1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1985 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1985
Playoff
Duration	November 30 – December 21, 1985
Championship site	Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA
Champion	Georgia Southern Eagles
Division I-AA football season
«1984 1986»

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

School	1984 Conference	1985 Conference
Villanova	Revived Program	I-AA Independent

Conference standings

1985 Big Sky football standings Conf     Overall Team W   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)	Template:1985 Ivy League football standings	Template:1985 Gateway football standings
Template:1985 Gulf Star football standings	Template:1985 MEAC football standings	Template:1985 Ohio Valley football standings
1985 Southern Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Furman $^ 6 – 0 – 0     12 – 2 – 0 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 Team W   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	Template:1985 SWAC football standings
1985 Yankee Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   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 Team W   L   T     W   L   T #9 Georgia Southern ^   –       13 – 2 – 0 Eastern Washington ^   –       9 – 3 – 0 Richmond   –       8 – 3 – 0 Colgate   –       7 – 3 – 1 Delaware   –       7 – 4 – 0 Tennessee State   –       7 – 4 – 0 #16 William & Mary   –       7 – 4 – 0 Lafayette   –       6 – 5 – 0 James Madison   –       5 – 6 – 0 Lehigh   –       5 – 6 – 0 Holy Cross   –       4 – 6 – 1 Western Kentucky   –       4 – 7 – 0 Bucknell   –       3 – 7 – 0 ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA I-AA 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.