1985. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Morehead suffers 2nd loss". Lexington Herald-Leader. September 15, 1985. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Morehead rolls despite losing 3 players". The Courier-Journal. September 22, 1985. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Middle Tennessee rips Morehead State". Florida Today. September 29, 1985. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Sophomore scores 3 TDs as Murray routs Morehead". Lexington Herald-Leader. October 6, 1985. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Govs edge Eagles". Lexington Herald-Leader. October 13, 1985. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Akron stays on ground to shoot down Eagles". The Paducah Sun. October 20, 1985. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Tech victory spells relief". The Tennessean. October 27, 1985. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Toppers shake doldrums to win". The Park City Daily News. November 3, 1985. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Eastern blanks Morehead". The Advocate-Messenger. November 17, 1985. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Touchdown at 0:45 trips Morehead 20–17". Lexington Herald-Leader. November 23, 1985. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.