1985 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team

1985 South Carolina State Bulldogs football
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record5–6 (2–2 MEAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumOliver C. Dawson Stadium
1985 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. T–12 Delaware State $ 4 0 0 9 2 0
Bethune–Cookman 3 1 0 6 4 0
South Carolina State 2 2 0 5 6 0
North Carolina A&T 1 3 0 6 5 0
Howard 0 4 0 4 7 0
Morgan State 0 0 0 0 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Morgan State games did not count as conference games. Morgan State was classified as NCAA Division II. All the other teams were I-AA.
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1985 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represented South Carolina State College (now known as South Carolina State University) as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Bill Davis, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 5–6, with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, and finished third in the MEAC.