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1985 Georgia Southern Eagles football
NCAA Division I-AA national champion
ConferenceIndependent
Record13–2
Head coach
Home stadiumPaulson Stadium
(Capacity: 18,000)
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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

The 1985 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern College (now known as Georgia Southern University) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The team was coached by Erk Russell, in his fourth year as head coach for the Eagles.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 7vs. Florida A&M*Jacksonville, FLW 27–21–
September 14Middle Tennessee State*
L 10–35–
September 21at Troy State*
W 17–10–
September 28at Chattanooga*
W 19–14–
October 5Tennessee Tech*
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 34–0–
October 12Bethune–Cookman*
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 46–24–
October 26Newberry*
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 38–17–
November 2at James Madison*
L 6–21–
November 9UCF*
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 35–187,759
November 16East Tennessee State*
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 46–7–
November 23at South Carolina State*
W 43–30–
November 30Jackson State*
W 27–0–
December 7at Middle Tennessee State*
W 28–21–
December 14at Northern Iowa*
W 40–33–
December 21vs. Furman*
W 44–425,306
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ^ "1985 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Retrieved January 27, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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