1984–85 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Fourth Division
Another five game unbeaten run followed, as Brown showed his 'class' and Walker impressed. On 5 November, Eamonn O'Keefe scored a 'brilliant' hat-trick past Southend United in a 4–1 win. Rudge then signed Stockport County's outside-right Oshor Williams for £7,000. Vale's form then suffered after Walker returned to Villa Park. To remedy this Rudge signed Southend United midfielder Billy Kellock, who made 'a stunning impact' in his debut, playing a key part in the 5–1 victory over Exeter City on New Year's Day. This was the first of a sixteen-game unbeaten run, in which the team equalled a club-record six straight away draws between 19 January and 29 March.


1984–85 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Fourth Division
On 2 February, Robbie Earle scored a hat-trick past Hereford United. Striker partner Ally Brown claimed "He is my brains and I am his legs". John Rudge received the Manager of the Month award for February. The next month Barry Siddall joined Stoke City on a free transfer, after Chris Pearce had established himself as the Vale's #1. Wayne Cegielski also signed with Blackpool and Eamonn O'Keefe followed him to Bloomfield Road for a £10,000 fee. Five victories in the opening six games of April took Vale sliding down the league, as Brown was out with a knee injury. Vale rallied to go through the final five games unbeaten.


1984–85 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Fourth Division
They finished in twelfth place with sixty points, winning and losing fourteen games. Between them Brown and Earle racked up a combined total of forty goals in all competitions. Yet it was Russell Bromage who was selected for the PFA Fourth Division team.


1984–85 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Finances
On the financial side, a loss was made of £7,793 due to a 20% drop in attendance figures. The wage bill stood at £389,341, whilst gate receipts took in £128,954 and the lottery raised £191,000. The club's shirt sponsors were EDS. Five players left on free transfers, most significant were the departures of: Terry Armstrong and Derek Monaghan (retired); Colin Tartt (Shepshed Charterhouse); and Ian Griffiths (Wigan Athletic). Billy Kellock also refused terms, and so joined Halifax Town, whilst John Ridley joined Stafford Rangers as a player-coach. Vale received £700 following a tribunal claim, becoming the first Football League club to take a non-league club to a tribunal.


1984–85 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions
In the FA Cup, Vale beat Northern Premier League side Macclesfield Town 2–1 at Moss Rose. This game was overshadowed by a fence collapse that left thirteen injured and led to 21 arrests. Town Chairman Alan Brocklehurst blamed 'the hooligan element of the Vale support', however Vale Chairman Jim Lloyd laid the blame at the feet of the police. The next round saw Vale conquer Scunthorpe United with a 4–1 home victory. In the Third Round they travelled to West Ham United's Upton Park, where the First Division club beat the "Valiants" 4–1.


1984–85 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions
In the League Cup, Vale went past Bury on away goals, having scored one of their two goals at Gigg Lane. In the Second Round they lost 2–1 at home to Second Division Wolverhampton Wanderers, though they did earn a goalless draw at Molineux.


1984–85 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions
In the Associate Members' Cup, Vale eliminated Northampton Town in a 2–1 replay victory at Sixfields. The original match saw an attendance of just 1,386 at Vale Park. At the replay Ian Griffiths required a skin graft after getting his hand trapped in a toilet door. Vale were knocked out in the next round by Bristol City, losing 2–1 to the Third Division side at Ashton Gate.


1984–85 Portland Trail Blazers season
The 1984–85 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 15th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).


1984–85 Portland Trail Blazers season, NBA Draft
At the Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden, fans in attendance booed the Blazers selection of Sam Bowie. Part of the problem was that some had perceived Bowie as damaged goods. In September 1981, while at the University of Kentucky, Sam Bowie was diagnosed with having a fractured shin bone in his left leg. This was previously misdiagnosed as a shin splint. Bowie would not play for Kentucky until the 1983-84 season. Prior to the diagnosis, Bowie averaged 17.1 points per game and 9.1 rebounds per game in 1980-81.


1984–85 Portland Trail Blazers season, NBA Draft
At that time, there were serious discussions about Bowie entering the 1981 NBA Draft. Bowie was so highly thought of, that he was named to the 1980 US Olympic Basketball Team. When Bowie returned from his injury in 1983, he would average 10.5 points per game and 9.2 rebounds per game. The Blazers General Manager Stu Inman had made it known that if Sam Bowie passed the Blazers physical examination, he would be drafted by the Blazers. The Blazers had given Bowie a seven-hour physical to ensure that his leg had recovered from the two-year layoff between 1981 and 1983. The Blazers criteria in selecting Bowie over Jordan was that the Blazers backcourt already had Clyde Drexler and Jim Paxson. The Blazers felt that they had lacked a true center since Bill Walton left the club, and the hope was that Bowie would be able to fill this role.


1984–85 Portland Trail Blazers season, NBA Draft
Note:  This is not a complete list; only the first two rounds are covered, as well as any other picks by the franchise who played at least one NBA game.


1984–85 Primeira Divisão, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and F.C. Porto won the championship.


1984–85 Primera División B de Baloncesto
The 1984–85 Primera División B was the second category of the Spanish basketball league system during the 1984–85 season


1984–85 Primera División B de Baloncesto, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 14 teams contested the league, including 6 sides from the 1983–84 season, three relegated from the 1983–84 ACB, four promoted from the Segunda División and one Wild Cards.


1984–85 QMJHL season
The 1984–85 QMJHL season was the 16th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league experimented for season, awarding one point for an overtime loss. Points for an overtime loss would not be awarded again until the 1999–2000 QMJHL season.


1984–85 QMJHL season
The Plattsburgh Pioneers were admitted to the league as an expansion team, and the first QMJHL franchise based in the United States. It was the second league expansion in three seasons, having added two franchise in the 1982–83 QMJHL season, bringing the league up to twelve teams. The league did not have an expansion draft. The Pioneers featured an all-American lineup of players, who were not playing in the NCAA. The team folded after losing its first 17 games in 1984. Games played against the Pioneers and the points earned, were not included in the final standings. The remaining eleven teams played 68 games each which counted in the regular season standings.


1984–85 QMJHL season
The Shawinigan Cataractes finished first overall in the regular season, winning the Jean Rougeau Trophy. The Verdun Junior Canadiens won the President's Cup, defeating the Chicoutimi Saguenéens in the finals. Coach Jean Bégin had been fired by the Laval Voisins after 19 games, then is hired by the Verdun Junior Canadiens with five games remaining in the season, leading the team to a league championship.


1984–85 QMJHL season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OL = Overtime loss; PTS = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against


1984–85 QMJHL season, Final standings
‡Games played against the Plattsburgh Pioneers and the points earned, were not included in the final standings.


1984–85 QMJHL season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in Minutes


1984–85 QMJHL season, Playoffs
Claude Lemieux was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 40 points (23 goals, 17 assists).


1984–85 Qatar Stars League, Overview
It was contested by 7 teams, and Al-Arabi Sports Club won the championship.


1984–85 Quebec Nordiques season
The 1984–85 Quebec Nordiques season was the Nordiques sixth season in the National Hockey League.


1984–85 Quebec Nordiques season, Offseason
The Nordiques had a pretty quiet off-season, as they looked to build off of their successful 1983–84 season. The club hired the recently retired Guy Lapointe as an assistant coach, while they also signed goaltender Richard Sevigny as a free agent from the Montreal Canadiens. Sevigny had a 16-18-2 record with a 3.38 GAA with Montreal in 1983–84.


1984–85 Quebec Nordiques season, Regular season
Quebec started the season off pretty slow, going only 3-6-1 in their first ten games, sitting in last place in the Adams Division. Quebec continued to play mediocre hockey for the majority of the first half of the season, as they had a 16-16-6 record after 38 games, battling with the Boston Bruins for third place in the division. The Nordiques played much better in the second half of the season, as they would battle with the Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres for first in the division. Quebec finished the season with a 41-30-9 record, earning 91 points, and a second-place finish, just three points behind the Canadiens.


1984–85 Quebec Nordiques season, Regular season
Peter Stastny led the Nordiques offensively, leading the club with 100 points in 75 games, while Michel Goulet scored a team high 55 goals, while earning 95 points in 69 games. Anton Stastny had 38 goals and 80 points, while Dale Hunter scored 20 goals and 72 points, while accumulating a team high 209 penalty minutes. Brad Maxwell and Brent Ashton, acquired from the Minnesota North Stars in December, sparked the Nordiques, as Ashton had 51 points in 49 games, while Maxwell had 31 points in 50 games on the blueline.


1984–85 Quebec Nordiques season, Regular season
In goal, Quebec was led by rookie Mario Gosselin, as he had a team high 19 wins with a team best 3.34 GAA in 35 games. Richard Sevigny had a 10-6-2 record with a 3.37 GAA in 20 games, while Dan Bouchard was 12-13-4 with a 3.49 GAA in 29 games.


1984–85 Quebec Nordiques season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals againstNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1984–85 Quebec Nordiques season, Playoffs
The Nordiques opened the 1985 Stanley Cup playoffs with a best of five Adams Division semi-final series against the Buffalo Sabres. The Sabres finished the season in third place in the Adams Division with a 38-28-14 record, earning 90 points, one less than Quebec. The series began with two games at Le Colisée, and the Nordiques took care of business at home, winning the first game 5-2, followed by a close 3-2 victory in the second game to go up 2-0 in the series.


1984–85 Quebec Nordiques season, Playoffs
The series moved to the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium for the third game, and the Sabres stayed alive in the series with a 6-4 win to cut the Nordiques series lead to 2-1. Buffalo easily handled the Nordiques in the fourth game at the Auditorium, winning 7-4, to even the series up at two games each, sending the series back to Quebec City for a fifth and deciding game. The Nordiques and Sabres played a very close game, with Quebec winning 6-5, to win the series and advance to the Division finals.


1984–85 Quebec Nordiques season, Playoffs
Quebec would face the Montreal Canadiens in the best of seven Division finals. The Canadiens had a 41-27-12 record during the regular season, earning 94 points and finishing in first place in the Adams Division, three points ahead of the Nordiques. Montreal eliminated the Boston Bruins in five games in the first round of the playoffs. The series opened with two games at the Montreal Forum, however, it was Quebec who struck first, winning the first game 2-1 in overtime, before the Canadiens evened the series with a 6-4 win in the second game.


1984–85 Quebec Nordiques season, Playoffs
The series moved to Le Colisée for the next two games, and the Nordiques once again took the series lead, winning the third game 7-6 in overtime to go up 2-1 in the series. The Canadiens responded in the fourth game, defeating Quebec 3-1 in the fourth game to even the series up once again. In the fifth game in Montreal, the Nordiques came out flying, easily defeating the Canadiens 5-1 to take a 3-2 series lead, and game six moving back to Quebec City.


1984–85 Quebec Nordiques season, Playoffs
In the sixth game, the Canadiens fought off elimination, defeating the Nordiques 5-2 to once again tie the series, forcing a seventh and deciding game at the Montreal Forum. In a very close game, the Nordiques and Canadiens were tied 2-2 after regulation time, forcing overtime, and in the extra period, Peter Stastny scored the series clinching goal as Quebec stunned the Canadiens with a 3-2 victory, advancing to the Wales Conference finals for the second time in four seasons.


1984–85 Quebec Nordiques season, Playoffs
The Nordiques would face off against the Philadelphia Flyers in the best of seven Conference finals. The Flyers had the best record in the NHL, as they had a 53-20-7 record, earning 113 points, winning the Patrick Division by twelve points over the second place Washington Capitals. In the playoffs, Philadelphia swept the New York Rangers in three games, before defeating the New York Islanders in five games in the division finals. Since the Adams Division had a better record against the Patrick Division, the Nordiques would have home ice advantage.


1984–85 Quebec Nordiques season, Playoffs
The series began with two games at Le Colisée, as the Nordiques won a tough defensive battle in overtime by a score of 2-1 to take an early series lead. The Flyers evened the series with a 4-2 win in the second game. The series moved over to the Spectrum in Philadelphia, and the Flyers took a 2-1 series lead with another 4-2 victory in the third game. The Nordiques rebounded in the fourth game at the Spectrum, silencing the Flyers with a 5-3 win to even the series up at two wins each.


1984–85 Quebec Nordiques season, Playoffs
The fifth game was played back in Quebec City, and the defensively tight Flyers squeaked out a 2-1 victory in the fifth game to return home with a 3-2 series lead. Philadelphia dominated the Nordiques in the sixth game, outshooting Quebec 36-15, en route to a 3-0 victory to win the series and advance to the 1985 Stanley Cup Finals.


1984–85 Quebec Nordiques season, Transactions
The Nordiques were involved in the following transactions during the 1984–85 season.


1984–85 Quebec Nordiques season, Draft picks
Quebec's draft picks from the 1984 NHL Entry Draft which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.


1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season
The 1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey team represented the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in college ice hockey. In its 6th year under head coach Mike Addesa the team compiled a 35–2–1 record and reached the NCAA tournament for the sixth time. The Engineers defeated Providence 2–1 to win the championship game at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.


1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season, Season, New ECAC
After a year in which Rensselaer set a new program record with 32 wins and reached the NCAA tournament for the first time in 20 years, RPI found themselves scrambling to adjust their schedule. All Six teams from the East Region of ECAC Hockey, along with newly admitted Lowell, broke away to from a new conference.


1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season, Season, New ECAC
While many of the higher-profile programs left, the reduction to 12 teams allowed the remaining ECAC members to play an even schedule for the first time in league history; all teams played one another twice, once at home and one on the road, except for Army who only played other ECAC members once. As part of the new scheduling arrangement, Rensselaer was paired with Vermont and the two teams would travel at the same time to visit the same region. For example, RPI's first conference road game was against Yale in Connecticut while at the same time Vermont played Brown in Rhode Island. The next night Rensselaer and Vermont swapped opponents which allowed all teams to reduce travel time while still fulfilling their new scheduling guidelines.


1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season, Season, Early Season Hiccup
The Engineers began the season with two strong home wins against Canadian teams but then immediately stumbled against St. Lawrence in their conference opener. The team recovered with a win over Clarkson the following night then hit the road for a set of games against North Dakota. RPI returned to the northeast after another weekend split and was able to finally win a weekend after getting a tough fight from Brown. Rensselaer ended the first part of their season with a fairly easy pair of games where they seemed to find the consistency that had served them well the year before.


1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season, Season, Holiday Tournament
For the 34th annual Rensselaer Holiday Tournament, RPI dominated Miami in the semifinal before facing their third Canadian team of the season and managed to down Toronto in the final to take their third consecutive tournament title. When the team returned to its regular schedule the following weekend they fought a series of close games, including a surprising strong effort from Division III Union, but RPI escaped an embarrassing fate to raise their record to 13–2.


1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season, Season, ECAC Dominance
After that scare the Engineers didn't have another close game for almost two months, winning every game by at least 3 goals until their final game of the regular season, a 5–4 win over Cornell. After opening their conference schedule with a loss Rensselaer had won its final 20 conference games, the second best streak and the second most wins in conference history (both behind only 1970 Cornell) and the third highest winning percentage in ECAC history.


1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season, Season, ECAC Dominance
Leading the way for the conference's top offense was junior center Adam Oates who had already set a new program record with 83 points the previous season and was well on his way to improving on the mark. RPI also possessed the #2 defense in the country, allowing only 54 goals in 21 conference games and were backstopped by Buffalo Sabres draft pick Daren Puppa.


1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season, Season, ECAC Tournament
Searching for their second consecutive ECAC crown, Rensselaer ran through Princeton in the quarterfinal series and then headed to Boston where Puppa stifled the opposition, allowing only one goal in each of the final two games which the Engineers ended triumphantly. Puppa was named as tournament MOP and with their 32–2 record Rensselaer received the #1 eastern seed to go along with their automatic tournament berth.


1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
With the higher seed, Rensselaer played host to Lake Superior State in the Quarterfinals and opened by setting a new franchise record, with their 33rd win of the season, taking the contest 7–3. Because the Quarterfinal series was a total goal affair RPI would advance so long as could keep the second game close and a 3-3 tie was well within their margin for error. Because the Lakers could not win the series regardless of an overtime result no extra time was played and the game ended after regulation along with RPI's 30-game winning streak.


1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
Rensselear headed to Detroit for the Frozen Four and met the previous season's runner-up, Minnesota–Duluth. In what became one of the more memorable games RPI and Duluth begam fighting one another almost from the drop of the puck; the two teams got into a scrape then ended up with double matching minors and both teams played 3-on-3. during that time the Engineers opened the scoring with Tim Friday's fifth goal of the season. Afterwards RPI got into trouble with two consecutive penalties to give UMD a 5-on-3 advantage but their defense was able to hold the fort and prevent the Bulldogs from evening the score.


1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
In the second period Mark Baron scored twice in 30 seconds to give the Bulldogs their first lead of the game. John Carter tied the game with a power play goal off a rebound before George Servinis gave the lead back to Rensselaer. The game was then tied for the fourth time when Brett Hull scored a breakaway goal and the two teams headed into intermission.


1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
In the third, while killing a penalty, Servinis found himself on a partial breakaway but the puck got too far in front of him. Duluth goalie Rick Kosti charged out of the net to knock the puck away but Servinis reached it first and deflected the puck just enough for Kosti to miss it with his stick.


1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
Kosti's momentum carried him into Servinis but the RPI forward was able to stay on his skates, the same could not be said for Duluth defender Jim Johnson who went tumbling head over heels into the boards and allowed Servinis to shoot the puck into the vacated net. Duluth tied the game again when 1985 Hobey Baker Award winner Bill Watson shot his own rebound in behind Puppa. UMD's second lead of the game came from a Bob Herzig shot in the high slot that went under Puppa's glove. With regulation winding down and their chances dwindling, RPI fought to keep the puck alive in the Duluth end and, after a pass from behind the net, the puck pinballed off a Duluth skate right to Ken Hammond who slid the puck into the net.


1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
The two teams continued to battle for the first two 10-minute overtimes but at the end of the second tempers flared and the teams ended up with a slew of penalties. The third overtime period began 3-on-3 and after two minutes the teams played 4-on-4, but because Duluth had taken one additional penalty, the Engineers found themselves on a power play from a penalty that had happened 4 minutes earlier.


1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
The Bulldogs were able to survive most of the disadvantage but with only 15 seconds left in the penalty Carter fired a shot from the point that deflected off a Duluth stick and into the net, ending the game that saw RPI setting a new Frozen Four record with 16 penalties (followed closely by Duluth's 14).


1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament, Championship
Rensselaer made their first championship appearance in 31 years with only Providence standing in their way. The Friars were coming off their own triple overtime victory in the semifinal but had an extra day to recover from the exertion. The extra playing time didn't seem to faze the Engineers, however, as RPI opened the scoring with a power play goal less than 5 minutes into the game. Rensselaer dominated the play but couldn't get the puck past Chris Terreri on any of their other 13 shots of the period and had to settle for a 1–0 lead after 20 minutes.


1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament, Championship
It was more of the same in the second period but, after giving Providence a brief 5-on-3 advantage, George Servinis scored his second short-handed goal of the Frozen Four at the tail-end of the second penalty to give the Engineers a two-goal cushion. After that Terreri stood on his head and turned aside every RPI shot that came his way. Even with a 2–0 lead Rensselaer looked to be overpowering the Friars, leading in the shot total 31 to 12 after 40 minutes. Providence responded in the third, firing 10 shots at Puppa with Paul Cavallini finding the twine on the power play, but it was too little too late and when the final horn sounded RPI had won their second national title.


1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season, Season, Awards and Honors
Unsurprisingly Chris Terreri was given the tournament MOP, the last player to do so who did not play for the championship team, but four Engineers did make the All-Tournament team: Tim Friday, Ken Hammond, Adam Oates and George Servinis. Oates finished the season third in the nation in scoring with 91 points and first in points per game (2.39), narrowly outpacing Bill Watson's 2.36 ppg mark. Oates' scoring prowess earned him a spot on the AHCA All-American East First Team along with Hammond while John Carter made the Second Team. All three made the All-ECAC First Team while Daren Puppa, despite finishing second in the nation with 30 wins and third with a 2.56 goals against average received no further mention beyond tournament MOP.


1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season, Season, Awards and Honors
While the national championship in itself was the main goal for the Engineers, the fact that they won against one of the Hockey East teams that had broken away from ECAC Hockey over the previous summer probably made the victory just that much sweeter.


1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season, Players drafted into the NHL, 1985 NHL Entry Draft
Adam Oates, undrafted by his 22nd birthday, was able to sign a professional contract after forgoing his final year of eligibility. The $1.1 million deal he inked with Detroit was the most lucrative contract for a rookie at the time and the arms race for Oates' services led directly to the NHL instituting the Supplemental Draft. The secondary draft was used for players who were otherwise ineligible for the standard NHL Entry Draft.


1984–85 Rangers F.C. season
The 1984–85 season was the 105th season of competitive football by Rangers.


1984–85 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Rangers played a total of 49 competitive matches during the 1984–85 season.


1984–85 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
The season was Wallace's first full season in charge since his return. The team continued the strong form they had ended the previous season in, and by Christmas were in third place, in touching distance of the top of the table. However, a defeat to rivals Celtic on New Year's Day saw the club's form completely implode, and they only won four more league games all season. Rangers again finished fourth in the league by a massive twenty-one point record behind champions Aberdeen. This disappointment was not caused due to a lack of investment in the playing squad. A total of £495,000 was spent bringing in Iain Ferguson and Cammy Fraser from Dundee, Ted McMinn from Queen of the South and bringing back Derek Johnstone from Chelsea.


1984–85 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
The club won the Scottish League Cup (Skol Cup) for he second season in a row defeating Dundee United in the final. A solitary Iain Ferguson strike gave Rangers a 1–0 win.


1984–85 Ranji Trophy
The 1984–85 Ranji Trophy was the 51st season of the Ranji Trophy. The season was preceded by celebrations on the completion of fifty years and a one-day series by Australia. Mumbai won their 30th title defeating Delhi in the final considered one of the best in the history of Ranji Trophy. During the tournament, Ravi Shastri batting for Mumbai against Baroda, scored a double-century in 113 minutes, a record that would stand for more than thirty years.


1984–85 Real Madrid CF season
The 1984–85 Real Madrid Club de Fútbol season was the club's 83rd season in existence and their 54th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.


1984–85 Real Madrid CF season, Summary
The club announced a new trainer Amancio Amaro on 21 May 1984 the former player trained reserve team Castilla the last two seasons in a sign of President Luis de Carlos about to accelerate the transitional stage of "La Quinta del Buitre" which Amancio managed himself. The team was reinforced with Argentine forward Jorge Valdano from Real Zaragoza also came to the club from Castilla goalkeeper Otxotorena and young midfielder Michel.


1984–85 Real Madrid CF season, Summary
During September a players labour strike occurred and Real Madrid played the second round on 9 September 1984 with its reserve team. However, a Federal Court suspended the third round until Clubs and Football Players reach an agreement, which it was signed two weeks later and League championship was restarted again. After 4 seasons without a League title and a bad streak of results during this campaign chairman Luis de Carlos under pressure from Board of directors anticipated the Presidential Election one year before, instead of 1986. On 1 May 1985 former vice-president Ramon Mendoza remain as the sole candidate to the election after the other two challengers Eduardo Peña and Juanito Navarro declined.


1984–85 Real Madrid CF season, Summary
Finally, on 24 May 1985 Luis de Carlos appointed Mendoza as new president. In addition to La Liga, Real Madrid also competed in the Copa del Rey, the Copa de la Liga, and the UEFA Cup Real Madrid secured their first ever UEFA Cup trophy with a win over Hungarian side Videoton in the final after 19 years without a continental title. By defeating city rivals Atlético in the final of the Copa de la Liga, Real also secured their first and only title in that competition.


1984–85 Real Madrid CF season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1984–85 Rochdale A.F.C. season
The 1984–85 season saw Rochdale compete in their 11th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division.


1984–85 Roller Hockey Champions Cup
The 1985–86 Roller Hockey Champions Cup was the 20th edition of the Roller Hockey Champions Cup organized by CERH.


1984–85 Roller Hockey Champions Cup, Teams
The champions of the main European leagues played this competition, consisting in a double-legged knockout tournament. As Spanish champions Barcelona qualified as title holder, Tordera was also admitted as the Spanish representative.


1984–85 Romania rugby union tour of England
The 1984–85 Romania rugby union tour of England was a series of three matches played by the Romania national rugby union team in England in December 1984 and January 1985. The Romanian team lost all three of their tour matches including the single international against the England national rugby union team.


1984–85 Romania rugby union tour of England
It was the first official match between England and Romania, at that time the best European team outside the Five Nation tournament.


1984–85 Romanian Hockey League season
The 1984–85 Romanian Hockey League season was the 55th season of the Romanian Hockey League. Six teams participated in the league, and Steaua Bucuresti won the championship.


1984–85 Rugby Football League season
The 1984–85 Rugby Football League season was the 90th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Sixteen teams played each other from August, 1984 until May, 1985 for the Slalom Lager Championship. Also these 16 teams plus several more competed for the Challenge Cup.


1984–85 Rugby Football League season, Season summary
Aside from retaining the Championship Hull Kingston Rovers won the John Player Special Trophy and reached the finals of both the Premiership and Yorkshire Cup, they were beaten in the Semi-Final of the Challenge Cup meaning they played in every possible game of the season bar one.


1984–85 Rugby Football League season, Season summary
On 21 October 1984 Peter Wood kicked a record-equalling five drop goals for Runcorn Highfield in a match against Batley. On October 28, two tries by Mal Meninga inspire St. Helens, to beat Wigan 26–18, and win the Lancashire County Cup for the first time in 16 years.


1984–85 Rugby Football League season, Season summary
The 1985 Man of Steel Award went to Bradford Northern utility back, Ellery Hanley. He also became the first man to score more than 50 tries in a season since Billy Boston, and the first non-winger to reach this figure for 70 years.


1984–85 Rugby Football League season, Season summary
The increase of the Second Division to 20 teams meant that it would have taken 38 rounds to play out a full double round robin, which was considered too many matches, so a complicated fixture formula was used to reduce it to 28. For this season, Huyton relocated and were renamed Runcorn Highfield, Cardiff City Blue Dragons relocated and were renamed Bridgend Blue Dragons, and Kent Invicta relocated and were renamed were Southend Invicta, Huddersfield were renamed  Huddersfield Barracudas, and Mansfield Marksman, and Sheffield Eagles joined the Second Division. As of 2017, 11th in the Second Division is the lowest position that Wakefield Trinity have ever finished.


1984–85 Rugby Football League season, Season summary
St. Helens beat Wigan 26–18 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Hull F.C. beat Hull Kingston Rovers 29–12 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.


1984–85 Rugby Football League season, Championship
Hull Kingston Rovers finished on top of the First Division table to claim their fifth championship.


1984–85 Rugby Football League season, Challenge Cup
The 1984–85 Silk Cut Challenge Cup was won by Wigan after defeating Hull F.C. in the final.


1984–85 Rugby Football League season, Challenge Cup
The Final was played on 4 May at Wembley before a crowd of 99,801 and is arguably the greatest ever in Challenge Cup history. Just after half-time Hull were 22 – 8 down before staging a fight back, but Wigan held on to win 28–24, ushering in an era of dominance for the club.


1984–85 Rugby League Premiership
The 1984–85 Rugby League Premiership was the 11th end of season Rugby League Premiership competition.


1984–85 Rugby Union County Championship
The 1984–85 Thorn EMI Rugby Union County Championship was the 85th edition of England's County Championship rugby union club competition.


1984–85 Rugby Union County Championship
Middlesex won their 8th title after defeating Notts, Lincs & Derby in the final.


1984–85 S.L. Benfica season
The 1984–85 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 81st season in existence and the club's 51st consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 July 1984 to 30 June 1985. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal and the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, and participated in the European Cup after winning the previous league.


1984–85 S.L. Benfica season
In the off-season, Sven-Göran Eriksson left for Roma and Benfica hired Tomislav Ivic. Major departures included Fernando Chalana and Glenn Strömberg. To counter, the club added Jorge Silva, Wando and Adelino Nunes. Even before the end of the season, Ivic resigned and Benfica was forced to replace him in August. The selected was Pál Csernai. Benfica never performed as expected and even suffered their longest ever win-less period in the Primeira Divisão. In the end, the team ended in third place, 12 points from first place, and lost the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. Still, it was not a trophy-less season as Benfica conquered their 19th Taça de Portugal in a 3–1 win against Porto.


1984–85 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
Benfica entered the new season as defending Champions, but with significant changes. After two years in Portugal, Sven-Göran Eriksson was hired by Roma. Same of the names speculated as replacement were Georges Heylens, John Mortimore and Gilbert Gress. The new manager was announced on 6 July, Croatian Tomislav Ivic. In the transfer season, Benfica lost two major players, Fernando Chalana and Glenn Strömberg. To replace him, Benfica signed domestic players like Jorge Silva, Wando and Adelino Nunes. The club also approached Torbjörn Nilsson, Washington and Walter Casagrande, but nothing came out of it.


1984–85 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
The pre-season began on 19 July, with games scheduled with Bordeaux on late July, the Lisbon International Tournament in August, and the presentation game with Vasco da Gama after that. After just one game in charge, on 31 July, Tomislav Ivic resigned because he wanted to get paid in dollars. The position was offered to assistant manager Toni but he declined it for unspecified reasons. On 9 August, Benfica selected Pál Csernai as Ivic's replacement.


1984–85 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
The league campaign started in the best of ways, with two wins, but on match-day 3, Benfica lost in the Clássico with Porto. In October, Benfica began their European Cup campaign with Crvena Zvezda, defeating them on aggregate. In the second round, Benfica met Liverpool and were eliminated. Now fully focused on the league campaign, Benfica lost in the Derby de Lisboa in late December and got delayed in the battle to retain his league title. There were now 6 points shy of leaders Porto.


1984–85 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
On 20 January, Benfica drew with Braga on match-day 17 and started their biggest ever win-less period in the Primeira Divisão. They would spend two and half months without winning in the league, with six draws and one loss. Despite that, a Taça de Portugal campaign involving only second tier teams allowed the team to progress through the rounds with ease.


1984–85 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
The team eventually resettled and won all league matches in April. In the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, a one-nil win for both Benfica and Porto forced a replay of the competition. In early May, John Mortimore was confirmed as new manager, with Csernai still in charge for another month. Before the end of May, Benfica lost away in the first leg of the Supertaça to Porto, but won the Derby de Lisboa with Sporting by 3–1, reducing the distance between them.


1984–85 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
In June, Benfica lost again in the Supertaça, losing the competition and finished the league in third place, 12 points behind Porto and five from Sporting. The season finished with the Taça de Portugal Final against Porto, with Benfica winning 3–1. It was their 19th Taça de Portugal win in 25 Finals, their seventh in eight against Porto. After the win, Manuel Bento sent a jab to Csernai: "It was not Csernai who made the line up, that's why we won. It was Carlos Manuel and Minervino Pietra who opened his eyes."


1984–85 S.L. Benfica season, Player statistics
The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Pál Csernai (manager), Toni (assistant manager), Eusébio assistant manager), Júlio Borges (Director of Football), Amilcar Miranda (Doctor).


1984–85 S.L. Benfica season, Player statistics
Note 1: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1984–85 S.L. Benfica season, Player statistics
Note 2: Players with squad numbers marked ‡ joined the club during the 1984-85 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.


1984–85 S.S. Lazio season
S.S. Lazio finished in 15th place, relegated from Serie A.


1984–85 S.S.C. Napoli season
S.S.C. Napoli improved by three positions following the arrival of Diego Maradona at the club. The new #10 had been bought from FC Barcelona on a World record transfer fee, and he fulfilled expectations with 14 goals in his debut season, making him the third best scorer in the entire league. The teams' league performance, however, was only average, ending up eight of out 16 teams. The previous season had almost resulted in relegation, so Maradona's arrival certainly boosted the team well before its two scudetti.


1984–85 S.S.C. Napoli season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1984–85 SK Rapid Wien season
The 1984–85 SK Rapid Wien season was the 87th season in club history.


1984–85 SM-liiga season
The 1984-85 SM-liiga season was the 10th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 10 teams participated in the league, and Ilves Tampere won the championship.


1984–85 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team
The 1984–85 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team represented Southern Methodist University during the 1984–85 men's college basketball season. There, they defeated Old Dominion to advance to the Second Round. In the Second Round, they lost to the #4 seed Loyola (IL), 70–57.


1984–85 San Antonio Spurs season
The 1984–85 NBA season was the Spurs' ninth season in the NBA, the 12th in San Antonio, and the 18th season as a franchise. This would be George Gervin's last season with the team before getting traded to the Chicago Bulls following the season. It was also Alvin Robertson's NBA debut.


1984–85 Santosh Trophy
The 1984–85 Santosh Trophy was the 41st edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held Uttar Pradesh. Punjab defeated Maharashtra 3–0 in the final to win the competition for their fourth time.


1984–85 Santosh Trophy, Quarter Final Group A
Maharashtra 1 - 0 Punjab (Anthony D'Souza) Maharashtra 1 - 0 Bengal (Anthony D'Souza) Maharashrta 4 - 0 Himachal Pradesh


1984–85 Saudi Premier League
1984 saw the 9th season in Saudi Arabian top-flight football. Al-Hilal won the title for the 3rd time and the first since 1979.


1984–85 Saudi Premier League
The league was also expanded to feature 12 teams, with no relegation from the season before.


1984–85 Saudi Premier League
Newly promoted sides Al Ohud and Al Jabalain went straight back down.


1984–85 Scottish Cup
The 1984–85 Scottish Cup was the 100th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic who defeated Dundee United in the final. The first round saw Stirling Albion record a 20–0 win over non-league Selkirk. This was the biggest win in British senior football in the 20th Century.


1984–85 Scottish First Division
The 1984–85 Scottish First Division season was won by Motherwell, who were promoted along with Clydebank to  the Premier Division. Meadowbank Thistle and St Johnstone were relegated to the Second Division.


1984–85 Scottish Inter-District Championship
The 1984–85 Scottish Inter-District Championship was a rugby union competition for Scotland's district teams.


1984–85 Scottish League Cup
The 1984–85 Scottish League Cup was the thirty-ninth season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Rangers, who defeated Dundee United in the Final.


1984–85 Scottish Premier Division
The 1984–85 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Aberdeen, seven points ahead of Celtic. Dumbarton and Morton were relegated. As of 2021-22, this is the last season that a team other than Rangers or Celtic has won the top level of Scottish football; it also marked a third consecutive year that a team other than Celtic or Rangers won the Scottish title, the only time this has ever happened.


1984–85 Scottish Second Division
The 1984–85 Scottish Second Division was won by Montrose who, along with second placed Alloa Athletic, were promoted to the First Division. Arbroath finished bottom.


1984–85 Seattle SuperSonics season
The 1984–85 NBA season was the SuperSonics' 18th season in the NBA.


1984–85 Seattle SuperSonics season
It is also their first year without All-Star Gus Williams.


1984–85 Seattle SuperSonics season, Player stats
Note: GP= Games played; FG= Field Goals; FT= Free Throws; FTA = Free Throws Attempted; AST = Assists; PTS = Points


1984–85 Seattle SuperSonics season, Awards and records
1985 NBA All-Star Game selections (game played on February 10, 1985)


1984–85 Segunda División
The 1984–85 Segunda División season saw 20 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. UD Las Palmas, Cádiz CF and Celta de Vigo were promoted to Primera División. UD Salamanca, Granada CF, CD Calvo Sotelo and CF Lorca Deportiva were relegated to Segunda División B.


1984–85 Segunda División B
The 1984–85 Segunda División B season was the 8th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 1 September 1984, and the season ended in 17 May 1985.


1984–85 Segunda División B, Overview before the season
40 teams joined the league, including four relegated from the 1983–84 Segunda División and 6 promoted from the 1983–84 Tercera División. The composition of the groups was determined by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, attending to geographical criteria.


1984–85 Segunda División B, Group I, Teams
Teams from Andorra, Aragon, Asturias, Basque Country, Castile and León, Catalonia, Galicia and Navarre.


1984–85 Segunda División B, Group II
Teams from Andalusia, Balearic Islands, Castilla–La Mancha, Catalonia, Ceuta, Extremadura, Madrid and Valencian Community.


1984–85 Serie A
The 1984–85 Serie A season heralded Hellas Verona's first and so far only Scudetto. Unusually, none of the big three of Juventus, Milan or Internazionale managed to finish in the top two. Ascoli, Lazio and Cremonese all got relegated to Serie B. Italy had one more place from the UEFA ranking.


1984–85 Serie A
It was the only season when referees were assigned to matches by way of a random draw instead of being assigned to a specific match by a special commission of referees ('designatori arbitrali'). After the betting scandal of the early 1980s (the 'calcioscommesse' scandal) it had been decided to clean up the image of Italian football by assigning referees randomly instead of picking them, in order to clear up all the suspicions and accusations.


1984–85 Serie A, Teams
Atalanta, Como and Cremonese, all from Lombardy, had been promoted from Serie B.


1984–85 Serie A (ice hockey) season
The 1984–85 Serie A season was the 51st season of the Serie A, the top level of ice hockey in Italy. Ten teams participated in the league, and HC Bolzano won the championship by defeating HC Alleghe in the final.


1984–85 Serie B
The Serie B 1984–85 was the fifty-third tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.


1984–85 Serie B, Teams
Parma, Bologna, Bari and Taranto had been promoted from Serie C, while Genoa, Pisa and Catania had been relegated from Serie A.


1984–85 Serie C1
The 1984–85 Serie C1 was the seventh edition of Serie C1, the third highest league in the Italian football league system.


1984–85 Serie C1, Overview, Serie C1/A
It was contested by 18 teams, and Brescia won the championship. It was decided that Brescia, Lanerossi Vicenza was promoted to Serie B, and Jesina, Asti T.S.C., Pistoiese, Treviso was demoted in Serie C2.


1984–85 Serie C1, Overview, Serie C1/B
It was contested by 18 teams, and Catanzaro won the championship. It was decided that Catanzaro, Palermo was promoted to Serie B, and Reggina, Francavilla, Akragas, Nocerina was demoted in Serie C2.


1984–85 Sheffield Shield season
The 1984–85 Sheffield Shield season was the 83rd season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. New South Wales won the championship.


1984–85 South Midlands League
The 1984–85 South Midlands League season was 56th in the history of South Midlands League.


1984–85 South Midlands League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 11 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 5 new clubs:


1984–85 South Midlands League, Division One
The Division One featured 10 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 4 new clubs:


1984–85 South Pacific cyclone season
The 1984–85 South Pacific cyclone season was an above-average tropical cyclone season, with nine tropical cyclones occurring within the basin between 160°E and 120°W. The season ran from November 1, 1984, to April 30, 1985, with tropical cyclones officially monitored by the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS), Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) and New Zealand's MetService. The United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) and other national meteorological services including Météo-France and NOAA also monitored the basin during the season.


1984–85 South Pacific cyclone season
During the season there was nine tropical cyclones occurring within the basin, including three that moved into the basin from the Australian region. The BoM, MetService and RSMC Nadi all estimated sustained wind speeds over a period of 10-minutes, which are subsequently compared to the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale, while the JTWC estimated sustained winds over a 1-minute period, which are subsequently compared to the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS).


1984–85 South Pacific cyclone season, Seasonal summary
During November and December no significant tropical cyclones developed in or moved into the basin in the region,


1984–85 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Unnamed Tropical Cyclone
An unnamed tropical cyclone existed from December 26 to December 28.


1984–85 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Monica
Tropical Cyclone Monica existed from December 29 to December 30.


1984–85 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Drena
Tropical Cyclone Drena existed from January 9 to January 16.


1984–85 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Eric
On January 13, TCWC Nadi started to monitor a shallow depression that had developed within the monsoon trough about 725 km (450 mi) to the west of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. Over the next day the system moved eastwards and developed further as gale-force winds developed near the systems centre before the JTWC initiated advisories on the system and designated it as Tropical Cyclone 11P during January 14. The system was subsequently named Eric by TCWC Nadi as it moved closer to Espiritu Santo and became equivalent to a category 1 tropical cyclone.


1984–85 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Eric
During January 15, Eric passed near or over Espiritu Santo, as it continued to intensify before it turned and accelerated south-eastwards. Eric subsequently became equivalent to a category 3 severe tropical cyclone early the next day, before an Air Pacific flight from Fiji to the Solomon Islands located the systems eye on radar.


1984–85 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Eric
During January 17, Eric's well defined eye came into the range of Nadi airports surveillance radar, before TCWC Nadi estimated that Eric had peaked with 10-minute sustained wind-speeds of 150 km/h (90 mph). During that day Eric's eye seemed to contract to around 15 km (10 mi) as it made passed through Fiji's Western Division and made landfall on the Fijian main island of Viti Levu about 10 km (5 mi) to the south of Nadi.


1984–85 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Eric
After the system had made landfall, the JTWC estimated that Eric had peaked with 1-minute sustained wind speeds of 185 km/h (115 mph), which made it equivalent to a category 3 hurricane on the SSHWS. The system subsequently passed near or over Fiji's capital: Suva before emerging into the Korro Sea and weakening. Eric subsequently passed through the Tonga's Ha'apai islands just to the south of Nomuka during January 18, before it gradually weakened and was last noted during January 20, over 1,800 km (1,120 mi) to the south of Papeete, French Polynesia.


1984–85 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Nigel
Late on January 16, Tropical Cyclone Nigel moved into the South Pacific basin from the Australian region. During the next day the system continued to move eastwards and developed an eye, before it became equivalent to a modern-day category 3 severe tropical cyclone.


1984–85 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Odette
At around 1300 UTC on January 19, Severe Tropical Cyclone Odette moved into the South Pacific Basin from the Australian Region.


1984–85 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Freda
During January 26, the FMS reported that a depression was located within the vicinity of the Southern Cook Islands about 150 km (95 mi) to the west-northwest of the island of Aitutaki.


1984–85 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Gavin
Gavin caused widespread flooding within the western division of Fiji, with seven people killed as a result.


1984–85 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Hina
Hina was one of the most intense tropical cyclones ever recorded in the South Pacific basin. Having a distinct rainband and well defined outflow with low wind shear and warm water temperature, Hina underwent a period of Explosive Deepening (rapid intensification) The storm continued southward. Due to unfavorable conditions and an approaching Eyewall Replacement Cycle, the storm weakened into a tropical storm. As its center became ill-defined, the storm lost winds of tropical storm force and weakened into a tropical depression. The remnants dissipated some time later.


1984–85 South Pacific cyclone season, Season effects
This table lists all the storms that developed in the South Pacific basin during the 1984–85 season. It includes their intensity on the Australian Tropical cyclone intensity scale, duration, name, areas affected, deaths, and damages.


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season was an average cyclone season. Tropical cyclones in this basin are monitored by the Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre in Réunion. The first storm formed in mid-November, though it was not officially named. A few days later, the first official storm of the year (Anety) formed. In December, one storm formed. During January 1985, two tropical cyclones formed towards the end of the month. Three more systems developed in a short period of time in early to mid-February.


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
After nearly two more months of inactivity, an unusually powerful late season storm developed (Helisaonina) in mid-April, which was the strongest storm of the year. While a number of storms during the season reached severe tropical storm status, only one of those intensified further. Even though two tropical cyclones this year made landfall, no known damage was recorded.


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal summary
During the season, advisories were issued by Météo-France's (MFR) meteorological office at Réunion. At the time, the MFR area of warning responsibility was from the coast of Africa to 80° E, and the agency primarily used the Dvorak technique to estimate the intensities of tropical cyclones.


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal summary
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), which is a joint United States Navy – United States Air Force task force that issues tropical cyclone warnings for the region, also tracked a long-lived tropical storm in November in addition to the 8 storms MFR named, which is comparable to the average of nine named storms per year. Following the season, the boundary for the basin was extended to 90° E.


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Storm 01S
According to the JTWC, a tropical depression formed on November 9 quite far from land. However, the system was never monitored by MFR. Tracking southwest throughout its lifetime, the JTWC upgraded the system into a tropical storm on November 11. Twelve hours later, the storm attained peak intensity of 50 mph (80 km/h). The storm gradually weakened, and at 0000UTC on November 14, it fell to a depression. On November 17, 01S was no more.


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Anety
Early on November 20, the JTWC reported that a tropical depression had developed. Shortly thereafter, MFR reported that a tropical disturbance had formed. The low moved west-southwest while gradually deepening. Late on November 20, MFR upgraded the system into a moderate tropical storm. The storm failed to intensify further as it had moved onshore northern Madagascar. By November 21, MFR estimated that the storm weakened back into a disturbance. After emerging into the Mozambique Channel, Anety reportedly re-intensified back to moderate tropical storm status. While making its closest approach to the African mainland, the storm resumed weakening while turning back southeast. On November 23, both agencies stopped monitoring the system.


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Bobalahy
During the morning hours of December 2, a tropical cyclone developed in extreme western portion of the Australian basin. After crossing the 80°E boundary that at that time separated the two basins the following day, MFR classified the system as a tropical depression. Early on December 4, the agency upgraded the system into a moderate tropical storm. Moving steadily southwest, it gradually intensified, only to turn west on December 5. That day, MFR reported that Moderate Tropical Storm Bobalahy had attained peak intensity of 45 mph (70 km/h).


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Bobalahy
Around that time, the JTWC estimated that Bobalahy attained peak intensity of 65 mph (105 km/h). After maintaining peak intensity for a day or so, Bobalahy resumed a southwesterly path far from land while slowly weakening. On December 6, MFR downgraded the system into a tropical depression; the JTWC followed suit the next day. Now moving south-southwest, the JTWC stopped issuing advisories on the system as it had become extratropical. However, MFR continued to monitor the remnants of the system for four more days.


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Celestina
Well away from land, the JTWC reported that a tropical disturbance developed on January 1. Initially, the storm remained weak, but later on January 11, the JTWC noted that the system had intensified into a tropical storm. Continuing to intensify, the storm moved towards the southwest. On January 12, MFR first classified the system; within six hours, it was declared a moderate tropical storm. As Celestina made a turn towards the south-southwest, MFR estimated that Celestina attained peak intensity as a severe tropical storm at 0600 UTC on January 13.


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Celestina
According to the JTWC, the storm briefly developed hurricane-force winds; however, Celestina began to weakened thereafter. Moving south, Celestina was situated roughly 350 mi (565 km) east of Madagascar. Furthermore, on January 15, Celestina briefly re-intensified while undergoing a counterclockwise loop. By January 18, Celestina resumed a weakening trend; by that night, MFR downgraded the system into a tropical depression as it was now moving south-southwest. The storm was re-upgraded into a moderate tropical storm three days later, on January 21. However, this trend was short lived and that evening, the JTWC stopped monitoring the system. MFR followed suit at 0600 UTC on January 23. During its lifetime, Severe Tropical Storm Celestina brought rains to Reunion, peaking at 600 mm (25 in) in Trois-Bassins.


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Ditra
Severe Tropical Storm Ditra originated from a tropical depression that the JTWC first warned on January 26. At first, the storm moved southwest, but once it developed gale-force winds, the system turned south. At 1800 UTC on January 27, MFR started monitoring the low; early the next morning, MFR upgraded the system into a moderate tropical storm. Twelve hours later, the JTWC estimated that Ditra had intensified into winds equal to a Category 1 on Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS).


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Ditra
During the early morning hours of January 29, Ditra intensified into a severe tropical storm as the storm briefly turned west-southwest. Shortly thereafter, the JTWC announced that Ditra had attained its peak intensity of 80 mph (130 km/h). While the JTWC suggests that the storm gradually weakened during this time, MFR suggests that Ditra continued to intensify; they estimated that Ditra peaked in intensity on 0600 UTC January 30. Around this time, Ditra made its closet approach to Reunion, passing about 150 mi (240 km) south-southeast of the island.


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Ditra
After maintaining this intensity for several hours, Ditra rapidly weakened as it accelerated to the southeast. It steadily weakened and late on January 31, the JTWC reportedly downgraded the system into a depression. Both agencies stopped monitoring Tropical Depression Ditra the following day. On January 29, Dirta passed just east of Rodrigues, bringing heavy rains.


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Esitera
On February 9, MFR first classified the system as a tropical depression about 400 mi (645 km) east of the northern tip of Madagascar. Never warned on by the JTWC, the storm moved southwest. After briefly weakening into a tropical disturbance, the storm suddenly re-intensified into a moderate tropical storm as Esitera re-curved to the southwest. On February 11, MFR stopped keeping an eye on the system.


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Gerimena
On February 11, MFR reported that a moderate tropical storm formed over 700 mi (1,125 km) east of Reunion. The storm erratically drifted south for the two days when the JTWC declared the system a tropical depression. Subsequently, the system turned north-northwest and slowed. Data from the MF suggests that Moderate Tropical Storm Gerimena rapidly degenerated tropical disturbance before slowly re-intensifying; however, the JTWC suggests it gradually intensified. Before turning west, the JTWC upgraded the system into a tropical storm midday on February 14.


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Gerimena
According to the JTWC, Gerimena reached a secondary peak with winds of 50 mph (80 km/h) before weakening a little. Meanwhile, MFR upgraded the system back to moderate tropical storm status. Slowly intensifying, Gerimena turned south. Although the JTWC suggest that Gerimena briefly weakened on January 18 while turning east, data from MFR shows that Gerimena did not weaken until 1800 UTC February 19. On January 20, however, both agencies agree that Gerimena started to re-intensify. The next day, the JTWC reported that the storm intensified into a hurricane even though MFR suggests that the system was just a disturbance by that time. Not long after becoming a hurricane, the JTWC remarked that Cyclone Gerimena had attained peak intensity.


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Gerimena
Shortly thereafter, data from the JTWC suggests that Gerimena weakened as it turned southeast. Then, it turned east-southeast. On February 24, Gerimena briefly level off in intensity while turning back to south. Furthermore, the JTWC stopped keeping an eye on Gerimena at 0000 UTC on February 26 as the storm re-curved east. However, MFR continued to track Gerimena until March 4 as it fluctuated in intensity.


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Gerimena
For several days, the storm dropped heavy rainfall on Réunion, reaching 756 mm (29.8 in).


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Feliska
On February 12, MFR first designated what would later become Feliska while it was centered north of the Mozambique Channel. The next day, MFR downgraded Feliska into a tropical depression. Hours later, the JTWC first monitored the system. Drifting east, the depression gradually intensified. MFR reported that the system regained moderate tropical storm intensity at 1800 UTC that day. Early on February 13, the JTWC upgraded Feliska into a tropical storm as it turned north. While slowing gaining strength, Feliska turned east. By 0000 UTC February 16, MFR declared that Feliska attained peak intensity.


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Feliska
Moreover, the JTWC suggested that Feliska had peaked in intensity, with winds of 60 mph (95 km/h). Thereafter, Feliska turned south and start a slow weakening trend. On February 17, Feliska briefly weakened into a tropical depression. That night Feliska was re-upgraded into a moderate tropical storm as it made landfall along northeastern Madagascar. At that time of landfall, the JTWC estimated that Feliska was still a tropical storm. After moving inland, MFR stopped monitoring the system, though the JTWC kept tracking Feliska for another 24 hours as it headed southeast.


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Helisaonina
On April 10, MFR reportedly classified a low far from any land masses. Later that day, the JTWC upgraded Helisaonina into a tropical depression after turning from west to southwest. On April 11, MFR upgraded the system into a Severe Tropical Storm. At 0600 UTC the next day, the JTWC upgraded the system into a hurricane while MFR upgraded the system into tropical cyclone intensity. That evening, the JTWC announced that it had developed winds equivalent to Category 2 intensity.


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Helisaonina
Two days after becoming a severe tropical storm, on April 13, the JTWC upgraded Helisaonina to the equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane. While undergoing a counterclockwise loop, the JTWC reported that Cyclone Helisaonina had peaked in intensity with 120 mph (195 km/h) winds. At that time, 000 UTC April 14, MFR estimated it attained peak wind speed, with winds of 90 mph (145 km/h).


1984–85 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Helisaonina
After attaining peak intensity, the storm weakened rapidly as it began to move west-northwest. Later that morning, MFR downgraded the system into a severe tropical storm. By April 15, MFR downgraded the system into a tropical depression. That very day, the JTWC reported that winds of Helisaonina had fallen below hurricane-force. During the morning hours of April 17, the JTWC downgraded Helisaonina into a depression. Shortly thereafter, MFR stopped monitoring the system. After re-curving just east of Madagascar, Helisaonina dissipated according to the JTWC on April 18. While the storm was looping close to Rodrigues, it produced wind gusts of 117 km/h (73 mph).


1984–85 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season
The 1984–85 SEC women's basketball season began with practices in October 1984, followed by the start of the 1984–85 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 1985 and concluded in March, followed by the 1985 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament.


1984–85 Southern Football League
The 1984–85 Southern Football League season was the 82nd in the history of the league, an English football competition.


1984–85 Southern Football League, Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 20 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:


1984–85 Southern Football League, Midland Division
The Midland Division consisted of 19 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:


1984–85 Southern Football League, Southern Division
The Southern Division consisted of 20 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:


1984–85 Southern Football League, Southern Division
Also, at the end of the previous season Hillingdon Borough was renamed Hillingdon.


1984–85 Southern Football League, Southern Division
At the end of the season Hillingdon merged with London Spartan League club Burnham to form a new club Burnham & Hillingdon, who took over a place in the Southern Football League.


1984–85 Soviet Cup
The 1984–85 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union. The winner of the competition, Dinamo Kiev qualified for the continental tournament.


1984–85 Soviet Cup, Competition schedule, Second preliminary round
All games took place on August 10 (or 20), 1984.


1984–85 Soviet League season
The 1984–85 Soviet Championship League season was the 39th season of the Soviet Championship League, the top level of ice hockey in the Soviet Union. 12 teams participated in the league, and CSKA Moscow won the championship.


1984–85 Sporting de Gijón season
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1984–85 Sporting de Gijón season
The 1984–85 Sporting de Gijón season was the 24th season of the club in La Liga, the 10th consecutive after its last promotion.


1984–85 Sporting de Gijón season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1984–85 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
The 1984–85 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Bob Valvano, who was in his first year at the helm of the St. Francis Terriers. The Terrier's home games were played at the  Generoso Pope Athletic Complex. The team has been a member of the Northeast Conference since 1981, although at this time the conference was known as the ECAC Metro Conference.


1984–85 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
The Terriers finished their season at 7–21 overall and 3–11 in conference play. They played in the conference tournament with the 8th seed, but lost in the opening round to Marist.


1984–85 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
Bob Valvano, at the time of his hiring, was the youngest coach in NCAA Division I men's basketball. He is the brother of Jim Valvano, who led NC State to an NCAA Tournament championship in 1983. Valvano was given a one-year $26,000 contract by St. Francis.


1984–85 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
Magdi Ahamed, a freshman, was a member of the Sudan national basketball team.


1984–85 St. John's Redmen basketball team
The 1984–85 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his seventeenth year at the school. St. John's home games are played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden and the team is a member of the Big East Conference. The team finished 31–4, with three of the four losses coming to Georgetown.


1984–85 St. Louis Blues season
The 1984–85 St. Louis Blues season was the St. Louis Blues' 18th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).


1984–85 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against


1984–85 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1984–85 St. Louis Blues season, Draft picks
St. Louis's draft picks at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.


1984–85 Stoke City F.C. season
The 1984–85 season was Stoke City's 78th season in the Football League and 52nd in the First Division.


1984–85 Stoke City F.C. season
Bill Asprey was given the managerial position on a permanent basis by the board following the previous season's close escape. However Stoke won three of their 42 league matches managing to pick up 17 points, a record low which would stand for 21 years. Stoke scored 24 goals and conceded 91 giving them a goal difference of –67. Supporters stopped attending matches with crowds falling below 5,000. The season became known as The Holocaust season and Stoke would not gain a return to the top flight until 2008.


1984–85 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
The directors did not hesitate in appointing Bill Asprey on a full-time basis, but there was a shock for the supporters when it was announced that both Paul Maguire and Peter Hampton were being released. Asprey had decided to start building his own team but he knew that there was no money available for him and so a club once filled with international stars had to loan players from other clubs. As the season started goals were almost non-existent and by autumn Asprey had sold Robbie James for £100,000 to Queens Park Rangers so he could buy Keith Bertschin a proven goalscorer from Norwich City.


1984–85 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
Still there was no improvement and as the season wore on Stoke struggled to even compete with their First Division rivals and it turned into a case of when and not if Stoke would be relegated. Stoke went down breaking almost every record available: fewest goals scored (24); fewest wins (3); and lowest points tally (17). Ian Painter was top goalscorer with six of which four were penalties.


1984–85 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
With the season drawing to a close Asprey was relieved of his duties as his health had been affected by the season's traumas and Tony Lacey took over the last eight matches losing all of them. Chairman Frank Edwards took the full brunt of the supporters protests following relegation before he died following a heart attack. Sandy Clubb took over from Edwards and he appointed Mick Mills as manager as the club began to rebuild in the Second Division.


1984–85 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, FA Cup
Luton Town knocked out Stoke after a replay in the third round.


1984–85 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League Cup
Stoke were defeated by Third Division Rotherham United in the second round.


1984–85 Sussex County Football League
The 1984–85 Sussex County Football League season was the 60th in the history of Sussex County Football League a football competition in England.


1984–85 Sussex County Football League, Division One
Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division Two:


1984–85 Sussex County Football League, Division Two
Division Two featured 13 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:


1984–85 Sussex County Football League, Division Three
Division Three featured ten clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs:


1984–85 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team
The 1985–86 Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference during the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Gerald Myers, his 16th year with the team. The Red Raiders played their home games in the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas.


1984–85 Torino Calcio season, Season summary
In attempt to reborn, Torino bet on Brazilian playmaker Leo Junior. On 18 November, a goal by Aldo Serena - who scored during injury time - brought the win in citizen derby. A week later, "Toro" was knocked out by Hellas Verona that, due to this win, couldn't  top the league.


1984–85 Torino Calcio season, Season summary
Whilst Hellas would eventually win title, Radice's side managed to get a second place useful to participate in UEFA Cup for 1985–86 season.


1984–85 Toronto Maple Leafs season
The 1984–85 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 68th season of the Toronto NHL franchise, 58th season as the Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs finished last in the Norris Division and in the entire NHL with a record of 20-52-8 for 48 points.


1984–85 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against


1984–85 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1984–85 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Transactions
The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1984-85 season.


1984–85 Toto Cup Artzit
The 1984–85 Toto Cup Artzit was the 1st season of the second tier League Cup (as a separate competition) since its introduction.


1984–85 Toto Cup Artzit
It was held in two stages. First, the 16 Liga Artzit teams were divided into four groups. The group winners advanced to the semi-finals, which, as was the final, were held as one-legged matches.


1984–85 Toto Cup Artzit
The competition was won by Hapoel Ashkelon, who had beaten Bnei Yehuda 2–0 in the final.


1984–85 Toto Cup Artzit, Group stage
The matches were played from 30 October 1984 to 6 April 1985.


1984–85 Toto Cup Leumit
The 1984–85 Toto Cup Leumit was the 1st season of the third most important football tournament in Israel since its introduction.


1984–85 Toto Cup Leumit
It was held in two stages. First, the 16 Liga Leumit teams were divided into four groups. The group winners advanced to the semi-finals, which, as was the final, were held as one-legged matches.


1984–85 Toto Cup Leumit
The competition was won by Maccabi Yavne, who had beaten Beitar Jerusalem 2–1 in the final.


1984–85 Toto Cup Leumit, Group stage
The matches were played from 30 October 1984 to 6 April 1985.


1984–85 U.C. Sampdoria season
U.C. Sampdoria recorded its best league season since 1960-61, thanks to a fourth place-finish. President Mantovani had surprised the football world by signing Liverpool stalwart Graeme Souness to the squad, and it paid off, with Souness adapting quickly to Italian football, also helping the team to win the 1985 edition of Coppa Italia, which was the first ever title for the club. The defensive line, with Moreno Mannini, Pietro Vierchowod and Antonio Paganin among the crew, was the main reason for the success, Sampdoria conceding just 23 goals in 30 league matches played. Quite a few of the players were still with the club when it finally won the league title in 1991.


1984–85 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team
The 1984–85 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by fifth year head coach Bill Mulligan and played their home games at the Crawford Hall. They were members of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. They finished the season 13–17 and 8–10 in PCAA play.


1984–85 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team, Previous season
The 1983–84 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team returned finished with a record of 19–10 and 14–4 in PCAA play. Senior Forward Ben McDonald received AP Honorable Mention All-American Honors.


1984–85 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
The 1984–85 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles. The Bruins received their first invitation to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT)  in school history. The team went 5–0 and defeated the Indiana Hoosiers in the final; Reggie Miller was named the tournament's most valuable player.


1984–85 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
Walt Hazzard began his first season as head coach of UCLA after replacing Larry Farmer. The team included a core of seniors in center Brad Wright, power forward Gary Maloncon, and point guard Nigel Miguel. Miguel was a defensive stopper, and assigned to the opponents' best scorer. He was the only Bruin named to the all-conference team in the Pacific-10, and he was also the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year.


1984–85 UEFA Cup
The 1984–85 UEFA Cup was the fourteenth edition of the competition. It was won by Real Madrid, who gained an aggregate victory over Videoton of Hungary in a two-legged final.


1984–85 UEFA Cup, Second round, Second leg
1–1 on aggregate. Bohemians ČKD Praha won 4–2 on penalties.


1984–85 USAC Championship Car season
The 1984–85 USAC Gold Crown Championship season consisted of one race, the 69th Indianapolis 500 on May 26, 1985. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Danny Sullivan.


1984–85 USAC Championship Car season
The schedule was based on a split-calendar, beginning in June 1984 and running through May 1985. Since USAC had dropped out of sanctioning Indy car races outside the Indy 500, the Gold Crown Championship consisted of only one event. The preeminent national championship season was instead sanctioned by CART.


1984–85 United Counties League
The 1984–85 United Counties League season was the 78th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.


1984–85 United Counties League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs:


1984–85 United Counties League, Division One
Division One featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:


1984–85 United States network television schedule
The following is the 1984–85 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1984 through August 1985. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1983–84 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.


1984–85 United States network television schedule
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.


1984–85 United States network television schedule
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation but the schedule was set by each local station.


1984–85 United States network television schedule, Sunday
Note: Beginning December 16, ABC's Sunday schedule between 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. varied, consisting of three-hour broadcasts of The ABC Sunday Night Movie, two-hour broadcasts of The ABC Sunday Night Movie starting at 8:00 p.m. with specials airing at 10:00 p.m., specials airing at 8:00 p.m. followed by a two-hour broadcast of The ABC Sunday Night Movie starting at 9:00 p.m., or miniseries or sports programming during the entire three-hour block.


1984–85 United States network television schedule, By network, NBC
Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.


1984–85 United States network television schedule (daytime)
The 1984–85 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 1984 to August 1985.


1984–85 United States network television schedule (daytime), Schedule, Monday–Friday
ABC note: The Edge of Night aired its final episode on December 28, 1984. Afterwards, ABC rescinded the 4:00 pm time slot to its local stations. Many affiliates had already dropped the show by the time it was canceled.


1984–85 United States network television schedule (daytime), Schedule, Saturday
In the News aired at the end of most of CBS' Saturday morning shows (exceptions included Muppet Babies and CBS Storybreak).


1984–85 United States network television schedule (daytime), Schedule, Saturday
One to Grow On aired after the credits of NBC's Saturday morning shows except Mister T and two other shows.


1984–85 United States network television schedule (late night)
These are the late night Monday-Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1984. All times are Eastern/Pacific.


1984–85 United States network television schedule (late night)
Talk/variety shows are highlighted in yellow, network news programs in gold, and local news & programs are highlighted in white background.


1984–85 Utah Jazz season
The 1984–85 Utah Jazz season was future all-time NBA assist leader John Stockton's first in the NBA. The Jazz selected Stockton with the 16th overall pick in the 1984 NBA Draft.


1984–85 VCU Rams men's basketball team
The 1984–85 VCU Rams men's basketball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Mike Rhoades, his fourth year as VCU head coach. The team will play its home games at the Siegel Center in Richmond, Virginia, as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference.


1984–85 VCU Rams men's basketball team
This would be the final season where the team was ranked until 2012–13 season.


1984–85 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1984–85 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 15th in the National Hockey League (NHL).


1984–85 Vancouver Canucks season, Offseason
On May 18th, Bill LaForge was announced as the new head coach. At 32 years of age, LaForge would be the youngest coach in the NHL at the time. LaForge signed a two-year contract and promised tough practices, while emphasizing his Ph.D philosophy - pride, hustle, and desire.


1984–85 Vancouver Canucks season, Offseason
Having played the majority of the previous season with the team's minor-league affiliate, centre Gerry Minor was not offered a new contract. On May 30th, the team announced it had signed its first Finnish player, Petri Skriko. The 8th round selection in the 1981 Draft had most recently been a member of the Finnish National Team. After three seasons with the club, Lars Molin turned down a two-way contract and returned to his native Sweden to play with his former club, MoDo AIK.


1984–85 Vancouver Canucks season, Offseason
In the Entry Draft, the Canucks took 5'11" defenceman J. J. Daigneault with the tenth overall pick. He would have a solid rookie campaign, playing 67 games and collecting 27 points.


1984–85 Vancouver Canucks season, Offseason
On June 22nd, the club announced that veteran forward Al MacAdam had been acquired from the North Stars for future considerations. The following day, it was revealed that fan favourite Harold Snepsts would be heading to Minnesota after playing his entire ten-year career in a Canucks uniform.


1984–85 Vancouver Canucks season, Offseason
After neck problems had plagued him during the previous season, Darcy Rota underwent spinal fusion surgery on June 29th.


1984–85 Vancouver Canucks season, Offseason
Entering the option year of his contract and unable to agree to terms for a new one, enforcer Tiger Williams was dealt to the Detroit Red Wings for Rob McClanahan.


1984–85 Vancouver Canucks season, Offseason, Training camp
The Canucks held their training camp at the Cowichan Community Centre in Duncan, from September 18–21.


1984–85 Vancouver Canucks season, Offseason, Training camp
49 players took part in the training camp. Notable absences included Thomas Gradin and Patrik Sundström, who were representing Team Sweden in the Canada Cup tournament, as well as Darcy Rota and Stu Kulak who were both recovering from injuries.


1984–85 Vancouver Canucks season, Offseason, Training camp
Players were divided into three scrimmage teams, around which the training camp revolved. Aligning closely to coach LaForge's pride, hustle, and desire philosophy, the teams were named accordingly: Team Pride (captained by Ron Delorme); Team Hustle (captained by Doug Halward); Team Desire (captained by Stan Smyl). These scrimmage teams competed in a round-robin tournament, with the winning team claiming the Ph.D (Pride, Hustle, Desire) Cup. At the conclusion of each game, all players of the losing team were made to run a mile in full hockey gear. Those with bad knees were permitted to pedal five miles on a stationary bike in full hockey gear.


1984–85 Vancouver Canucks season, Regular season
The team continued to travel aboard their private jet, Air Canuck, for all road trips until late in the season when the plane was sold.


1984–85 Vancouver Canucks season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against


1984–85 Vancouver Canucks season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1984–85 Vancouver Canucks season, Schedule and results, Pre-season
The Canucks released their pre-season schedule on June 20, 1984.


1984–85 Vancouver Canucks season, Schedule and results, Pre-season
Notes: Game was played by the rookie squad. Game was played at Memorial Arena in Victoria. Game was played at Cowichan Community Centre in Duncan.


1984–85 Vancouver Canucks season, Schedule and results, Regular season
The Canucks released their regular season schedule on June 27, 1984.


1984–85 Vancouver Canucks season, Playoffs
The Canucks did not qualify the playoffs for the first time since the 1977–78 season.


1984–85 Vancouver Canucks season, Draft picks
Vancouver's draft picks at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.


1984–85 VfL Bochum season
The 1984–85 VfL Bochum season was the 47th season in club history.


1984–85 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team
The 1984–85 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represented Villanova University. The head coach was Rollie Massimino. The team played its home games at Villanova Field House in Villanova, Pennsylvania, and was a member of the Big East Conference. The team is famous for one of the biggest upsets in sports history – a 66–64 win over #1 Georgetown in the NCAA Tournament final on April 1, 1985.


1984–85 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Legacy
In 2013, author Frank Fitzpatrick released his book The Perfect Game: How Villanova’s Shocking 1985 Upset of Mighty Georgetown Changed the Landscape of College Hoops Forever focusing on the team's victorious season.


1984–85 WHL season
The 1984–85 WHL season was the 19th season for the Western Hockey League. Fourteen teams completed a 72-game season. The Prince Albert Raiders won the President's Cup before going on to win the Memorial Cup.


1984–85 WHL season, Regular season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes


1984–85 WIHL season
1984–85 was the 38th season of the Western International Hockey League.


1984–85 WIHL season
The Spokane Chiefs were named the 1984-85 Champions of the WIHL and advanced to play in the 1984-85 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs.


1984–85 WIHL season, Playoffs, Semi-finals
On Tuesday March 12, 1985, the Spokane Chiefs completed their four-game sweep of the hometown Kimberly Dynamites with a final score of 15-5. Gordie McKay scored four goals, with Bob Scurfield, Bruce Cullen and Gary Harpell scoring two goals apiece for the regular season champion Chiefs. The Chiefs won the best-of-seven Savage Cup semi-final series with scores of 8-1, 6-2, 11-2 and 15-5.


1984–85 WIHL season, Playoffs, Semi-finals
In the other series, the Nelson Maple Leafs defeated the Elk Valley Blazers four games to three in a series that went the full seven games.


1984–85 WIHL season, Playoffs, Semi-finals
The Spokane Chiefs and the Nelson Maple Leafs advanced to the Savage Cup final for the Western International Hockey League playoff championship and the right to compete in the Patton Cup playoffs for the Western Canada senior amateur title.


1984–85 WIHL season, Playoffs, Final
In the best-of-seven final, the Spokane Chiefs defeated Nelson Maple Leafs four games to one to win the Savage Cup. The Spokane Chiefs advanced to the 1984-85 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs.


1984–85 WKU Lady Toppers basketball team
The 1984–85 WKU Lady Toppers basketball team represents Western Kentucky University during the 1984–85 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Toppers were led by head coach Paul Sanderford and WKU all-time leading scorer Lillie Mason. The team finished second in the Sun Belt Conference and received a bid to the 1985 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they advanced to the Final Four. Mason, Clemette Haskins, and Kami Thomas were named to the All-Conference team and the SBC Tournament team. Mason was selected to the NCAA Final Four team as well as the being selected the NCAA Mideast Region Most Outstanding Player; Haskins joined her on the All-Region team.


1984–85 Washington Bullets season
The 1984–85 NBA season was the Bullets 24th season in the NBA and their 12th season in the city of Washington, D.C.


1984–85 Washington Capitals season
The 1984–85 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals eleventh season in the National Hockey League (NHL).


1984–85 Washington Capitals season, Regular season
Coming off their most successful season in their NHL history (48 wins, 101 points, 2nd place in the Patrick Division), the Capitals were expected to take over leadership of the division from the New York Islanders, whose fading dynasty was given a blow after the Oilers topped them in the 1984 Stanley Cup Finals.


1984–85 Washington Capitals season, Regular season
Instead, despite a solid start to the season, the Caps were struggling in the early going to keep up with the surprising Philadelphia Flyers. With a surge around the holidays, Washington ended up snagging first place and with the help of easy games throughout January, extended their division lead to double-digit points by the start of February.


1984–85 Washington Capitals season, Regular season
However, the Flyers came breathing down the Caps' necks from there. On February 9, Washington led Philly by 11 points, but a last-second loss to the Flyers at the Capital Centre triggered another battle for the division title.


1984–85 Washington Capitals season, Regular season
Although the Capitals didn't falter over the remaining games of the season, they were unable to hold off their scorching neighbors to the north — dropping a key pair of games in a home-and-home set on March 7 at the Spectrum (9–6) and March 8 at home (4–2) – which drew the clubs into a tie for first. Key losses at home to Boston and on the road at Hartford sealed their fate as the Flyers wrapped up the Patrick on March 28 with the Capitals a distant 10 points off the pace.


1984–85 Washington Capitals season, Regular season
Despite winning 46 games and posting another 101 point campaign, the Capitals wound up 12 points behind Philly, and won only once in seven games against them (1–5–1).


1984–85 Washington Capitals season, Regular season
That didn't take away from the career performances of Mike Gartner and Bobby Carpenter, who became the first Capitals teammates to post concurrent 50 goal seasons. Both Gartner (50) and Carpenter (53) posted career-highs in goal scoring and led a potent offense which tallied 322 times.


1984–85 Washington Capitals season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals againstNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1984–85 Washington Capitals season, Player statistics, Playoffs
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts;


1984–85 Washington Capitals season, Draft picks
Washington's draft picks at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.


1984–85 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The 1984–85 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fourteenth-year head coach Marv Harshman, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.


1984–85 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The Huskies were 22–9 overall in the regular season and 13–5 in conference play, co-champions with USC. There was no conference tournament this season; it debuted two years later.


1984–85 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
Washington was seeded fifth in the West regional of the 64-team NCAA Tournament, but was upset by Kentucky in the first round in Salt Lake City. The Wildcats defeated fourth-seed UNLV and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, where they fell to St. John's, the top seed in the West.


1984–85 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
Harshman, age 67, retired at the end of the season. Andy Russo, the head coach at Louisiana Tech, was hired in early April.


1984–85 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The 1984–85 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by second-year head coach Len Stevens, the Cougars were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.


1984–85 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The Cougars were 13–15 overall in the regular season and 5–13 in conference play, tied for eighth in the standings. There was no conference tournament this season; it debuted two years later.


1984–85 Welsh Alliance League
The 1984–85 Welsh Alliance League is the 1st season of the Welsh Alliance League, which is in the third level of the Welsh football pyramid.


1984–85 West Ham United F.C. season
The 1984–85 West Ham United F.C. season was West Ham's fourth season in the First Division since their return in season 1980–81. The club was managed by John Lyall and the team captain was Billy Bonds.


1984–85 West Ham United F.C. season, Season summary
The season started well for West Ham and by the fifth game they were in second place in the league. They maintained moderate form and by the end of 1984 were in 12th place. However their form slumped considerably in 1985 and although they never occupied one of the relegation places, they spent several weeks just one place above. Two wins in the last three games saw them rise to 16th, only two points above a relegation place. Tony Cottee was the top scorer with 24 goals in all competitions. The next highest scorer was Paul Goddard with 14. Cottee also made the most appearance, 49 in all competitions. The season also saw the debut of Steve Potts and the last game for West Ham by Frank Lampard.


1984–85 West Ham United F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1984–85 West Midlands (Regional) League
The 1984–85 West Midlands (Regional) League season was the 85th in the history of the West Midlands (Regional) League, an English association football competition for semi-professional and amateur teams based in the West Midlands county, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and southern Staffordshire.


1984–85 West Midlands (Regional) League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs:


1984–85 Western Football League
The 1984–85 season was the 83rd in the history of the Western Football League.