1985 NBA draft, Controversy
According to another theory, some claim that when an accountant from Ernst & Whinney (the same firm used by Gulf + Western, then-owners of the Knicks) inserted the seven envelopes into the glass drum, some have claimed that he banged the fourth one against the side of the drum to create a creased corner, thereby making it easier for Stern to determine which envelope to choose: the envelope containing the Knicks logo. As the drum was being spun by NBA security director Jack Joyce, Stern was watching the envelopes closely. He then opened the drum, took a deep breath, reached in and selected the envelope with the bent corner and the Knicks logo.


1985 NBA playoffs
The 1985 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1984–85 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was named NBA Finals MVP for the second time (he had won the award under his birth name, Lew Alcindor, as a Buck in 1971).


1985 NBA playoffs
The Lakers had been unsuccessful in their previous eight attempts to defeat the Celtics in the NBA Finals, losing 7 times from 1959–1969 and 1984. The Lakers, moreover, won the title in Boston, something no other NBA team has ever accomplished, and would be the only road team to clinch the title at Boston Garden.


1985 NBA playoffs
The Cavaliers made the playoffs for the first time since 1978.


1985 NBA playoffs
It was also the first time that all three teams from Texas made the playoffs in the same year.


1985 NBA playoffs
The Denver Nuggets advanced to the conference finals for the first time since 1978 and would not advance that far again until 2009. The Philadelphia 76ers, on the other hand, advanced to the conference finals for the fifth time in six years, but would not reach that level again until 2001.


1985 NBA playoffs
It was also the first time that Turner Broadcasting was covering the playoffs as TBS was the home for some playoff games.


1985 NBA playoffs
Games 3 and 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals at the Spectrum forced a Phil Collins concert at the arena to be rescheduled to the fall of 1985, as noted by Charlie Van Dyke when he sub-hosted an episode of American Top 40 on July 6 of that year.


1985 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (8) Cleveland Cavaliers
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning the first meeting.


1985 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (2) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (7) Chicago Bulls
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Bucks winning the first meeting.


1985 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (3) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (6) Washington Bullets
This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Bullets winning two of the first three meetings.


1985 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (4) Detroit Pistons vs. (5) New Jersey Nets
This was the first playoff meeting between the Pistons and the Nets.


1985 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (8) Phoenix Suns
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning the first four meetings.


1985 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (2) Denver Nuggets vs. (7) San Antonio Spurs
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Spurs winning the first meeting.


1985 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (3) Houston Rockets vs. (6) Utah Jazz
This was the first playoff meeting between the Rockets and the Jazz.


1985 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (4) Dallas Mavericks vs. (5) Portland Trail Blazers
This was the first playoff meeting between the Mavericks and the Trail Blazers.


1985 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (4) Detroit Pistons
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning the first meeting.


1985 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (3) Philadelphia 76ers
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the 76ers winning three of the first four meetings.


1985 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (5) Portland Trail Blazers
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning one series apiece.


1985 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) Denver Nuggets vs. (6) Utah Jazz
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Jazz winning the first meeting.


1985 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (3) Philadelphia 76ers
This was the 18th playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning nine of the first 17 meetings.


1985 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (2) Denver Nuggets
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning the first meeting.


1985 NBA playoffs, NBA Finals: (E1) Boston Celtics vs. (W1) Los Angeles Lakers
This was the ninth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning the first eight meetings.


1985 NBL Finals
The 1985 NBL Finals was the championship series of the 1985 season of Australia's National Basketball League (NBL). The Brisbane Bullets defeated the Adelaide 36ers to win their first NBL championship.


1985 NBL Finals, Format
The 1985 National Basketball League Finals was played between 24 August and 7 September between the top six teams of the regular season, consisting of two Quarter finals, two Semi-finals and the Grand Final. All Finals games were sudden death and for the first time the higher placed teams were given home court advantage. The top two teams of the regular season, the Brisbane Bullets and Adelaide 36ers, automatically qualified to host their respective Semi-finals.


1985 NBL season
The 1985 NBL season was the seventh season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 14 teams contested the league.


1985 NBL season, Regular season
The 1985 regular season took place over 18 rounds between 12 April 1985 and 18 August 1985.


1985 NBL season, Ladder
The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.


1985 NBL season, Ladder
1Head-to-Head between Brisbane Bullets and Adelaide 36ers (1-1). Brisbane Bullets won For and Against (+19).


1985 NBL season, Ladder
2Head-to-Head between Nunawading Spectres and Canberra Cannons (1-1) & For and Against (0). Nunawading Spectres won Overall Points Percentage (+0.90%).


1985 NBL season, Finals, Playoff bracket
There were two elimination finals, two semi-finals, and then one grand final. All three of these finals were sudden death. The top two teams of the regular season, the Brisbane Bullets and Adelaide 36ers, automatically qualified to host their respective Semi-finals.


1985 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 1985 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Tom Reed. NC State has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since the league's inception in 1953. The Wolfpack played its home games in 1985 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.


1985 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1985 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its thirty-ninth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Five regions held a four-team, double-elimination tournament while three regions included six teams, resulting in 38 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The thirty-ninth tournament champion was Miami (FL), coached by Ron Fraser. The Most Outstanding Player was Greg Ellena of Miami (FL).


1985 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Regionals
The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, each consisting of either a four-team field or a six-team field. Each regional tournament is double-elimination, however region brackets are variable depending on the number of teams remaining after each round. The winners of each regional advanced to the College World Series.


1985 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The 1985 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 47th annual NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 5th annual NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division I men's and women's collegiate cross country running in the United States. In all, four different titles were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships.


1985 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
Held on November 25, 1985, the combined meet was hosted by Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The distance for the men's race was 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) while the distance for the women's race was 5 kilometers (3.11 miles).


1985 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The men's team national championship was won by Wisconsin, their second national title. The individual championship was won by Tim Hacker, from Wisconsin, with a time of 29:17.88.


1985 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The women's team national championship was also won by Wisconsin, their second national title. The individual championship was won by Suzie Tuffey, from NC State, with a time of 16:22.53.


1985 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
The 1985 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the fifth women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States. The Connecticut Huskies won their second championship, defeating the three-time defending champions, the Old Dominion Lady Monarchs, in the final. The championship rounds were held at Foreman Field in Norfolk, Virginia.


1985 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
The 1985 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships were contested March 8−9, 1985 at the Carrier Dome at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's NCAA collegiate indoor track and field events in the United States. These were the 21st annual men's championships and the 3rd annual women's championships.


1985 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
On the men's side, defending champions Arkansas claimed the team title, the Razorbacks' second. This would ultimately be the second of twelve straight titles for Arkansas. For the women, Florida State topped the team standings, claiming the Seminoles' first title.


1985 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
This was the first championship held only for Division I programs. The inaugural Division II championship (for men and women) was held at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota while the Division III event (also for men and women) was hosted by Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.


1985 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification
With the establishment of separate championships for Division II and III for the 1984–85 season, only athletes from Division I indoor track and field programs were eligible to compete for this year's individual and team titles.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game
The 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game was the final of the 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament and determined the national champion in the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The game was held on April 1, 1985 at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. The Georgetown Hoyas, the tournament's top seed from the East region, faced the Villanova Wildcats, the eighth seed from the Southeast region. The teams came from the same conference, the Big East, and the championship game was the third meeting between them in 1984–85, after two regular season contests.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game
Villanova won the title game by a score of 66–64, in what is considered by analysts to be one of the biggest upsets in an NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament game. The Wildcats had the highest field goal percentage in Final Four history, over 78 percent (22-of-28) in the game, winning their first national championship in men's basketball.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Background, Georgetown
The Hoyas entered the 1984–85 season as the defending national champion, having won the title in 1984. Coached by John Thompson, the Hoyas featured center Patrick Ewing, who was named to the 1985 All-American team. The Hoyas held the number one ranking in the Associated Press Poll at the start of the season, and won their first 14 games against Division I clubs. The team alternated the position with fellow Big East team St. John's.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Background, Georgetown
Georgetown lost only two games in the regular season, consecutive matchups with St. John's and Syracuse, before an 11-game winning streak prior to the NCAA Tournament that included a Big East Tournament championship. After losing their number one ranking after their pair of losses, Georgetown regained the position in the March 5 rankings and held it at the end of the regular season. The team was thought of at the time as one of the best college clubs in years. Their wins included a pair over Villanova in conference play. In the first game, held at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Villanova's home arena, the teams battled into overtime before the Hoyas claimed a two-point victory. The repeat contest, in Washington, D.C., was also closely contested, but Georgetown again prevailed, 57–50.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Background, Georgetown
Georgetown received the top seed in the East regional bracket of the 1985 NCAA Tournament, the first with 64 teams in the field, and faced Lehigh in the first round. A 68–43 victory set up a second-round matchup with eighth-seeded Temple, which the Hoyas won 63–46 to advance to the regional semifinals. There, Georgetown was matched with number four seed Loyola University Chicago; the Hoyas prevailed by 12 points and moved on to the East region's final.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Background, Georgetown
Against Georgia Tech, the Hoyas played in their closest game of the tournament to that point, winning 60–54 to advance to the Final Four. In an all-Big East game, Georgetown defeated St. John's 77–59, behind 20 points by Reggie Williams and 16 by Ewing, to clinch a spot in the national championship game.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Background, Villanova
Coached by Rollie Massimino, the Wildcats were coming off of a season in which they had lost to Illinois in the second round of the 1984 NCAA Tournament. The team's regular starting lineup included seniors Ed Pinckney, Dwayne McClain, and Gary McLain, along with juniors Harold Pressley and Dwight Wilbur. Villanova began the season 13–3, before a January 1985 loss at Maryland. The defeat started a slump that lasted throughout the rest of the regular season; the Wildcats had a 5–5 record in their final 10 regular season games, capped by a 23-point loss at Pittsburgh.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Background, Villanova
After peaking at number 14 in the January 22 rankings, the team fell out of the Associated Press Poll by mid-February. With an 18–9 record overall entering the 1985 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Villanova was not assured of receiving an invitation to the NCAA Tournament. In a rematch against Pittsburgh, the team won by eight points to effectively secure their tournament berth. In the semifinals of the Big East Tournament, the Wildcats suffered a 15-point loss to St. John's, leaving their record at 19–10 going into the NCAA Tournament.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Background, Villanova
The Wildcats received the Southeast regional bracket's eighth seed and were matched in the first round against ninth-seeded Dayton, with the game held in Dayton's home arena. Despite the disadvantage of playing in what amounted to a road game, Villanova advanced after a closely contested contest; a go-ahead layup by Pressley gave the Wildcats a late lead that they held until the end. The Wildcats then won their second-round game, 59–55, over the region's top seed, Michigan, before a 46–43 victory in a rematch against Maryland (the fifth seed) that sent them to the regional final.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Background, Villanova
North Carolina, their opponent, held a five-point lead at halftime before a strong performance in the second half led to a 12-point Villanova win and a spot in the Final Four. In their game against Memphis State, the Wildcats won by a 52–45 final score to gain their title game berth.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
The game was played at Rupp Arena, in front of a crowd of 23,124 spectators. Georgetown was listed as a nine-point favorite entering the contest. The Wildcats opened the scoring early in the first half. After Villanova narrowly avoided a turnover twice, Ed Pinckney passed the ball to Harold Pressley; under pressure from Ewing on defense, Pressley scored on a reverse layup to give the Wildcats a 2–0 lead. The Hoyas' David Wingate evened the score with a successful jump shot. The teams then traded baskets; a slam dunk by McClain was followed by another jump shot by Wingate.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
Villanova made their first four field goal attempts, but fell behind 10–8 as they committed four turnovers during the period. Georgetown played a 1–3–1 defense focused on trapping and pressuring the Wildcats' players, while Villanova used a match-up zone defense. With about 16 minutes elapsed in the first half, the Hoyas held a one-point advantage. Ewing responded by scoring on dunks on each of Georgetown's following three possessions. The Hoyas were unable to extend their lead, however, because Villanova found success on long field goal attempts.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
Three Wildcats players scored on long-range jumpers, including a shot by Pressley that fell after hitting the rim multiple times. The Wildcats employed a "patient" offensive strategy during the game, which was in evidence during the last two minutes of the first half as Pinckney, with two personal fouls, was not on the floor. The team employed what author Frank Fitzpatrick called "the last successful stall in college basketball history."


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
After obtaining ball possession with 1:58 left, the Wildcats went into a four corners offense and held the ball until the closing seconds of the half, a tactic that was legal because a shot clock was not instituted in college basketball until the 1985–86 season. Georgetown was playing a 1–3–1 zone defense, allowing the Wildcats to execute their strategy. In one of four times during the game that Villanova maintained possession for over 45 seconds, Pressley made a shot to put his team up 29–28.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
A long-distance shot by Wingate missed as time ran out in the first half, and the arm of Georgetown forward Williams made contact with the face and neck of Villanova reserve Chuck Everson; no foul was called, but Villanova assistant coach Marty Marback credited the encounter with giving his team energy going into the halftime break.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
After an opening period that announcer Brent Musburger called "as good a half of college basketball as I've ever seen," the second half began with a successful jump shot by Ewing; Thompson had told the Hoyas to feature him in their offense. The Wildcats reclaimed the lead on a field goal by Harold Jensen, his third of the game, before Pinckney made a shot while being fouled by Ewing. His ensuing free throw attempt was good, and Villanova extended their lead to 34–30.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
The play began a stretch of about a minute in which Ewing committed three personal fouls and had to be removed from the Hoyas lineup; with Williams suffering from an ankle injury, Georgetown's two leading players on offense were out of the game. The Wildcats began taking more time on their possessions, and took a 38–32 advantage in the first four minutes of the half. Ewing re-entered the game, but Villanova maintained their lead; three points by McClain brought the score to 41–36. McLain was injured while running into Hoyas player Horace Broadnax and was temporarily forced to the bench.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
With 10 minutes left in regulation, the Wildcats held a one-point lead, even though they had attempted only five field goals so far in the second half. Over the next few minutes of play, Villanova went up 53–48; after a field goal by Pinckney, the Hoyas called a timeout. The closing six minutes started with a Georgetown scoring run; the Hoyas took a 54–53 lead and gained ball possession off of a turnover by Villanova with about four minutes left.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
At this time, the Hoyas borrowed a page from Villanova's offensive strategy and started running the four corners offense, with the hopes of causing the Wildcats to abandon their regular defense and shift to man-to-man coverage. The team's plan was foiled when a pass by Bill Martin deflected out of bounds off the shin of Broadnax. Under 30 seconds had gone off the clock when the Wildcats regained the ball. Villanova resumed their ball-control offense, and took the lead with 2:37 remaining on a made shot by Jensen; the Wildcats had taken 62 seconds to run the play.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
Jensen's shot was the last attempted by Villanova in the game; all of the team's remaining points came on free throws. The Wildcats scored the next four points and were up 59–54 going into the final 84 seconds. Although the team was unsuccessful on multiple one-and-one free throw attempts, they added seven more points in the final portion of the game. The last made free throw, on the second of two attempts by Pressley, gave the Wildcats a 66–62 advantage with approximately 10 seconds on the clock.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
A shot by Michael Jackson brought the Hoyas to within two points in the closing seconds. Wingate stopped the clock from expiring by hitting the ball out of play with two seconds left. Jensen inbounded the ball to McClain, who had gone to the floor, and McClain kept possession until time expired and the Wildcats won the game and the Division I national championship, 66–64.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Statistical summary
The top scorer in the game was McClain, who had 17 points; just behind him on the Wildcats was Pinckney, who had a 16-point performance. Jensen had a perfect shooting night, going 5-for-5 and finishing with 14 points. The Hoyas' leading scorer was Wingate, who posted 17 points. Ewing had 14 points in the game, but was both out-scored and outrebounded by the Wildcats' Pinckney; he had five rebounds, one fewer than Pinckney. Martin had 10 points in the game and matched Ewing's total of five rebounds. The top assist provider for either team was Georgetown's Jackson, who had nine assists and added eight points.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Statistical summary
The Wildcats were successful on 22 of 28 field goal attempts in the game, for a shooting percentage of 78.6 percent. The team made all but one of their 10 shot attempts in the second half. The Wildcats set NCAA Tournament championship game records for the highest shooting percentage and the fewest shot attempts; both figures are also records for any Final Four game as of 2019. Villanova made most of their free throw attempts, converting on 22 of 27 attempts. Georgetown made more than 50 percent of their shots as well, with 54 percent shooting (29 for 53).


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Statistical summary
The Hoyas had 19 fewer free throw attempts than Villanova, although they were successful on six of their eight tries. The Wildcats committed 12 fouls in the game, and held Ewing without a free throw attempt. Georgetown had 11 turnovers in the contest, six fewer than the 17 by Villanova; that total included six by Jensen. Sportswriter Tim Layden commented on the Wildcats' statistics, "Part of what is so fascinating about the game is that Villanova, when it did not turn the ball over, almost always scored." Each team had 17 rebounds, the fewest in any Final Four contest as of 2019.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Aftermath and legacy
The Wildcats lost multiple assistant coaches to other college positions in the years following the 1985 NCAA championship game. In the seven seasons Massimino spent as head coach at Villanova before leaving the program after the 1991–92 season, the team made it to the regional semifinals of the NCAA Tournament only once. The Wildcats did not return to the Final Four until 2009, and did not reach the championship game again until 2016, when they won to become NCAA champions for the second time.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Aftermath and legacy
The 1985–86 Georgetown team had an overall record of 24–8, and were eliminated in the second round of the 1986 NCAA Tournament by Michigan State. Georgetown's lone Final Four appearance since 1985 came in 2007, when the Hoyas were coached by Thompson's son, John Thompson III.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Aftermath and legacy
The 1985 NCAA Tournament championship has been described as one of the biggest upsets in the tournament's history by numerous writers, including Jack Carey of USA Today and Matt Bonesteel of The Washington Post. As of 2021, the 1984–85 Villanova team is the lowest-seeded NCAA championship squad.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's  NCAA Division I college basketball. This was the first year the field was expanded to 64 teams, from 53 in the previous year's tournament. It began on March 14, 1985, and ended with the championship game on April 1 in Lexington, Kentucky. A total of 63 games were played.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Eighth-seed Villanova, coached by Rollie Massimino, won their first national title with a 66–64 victory in the final game over Georgetown, coached by John Thompson. Ed Pinckney of Villanova was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. The game, often cited as "The Perfect Game", is widely considered among the greatest upsets in college basketball history, and is the second biggest point-spread upset in Championship Game history. This Villanova team remains the lowest-seeded team to win the tournament.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The Wildcats are also notable as the last Division I men's national champion to date to represent a school that did not sponsor varsity football at the time of its title (Villanova had dropped football after the 1980 season and did not reinstate the sport until the 1985 season, the first after the championship game). The game is also notable as the last played without a shot clock.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
This year's Final Four saw an unprecedented and unmatched three teams from the same conference, with Big East members Villanova and Georgetown joined by St. John's. The only "interloper" in the Big East party was Memphis State, then of the Metro Conference. (Memphis State's 1985 Final Four appearance was vacated due to using ineligible players, as were all of its tournament appearances from 1982–1986.)


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
This was also the first year that one of the regionals was named "Southeast", replacing "Mideast." This name was used until 1998, when the regional was renamed "South." This was also the last tournament until 2010 to feature two private schools in the title game. This tournament was also the last until 2012 to feature no teams in the Sweet 16 from the Mountain or Pacific Time Zones.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
This tournament's East Region is the only one in NCAA Tournament history in which the higher-seeded team won every game.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1985 tournament:


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
Lexington became the 21st host city, and Rupp Arena the 23rd host venue, for the Final Four. Lexington is the smallest metropolitan area to host a Final Four, and due to the use of domed football stadiums, it is unlikely to host a Final Four again despite the size of Rupp Arena. The 1985 tournament was the last time an off-campus arena (or, for that matter, any arena) whose primary tenant was a college team was used for a tournament. (The Continental Airlines Arena (in 1996) was the main arena for Seton Hall, but they were not the primary tenants.)


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
This tournament also marks the last time a domed stadium was not used for any tournament games; before 1985, the four previous tournaments and the 1971 tournament were the only tournaments to include them. The other implication of this is that it was the only tournament between 1984 and 1993 to not feature an NFL stadium. Denver was the only new city or venue host games in 1985. At the time, the city did not host an NCAA Division I institution, making it just one of a handful of host cities all-time to do so.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
1985 would be the last time the Providence Civic Center would host the regional rounds; all subsequent tournaments would be early rounds. The tournament would also mark the last time the University of Tulsa's Mabee Center would host games; the tournament would not return to the city until 2011, when the BOK Center hosted.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
The 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships were contested at the 47th annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament for determining the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf at the Division I level in the United States.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
The tournament was held at the Grenelefe Country Club in Haines City, Florida.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
Defending champions Houston won the team championship, the Cougars' record sixteenth NCAA title.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 38th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 22 and 30, 1985, and concluded with Rensselaer defeating Providence 2-1. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues while all succeeding games were played at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
The NCAA permitted 8 teams to qualify for the tournament and divided its qualifiers into two regions (East and West). Each of the tournament champions from the four Division I conferences (CCHA, ECAC, Hockey East and WCHA) received automatic invitations into the tournament with At-large bids making up the remaining 4 teams, 1 from each conference.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the two even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking. In the Quarterfinals the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds played two-game aggregate series to determine which school advanced to the Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the Joe Louis Arena and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game with the losers playing in a Third Place game.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 15th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Twelve NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
The championship game was hosted by Brown University and was played in front of 14,455 fans.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
The game saw Johns Hopkins University and Syracuse University meeting in the finals for a third straight year and winning by a score of 11–4. Johns Hopkins finished the season with 13 wins and one loss, the lone loss being to 13th ranked North Carolina 11-10. This was Don Zimmerman's second straight national title as head coach.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
As in 1984, Larry Quinn was named Tournament Outstanding Player. Quinn and the Hopkins' defense gave up only 21 goals over this three game tournament.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
This finals was notable also for being Hopkin's ninth straight appearance in the title game. The Blue Jays had five victories with four defeats in title games during this nine-year period. Hopkins would return to the NCAA finals in 1987.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was the 26th organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
The UCLA Bruins won their first national title by defeating the American Eagles in the championship game, 1–0, after eight overtime periods. The final match was played on December 14, 1985, in Seattle, Washington, at the Kingdome for the second straight year.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, Final
This game is the longest game in NCAA soccer history, with the winning goal scored at 166 minutes and 5 seconds of playing time. After this game and the 1982 final both went to eight overtimes, the NCAA changed the rules for the 1986 season from unlimited 10-minute overtimes to a maximum of two 30-minute periods divided into halves.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1985 at the Texas Swimming Center at  the University of Texas in Austin, Texas at the 62nd annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States. The men's and women's titles would not be held at the same site until 2006.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
Stanford topped the team standings, the Cardinal's second men's title and first since 1967.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships
The 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships were the 39th annual championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I men's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States. This year's tournaments were played in Athens, Georgia, hosted by the University of Georgia.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships
The men's team championship was won by hosts Georgia, their first team national title. The Bulldogs defeated defending national champion UCLA in the final round, 5–1.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships
The men's singles title was retained by Mikael Pernfors from Georgia. Pernfors became the first person to win back-to-back single's titles since Dennis Ralston in 1963 and 1964.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships
The men's doubles title was won by Kelly Jones and Carlos DiLaura from Pepperdine. It was also Jones' second consecutive double's title, the first player to do this since Mel Purcell and Rodney Harmon in 1980 and 1981.


1985 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships, Host site
The tournaments were played at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. The men's and women's tournaments would not be held at the same venue until 2006.


1985 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 1985 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested May 27−June 1, 1985 at Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas in order to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's collegiate Division I outdoor track and field events in the United States.


1985 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
These were the 63rd annual men's championships and the fourth annual women's championships. This was the Longhorns' fourth time hosting the event and the first since 1980.


1985 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Arkansas and Oregon topped the men's and women's team standings, respectively; it was the Razorbacks' first men's team title and the first for the Ducks' women's program. This was Arkansas' first title before their run of nine consecutive championships during the 1990s.


1985 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was the fourth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 1985, sixteen Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured eight regionals of two teams with the winner of each region (a total of 8 teams) advancing to the 1985 Women's College World Series at Seymour Smith Park in Omaha, Nebraska. The event held from May 22 through May 26 marked the conclusion of the 1985 NCAA Division I softball season. UCLA won the championship by defeating Nebraska 2–1 in the final game. Nebraska's appearance was later vacated due to NCAA infractions.


1985 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
The 1985 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships refer to one of two NCAA-sponsored events held during May 1985 to determine the national champions of men's and women's collegiate tennis in the United States:


1985 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
The men's and women's tournaments would not be held at the same site until 2006.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament began on March 14 and ended on March 31 and featured 32 teams. The Final Four consisted of Old Dominion, Northeast Louisiana, Western Kentucky, and Georgia, with Old Dominion defeating Georgia, 70–65 in the championship game. Old Dominion's Tracy Claxton was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
1985 is the first year ESPN began televising some of the Tournament games. They televised two of the four Regional Finals (East and West Regional), as well as the two national semifinals. The Georgia vs Western Kentucky match up was shown live, while the Old Dominion vs. Northeast Louisiana game was shown tape-delayed. The Championship game was broadcast by CBS.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Georgia faced Western Kentucky in the semi-final. This was a rematch of a game played in December, when Western Kentucky prevailed, 72–67. However, in that game, Katrina McClain had been sidelined with an ankle injury. She was available to play in the final four, and achieved a career high total of 25 points. Her teammate, Teresa Edwards, scored 27, and the two helped Georgia win the semi-final 91–78.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
In the championship game, Georgia took on Old Dominion. The Lady Monarchs weren't hitting their shots, scoring on only 38% of their field goal attempts, but they made up for their misses with rebounds. The Old Dominion team had set an NCAA Final Four record (still standing in 2012) with 57 rebounds in the semi-final game, and they repeated that performance in the championship game, pulling down 57 rebounds and limiting Georgia to 30. The game would be close, but Old Dominion prevailed, 70–65, to win the national Championship.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Records
In the second half of the semi-final game between Georgia and Western Kentucky, Georgia scored 57 points while Western Kentucky scored 44. The combined point total of 101 points in a half, as well as the points scored by a single team in a half are both Final Four records, still standing in 2012.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Records
In the other semi-final game, Old Dominion pulled down 57 rebounds against Northeast Louisiana. That number still stands as a Final Four rebounds record, although it was tied two days later by Old Dominion in the championship game against Georgia.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Records
In a first-round game, Teresa Carmichael of Saint Joseph's University, attempted eleven field goals and hit all eleven. That's the most number of field goal attempt without a miss in Tournament history, though 2012.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams - automatic
Thirty-two teams were selected to participate in the 1985 NCAA Tournament. Eighteen conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA tournament.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams - at-large
Fourteen additional teams were selected to complete the thirty-two invitations.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bids by state
The thirty-two teams came from twenty-one states. California and Tennessee had the most teams with four each. Twenty-nine states did not have any teams receiving bids.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Round 1 venues
The 32 teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1-8 in each region. In  Round 1, the higher seed was given the opportunity to host the first-round game. In each case, the higher seed accepted the opportunity.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Regionals and Final Four
The Regionals, named  for the general location, were held from March 21 to March 24 at these sites:


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Regionals and Final Four
Each regional winner  advanced to the Final Four held March 29 and March 31 in Austin, Texas at the  Frank Erwin Center


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Record by  conference
Eleven conferences had more than one bid,  or at least one win in NCAA Tournament play:


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Record by  conference
Nine conferences went  0-1: Big East, Big Eight,  High Country, MAAC, MAC, Missouri Valley Conference, Mountain West, Northern Pacific, and Pacific Coast


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The 1985 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the fourth annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during May 1985.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The New Hampshire Wildcats won their first championship by defeating the Maryland Terrapins in the final, 6–5.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The leading scorer for the tournament was Anysia Fedec, from Maryland, with 8 goals. The Most Outstanding Player trophy would not be awarded again until 1998.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship, Qualification
With the addition of the NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship this year, only NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship. In turn, only 4 teams contested this tournament, a decrease from the 12 teams who participated each of the previous two years.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1985 NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships were contested at the fourth annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I women's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
This year's events were hosted at the Alabama Aquatics Center at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
Defending champions Texas again topped the team standings, finishing 243 points ahead of Florida, claiming the Longhorns' second women's team title.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships
The 1985 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships were the fourth annual championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I women's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships
The women's team championship was won by USC, their second title in three years. The Trojans defeated Miami (FL) in the final round, 6–3.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships
The women's singles title was won by Linda Gates from Stanford. Gates, along with partner Leigh-Anne Eldredge (both from Stanford), also won the women's double title, her second consecutive championship in the event.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships
Gates became the first woman to win consecutive NCAA Division I double's titles as well as the first woman to win the single's and double's championship in the same year. This feat would not be accomplished again until Keri Phebus, from UCLA, won both titles in 1995.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships, Host site
This year's tournaments were hosted by Oklahoma State University at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The men's and women's tournaments would not be held at the same site until 2006.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began with 28 teams and ended on December 22, 1985, when Pacific defeated Stanford 3 games to 1 in the NCAA championship match.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
Pacific, making their 4th NCAA final four in five years (in addition to their 1980 AIAW title match loss), claimed the school's first NCAA title for women's volleyball. Stanford finished as NCAA runners-up for the second year in a row. After losing a thrilling game 1 by two points, Pacific rallied to win the next three to take the title with the scores of 15-7, 15-12, 15-13.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
Future Olympian sisters Elaina Oden and Kim Oden played against each other in the final. Elaina Oden, a freshman hitter for the Pacific Tigers, had 24 kills against Stanford.


1985 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
In the consolation match, Southern California defeated UCLA in five games to claim third place.


1985 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
The 1985 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships were the 55th NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships to be held. The University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University co-hosted the tournament in Oklahoma City at the Myriad Convention Center.


1985 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Iowa took home the team championship with 145.25 points and having two individual champions.


1985 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Barry Davis of Iowa was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler and Darryl Peterson of Iowa State received the Gorriaran Award.


1985 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
The following polls make up the 1985 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. Baseball America began publishing its poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1981. Beginning with the 1985 season, it expanded to the top 25. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.


1985 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, Baseball America
Currently, only the final poll from the 1985 season is available.


1985 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, Collegiate Baseball
Currently, only the final poll from the 1985 season is available.


1985 NCAA Division I baseball season
The 1985 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1985. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1985 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the thirty ninth time in 1985, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Miami (FL) claimed the championship for the second time.


1985 NCAA Division I baseball season, Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1985 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Five regionals of four teams and three of six each competed in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 25 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.


1985 NCAA Division I baseball season, College World Series
The 1985 season marked the thirty ninth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Miami (FL) claiming their second championship with a 10–6 win over Texas in the final.


1985 NCAA Division I softball season
The 1985 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 1985. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 1985 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and 1985 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in Omaha, Nebraska at Seymour Smith Park, ended on May 26, 1985.


1985 NCAA Division I softball season, Women's College World Series
The 1985 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 22 to May 26, 1985 in Omaha, Nebraska.


1985 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
NCAA Division I season innings pitched:434.1 – Rhonda Wheatley, Cal Poly Pomona Broncos


1985 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Sophomore class scoreless innings streak:90.0 – Lisa Ishikawa, Northwestern Wildcats; 1985


1985 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Sophomore class WHIP:0.39 (66 H+50 BB/298.0 IP) – Shawn Andaya, Texas A&M Aggies


1985 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Senior class ERA:0.08 (2 ER/167.1 IP) – Tracy Compton, UCLA Bruins


1985 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Team single game hits:41 – Canisius Golden Griffins, May 1, 1985


1985 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Team single game runs:48 – Canisius Golden Griffins, May 1, 1985


1985 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Team single game RBIs:39 – Canisius Golden Griffins, May 1, 1985


1985 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Team largest victory margin:43 – Canisius Golden Griffins, May 1, 1985


1985 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Two human polls comprised the 1985 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll.


1985 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season saw the Oklahoma Sooners, led by head coach Barry Switzer, win the national championship.


1985 NCAA Division I-A football season
Oklahoma finished the season 11–1, with their only loss to Miami at home, in a game in which future NFL star Troy Aikman was lost for the season. The Sooners regrouped and went undefeated the rest of the way, finishing the season with a win over Penn State in the Orange Bowl.


1985 NCAA Division I-A football season
Michigan would finish No. 2, the highest finish of a Bo Schembechler led team. The team shined on defense, led by All-Americans Mike Hammerstein and Mark Messner.


1985 NCAA Division I-A football season
Tennessee finished the season with a victory over No. 2 Miami in the Sugar Bowl. This team won the school's first SEC championship in 16 years and was nicknamed the "Sugar Vols". The SEC title was the first of three for coach Johnny Majors.


1985 NCAA Division I-A football season
Air Force Falcons, under Fisher DeBerry had what is considered their best season ever, defeating Texas in the Bluebonnet Bowl and finishing No. 8 in the AP Poll (No. 5 in the Coaches' Poll).


1985 NCAA Division I-A football season
This year's edition of the Iron Bowl is widely considered to be one of the greatest ever. Despite Auburn having Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson on its side, Alabama won this game with a last second field goal.


1985 NCAA Division I-A football season
This would be the last year for the I-A/I-AA hybrid Missouri Valley Conference in football. Five of the seven teams in the conference (Drake, Illinois State, Indiana State, Southern Illinois, and West Texas State) had been playing Division I-AA football since the 1982 season, while Tulsa and Wichita State would remain I-A, becoming independents the following season.


1985 NCAA Division I-A football season, Heisman Trophy voting
Most Outstanding Player of the yearWinner:Bo Jackson, Auburn, RB (1,509 points)


1985 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game
The 1985 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Furman Paladins and the Georgia Southern Eagles. The game was played on December 21, 1985, at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. The culminating game of the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Georgia Southern, 44–42.


1985 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game
Contemporary news reports also referred to this game as the Diamond Bowl, as the NCAA had introduced Diamond Bowl branding for the Division I-AA championship game earlier in the year.


1985 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams
The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1985 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 12-team bracket.


1985 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams, Georgia Southern Eagles
Georgia Southern finished their regular season with a 9–2 record. Ranked ninth in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll and unseeded in the tournament, the Eagles defeated Jackson State, top-seed Middle Tennessee State, and fourth-seed Northern Iowa to reach the final. This was the first appearance for Georgia Southern in a Division I-AA championship game.


1985 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams, Furman Paladins
Furman finished their regular season with a 10–1 record (6–0 in conference); one of their wins came against NC State, a Division I-A program, and their only defeat was an upset loss to Newberry, an NAIA program. Tied for second in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll and seeded third in the tournament, the Paladins received a first-round bye then defeated Rhode Island and second-seed Nevada to reach the final. This was also the first appearance for Furman in a Division I-AA championship game.


1985 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Game summary
Furman built a 28–6 lead with just under 11 minutes left in the third quarter. By the time that quarter had ended, Georgia Southern had fought back to tie the score, 28–28. The two teams traded touchdowns in the first half of the fourth quarter, remaining tied, 35–35. A Georgia Southern field goal was answered by a Furman touchdown, giving Furman a 42–38 lead with just over two minutes to play. Georgia Southern then staged a 72-yard drive in 82 seconds, scoring the winning touchdown with just 10 seconds left on the clock.


1985 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings
The 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the NCAA Division I-AA football committee. This is for the 1985 season.


1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season
The 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1985, and concluded with the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 21, 1985, at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. The Georgia Southern Eagles won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Furman Paladins by a score of 44–42.


1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season, Conference champions
Big Sky Conference – IdahoGateway Collegiate Athletic Conference – Northern IowaIvy League – PennMid-Eastern Athletic Conference –  Delaware StateOhio Valley Conference – Middle Tennessee StateSouthern Conference – Furman PaladinsSouthland Conference – Arkansas StateYankee Conference – Rhode Island


1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season, Postseason, NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket
The top four teams were seeded, and received first-round byes.


1985 NCAA Division II Baseball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Division II baseball tournament decided the champion of baseball in NCAA Division II for the 1985 season. The Florida Southern Moccasins won their sixth national championship, beating the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos. Florida Southern coach Chuck Anderson won his first title with the team, while Florida Southern first baseman Tom Temrowski was named Tournament MOP.


1985 NCAA Division II Baseball Tournament, Regionals
The regional round consisted of six groupings. Four of them matched four teams in a double-elimination tournament while the remaining two played best of five series for the right to advance to the College World Series.


1985 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1984–85 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Jacksonville State University and South Dakota State's Mark Tetzlaff was the Most Outstanding Player.


1985 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
The 1985 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship was the 14th annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States.


1985 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
In a rematch of the previous year's final, Seattle Pacific defeated defending champions Florida International, 3–2, to win their third Division II national title. The Falcons (20-3) were coached by Cliff McCrath.


1985 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
The final match was played on December 7 at Florida International University in Miami, Florida.


1985 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament was the fourth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's  collegiate basketball in the United States.


1985 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
Cal Poly Pomona defeated defending champions Central Missouri State in the championship game, 80–69, the Broncos' second NCAA Division II national title.


1985 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
The championship rounds were contested at the Springfield Civic Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.


1985 NCAA Division II football rankings
The 1985 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the NCAA Division II football committee. This is for the 1985 season.


1985 NCAA Division II football season
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 football season, Conference summaries
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – HamptonGreat Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – HillsdaleGulf South Conference – North AlabamaLone Star Conference – Texas A&IMissouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Northeast Missouri State North Central Conference – North Dakota StateNorthern California Athletic Conference – UC DavisNorthern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota–DuluthPennsylvania State Athletic Conference – BloomsburgRocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Colorado MesaSouth Atlantic Conference – Mars HillSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Albany State and Fort Valley State


1985 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason
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.


1985 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1985 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the tenth national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with six teams competing at Pioneer Park in Marietta, Ohio for the championship. Six regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series.


1985 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament
Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with one region consisting of six teams, four regions consisting of four teams, and one region consisting of two teams, which was played as best-of-five, for a total of 24 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was Wisconsin-Oshkosh, who defeated Marietta for the championship.


1985 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament was the 11th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.


1985 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
Held during March 1985, the field included 32 teams and the final championship rounds were contested at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.


1985 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
North Park defeated SUNY Potsdam, 72–71, to claim their fourth NCAA Division III national title.


1985 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1984–85 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season, the 2nd such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with RIT defeating Bemidji State 5-1. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Schenectady, New York.


1985 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
Because neither of the two western conferences held a conference tournament the NCAA had all western schools play collectively in the Western Intercollegiate Hockey Association. At the conclusion of the regular season the top 8 teams, regardless of their conference, were invited to play in the WIHA tournament. Though the tournament was arranged by the NCAA it is not considered as part of the NCAA tournament and is displayed here for reference. As a result of both the MIAC and NCHA beginning conference playoffs the following year the WIHA was dissolved.


1985 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams, NCAA Qualifiers
The following teams qualified for the tournament. There were no automatic bids, however, conference tournament champions were given preferential consideration. No formal seeding was used while quarterfinal matches were arranged so that the road teams would have the shortest possible travel distances.


1985 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. In the Quarterfinals, teams played two-game aggregate series to determine which school advanced to the Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game with the losers playing in a Third Place game. The teams were seeded according to geographic proximity in the quarterfinals so the visiting team would have the shortest feasible distance to travel.


1985 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament was the fourth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.


1985 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
Scranton defeated New Rochelle in the championship game, 68–59, to claim the Royals' first Division III national title.


1985 NCAA Division III football season
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.


1985 NCAA Division III football season, 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 1973.


1985 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The Consensus 1985 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.


1985 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the 16th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate volleyball. The tournament was played at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California during May 1985.


1985 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
Pepperdine defeated USC in the final match, 3–1 (10–15, 15–10, 15–7, 15–3), to win their second national title. The Waves (25–2) were coached by Marv Dunphy.


1985 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
Pepperdines's Bob Ctvrtlik was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Ctvrtlik, along with six other players, comprised the All-tournament team.


1985 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament, Qualification
Until the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all NCAA men's volleyball programs whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III, were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.


1985 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The 1985 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 17th annual NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1985.


1985 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
Stanford defeated UC Irvine in the final, 12–11 (in two overtimes), to win their fifth national title. This was a rematch of the 1982 championship match, won by UC Irvine. Coached by Dante Dettamanti, the Cardinal finished the season 25–4.


1985 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
Jeff Campbell (UC Irvine) and David Imbernino (Stanford) were named the Most Outstanding Players of the tournament. An All-Tournament Team, consisting of eight players, was also named.


1985 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The tournament's leading scorer was J.R. Salvatore from UC Irvine (10 goals).


1985 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship, Qualification
Since there has only ever been one single national championship for water polo, all NCAA men's water polo programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 8 teams were invited to contest this championship.


1985 NCAA Rifle Championships
The 1985 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the sixth annual competition to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was held at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.


1985 NCAA Rifle Championships
Murray State, with a team score of 6,150, won their first team title, finishing one point ahead of two-time defending champions West Virginia. The Racers were coached by Elvis Green.


1985 NCAA Rifle Championships
The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Pat Spurgin (Murray State) and, for the air rifle, Christian Hellern (West Virginia). Spurgin won the previous year's air rifle title.


1985 NCAA Rifle Championships, Qualification
Since there is only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all NCAA rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of seven teams ultimately contested this championship.


1985 NCAA Skiing Championships
The 1985 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Bridger Bowl Ski Area in Bozeman, Montana as part of the 32nd annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's collegiate slalom skiing and cross country skiing in the United States.


1985 NCAA Skiing Championships
Wyoming, coached by Tim Ameel, claimed their second team national championship, 20 points ahead of Utah in the cumulative team standings.


1985 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
This year's NCAA skiing championships were hosted at the Bridger Bowl Ski Area near Bozeman, Montana.


1985 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
These were the third championships held in the state of Montana (1960, 1983, and 1985).


1985 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
The 1985 NCAA Women's Golf Championships were contested at the fourth annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of women's collegiate golf in the United States. Until 1996, the NCAA would hold just one women's golf championship for all programs across Division I, Division II, and Division III.


1985 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
The tournament was held again at the Amherst Golf Club in Amherst, Massachusetts.


1985 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship
The 1985 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship involved 10 schools competing for the national championship of women's NCAA Division I gymnastics. It was the fourth NCAA gymnastics national championship and the defending NCAA Team Champion for 1984 was Utah. The Competition took place in Salt Lake City, Utah hosted by the University of Utah in the Jon M. Huntsman Center.


1985 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament was the fourth annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate soccer. The championship game was played at George Mason Stadium in Fairfax, Virginia during November 1985.


1985 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament
George Mason defeated defending champion North Carolina in the final, 2–0, to win its first national title. The Patriots were coached by Hank Leung. This would be the last championship until 1995 not won by North Carolina.


1985 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament
The Most Outstanding Player was Pam Baughman (George Mason) and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player was Betsy Drambour (George Mason). An All-Tournament Team was not named this year.


1985 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament
The leading scorer for the tournament was Lisa Gmitter from George Mason (3 goals).


1985 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
At the time, there was only one NCAA championship for women's soccer; a Division III title was added in 1986 and a Division II title in 1988. Hence, all NCAA women's soccer programs  (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible for this championship. The tournament field remained set at 14 teams this year even though the third-place match was discontinued.


1985 NFL Draft
The 1985 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. The draft was held April 30 and May 1, 1985, at the Omni Park Central Hotel in New York City, New York. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season.


1985 NFL Draft
The first six selections of the draft made at least one Pro Bowl, and three of the first 16 picks — Bruce Smith, Chris Doleman, and Jerry Rice — have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.


1985 NFL Draft
For the second consecutive draft, there were no quarterbacks chosen in the first round (Day One). Randall Cunningham was the first quarterback selected (second round). Of note, University of Miami quarterback Bernie Kosar was taken by the Browns in the supplemental draft several months later.


1985 NFL season
The 1985 NFL season was the 66th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XX when the Chicago Bears defeated the New England Patriots 46–10 at the Louisiana Superdome. The Bears became the second team in NFL history (after the previous season's San Francisco 49ers) to win 15 games in the regular season and 18 including the playoffs.


1985 NFL season, Player movement, Draft
The 1985 NFL Draft was held from April 30 to May 1, 1985 at New York City's Omni Park Central Hotel. With the first pick, the Buffalo Bills selected defensive end Bruce Smith from Virginia Tech.


1985 NFL season, Regular season, Scheduling formula
Inter-conferenceAFC East vs NFC CentralAFC Central vs NFC EastAFC West vs NFC West


1985 NHK Trophy
The 1985 NHK Trophy was held at the Port Island Sports Center in Kobe on November 21–24. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1985 NHL Entry Draft
The 1985 NHL Entry Draft was the 23rd NHL Entry Draft. It was the first draft outside Montreal. The event was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, and attended by 7,000 fans. The National Hockey League (NHL) teams selected 252 players eligible for entry into professional ranks, in the reverse order of the 1984–85 NHL season and playoff standings. This is the list of those players selected.


1985 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round
Below are listed the selections in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.


1985 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round
Club teams are located in North America unless otherwise noted.


1985 NSL Cup
The 1985 NSL Cup was the ninth season of the NSL Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. All 24 NSL teams from around Australia entered the competition, as well as a further 8 from various state leagues around Australia.


1985 NSL First Division
The 1985 National Soccer League First Division was the first edition of the NSL First Division in South Africa. It was won by Durban-based Bush Bucks.


1985 NSWRL season
The 1985 New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the seventy-eighth season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Thirteen teams competed for the J J Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup during the season, which culminated in a grand final between the Canterbury-Bankstown and St. George clubs. This season NSWRL teams also competed for the 1985 National Panasonic Cup.


1985 NSWRL season, Season summary
Twenty-six regular season rounds were played from March till September, resulting in a top five of St. George, Balmain, Canterbury, Parramatta and Penrith battling it out in the finals


1985 NSWRL season, Season summary
The 1985 season's Rothmans Medallist was Balmain's lock, Wayne Pearce. The Dally M Award was given to Penrith's halfback, Greg Alexander, while Rugby League Week gave its player of the year award to Parramatta's lock, Ray Price.


1985 NSWRL season, Season summary, Teams
The lineup of clubs remained unchanged from the previous year, with thirteen contesting the 1985 premiership, including five Sydney-based foundation teams, another six from Sydney, one from greater New South Wales and one from the Australian Capital Territory


1985 NSWRL season, Season summary, Teams
78th seasonGround: Sydney Sports GroundCoach: Arthur BeetsonCaptain: Ron Gibbs→John Tobin


1985 NSWRL season, Season summary, Teams
78th seasonGround: North Sydney OvalCoach: Greg Hawick→Brian NortonCaptain: W. Honeywood→Fred Teasdell→Mark Graham


1985 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
The 1985 Grand Final was played at the Sydney Cricket Ground before a crowd of 44,569. Canterbury continually put St George fullback Burgess under the test of the high-ball in his in-goal area, which, under the rules of the time, resulted in a line drop-out with the Bulldogs regaining possession. After felling St George's Graeme Wynn as a scrum broke up, Canterbury's prop Peter Kelly was surprising awarded a penalty and shortly thereafter Kelly used the blindside to send winger Peter Mortimer over out wide for a 6-0 half time lead.


1985 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
Bulldogs half and skipper Steve Mortimer seized control of the match and centre Andrew Farrar clinched it with a field goal in the 72nd minute to take the score to 7-0. A last light of hope appeared for the Dragons when Steve Morris scored and Michael O'Connor converted with five minutes left on the clock. In the end a practised and clinical approach from Canterbury shut out the Dragons who had been the minor premiers.


1985 Nabisco Dinah Shore
The 1985 Nabisco Dinah Shore was a women's professional golf tournament, held April 4–7 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 14th edition of the Nabisco Dinah Shore, and the third as a major championship.


1985 Nabisco Dinah Shore
Alice Miller shot a final round 67 (−5) to win her only major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Jan Stephenson. Summer-like conditions prevailed, the temperature on Sunday afternoon was 95 °F (35 °C). On Saturday, Miller sank a forty-foot (12 m) birdie putt on the 18th green to end the third round with a one stroke lead over Patty Sheehan and Judy Clark.


1985 Nabisco Dinah Shore
Defending champion Juli Inkster was at even par, tied for 18th place.


1985 Nabisco Grand Prix de Madrid
The 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix de Madrid was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Madrid, Spain that was part of the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix circuit. It was the 14th edition of the tournament and was played from 13 May until 19 May 1985. The tournament was downgraded from a Super Series to a Regular Series event due to the return of the Las Vegas tournament and prize money was lowered from $200,000 to $80,000. Unseeded Andreas Maurer won the singles title.


1985 Nabisco Grand Prix de Madrid, Finals, Doubles
Givaldo Barbosa /  Ivan Kley defeated  Jorge Bardou /  Alberto Tous 7–6, 6–4


1985 Nabisco Grand Prix de Verano
The 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix de Verano, also known as the Buenos Aires Grand Prix, was a men's Nabisco Grand Prix tennis tournament held in Buenos Aires, Argentina and played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and was held from 25 February to 3 March 1985. Third-seeded Martín Jaite won the singles title.


1985 Nabisco Grand Prix de Verano, Finals, Doubles
Martín Jaite /  Christian Miniussi defeated  Eduardo Bengoechea /  Diego Pérez 6–4, 6–3


1985 Nabisco Masters
The 1985 Masters (also known as the 1985 Nabisco Masters for sponsorships) was a men's tennis tournament held in Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, United States in January 1986.   it was the year-end championship of the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix.


1985 Nabisco Masters, Finals, Doubles
Stefan Edberg /  Anders Järryd defeated  Joakim Nyström /  Mats Wilander 6–1, 7–6


1985 Nabisco Masters – Doubles
Peter Fleming and John McEnroe were the defending champion of the Masters title. But they failed to qualify. Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd beat fellow Swedes Joakim Nyström and Mats Wilander in the final. It was the pair's first Masters title and the first Masters doubles title for Sweden.


1985 Nabisco Masters – Singles
John McEnroe the defending champion of the Masters title lost in the first round to Brad Gilbert. The runner up from the 1984 championship, Ivan Lendl, went one better as he defeated Boris Becker to claim the title for a third time with a straight sets victory.


1985 Nahanni earthquakes
The 1985 Nahanni earthquakes is the name for a continuous sequence of earthquakes that began in 1985 in the Nahanni region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The largest of these earthquakes occurred on December 23, reaching 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale. This is one of the most significant earthquakes in Canada during the 20th century. The earthquakes had a long succession of aftershocks and jolts. The earthquakes amazed both the general public and the earth science community and have been felt in the Yukon, Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and southeastern Alaska.


1985 Narita International Airport bombing
A bomb hidden in a suitcase transiting through New Tokyo International Airport exploded at 06:19 (UTC) 23 June 1985 in a baggage handling room, killing two baggage handlers and injuring another four. It had come from Vancouver, Canada through Canadian Pacific Flight 003 and was transiting through the airport for Air India Flight 301 to Bangkok, Thailand.


1985 Narita International Airport bombing
It was planned for the bomb to explode at the same time as another bombing just one hour later of Air India Flight 182 over the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Ireland, but had failed to account for daylight saving time (or, rather, Japan's lack thereof). The bomb inadvertently had exploded even earlier than what the perpetrators had planned due to being manhandled at the airport. If the plan had worked, then the bomb would have exploded inside Air India Flight 301 instead of the airport.


1985 Narita International Airport bombing
Extensive analysis by the Japanese investigators identified bomb parts through serial numbers and narrowed the pieces to less than 2000 possible electronic tuners of an older model shipped to Vancouver, allowing Canadian police to identify a single person who had bought this older model recently. At the same time in the inquiry to the Air India Flight 182 bombing, investigators had identified that the man checked-in luggage without boarding the plane. Inderjit Singh Reyat, who lived in Duncan, British Columbia, was convicted in Canadian court. He was found guilty in 1991 in the Narita bombing. In 2003, shortly before the start of the Air India trial, he made a plea bargain on reduced charges and a promise of testimony against other suspects. He made the bombs used in both attacks.


1985 Narita International Airport bombing, Timeline of the incident
On June 22, 1985, the bags of a passenger named L. Singh were checked in at Vancouver for Canadian Pacific Airlines (CP Air) 003 to New Tokyo International Airport in Narita, Japan, near Tokyo. This bag was interlined to Air India Flight 301 leaving for Don Muang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. L. Singh was assigned seat 38H.


1985 Narita International Airport bombing, Timeline of the incident
At 2037 UTC, CP Air Flight 003 (named Empress of Australia), departed Vancouver; no L. Singh was on board.


1985 Narita International Airport bombing, Timeline of the incident
At 0541 UTC (now June 23), CP Air 003 arrived in Tokyo Narita 14 minutes early.


1985 Narita International Airport bombing, Timeline of the incident
At 0619 UTC, a piece of luggage that had come from CP Air 3 exploded as it was being transferred to Air India Flight 301; the explosion killed two Japanese baggage handlers (Hideo Asano and Hideharu Koda) in Narita Airport and injured four other people.


1985 Narita International Airport bombing, Timeline of the incident
At 0714 UTC, Air India Flight 182 exploded in mid-air off the west coast of Ireland, falling into the sea. All 329 people on board were killed. Investigation by Canada has revealed connections between the two bombings.


1985 Narita International Airport bombing, Timeline of the incident
At 0805 UTC, Air India Flight 301 left Narita and arrived in Thailand unscathed and with no incidents.


1985 Narita International Airport bombing, Timeline of the incident
February 1988 – Inderjit Singh Reyat is arrested by West Midlands Police in Coventry, United Kingdom.


1985 Narita International Airport bombing, Timeline of the incident
December 8, 1989 – The British government agrees to extradite Reyat to Canada, following a lengthy court battle and trial.


1985 Narita International Airport bombing, Timeline of the incident
May 10, 1991 – Inderjit Singh Reyat receives a ten-year sentence after being convicted of two counts of manslaughter terms and four explosives charges relating to the Narita Airport 1985 bombing.


1985 Narita International Airport bombing, Second bombing
Fifty-five minutes after, at 08:14 Irish time, Air India Flight 182 exploded mid-air and plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Ireland, killing 329 people. Canadian security forces believe that the incidents were related, as noted in a 2010 report by a government commission. They were supposedly both developed by Babbar Khalsa, the Sikh separatist group operating in Canada. Investigators believe the bombings were intended to be simultaneous, but the terrorist planners were not aware that while Canada observes daylight saving time, Japan does not.


1985 Narita International Airport bombing, Trials
The trial for the Narita bombing took place in Canada in 1991. The only man convicted of any involvement in the bombings was Inderjit Singh Reyat, a British Columbia resident who had built the bombs used. He received a ten-year sentence of two counts of manslaughter and four explosives charges after being found guilty in May 1991 of the Narita bombing in federal court in Vancouver, British Columbia.


1985 Narita International Airport bombing, Trials
In 2003, weeks before the start of the Air India Flight 182 trial, Reyat made a deal with prosecutors. In exchange for pleading guilty to the charge of manslaughter in the Flight 182 bombing, he was sentenced to five years in prison. He also had to testify against the two other men tried in Canada for these incidents, Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri. Justice Ian Josephson acquitted them, as he believed that the prosecutors had not been able to meet the standard of proof "beyond a reasonable doubt."


1985 Narita International Airport bombing, Trials
In reading the verdicts of Malik and Bagri, Justice Josephson commented about Reyat's testimony at their trial:


1985 Narita International Airport bombing, Trials
Even the most sympathetic of listeners could only conclude, as do I, that his evidence was patently and pathetically fabricated in an attempt to minimize his involvement in his crime to an extreme degree, while refusing to reveal relevant information he clearly possesses. His hollow expression of remorse for his crime must have been a bitter pill for the families of the victims.


1985 Narita International Airport bombing, Trials
In 2006 Crown Counsel in British Columbia announced they would be charging Reyat with perjury, based on his testimony at the Air India Flight 182 trial. It is alleged that he committed perjury 27 times during his testimony. In 2008, the court granted bail; he had already served 20 years in jail since his first arrest. The trial on perjury charges was scheduled for 2009. He was convicted of perjury in 2011 and sentenced to nine years, with 17 months' credit for time already served.


1985 NatWest Trophy
The 1985 NatWest Trophy was the 5th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 3 July and 7 September 1985. The tournament was won by Essex who defeated Nottinghamshire by 1 run in the final at Lord's.


1985 NatWest Trophy, Format
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by thirteen Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cheshire, Cumberland, Devon, Durham, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Suffolk. The Ireland and Scotland teams also participated. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the quarter-final stage. Winners from the quarter-finals then progressed to the semi-finals from which the winners then went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 7 September 1985. Durham repeated their feat of 1973, in being a minor county defeating a first class county, when they saw off Derbyshire in round one.


1985 National Camogie League
The 1985 National Camogie League, the second most important elite level inter-county competition in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Kilkenny, who defeated Dublin in the final, played at Parnell Park.


1985 National Camogie League, Arrangements
Dublin were the form team for the competition. As with previous League competitions their earlier county championship contributed to their success. They coasted through their section of the league running up big scores in all their games. Anne Redmond, regular full back since 1979, was unavailable for the 1984 season. Mairon Conroy filled in and stepped aside for the final. Bernie Toner, who did not play in the earlier rounds of the League, rejoining the panel for the final. A nightmare start against Dubin at the same venue put paid to Kilkenny’s 1984 championship aspirations. They started training for the 1985 season earlier than previous years with a panel of 18 including all their recognised senior players.


1985 National Camogie League, The Final
The final went to a replay. The first day Kilkenny took a 4-3 to 1-7 half time lead and added points from M Farrell and Angela Downey on the restart before Dublin came back to equalize with a goal from Carmel O'Byrne and an equalizing point from Edel Murphy. Dublin were without the services of Yvonne Redmond, Germaine Noonan, Marie Connell and Joan Gormley while Killkenny had their full championship side for the replay. Exchanges were keen in a fast and furious game, with Kilkenny dominating the first half to lead 3-6 to 0-4 at half time. Dublin made a comeback and trailed by three points with five minutes to go and in a tremendous closing rally were unable to penetrate the Dublin defence staged by Maris Fitzpatrick, Ann Downey and Bridie McGarry.


1985 National Camogie League, Division 2
The Junior National League, known since 2006 as Division Two, was won by Galway’s second team who defeated Kildare by 3-10 to 3-3 in the final at Bulaun, Loughrea. The sides were level 2-5 to 3-2 at half-time but Kildare scored only once in the second half, a point in the dying minutes of the game. Donegal were semi-finalists, the high point in their camogie history of that era, with a side grown from colleges camogie playing their camogie predominantly on the ground.


1985 National Camogie League, Division 2
Four of the Donegal side, beaten 6-3 to 2-2 by Kildare, Geraldine Henry, Ita Blake, Gerri Murphy and Brid Ronaghan played in the Dublin championships with Marino and UCD, Six were studying for the Leaving Cert, including Mary Hirrell of Carndonagh community school. Galway had easy wins over Louth, Down and Kilkenny’s second team by ten points. They needed extra time to beat Clare in the quarter-final before winning by a point and beat Derry by 7-7 to 4-4 in the semi-final at Greenlock, County Londonderry. Deirdre Costello scored two goals against Clare and four against Derry. Full forward Ann Ryan was a former All-Ireland Feile na nGael skills title holder and sister of hurlers Paschal and John Ryan.


1985 National Challenge Cup
The 1985 National Challenge Cup was the 71st edition of the USSF's annual open soccer championship. Teams from the North American Soccer League declined to participate. Greek-American A.C. of San Francisco defeated Kutis SC in the final game. The score was 2–1.


1985 National Invitation Tournament
The 1985 National Invitation Tournament was the 1985 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. The tournament began on Tuesday, March 12, 1985, and ended when the UCLA Bruins defeated Indiana Hoosiers in the NIT championship game on Friday, March 29, 1985, at Madison Square Garden.


1985 National Invitation Tournament, Selected teams
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.


1985 National Invitation Tournament, Bracket
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.


1985 National League Championship Series
The 1985 National League Championship Series was played between the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers from October 9–16. It was the 17th NLCS and the  first played under the new best-of-seven format. In previous years, the NLCS had been settled by a best-of-five format. This series is best known for Ozzie Smith's dramatic walk-off home run in Game 5. This is the second consecutive NLCS where a team overcame a 2–0 series deficit to win the series after the Padres did so in the best-of-five 1984 NLCS.


1985 National League Championship Series
Dodger announcer Vin Scully and former Cardinal player Joe Garagiola called the games for NBC. Both were announcers on the year-long Game of the Week.


1985 National League Championship Series, Background
The Cardinals made it to the series by winning 101 games and edging the New York Mets in the National League East. The Dodgers were led by Pedro Guerrero, and their talented pitching staff with a team ERA of 2.96. They beat the Cincinnati Reds by 5+1⁄2 games. This was nearly a NLCS match-up in 1982, but the Dodgers lost their National League West lead in late September and were ultimately knocked out of the postseason on the last day of the season by the San Francisco Giants, thanks to a Joe Morgan 7th inning three-run home run.


1985 National League Championship Series, Background
The Dodgers held home field advantage, the second consecutive year the Western division champion had it. From 1969-84, the East winner had home field advantage for the NLCS in odd-numbered years and the West in even-numbered years. The West had the home field advantage again the next year as well before the East-West alternation resumed in 1987, continuing through 1993.


1985 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Wednesday, October 9, 1985, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California


1985 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The opening contest in Los Angeles pitted Dodgers screwballer Fernando Valenzuela against the Cardinals' 21-game winner, John Tudor. The pitchers matched zeroes through the first three innings, but in the bottom of the fourth an error by Terry Pendleton allowed Bill Madlock to reach first. After stealing second, Madlock came home on a Guerrero single to give the Dodgers a 1–0 lead. In the Dodgers' sixth, Madlock struck again when he doubled and then scored on a single by Mike Scioscia. Prior to Scioscia's single, the Cardinals had intentionally walked Guerrero, who later scored on a bunt by Candy Maldonado.


1985 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
A double by Steve Sax scored Maldonado, and Tudor got the hook. Ken Dayley ended the inning with a strikeout of Valenzuela, but the Dodgers had a 4–0 lead en route to a 4–1 victory with the Cardinals scoring the only run in the seventh on Tito Landrum's RBI single with two on. The win gave the Dodgers a 1–0 lead in the best-of-seven series.


1985 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Thursday, October 10, 1985, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California