The 1985 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented the Purdue University in the 1985 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Leon Burtnett, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, placing seventh in the Big Ten. Purdue played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Quarterback Jim Everett led the nation in total offense with 3,589 yards, which was also a program record, since broken by Drew Brees. Everett finished sixth in balloting for the Heisman Trophy.
Schedule
Game summaries At Pittsburgh
Ball State Jim Everett 24/32, 340 yards
Notre Dame Jim Everett 27/49, 368 yards
Illinois Jim Everett 27/47, 464 yards
At Ohio State
Mark Jackson – 6 receptions, 132 yards
Michigan State Jim Everett 34/51, 315 yards
Northwestern James Medlock 23 rushes, 129 yards
Iowa
Jim Everett 23/32, 315 yards
At Indiana
Roster
Awards and honors Jim Everett, sixth in Heisman Trophy votinh
1986 NFL draft
Player Position Round Pick NFL club Jim Everett Quarterback 1 3 Houston Oilers Ray Wallace Running back 6 145 Houston Oilers Mark Jackson Wide receiver6 161 Denver Broncos Rodney Carter Running back 5 146 Pittsburgh Steelers Mark Drenth Tackle 11 279 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Steve Griffin Wide receiver 12 308 Atlanta Falcons
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