Overall: 3-7
MIAC: 3-6 (8th place)
| 1985 MIAC Final Standings | ||||||
| Team | W | L | T | |||
| St. John's | 8 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Concordia | 7 | 2 | 0 | |||
| St. Thomas | 7 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Macalester | 5 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Hamline | 4 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Carleton | 4 | 5 | 0 | |||
| St. Olaf | 4 | 5 | 0 | |||
| GUSTAVUS | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Bethel | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Augsburg | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 1985 Final Results (3-7-0, 3-6-0) | ||||||
| GA | Opponent | |||||
| 7 | UW-LaCrosse | 27 | ||||
| 7 | St. Thomas | 44 | ||||
| 24 | St. Olaf | 21 | ||||
| 7 | Concordia | 24 | ||||
| 28 | Augsburg | 20 | ||||
| 17 | Hamline | 38 | ||||
| 6 | Macalester | 23 | ||||
| 14 | Carleton | 28 | ||||
| 43 | Bethel | 29 | ||||
| 9 | St. Johns | 43 | ||||
| 1985 Roster | ||||||
| Number | Name | Year | Position | Hometown | ||
| 1 | Maurice Simbler | JR | RB | Hanover Park, Illinois | ||
| 2 | Kelly Ramswick | FR | QB | Eagan, Minn. | ||
| 5 | Mac Ryerse | JR | K/P | Edina, Minn. | ||
| 6 | D. Thomas Day | FR | TE | Hoyt Lakes, Minn. | ||
| 7 | Troy Dunlap | FR | CB | Anoka, Minn. | ||
| 8 | Larry Bodin | SR | WR | Superior, Wisc. | ||
| 9 | Todd Raarup | SO | QB | St. Peter, Minn. | ||
| 10 | Doug Burggraaff | JR | QB | Bloomington, Minn. | ||
| 11 | Jeff Lindstrom | FR | QB | Esko, Minn. | ||
| 12 | Mark Lundquist | JR | S | St. Paul, Minn. | ||
| 14 | Tom Illies | SR | WR/P | Mound, Minn. | ||
| 15 | Dean Kraus | FR | QB | Hopkins, Minn. | ||
| 16 | Rob Illies | FR | WR/QB | Mound, Minn. | ||
| 17 | Jeff Olson | FR | QB/WR | Rochester, Minn. | ||
| 18 | Michael Lundgren | SO | DB | Cloquet, Minn. | ||
| 19 | T. Jay Torgelson | FR | QB/DB | Appleton, Minn. | ||
| 20 | Kevin Rich | FR | SS/LB | Maplewood, Minn. | ||
| 21 | Paul Beuning | JR | RB | Belgrade, Minn. | ||
| 22 | Peter Overgaard | SO | DB | Lindstrom, Minn. | ||
| 23 | Mark Miller | FR | RB | Annandale, Minn. | ||
| 24 | Bill Rosati | SO | RB | Coleraine, Minn. | ||
| 25 | Barry Larsen | SO | RB | Mankato, Minn. | ||
| 26 | Steve Harstad | JR | SB | Burnsville, Minn. | ||
| 27 | Kevin Dreier | JR | DB | Owatonna, Minn. | ||
| 28 | Dan Utoft | SO | DB | Plymouth, Minn. | ||
| 29 | Jim Isaak | SR | SS | Rosemount, Minn. | ||
| 30 | Bob Kern | SO | DB | Mankato, Minn. | ||
| 31 | Peter Morken | SO | LB | Spring Grove, Minn. | ||
| 32 | Marc Bachman | SO | FB | Fairmont, Minn. | ||
| 34 | Tim Cota | FR | S | Eden Prairie, Minn. | ||
| 35 | Scott Robinson | SR | RB | Edina, Minn. | ||
| 36 | Jerry Bradley | FR | RB/DB | Mound, Minn. | ||
| 37 | Tom Bjork | SR | OLB | Rochester, Minn. | ||
| 38 | Mark Riggs | JR | OLB | Burnsville, Minn. | ||
| 39 | Joel Gregersen | FR | RB/LB | Le Sueur, Minn. | ||
| 41 | Gene Pagel | JR | CB | Circle Pines, Minn. | ||
| 42 | Walter Peck | SO | K/S | Albert Lea, Minn. | ||
| 43 | Timothy Laingen | FR | DB | Bloomington, Minn. | ||
| 44 | Steve Krogulski | SO | TB | LaSalle, Illinois | ||
| 45 | Jon Albrecht | FR | DB | Stamford, Connecticut | ||
| 46 | Eric Huntoon | FR | DB | Rochester, Minn. | ||
| 47 | Timothy Baker | FR | RB | Brooklyn Center, Minn. | ||
| 48 | Dwayne Thompson | JR | S | Chicago, Illinois | ||
| 50 | Doug Galuk | SR | ILB | Montevideo, Minn. | ||
| 51 | J. Bradley Sorenson | FR | OT | Renville, Minn. | ||
| 54 | Reid Jaeger | FR | DT | Mapleton, Minn. | ||
| 55 | Chuck Day | SR | OG | Creve Coeur, Missouri | ||
| 56 | Greg Luhman | JR | LB | Howard Lake, Minn. | ||
| 57 | Steve Parson | FR | OG | St. Paul, Minn. | ||
| 58 | David Deyak | FR | C | Albert Lea, Minn. | ||
| 59 | Jeff Weiland | SO | OG | Mayer, Minn. | ||
| 60 | Ron Peterson | SO | LB/P | Truman, Minn. | ||
| 61 | David Burns | SR | OG/C | Chicago, Illinois | ||
| 62 | Drew Prochazka | FR | NG | Rochester, Minn. | ||
| 63 | Mark Anderson | SO | OG | Albert Lea, Minn. | ||
| 65 | Darin Zimmerman | SO | C | Lindstrom, Minn. | ||
| 67 | Dean Gustafson | FR | OT | Eden Prairie, Minn. | ||
| 68 | David Werner | SO | OL | St. Paul, Minn. | ||
| 69 | Bobby Kronschnabel | FR | OLB | Stillwater, Minn. | ||
| 70 | Martin Johnson | SR | DT | Buffalo, Minn. | ||
| 71 | Tim Robertson | JR | OG/C | Burnsville, Minn. | ||
| 72 | Steve Mau | FR | DT | Stillwater, Minn. | ||
| 74 | Marc Iverson | FR | OT/DT | St. Peter, Minn. | ||
| 75 | Scott Fransen | SR | OT | Eden Prairie, Minn. | ||
| 76 | Dave Elfstrand | SO | DT | Montgomery, Minn. | ||
| 77 | Bill Belvedere | SR | OT | Edina, Minn. | ||
| 78 | Bruce Gruys | FR | DT | Annandale, Minn. | ||
| 79 | Lee Aanonsen | SO | OT | St. Peter, Minn. | ||
| 83 | Tim Carter | FR | WR | Mapleton, Minn. | ||
| 85 | John Erickson | FR | S | Le Sueur, Minn. | ||
| 86 | Dave Spiegler | JR | TE | Waukon, Iowa | ||
| 87 | Paul Gesme | JR | OLB | Minnetonka, Minn. | ||
| 89 | Matt Von Eschen | JR | NG | Arlington, Minn. | ||
| 91 | Andy Regnier | FR | NG/PK | Plymouth, Minn. | ||
| 92 | Lee Schmitz | SO | DB/P | Springfield, Minn. | ||
| 93 | Mike Erickson | FR | TE | Hopkins, Minn. | ||
| 94 | Keith Flatebo | FR | WR | Rockford, Illinois | ||
| 95 | Tim Blore | FR | OLB | Crystal, Minn. | ||
| 96 | Craig Peterson | SR | TE/OLB | McAllen, Texas | ||
| 97 | Peter Thayer | JR | LB | Bloomington, Minn. | ||
| 98 | Dave Fuecker | SO | TE | Bloomington, Minn. | ||
| 99 | Mark Strelnieks | FR | TE | Chaska, Minn. | ||
| Head Coach: Dennis Raarup | ||||||
| Team Statistics | ||||||
| Rushing | Gustavus | Opponents | ||||
| Carries | 408 | 463 | ||||
| Yards gained rushing | 1368 | 2017 | ||||
| Yards lost rushing | 295 | 391 | ||||
| Net yards gained rushing | 1073 | 1626 | ||||
| Ave. per game | 107.3 | 162.6 | ||||
| TDs | 9 | 19 | ||||
| Passing | ||||||
| Attempts | 331 | 306 | ||||
| Completions | 167 | 144 | ||||
| Intercepted | 24 | 13 | ||||
| Gain | 2118 | 2263 | ||||
| Ave. per game | 211.8 | 226.3 | ||||
| TDs | 9 | 20 | ||||
| Total Offense | ||||||
| Plays | 739 | 769 | ||||
| Gain | 3191 | 3889 | ||||
| Ave. per game | 319.1 | 388.9 | ||||
| First Downs | ||||||
| Rushing | 60 | 76 | ||||
| Passing | 93 | 91 | ||||
| Penalty | 17 | 12 | ||||
| Total | 170 | 179 | ||||
| Scoring | ||||||
| Touchdowns | 21 | 50 | ||||
| PAT Kick | 20-20 | 31-38 | ||||
| PAT Other | 1-1 | 1-2 | ||||
| Field Goals | 4-8 | 8-9 | ||||
| Safeties | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total Points | 162 | 297 | ||||
| Ave. per game | 16.2 | 29.7 | ||||
| Penalties | ||||||
| Number | 48 | 63 | ||||
| Yards | 410 | 615 | ||||
| Fumbles | ||||||
| Number | 27 | 25 | ||||
| Lost | 14 | 13 | ||||
| Interceptions | ||||||
| Number | 13 | 24 | ||||
| Yards | 159 | 234 | ||||
| TDs | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Punt Returns | ||||||
| Number | 20 | 24 | ||||
| Yards | 89 | 195 | ||||
| TDs | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Kickoff Returns | ||||||
| Number | 43 | 27 | ||||
| Yards | 689 | 416 | ||||
| TDs | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Punting | ||||||
| Number | 65 | 61 | ||||
| Yards | 2174 | 2082 | ||||
| Average | 33.4 | 34.1 | ||||
| Blocked | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Scoring/Quarters | ||||||
| First | 30 | 69 | ||||
| Second | 35 | 78 | ||||
| Third | 41 | 96 | ||||
| Fourth | 56 | 54 | ||||
| Total | 162 | 297 | ||||
| Individual Statistics | ||||||
| Rushing | Attempts | Gain | Loss | Net | Average | TD |
| Paul Beuning | 70 | 265 | 2 | 263 | 3.8 | 3 |
| Steve Harstad | 103 | 392 | 21 | 371 | 3.6 | 1 |
| Scott Robinson | 84 | 289 | 4 | 285 | 3.4 | 3 |
| Steve Krogulski | 37 | 124 | 19 | 105 | 2.8 | 1 |
| Jeff Olson | 39 | 128 | 50 | 78 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Bill Rosati | 10 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Doug Burggraaff | 27 | 67 | 63 | 4 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Dean Kraus | 37 | 87 | 110 | -23 | -0.6 | 1 |
| Craig Peterson | 1 | 0 | 11 | -11 | -11.0 | 0 |
| Passing | Attempts | Completed | Interceptions | Yards | TD | |
| Doug Burggraaff | 102 | 62 | 5 | 754 | 4 | |
| Dean Kraus | 138 | 66 | 9 | 872 | 4 | |
| Jeff Olson | 74 | 35 | 7 | 455 | 1 | |
| Kelly Ramswick | 11 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |
| Todd Raaup | 5 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Scoring | TDs | Points | PAT Kick | Pat Other | Field Goals | |
| Paul Beuning | 4 | 24 | ||||
| Larry Bodin | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Tim Carter | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Tim Cota | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Steve Harstad | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Dean Kraus | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Steve Krogulski | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Jeff Olson | 5 | 30 | ||||
| Ron Peterson | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Scott Robinson | 3 | 18 | ||||
| Mac Ryerse | 32 | 20-20 | 4-8 | |||
| Dave Spiegler | 2 | 14 | 1-1 | |||
| Pass Receiving | Number | Yards | TD | |||
| Paul Beuning | 12 | 124 | 1 | |||
| Larry Bodin | 58 | 889 | 1 | |||
| Tim Carter | 8 | 98 | 1 | |||
| Dave Fuecker | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Steve Harstad | 14 | 130 | 0 | |||
| Tom Illies | 1 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Steve Krogulski | 2 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Barry Larsen | 1 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Olson | 20 | 283 | 4 | |||
| Scott Robinson | 14 | 136 | 0 | |||
| Bill Rosati | 2 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Dave Spiegler | 34 | 405 | 2 | |||
| Interceptions | Number | Yards | ||||
| Tim Cota | 2 | 31 | ||||
| Kevin Drier | 3 | 20 | ||||
| Jim Isaak | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Mark Lundquist | 3 | 25 | ||||
| Ron Peterson | 4 | 82 | ||||
| Punting | Number | Yards | Average | Blocked | ||
| Jeff Olson | 20 | 661 | 33.1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Peterson | 43 | 1511 | 35.1 | 0 | ||
| Punt Returns | Number | Yards | ||||
| Kevin Drier | 8 | 12 | ||||
| Jim Isaak | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Mark Lundquist | 10 | 75 | ||||
| Peter Thayer | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Kickoff Returns | Number | Yards | ||||
| Jon Albrecht | 1 | 19 | ||||
| Paul Beuning | 2 | 21 | ||||
| Kevin Drier | 2 | 39 | ||||
| Steve Harstad | 16 | 277 | ||||
| Steve Krogulski | 8 | 112 | ||||
| Jeff Olson | 6 | 98 | ||||
| Scott Robinson | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Bill Rosati | 5 | 101 | ||||
| Dave Spiegler | 2 | 11 | ||||