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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.

ConferenceIndependent
Record9–3
Headcoach
HomestadiumJoe Albi Stadium
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1985 Eastern Washington Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–3
Head coach
Home stadiumJoe Albi Stadium
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1985 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
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
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
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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

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 7Chico StateW 28–32,122[6][7]
September 14at Weber StateW 31–19[8]
September 21at Montana StateW 28–2311,293[9]
September 28Northern Arizona
  • Joe Albi Stadium
  • Spokane, WA
W 33–07,614[10]
October 5Fort Lewis
  • Joe Albi Stadium
  • Spokane, WA
W 35–242,326[11]
October 12at No. 11 NevadaNo. 10L 25–319,650[12]
October 19at Long Beach StateNo. 17W 30–239,605[13]
November 2at No. 8 IdahoNo. T–9L 21–4215,500[14]
November 16MontanaNo. T–13
  • Joe Albi Stadium
  • Spokane, WA (rivalry)
W 52–191,975[15]
November 23at Idaho StateNo. 11W 42–21[16]
November 30at No. 5 IdahoNo. 11
W 42–386,500[17]
December 7at No. 4 Northern IowaNo. 11
L 14–176,220[18]
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