1985 Morehead State Eagles football team

1985 Morehead State Eagles football
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
	Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

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.

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

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

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

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