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Memories of the 1985 Michigan Football Team
Lost in the crapola being written by Terry Foster, Drew Sharp, and others regarding the Football Bust, missing were ANY stories whatsoever about one of Bo's BEST and FAVORITE teams, namely the 1985 Michigan Wolverines. After all, they were the guest of honor at the frigging banquet, weren't they?!?!?
Well, because those dirty rotten bastards DIDN'T talk about the 1985 Team like they SHOULD HAVE, sit back and enjoy the story of one of Bo's finest teams (the TEAM, the TEAM, the TEAM!!!!).
This team, along with the 1976, 1980, and 1997 teams, rank among my favorite UM teams. I don't count the '69 team (although a wonderful one at that), simply because I was too young to remember them.
The 1985 season was my senior year at UM. The team was coming off the ignominy of a 6-6 season and was not ranked in the Top 20 rankings (Top 25 ranking didn't come into vogue until later on). That was a 2nd for a Bo team (the '69 team didn't enter the Top 20 until week 2). Call me foolishly optimistic, but I had an inkling that this team would NOT disappoint the Michigan faithful!
Some defensive minded coach at MSU had beaten UM the year before in Ann Arbor and was the talk of the state. Old Bo was washed up, or so it seemed.
1985 Michigan Football season (as through my eyes and ears)
Date | Opponent/Score/Location | Memories |
9/14 | Notre Dame, W 20-12, Ann Arbor |
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9/21 | South Carolina, 34-3, Columbia |
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9/28 | Maryland, 20-0, Ann Arbor |
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10/5 | Wisconsin, 33-6, Ann Arbor |
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10/12 | MSU, 31-0, Least Lansing |
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10/19 | Iowa, 12-10 LOSS, Iowa City |
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10/26 | Indiana, 42-15, Ann Arbor |
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11/2 | Illinois, 3-3, Champaign |
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11/9 | Purdue, 47-0, Ann Arbor |
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11/16 | Minnesota, 48-7, Minny |
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11/23 | Ohio State, 27-17, Ann Arbor |
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1/1 | Nebraska, 27-23, Fiesta Bowl |
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