1985 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team

The 1985 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors for their All-Atlantic Coast Conference ("ACC") teams for the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. Selectors in 1985 included the Associated Press (AP).

Four teams dominated the AP's 1985 All-ACC selections:

  • Conference champion Maryland finished the season ranked No. 18 in the final AP Poll and placed four players on the All-ACC team: offensive lineman Len Lynch, defensive lineman Bruce Mesner, linebacker Chuck Faucette, and defensive back Al Covington
  • Georgia Tech finished the season ranked No. 19 in the final AP Poll and placed three players on the All-ACC team: defensive lineman Pat Swilling, linebacker Ted Roof, and defensive back Cleve Pounds.

Offensive selections

Wide receivers

  • James Brim, Wake Forest (AP)
  • Earl Winfield, North Carolina (AP)

Tight ends

  • Jim Riggs, Clemson (AP)

Offensive linemen

  • Jim Dombrowski, Virginia (AP)
  • Joe Milinichik, NC State (AP)
  • Len Lynch, Maryland (AP)
  • Steve Reese, Clemson (AP)
  • Harold Garren, Virginia (AP)

Quarterbacks

  • Erik Kramer, NC State (AP)

Running backs

  • Barry Word, Virginia (AP)
  • Kenny Flowers, Clemson (AP)

Defensive selections

Defensive linemen

  • Bruce Mesner, Maryland (AP)
  • Pat Swilling, Georgia Tech (AP)
  • Reuben Davis, North Carolina (AP)
  • Gary Baldinger, Wake Forest (AP)

Linebackers

  • Chuck Faucette, Maryland (AP)
  • Mike Junkin, Duke (AP)
  • Ted Roof, Georgia Tech (AP)

Defensive backs

  • Cleve Pounds, Georgia Tech (AP)
  • Al Covington, Maryland (AP)
  • Reggie McCummings, Wake Forest (AP)
  • Larry Griffin, North Carolina (AP)

Special teams

Placekickers

  • Kenny Stadlin, Virginia (AP)

Punters

Key

AP = Associated Press[1]

References

  1. ^ "All-ACC". The Free Lance-Star. November 22, 1985. p. 15.