Jacksonville State Football Team History 
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		Jacksonville State  
 
  Jacksonville, AL   
Founded: 1883 Stadium: JSU Stadium Capacity: 24,000 Colors: Red & White Coach: Bill Burgess Conference: Gulf South- 
 
	 
  
	
	
	
	
	
				
				 
				
				  
				
				 
				
				 
				
				 
			
		    	
				 
  
				
				 
				
				  
	  
 
 
 
 
	
		
1985 Season Highlights  
 Bill Burgess enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Jacksonville State.  
    
		
		
1985 Season  
 Date   
 Opponent   Score   
   
 Sat., Sep. 14   vs. Alabama A&M  
    
   	 24  
   	 24  
     T   
    
   	   
   	   Sat., Sep. 21   @
Middle Tennessee State 
  
    
   	 21  
   	 55  
     L   
    
   	   
   	   Sat., Sep. 28   @ West Georgia  
    
   	 35  
   	 14  
     W   
    
   	   
   	   Sat., Oct. 5   vs. Valdosta State  
    
   	 12  
   	 10  
     W   
    
   	   
   	   Sat., Oct. 12   @ Mississippi College  
    
   	 3  
   	 50  
     L   
    
   	   
   	   Sat., Oct. 19   vs. Delta State  
    
   	 23  
   	 27  
     L   
    
   	   
   	   Sat., Oct. 26   @ North Alabama  
    
   	 10  
   	 23  
     L   
    
   	   
   	   Sat., Nov. 2   vs. Tennessee Martin  
    
   	 19  
   	 13  
     W   
    
   	   
   	   Sat., Nov. 16   @
Troy 
  
    
   	 14  
   	 31  
     L   
    
   	   
   	   Sat., Nov. 23   vs. Livingston  
    
   	 24  
   	 27  
     L   
    
   	   
   	  
 
 
		   	
	
1985 Season Totals  
  Record 3-6
-1
  
  Points Scored 185  
  Scoring Average 18.5  
  Points Allowed 274  
  Defense Average 27.4  
  Opponents Record 17-5
  
  Conference Record 3-5  
  Home Record 2-2
-1
  
  Away Record 1-4
     
  
 
		
1985 NCAA Final Rankings  
 Rank   
 Record   
 Source   
  was not ranked.   
  
        
 
        
  
        
        
    
 
1985 All American Awards  
  Player   
  Position   
 Class   
 Ht.   
 Wt.   
 Award   
 Team   
 Source   
 Coming Someday   
 
1985 All Gulf South Conference Players  
  Player   
  Position   
 Class   
 Ht.   
 Wt.   
 Team   
 Source   
 Coming Someday   
  
   
  
	
	  
Some records may be incomplete.  
	 
 
 
 
 
    
      Great Moments in College Football History
	  
 The most points scored in a college football Bowl game is 66, scored by Nebraska against Northwestern in the 2000 Alamo Bowl.