coach galen hall's second-ranked 1985 florida gators were on ncaa probation when they met coach pat dye's sixth-ranked auburn tigers at jordan−hare stadium. tigers tailback bo jackson started the game as the leading contender to win the heisman trophy. but jackson's heisman hopes took a serious blow when he ran into a ferocious gators defense that held him to just forty-seven yards rushing, and the gators stuffed the tigers 14–10 in yet another defensive struggle. on the strength of the win over the tigers, the gators vaulted into the no. 1 spot in the ap poll for the first time in school history. notwithstanding the tigers' loss to the gators, jackson won the heisman at the conclusion of the 1985 season.