1985 NCAA Division II football season

American college football season August 2023 1985 August – November 1985 December 1985 December 14, 1985 Palm BowlVeterans StadiumMcAllen, TX North Dakota State (2) The 1985 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1985, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 14, 1985, at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium in McAllen, Texas. During the game's five-year stretch in McAllen, the "City of Palms", it was referred to as the Palm Bowl. The North Dakota State Bison defeated the North Alabama Lions, 35–7, to win their second Division II national title.1985 NCAA Division II National Football Championship Bracket http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2012/d2/2012DIIfbchamp.pdf NCAA NCAA.org January 4, 2014 13 Conference changes and new programs Cal Lutheran became a full member of the Western Football Conference after joining provisionally in 1984. School 1984 Conference 1985 Conference C.W. Post D-II Independent Liberty (D-III) Eastern New Mexico Independent (NAIA D-I) Lone Star Sacramento State NCAC Western Conference standings Conference summaries List of NCAA Division II football seasons Conference ChampionsCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hampton Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Hillsdale Gulf South Conference – North Alabama Heartland Collegiate Conference – Butler and Ashland Lone Star Conference – Texas A&I Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Northeast Missouri State North Central Conference – North Dakota State Northern California Athletic Conference – UC Davis Northern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota–Duluth Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Bloomsburg Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Colorado Mesa South Atlantic Conference – Mars Hill Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Albany State and Fort Valley State Postseason II 1985 8 Veterans Stadium McAllen, TX North Dakota State 2nd 4th 7 North Alabama 3 1st South Dakota 2 Bloomsburg 1 Earle Solomonson 1st The 1985 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the 13th single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football. The championship game was held at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium in McAllen, Texas, for the fifth, and final, time. Playoff bracket First roundCampus sites SemifinalsCampus sites ChampionshipMcAllen Veterans Memorial StadiumMcAllen, TX North Dakota State 31 UC Davis 12 1985 South Dakota Coyotes South Dakota 13** 1985 Central State Marauders Central State (OH) 10 1985 Bloomsburg Huskies Bloomsburg 38 Hampton 28 1985 North Alabama Lions North Alabama 14 1985 Fort Valley State Wildcats Fort Valley State 7 North Dakota State 16 South Dakota 7 Bloomsburg 0 North Alabama 34 North Dakota State 35 North Alabama 7 See also 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season 1985 NCAA Division III football season 1985 NAIA Division I football season 1985 NAIA Division II football season References