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

Conference changes and new programs

School 1984 Conference 1985 Conference
Fordham D-III Independent Liberty
Worcester State New program D-III Independent

Conference standings

1985 Centennial Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Gettysburg $^ 6 – 0 – 1 11 – 1 – 1
Franklin & Marshall 5 – 1 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Muhlenberg 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Johns Hopkins 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Ursinus 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Swarthmore 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Dickinson 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Western Maryland 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1985 College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1985 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Augustana (IL) $^ 8 – 0 – 0 13 – 0 – 0
Elmhurst 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Millikin 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Wheaton (IL) 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Illinois Wesleyan 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
North Central (IL) 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Carroll (WI) 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
North Park 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Carthage 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1985 Independent College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ithaca $^ 3 – 0 – 0 11 – 2 – 0
St. Lawrence 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
RPI 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Hobart 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Alfred 0 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1985 Iowa Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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
Team W   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 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Albion $^ 4 – 0 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Adrian 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Hope 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Alma 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Kalamazoo 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Olivet 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1985 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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 Midwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Division
St. Norbert xy+ 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Lawrence 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Beloit 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Chicago 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Lake Forest 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Ripon 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
South Division
Coe xy+^ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
Cornell (IA) 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Grinnell 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Knox 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Monmouth (IL) 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Illinois College 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Championship: Coe 7, St. Norbert 7
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1985 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint John's (MN) $^ 8 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Concordia–Moorhead 7 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
St. Thomas (MN) 7 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Macalester 5 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Carleton 4 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Hamline 4 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
St. Olaf 4 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Gustavus Adolphus 3 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Bethel (MN) 2 – 6 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Augsburg 0 – 8 – 1 1 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1985 New England Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Connecticut State +^ 8 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Plymouth State + 8 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Bridgewater State 5 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Maine Maritime 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Massachusetts Maritime 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Curry 4 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Westfield State 4 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Framingham State 3 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Western New England 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Nichols 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1985 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Denison $^ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Case Western Reserve 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Kenyon 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Wooster 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Oberlin 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Allegheny 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Ohio Wesleyan 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1985 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Mount Union $^ 8 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Muskingum 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Wittenberg 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Heidelberg 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Capital 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Marietta 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Ohio Northern 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Otterbein 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1985 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington and Lee + 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Emory & Henry + 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Randolph–Macon + 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Hampden–Sydney 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Bridgewater 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Maryville (TN) 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1985 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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
1985 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Occidental $^ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Whittier 3 – 1 – 1 7 – 3 – 0
Redlands 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
La Verne 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Pomona-Pitzer 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Claremont-Mudd 0 – 4 – 1 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
  • Each team played two other conference members twice. A head-to-head sweep of the two games counted as one win for the winner and one loss for the loser in the conference standings. A split of the two games counted as a tie for each team.
1985 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wisconsin–River Falls $ 6 – 1 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
No. 8 Wisconsin–La Crosse ^ 5 – 1 – 2 11 – 1 – 2
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 5 – 2 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
Wisconsin–Platteville 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Wisconsin–Whitewater 3 – 4 – 1 3 – 7 – 1
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 2 – 5 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Wisconsin–Stout 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Wisconsin–Superior 1 – 6 – 1 2 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1985 NCAA Division III independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Villanova   –   5 – 0 – 0
Worcester State   –   5 – 0 – 0
Union (NY) ^   –   9 – 1 – 0
Millsaps   –   7 – 1 – 1
Salisbury State ^   –   10 – 2 – 0
Albany   –   9 – 2 – 0
Wagner   –   9 – 2 – 0
DePauw   –   8 – 2 – 0
Mercyhurst   –   8 – 2 – 0
Wabash   –   7 – 2 – 1
Canisius   –   6 – 2 – 1
Dayton   –   7 – 3 – 0
Marist   –   5 – 3 – 0
Frostburg State   –   6 – 4 – 0
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham   –   5 – 4 – 0
Georgetown   –   5 – 4 – 0
Ferrum   –   6 – 5 – 0
Norwich   –   5 – 5 – 0
Cortland   –   4 – 5 – 0
Buffalo   –   4 – 6 – 0
Hofstra   –   4 – 6 – 0
San Diego   –   3 – 5 – 0
Duquesne   –   3 – 6 – 0
MacMurray   –   2 – 4 – 0
Saint Peter's   –   2 – 5 – 0
Brooklyn   –   2 – 6 – 0
Buffalo State   –   2 – 7 – 0
Rochester (NY)   –   2 – 7 – 0
Catholic University   –   2 – 9 – 0
Brockport   –   1 – 9 – 1
Colorado College   –   1 – 8 – 0
Saint Francis (PA)   –   0 – 9 – 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

Conference champions

Conference champions

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 1975.[2]

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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