1985 Eastern Washington Eagles football | |
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 9–3 |
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Home stadium | Joe Albi Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 7 | Chico State | W 28–3 | 2,122 | [6] [7] | ||
September 14 | at Weber State | W 31–19 | [8] | |||
September 21 | at Montana State | W 28–23 | 11,293 | [9] | ||
September 28 | Northern Arizona |
| W 33–0 | 7,614 | [10] | |
October 5 | Fort Lewis |
| W 35–24 | 2,326 | [11] | |
October 12 | at No. 11 Nevada | No. 10 | L 25–31 | 9,650 | [12] | |
October 19 | at Long Beach State | No. 17 | W 30–23 | 9,605 | [13] | |
November 2 | at No. 8 Idaho | No. T–9 | L 21–42 | 15,500 | [14] | |
November 16 | Montana | No. T–13 |
| W 52–19 | 1,975 | [15] |
November 23 | at Idaho State | No. 11 | W 42–21 | [16] | ||
November 30 | at No. 5 Idaho | No. 11 |
| W 42–38 | 6,500 | [17] |
December 7 | at No. 4 Northern Iowa | No. 11 |
| L 14–17 | 6,220 | [18] |
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