1985 NCAA Division III football season

American college football season August 2023 NCAA Division III 1985 August – November 1985 November – December 1985 Garrett-Harrison StadiumPhenix City, AL Augustana (IL) The 1985 NCAA Division III football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division III level, began in August 1985, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1985 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Augustana (IL) Vikings won the third of their four consecutive Division III championships by defeating the Ithaca Bombers by a final score of 20−7.All-Time Division III Football Championship Records http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf NCAA.org November 7, 2014 4–15 Conference changes and new programs The Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference ceased operations prior to the 1985 season. Two of its members joined the newly formed Liberty Football Conference while three became independent. Ferrum College, formerly known as Ferrum Junior College, fielded a four-year team for the first time. Worcester State and Villanova each fielded a provisional team that played half a season. Worcester State had started a club program in 1969 and were playing varsity for the first time,https://college-football-results.com/f/worcesst.htm Worcester State Lancers College Football Scores and Schedules College-football-results.com July 26, 2026 while Villanova had cut their football program in 1981 and were reviving it. School 1984 Conference 1985 Conference Brooklyn Metropolitan D-III Independent C.W. Post D-II Independent Liberty Ferrum NJCAA D-III Independent Fordham D-III Independent Liberty Gallaudet Revived Program D-III Independent Lebanon Valley D-III Independent MAC Iona D-III Independent Liberty MacMurray New Program D-III Independent Marist Metropolitan D-III Independent Maritime Club Program D-III Independent Merchant Marine D-III Independent Liberty Pace Metropolitan Liberty Principia D-III Independent IBFC (NAIA) St. John's Metropolitan Liberty Saint Peter's Metropolitan Independent Villanova Revived program D-III independent Worcester State Club program D-III Independent Conference standings Conference champions Conference championsCentennial Conference – Gettysburg College Athletic Conference – Centre and Rhodes College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL) Independent College Athletic Conference – Ithaca Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion Middle Atlantic Conference – Lycoming Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Coe Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Plymouth State and Western Connecticut State New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Montclair State North Coast Athletic Conference – Denison Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Emory & Henry, Randolph-Macon, and Washington & Lee Presidents' Athletic Conference – Carnegie Mellon Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Occidental Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Miles Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Austin and Sul Ross Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Mount Senario Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–River Falls Postseason The 1985 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 13th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship Stagg Bowl game was held at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama for the eleventh year and first time since 1982. This was the first tournament to feature sixteen teams after expanding from the eight team model in place since 1975.1985 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf NCAA NCAA.org November 7, 2014 14 Playoff bracket First RoundCampus Sites QuarterfinalsCampus Sites SemifinalsCampus Sites National Championship GameGarrett-Harrison StadiumPhenix City, Alabama 1985 Ithaca Bombers Ithaca 13 1985 Union Dutchmen Union (NY) 12 1985 Montclair State Indians Montclair State 28 1985 Western Connecticut State Colonials Western Connecticut State 0 1985 Salisbury Seagulls Salisbury State 35 1985 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Carnegie Mellon 22 1985 Gettysburg Bullets Gettysburg 14 1985 Lycoming Warriors Lycoming 10 Augustana (IL) 26 1985 Albion Britons Albion 10 1985 Mount Union Purple Raiders Mount Union 35 1985 Denison Big Red Denison 3 1985 Central Dutch Central (IA) 27 1985 Coe Kohawks Coe 7 1985 Occidental Tigers Occidental 28 1985 Saint John's Johnnies Saint John's (MN) 10 Ithaca 50 Montclair State 28 Salisbury State 6 Gettysburg 22 Augustana (IL) 21 Mount Union 14 Central (IA) 71 Occidental 0 Ithaca 34 Gettysburg 0 Augustana (IL) 14 Central (IA) 7 Ithaca 7 Augustana (IL) 20 See also 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season 1985 NCAA Division II football season References