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American college football season
1985 NCAA Division III football season Regular season August – November 1985 Playoffs November – December 1985 Champion Augustana (IL)
The 1985 NCAA Division III football season , part of
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.
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Conference changes and new programs
Conference standings
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 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
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
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 y – Championship game participant ^ – 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 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 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.
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
1982. This was the first tournament to feature sixteen teams after expanding from the eight team model in place since 1975.
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Playoff bracket
First Round Campus Sites
Quarterfinals Campus Sites
Semifinals Campus Sites
National Championship Game
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