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| 1985 Cherry Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Final edition bowl game | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 21, 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Pontiac Silverdome | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pontiac, Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Stan Gelbaugh, QB, Maryland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Don Baur ( MAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 51,858 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | Mizlou, USA Network | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Ray Lane and Jim Brandstatter | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1985 Cherry Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game between the Atlantic Coast Conference's Maryland Terrapins and the Syracuse Orangemen. After an early 10–6 lead, The Orangemen gave up 22 unanswered second-quarter points, falling too far behind for a comeback and allowing the Terps to win with a final score of 35–18. [1]
Although it was only the second edition, the bowl folded after this game when the Cherry Bowl committee found it was more than $2,000,000 over budget. This ended postseason college football in Detroit until 1997, when the Motor City Bowl launched and the MAC Championship Game was first played on a neutral site.
Scoring summary
First quarter
- Syracuse – McAulay 26, field goal
- Maryland – Gelbaugh 4, run (kick failed)
Second quarter
- Syracuse -Drummond 10, run (McAulay kick)
- Maryland -Knight 3, pass from Gelbaugh (Badajnek run)
- Maryland -Tye 8, fumble recovery (Plocki kick)
- Maryland -Blount 20, run (Plocki kick)
Third quarter
- Maryland – Abdur-Ra’oof 6, pass from Gelbaugh (Plocki kick)
- Syracuse – McPherson 17, run (Schwedes from McPherson)
Statistics
| Statistics | Syracuse | Maryland |
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| First downs | 28 | 22 |
| Rushing yards | 241 | 244 |
| Passing yards | 204 | 223 |
| Total yards | 445 | 467 |
| Interceptions | 1 | 3 |
| Punts–average | 1/52.0 | 3/38.7 |
| Fumbles–lost | 3/2 | 0/0 |
| Penalties–yards | 3/26 | 5/54 |
References
- ^ "Syracuse University Athletics – 1985 Cherry Bowl". Retrieved March 15, 2016.
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