The 1985 NCAA Division III football season, part of

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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

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. 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.

Conference changes and new programs

Conference standings

Conference champions

Postseason

The 1985 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 13th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's

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college football. The championship Stagg Bowl game was held at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in

for the eleventh year and first time since

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. This was the first tournament to feature sixteen teams after expanding from the eight team model in place since 1975.

Playoff bracket

References