1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1985 NCAA Division I-AA season
Regular season
Duration August – November 1985
Playoff
Duration November 30 – December 21, 1985
Championship date December 21, 1985
Championship site Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA
Champion Georgia Southern Eagles
Division I-AA football season

The 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level, began in August 1985, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 21, 1985, at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. The Georgia Southern Eagles won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Furman Paladins by a final score of 44−42.[1]

Conference changes and new programs

School1984 Conference1985 Conference
VillanovaRevived ProgramI-AA Independent

Conference standings

1985 Big Sky football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#5 Idaho $^ 6 –1 –0  9 –3 –0
#2 Nevada ^ 6 –1 –0  11 –2 –0
Boise State 5 –2 –0  7 –4 –0
Weber State 4 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Idaho State 3 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Montana 2 –5 –0  3 –8 –0
Northern Arizona 1 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Montana State 1 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Idaho earned automatic berth and
    Nevada earned at-large berth in I-AA playoffs.
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA poll
(released before playoffs)
1985 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Penn $ 6 –1 –0  7 –2 –1
Harvard 5 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Princeton 5 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Brown 4 –3 –0  5 –4 –1
Yale 3 –3 –1  4 –4 –1
Dartmouth 2 –4 –1  2 –7 –1
Cornell 2 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Columbia 0 –7 –0  0 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll
1985 Gateway Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#4 Northern Iowa $^ 5 –0 –0  11 –2 –0
Southwest Missouri State 2 –2 –1  6 –4 –1
Western Illinois 2 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Southern Illinois 2 –3 –0  4 –7 –0
Eastern Illinois 2 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Illinois State 1 –3 –1  6 –3 –2
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll
1985 Gulf Star football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Stephen F. Austin +  4 –1     9 –2  
Sam Houston State +  4 –1     8 –3  
Nicholls State  2 –3     6 –5  
Northwestern State  2 –3     3 –8  
Southwest Texas State  2 –3     3 –8  
Southeastern Louisiana  1 –4     2 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll
1985 MEAC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#12t 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
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Morgan State games did not count as conference games in 1985
Rankings from Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1985 Ohio Valley football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#1 Middle Tennessee State $^ 7 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
#10 Akron ^ 5 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
#17 Murray State 5 –2 –0  7 –3 –1
#19 Eastern Kentucky 5 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
Youngstown State 4 –3 –0  5 –6 –0
Austin Peay 2 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Tennessee Tech 1 –6 –0  1 –10 –0
Morehead State 0 –7 –0  1 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll
1985 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#2t Furman $^ 6 –0 –0  12 –2 –0
#12t Appalachian State 6 –1 –0  8 –3 –0
Chattanooga 5 –2 –0  6 –5 –0
Marshall 3 –3 –1  7 –3 –1
The Citadel 2 –4 –1  5 –5 –1
Western Carolina 2 –4 –1  4 –6 –1
VMI 1 –4 –1  3 –7 –1
Davidson 0 –6 –0  1 –10 –0
East Tennessee State 0 –7 –0  0 –10 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
1985 Southland Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#6 Arkansas State $^ 5 –1 –0  9 –4 –0
#14 Louisiana Tech 4 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
McNeese State 3 –1 –2  6 –3 –2
Northeast Louisiana 3 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
North Texas State 2 –3 –1  4 –6 –1
Texas–Arlington 2 –3 –1  4 –6 –1
Lamar 0 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll
1985 SWAC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#8 Grambling State +^  6 –1     9 –3  
#15 Jackson State +^  6 –1     8 –3  
Mississippi Valley State  5 –2     8 –3  
#20 Alcorn State  5 –2     7 –3  
Southern  3 –4     6 –5  
Alabama State  2 –5     3 –8  
Texas Southern  1 –6     1 –10  
Prairie View A&M  0 –7     2 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll
1985 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#7 Rhode Island $^ 5 –0 –0  10 –3 –0
UMass 4 –1 –0  7 –4 –0
New Hampshire 2 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Maine 2 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Connecticut 1 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Boston University 1 –4 –0  3 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll
1985 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#9 Georgia Southern ^ 0 –0 –0  13 –2 –0
#11 Eastern Washington ^ 0 –0 –0  9 –3 –0
#18 Richmond 0 –0 –0  8 –3 –0
Colgate 0 –0 –0  7 –3 –1
Delaware 0 –0 –0  7 –4 –0
Tennessee State 0 –0 –0  7 –4 –0
#16 William & Mary 0 –0 –0  7 –4 –0
Lafayette 0 –0 –0  6 –5 –0
James Madison 0 –0 –0  5 –6 –0
Lehigh 0 –0 –0  5 –6 –0
Holy Cross 0 –0 –0  4 –6 –1
Florida A&M 0 –0 –0  4 –7 –0
Western Kentucky 0 –0 –0  4 –7 –0
Bucknell 0 –0 –0  3 –7 –0
Northeastern 0 –0 –0  2 –8 –0
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll

Conference champions

Conference Champions

Big Sky Conference – Idaho
Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference – Northern Iowa
Ivy League – Penn
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Delaware State
Ohio Valley Conference – Middle Tennessee State
Southern Conference – Furman Paladins
Southland Conference – Arkansas State
Yankee Conference – Rhode Island

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

First Round
November 30
Campus Sites		 Quarterfinals
December 7
Campus Sites		 Semifinals
December 14
Campus Sites		 National Championship Game
December 21
                           
    Murfreesboro, TN        
Statesboro, GA
  Middle Tennessee State   21
  Georgia Southern   27 Cedar Falls, IA
    Georgia Southern   28  
  Jackson State   0     Georgia Southern   40
  Cedar Falls, IA
Moscow, ID     Northern Iowa   33  
  Northern Iowa   17
  Idaho   38 Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome
    Eastern Washington   14  
  Eastern Washington   42     Georgia Southern   44
  Greenville, SC
Kingston, RI     Furman   42
  Furman   59
  Rhode Island   35 Greenville, SC
    Rhode Island   15  
  Akron   27     Furman   35
  Reno, NV
Jonesboro, AR     Nevada   12  
  Nevada   24
  Arkansas State   10
    Arkansas State   23  
  Grambling State   7  

References

  1. ↑ "1984 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
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