1985 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

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1985 Eastern Washington Eagles football
NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs,
Quarterfinals, L 14–17 at Northern Iowa
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–3
Head coach
Home stadium Joe Albi Stadium
Seasons
  1984
1986  
1985 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 Georgia Southern ^   13 2 0
No. 11 Eastern Washington ^   9 3 0
No. 18 Richmond   8 3 0
Colgate   7 3 1
Delaware   7 4 0
Tennessee State   7 4 0
No. 16 William & Mary   7 4 0
Lafayette   6 5 0
James Madison   5 6 0
Lehigh   5 6 0
Holy Cross   4 6 1
Florida A&M   4 7 0
Western Kentucky   4 7 0
Bucknell   3 7 0
Northeastern   2 8 0
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1985 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. This was the Eagles' second season in Division I-AA, having moved up from Division II after 1983, [1] [2] and participated as an independent until joining the Big Sky Conference in 1987. They played their home games at Joe Albi Stadium in nearby Spokane.

Led by seventh-year head coach Dick Zornes, the Eagles went 8–2 in the regular season and earned the program's first Division I-AA playoff bid. They traveled and defeated Big Sky champion Idaho in the first round, [3] [4] avenging a 21-point loss four weeks earlier, then lost by three points in the quarterfinals at Northern Iowa. [5]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 7 Chico State W 28–32,122 [6] [7]
September 14at Weber State W 31–19 [8]
September 21at Montana State W 28–2311,293 [9]
September 28 Northern Arizona
  • Joe Albi Stadium
  • Spokane, WA
W 33–07,614 [10]
October 5 Fort Lewis
  • Joe Albi Stadium
  • Spokane, WA
W 35–242,326 [11]
October 12at No. 11 Nevada No. 10L 25–319,650 [12]
October 19at Long Beach State No. 17W 30–239,605 [13]
November 2at No. 8 Idaho No. T–9L 21–4215,500 [14]
November 16 Montana No. T–13
  • Joe Albi Stadium
  • Spokane, WA (rivalry)
W 52–191,975 [15]
November 23at Idaho State No. 11W 42–21 [16]
November 30at No. 5 IdahoNo. 11
W 42–386,500 [17]
December 7at No. 4 Northern Iowa No. 11
L 14–176,220 [18]

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