1985 NCAA Division III football season

The 1985 NCAA Division III football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division III level, began in August 1985, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1985 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Augustana (IL) Vikings won the third of their four consecutive Division III championships by defeating the Ithaca Bombers by a final score of 20−7.[1]

1985 NCAA Division III football season
Regular seasonAugust – November 1985
PlayoffsNovember – December 1985
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL
ChampionAugustana (IL)
NCAA Division III football seasons

Conference changes and new programs
School1984 Conference1985 Conference
FordhamD-III IndependentLiberty
Worcester StateNew programD-III Independent

Conference standings
1985 College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Rhodes + 3 –1 –0  8 –1 –1
Centre + 3 –1 –0  6 –3 –0
Rose-Hulman 2 –2 –0  4 –5 –0
Sewanee 2 –2 –0  4 –5 –0
Earlham 0 –4 –0  0 –0 –9
  • + – Conference co-champions
1985 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Central (IA) $^ 7 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
Wartburg 6 –1 –0  7 –3 –0
Luther 4 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Dubuque 4 –3 –0  4 –6 –0
Buena Vista 2 –5 –0  4 –6 –0
William Penn 2 –5 –0  4 –6 –0
Simpson 2 –5 –0  2 –7 –0
Upper Iowa 1 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1985 Liberty Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Merchant Marine $ 5 –0 –0  8 –3 –0
C. W. Post 4 –1 –0  7 –2 –0
Fordham 2 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
St. John's 2 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Pace 2 –3 –0  3 –7 –0
Iona 0 –5 –0  0 –11 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1985 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Lycoming $^ 9 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
Juniata 7 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
Moravian 6 –3 –0  7 –3 –0
Widener 6 –3 –0  7 –3 –0
Delaware Valley 6 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Wilkes 4 –5 –0  4 –6 –0
Susquehanna 3 –6 –0  3 –7 –0
Albright 2 –7 –0  2 –7 –0
Upsala 2 –7 –0  3 –8 –0
Lebanon Valley 0 –9 –0  0 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1985 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Montclair State $^ 6 –0 –0  10 –2 –0
Trenton State 4 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Glassboro State 4 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Jersey City State 3 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
William Paterson 3 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Kean 1 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Ramapo 0 –6 –0  0 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1985 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Carnegie Mellon $^ 6 –0 –0  8 –1 –0
Washington & Jefferson 5 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
Hiram 3 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
Grove City 2 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Thiel 2 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
John Carroll 2 –4 –0  2 –7 –0
Bethany (WV) 1 –5 –0  1 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

Conference champions
Conference champions
  • Centennial Conference – Gettysburg
  • College Athletic Conference – Centre and Rhodes
  • College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL)
  • Independent College Athletic Conference – Ithaca
  • Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA)
  • Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion
  • Middle Atlantic Conference – Lycoming
  • Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Coe
  • Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN)
  • New England Football Conference – Plymouth State and Western Connecticut State
  • New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Montclair State
  • North Coast Athletic Conference – Denison
  • Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union
  • Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Emory & Henry, Randolph-Macon, and Washington & Lee
  • Presidents' Athletic Conference – Carnegie Mellon
  • Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Occidental
  • Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Austin and Sul Ross State
  • Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Mount Senario
  • Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–River Falls

Postseason

The 1985 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 13th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship Stagg Bowl game was held at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama for the eleventh year and first time since 1982. This was the first tournament to feature sixteen teams after expanding from the eight team model in place since 1973.[2]

NCAA Division III Playoff bracket
First Round
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
Campus Sites 		Semifinals
Campus Sites 		National Championship Game
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, Alabama
            
Ithaca 13
Union (NY) 12
Ithaca 50
Montclair State 28
Montclair State 28
Western Connecticut State 0
Ithaca 34
Gettysburg 0
Salisbury State 35
Carnegie Mellon 22
Salisbury State 6
Gettysburg 22
Gettysburg 14
Lycoming 10
Ithaca 7
Augustana (IL) 20
Augustana (IL) 26
Albion 10
Augustana (IL) 21
Mount Union 14
Mount Union 35
Denison 3
Augustana (IL) 14
Central (IA) 7
Central (IA) 27
Coe 7
Central (IA) 71
Occidental 0
Occidental 28
Saint John's (MN) 10

See also

References
  1. "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  2. "1985 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
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