1985 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

1985 Southern Illinois Salukis football
ConferenceGateway Collegiate Athletic Conference, Missouri Valley Conference
Record4–7 (2–3 GCAC, 1–4 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcAndrew Stadium
1985 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Northern Iowa $^ 5 0 011 2 0
Southwest Missouri State 2 2 16 4 1
Western Illinois 2 3 05 5 0
Southern Illinois 2 3 04 7 0
Eastern Illinois 2 3 06 5 0
Illinois State 1 3 16 3 2
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1985 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Tulsa $ 5 0 06 5 0
West Texas State 3 1 16 3 1
Illinois State 3 1 16 3 2
Indiana State 3 2 04 6 0
Wichita State 2 3 03 8 0
Southern Illinois 1 3 04 7 0
Drake 1 5 04 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • The conference was a hybrid of NCAA Division I-A and I-AA programs. Tulsa and Wichita State were I-A and the other teams were I-AA.

The 1985 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University—now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale—as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) and the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Under second-year head coach Ray Dorr, the Salukis compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 2–3 in GCAC play, placing in a three-way tie for third. Southern Illinois had a record of 1–3 against MVC opponents, placing sixth. The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.