1985 College Football All-America Team
http://dbpedia.org/resource/1985_College_Football_All-America_Team an entity of type: WikicatCollegeFootballAll-AmericaTeams
The 1985 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1985. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1985 season. They are: (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA); (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers; (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA); (4) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers; and (5) the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC). Other selectors included Football News (FN), Gannett News Service (GNS), the Newspaper Enterprise Associati
rdf:langString
rdf:langString
1985 College Football All-America Team
xsd:integer
22315069
xsd:integer
1074904698
xsd:integer
1985
rdf:langString
← 1984 1986 →
rdf:langString
Official selectors
xsd:integer
1985
xsd:integer
25
rdf:langString
border-top:1px #aaa solid
rdf:langString
border-top:1px #aaa solid
rdf:langString
border-top:#aaa 1px solid
rdf:langString
The 1985 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1985. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1985 season. They are: (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA); (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers; (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA); (4) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers; and (5) the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC). Other selectors included Football News (FN), Gannett News Service (GNS), the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), Pro Football Weekly, Scripps Howard (SH), and The Sporting News (TSN). Ten players were unanimously selected as first-team All-Americans by all five official selectors. They are:
* Bo Jackson, Auburn running back who rushed for 1,786 yards and won the 1985 Heisman Trophy;
* Chuck Long, Iowa quarterback who won the 1985 Davey O'Brien Award and Maxwell Award and placed second in the 1985 Heisman Trophy voting;
* Lorenzo White, Michigan State running back who became the first Big Ten Conference player to rush for over 2,000 yards and placed fourth in the 1985 Heisman Trophy voting;
* Brian Bosworth, Oklahoma linebacker who won the 1985 Dick Butkus Award;
* David Williams, Illinois wide receiver who caught 85 passes for 1,047 yards and finished his college career as the second leading receiver in NCAA history;
* Larry Station, Iowa linebacker who led the team in tackles for the fourth straight season with 129;
* John Lee, UCLA placekicker who set the NCAA record for highest percentage of extra points and field goals made in a career with 93.3% (116 of 117 PATs, 79 of 92 FGs);
* Jim Dombrowski, Virginia offensive tackle;
* Leslie O'Neal, Oklahoma defensive end; and
* Tim Green, Syracuse defensive end.
xsd:nonNegativeInteger
17739