1985 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

[1] 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 NCAA Division II the prior year. The Eagles participated as an independent, before joining the Big Sky Conference in 1987. Led by head coach Dick Zornes, the Eagles finished the regular season with a record of 8–2 and earned the program's first NCAA Division I-AA playoff bid. The Eagles defeated Idaho in the first round, before falling in the quarterfinals to Northern Iowa.

1985 Eastern Washington Eagles football
NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs, Quarterfinals, L 14–17 at Northern Iowa
ConferenceIndependent
1985 record9–3
Head coach
Home stadiumWoodward Field (c. 7,500)
Joe Albi Stadium (spokane) (c. 35,000)
1985 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 9 Georgia Southern ^ 0 0 0  13 2 0
No. 11 Eastern Washington ^ 0 0 0  9 3 0
No. 18 Richmond 0 0 0  8 3 0
Colgate 0 0 0  7 3 1
Delaware 0 0 0  7 4 0
Tennessee State 0 0 0  7 4 0
No. 16 William & Mary 0 0 0  7 4 0
Lafayette 0 0 0  6 5 0
James Madison 0 0 0  5 6 0
Lehigh 0 0 0  5 6 0
Holy Cross 0 0 0  4 6 1
Florida A&M 0 0 0  4 7 0
Western Kentucky 0 0 0  4 7 0
Bucknell 0 0 0  3 7 0
Northeastern 0 0 0  2 8 0
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
August 31Chico StateW 28–3
September 7at Weber StateW 31–19
September 14Montana StateW 28–23
September 28Northern Arizona
  • Woodward Field
  • Cheney, WA
W 33–0
October 5Fort Lewis
  • Woodward Field
  • Cheney, WA
W 35–24
October 12at NevadaL 25–31
October 19Long Beach State
  • Woodward Field
  • Cheney, WA
W 30–23
November 2at IdahoL 21–42
November 16at MontanaW 52–19
November 23Idaho State
  • Woodward Field
  • Cheney, WA
W 42–21
November 30at Idaho
  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID (Division I-AA Playoffs First Round)
W 42–38
December 7at Northern Iowa
L 14–17

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