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
1985 record9–3
Head coach
Home stadium Woodward Field (c. 7,500)
Joe Albi Stadium (Spokane) (c. 35,000)
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 Georgia Southern ^0–0–013–2–0
No. 11 Eastern Washington ^0–0–09–3–0
No. 18 Richmond 0–0–08–3–0
Colgate 0–0–07–3–1
Delaware 0–0–07–4–0
Tennessee State 0–0–07–4–0
No. 16 William & Mary 0–0–07–4–0
Lafayette 0–0–06–5–0
James Madison 0–0–05–6–0
Lehigh 0–0–05–6–0
Holy Cross 0–0–04–6–1
Florida A&M 0–0–04–7–0
Western Kentucky 0–0–04–7–0
Bucknell 0–0–03–7–0
Northeastern 0–0–02–8–0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div 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 on campus at Woodward Field in Cheney, Washington, and one 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

DateOpponentSiteResult
August 31 Chico State
W 28–3
September 7at Weber State
W 31–19
September 14at Montana State
W 28–23
September 28 Northern Arizona
  • Woodward Field
  • Cheney, WA
W 33–0
October 5 Fort Lewis
  • Woodward Field
  • Cheney, WA
W 35–24
October 12at Nevada
L 25–31
October 19 Long Beach State
  • Woodward Field
  • Cheney, WA
W 30–23
November 2at Idaho
L 21–42
November 16 Montana
W 52–19
November 23 Idaho State
  • Woodward Field
  • Cheney, WA
W 42–21
November 30at Idaho
W 42–38
December 7at Northern Iowa
L 14–17
Source [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "1985 Team Football (2005) - Eastern Washington University Athletics Hall of Fame - Eastern Washington University Athletics". goeags.com. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  2. ↑ Stewart, Chuck (November 16, 1984). "EWU's Zornes is ready for the second season". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 27.
  3. ↑ Barrows, Bob (December 1, 1985). "Vandalized!: Late score helps Eastern turn Idaho upside down, 42-38". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  4. ↑ "Idaho ousted in Division I-AA". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 1, 1985. p. 7C.
  5. ↑ "College football playoffs". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 8, 1985. p. 6C.
  6. ↑ "Eastern Washington Eagles -- College Football (NCAA)". college-football-results.com. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
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