1984–85 Los Angeles Clippers season
The 1984–85 Los Angeles Clippers season was their 15th season in the NBA, their first season in the city of Los Angeles. Team owner and real estate mogul Donald Sterling, who for the past two seasons had been trying to move the team from San Diego, finally succeeded.


1984–85 Los Angeles Clippers season, Transactions
The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1984–85 season.


1984–85 Los Angeles Kings season
The 1984–85 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 18th season in the National Hockey League. Following a fifth-place finish the previous season under three different coaches, Pat Quinn was hired as the new head coach of the Kings. In his first season, he returned them to the playoffs after a three-year absence with a 23-point improvement in the standings. But despite the goal scoring brilliance of Marcel Dionne and Bernie Nicholls, the Kings could not duplicate their Miracle on Manchester performance this time, losing to the Edmonton Oilers in three straight games in the Smythe Division semi-finals.


1984–85 Los Angeles Kings season, Regular season, Season standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against


1984–85 Los Angeles Kings season, Regular season, Season standings
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1984–85 Los Angeles Kings season, Transactions
The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1984–85 season.


1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season
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1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season
The 1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 39th season of the franchise, 37th in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 25th in Los Angeles. The Lakers entered the season as runner-ups of the 1984 NBA Finals, where they lost in heartbreaking fashion to the Boston Celtics in seven games, increasing their losing streak to the Celtics in the NBA Finals to 8 consecutive losses.


1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season
In the playoffs, the Lakers swept in the Phoenix Suns in three games in the First Round, then defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in five games in the Semifinals, before defeating the Denver Nuggets in five games in the Conference Finals to advance to the NBA Finals for the fifth time in the 1980s, facing off against the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics in a rematch of last season's NBA Finals.


1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season
This time, however, the Lakers were able to return to their championship ways and win their ninth NBA championship, avenging their NBA Finals loss and getting revenge on the Celtics, defeating them in six games, and marking the first time the Lakers had defeated the Celtics in the NBA Finals. The Lakers also became the only team to have defeated the Celtics in the NBA Finals while on the road.


1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season, Transactions
The Lakers have been involved in the following transactions during the 1984–1985 season.


1984–85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team
The 1984–85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team represented Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana for the 1984–85 season. Although other players on the team as well as head coach Andy Russo were well in the spotlight, the real star of the show for the Bulldogs that season was Karl Malone. Malone would lead the Bulldogs to their best season to date in program history as well as earning himself All-American honors. Following the season, Malone would enter the NBA draft, being selected 13th overall by the Utah Jazz. Spending the majority of his career with Utah, Malone would be named an NBA All-Star fourteen times, NBA Most Valuable Player twice, and be inducted into the Basketball Hall of fame in 2010.


1984–85 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team
The 1984–85 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville in NCAA Division I men's competition in the 1984–85 season. Coached by Denny Crum, the Cardinals appeared in the semifinals of the 1985 National Invitation Tournament. The Cardinals lost to the UCLA team, the eventual NIT champions. The Cardinals played their home games at Freedom Hall.


1984–85 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team
The 1984–85 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team represented Loyola University Chicago as a member of the Midwestern City Conference during the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Gene Sullivan. The Ramblers won regular season and conference tournament titles, reached the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament, finished with a record of 27–6 (13–1 MW City), and were ranked No. 14 in the season's final AP poll.


1984–85 Luxembourg National Division
The 1984–85 Luxembourg National Division was the 71st season of top level association football in Luxembourg.


1984–85 Luxembourg National Division, Overview
It was performed in 12 teams, and Jeunesse Esch won the championship.


1984–85 Magyar Kupa
The 1984–85 Magyar Kupa (English: Hungarian Cup) was the 45th season of Hungary's annual knock-out cup football competition.


1984–85 Major Indoor Soccer League season
The 1984–85 Major Indoor Soccer League season was the seventh in league history and ended with the San Diego Sockers winning their second MISL title in three seasons over the Baltimore Blast. It was the Sockers' fourth straight indoor title, as they had also won the North American Soccer League's indoor league in the spring of 1984.


1984–85 Major Indoor Soccer League season, Recap
With the NASL near death in the summer of 1984, a handful of teams made plans to switch from outdoor to indoor soccer once the NASL season ended in October. Along with the Sockers, the Chicago Sting, Minnesota Strikers and New York Cosmos formally made the leap in late August. With the addition of the Dallas Sidekicks, the league went back to a 14-team, two-division setup.


1984–85 Major Indoor Soccer League season, Recap
With an influx of new teams, the league expanded the playoffs even further. 10 teams would qualify, the top three in each division and the next best four wild-card teams. The wild-card teams would play a best-of-three series. The second and third round were best-of-five series, and the championship round would be a best-of-seven series. Each successive round would see the winners reseeded, similar to the NHL playoff format used for almost 20 years.


1984–85 Major Indoor Soccer League season, Recap
While the Sting and Strikers made the playoffs, the Cosmos struggled. On February 22, with their record at 11-22, the team announced they were pulling out of the MISL effective immediately. The league would scramble to fill out the schedule, but only the Wichita Wings would play an uneven number of games.


1984–85 Major Indoor Soccer League season, Recap
The Strikers would make a run from the wildcard series to the league semifinals, only falling to San Diego in a decisive fifth game. Trailing in the series two games to one, Minnesota actually lost the fourth game in a shootout, but lodged a protest with commissioner Francis Dale over San Diego's shooting order. Dale upheld the protest and declared the Strikers winners. Despite the Sockers only being made aware of the fifth game once they landed at the San Diego airport, they shut out Minnesota to win the series


1984–85 Major Indoor Soccer League season, Recap
This would be the final year the MISL would have games aired on network television, CBS broadcast Game 4 of the championship series live on May 25.


1984–85 Major Indoor Soccer League season, Recap
Despite having the league's third-best record, the Las Vegas Americans would be terminated by the league after the season due to financial difficulties.


1984–85 Major Indoor Soccer League season, Regular season schedule
The 1984–85 regular season schedule ran from November 2, 1984, to April 14, 1985. Despite the Cosmos leaving the league in mid-season, each team played their scheduled 48 games with the exception of Wichita.


1984–85 Major Indoor Soccer League season, Playoffs, Semifinals
* *San Diego won the shootout 4-3, but Minnesota appealed the result, as the Sockers used an ineligible player. The Strikers were declared winners on May 13.


1984–85 Major Indoor Soccer League season, Regular season player statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points


1984–85 Major Indoor Soccer League season, Regular season player statistics, Leading goalkeepers
Note: GP = Games played; Min – Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses


1984–85 Major Indoor Soccer League season, Playoff player statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points


1984–85 Major Indoor Soccer League season, Playoff player statistics, Leading goalkeepers
Note: GP = Games played; Min – Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses


1984–85 Maltese Premier League
The 1984–85 Maltese Premier League was the 5th season of the Maltese Premier League, and the 70th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 8 teams, and Rabat Ajax F.C. won the championship.


1984–85 Maltese Premier League
The season saw the relegation of Floriana F.C., one of the most historic teams in Maltese football, for the first time in their history.


1984–85 Manchester City F.C. season
The 1984–85 season was Manchester City's 83th season of competitive football and 19th season in the second division of English football. In addition to the First Division, the club competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The club was promoted to the First Division at the end of the season.


1984–85 Manchester United F.C. season
The 1984–85 season was Manchester United's 83rd season in the Football League, and their 10th consecutive season in the top division of English football. They defeated Everton 1–0 in the FA Cup Final to win the trophy for the sixth time, and finished fourth in the league. It was the first season at the club for new signings Gordon Strachan, Jesper Olsen and Alan Brazil, while Mark Hughes became established in the forward line alongside Frank Stapleton, with Norman Whiteside moving into central midfield to replace the departed Ray Wilkins.


1984–85 Manchester United F.C. season
Hughes ended the season as United's top scorer with 24 goals (16 in the league) and was also voted PFA Young Player of the Year. Brazil, however, failed to establish himself as a regular player, with Atkinson alternating between him and Frank Stapleton as the club's second striker to play alongside the prolific Hughes.


1984–85 Manchester United F.C. season
United began the season with four successive draws, having led in three of them, and remained unbeaten in their opening 11 matches (eight in the league) before going down 3–0 at Aston Villa. Their next away trip resulted in a 5–0 thrashing at Everton, and league form was somewhat erratic throughout the season. Before Christmas, United squandered 2–0 leads in further defeats at Sunderland and Nottingham Forest, and on Boxing Day they were beaten 2–1 at bottom club Stoke City, again after taking the lead.


1984–85 Manchester United F.C. season
United entered 1985 unbeaten at Old Trafford to stay in contention at the top of the table, but lost successive home matches to Sheffield Wednesday and Coventry City, before embarking on a 10-match unbeaten run which took in big wins over Villa (Hughes scoring a hat-trick) and Stoke. Defeats at Hillsborough and Luton – not to mention the exceptional form of a resurgent Everton – effectively ended United's title hopes, and a 5–1 defeat at Watford in their final fixture saw them overhauled by both Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur to finish fourth.


1984–85 Manchester United F.C. season
By that stage, the players' thoughts were probably elsewhere as they prepared for an FA Cup Final showdown with champions Everton. United's path to Wembley had seen them ease past Bournemouth, Coventry, Blackburn Rovers and West Ham United to set up a semi-final clash with Liverpool. United led twice but had to settle for a 2–2 draw, and a Paul McGrath own goal left them trailing at half-time in the replay before fine goals by Bryan Robson and Hughes saw them through.


1984–85 Manchester United F.C. season
An uneventful final came to life 12 minutes from time when, with the score goalless, Kevin Moran was dismissed by referee Peter Willis for a 'professional foul' on Peter Reid – the first ever sending-off in an FA Cup final. United's ten men held on to force extra time, where they found extra reserves of energy and won the trophy thanks to Whiteside's brilliant curling effort in the 110th minute.


1984–85 Manchester United F.C. season
United exited the Milk Cup at the third round stage as Everton came from behind to beat them 2–1 at Old Trafford. The UEFA Cup campaign took United to the quarter-final but defeat on penalties against Videoton of Hungary would prove to be their final European fixture for five years. They had qualified to compete in the 1985-86 European Cup Winners' Cup, as the Heysel disaster involving Liverpool and Juventus fans at the European Cup final 11 days later resulted in all English clubs being banned from European competitions for an indefinite period. The ban would not be lifted until 1990.


1984–85 Mansfield Town F.C. season
The 1984–85 season was Mansfield Town's 48th season in the Football League and 11th in the Fourth Division they finished in 14th position with 57 points.


1984–85 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team
The 1984–85 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland in the 1984–1985 college basketball season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The team was led by head coach Charles "Lefty" Driesell and played their home games at the Cole Field House. They finished 8–6 (tied for fourth place) in the ACC regular season and advanced to the Sweet 16 in the 1984 NCAA Basketball Tournament.


1984–85 Memphis State Tigers men's basketball team
The 1984–85 Memphis State Tigers men's basketball team represented Memphis State University as a member of the Metro Conference during the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.


1984–85 Memphis State Tigers men's basketball team
After losing in the Sweet 16 each of the previous three seasons, the Tigers broke through to reach the Final Four of the 1985 NCAA Tournament and finished with a 31–4 record (13–1 Metro).


1984–85 Mexican Primera División season
Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1984–85 season.


1984–85 Mexican Primera División season, Overview
It was contested by 20 teams, and América won the championship.


1984–85 Mexican Primera División season, Overview
On August 20, 1984, the Mexican Football Federation accepted the request of C.F. Oaxtepec. to move to Puebla, for this reason, the club changed its name to Ángeles de Puebla.


1984–85 Mexican Primera División season, Overview
Zacatepec was promoted from Segunda División, also, this team was relegated on this season.


1984–85 Mexican Segunda División season
The 1984–85 Segunda División was the 36th season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 24 August 1984 and concluded on 23 June 1985. It was won by Irapuato.


1984–85 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
The 1984–85 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at Jenison Field House in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Jud Heathcote in his ninth year at Michigan State. The Spartans finished with a record of 19–10, 10–8 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 10 seed and lost to Alabama-Birmingham in the First Round.


1984–85 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season
The Spartans finished the 1983–84 season with a record of 15–13, 8–10 to finish in a tie for fifth place in Big Ten play.


1984–85 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 1984–85 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1984–85 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Bill Frieder, the team won the Big Ten Conference. The team earned the number one seed in the 1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where it advanced one round before losing.


1984–85 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
Although the team began the season unranked it was in the Associated Press Top Twenty Poll a total of twelve of the seventeen weeks, including a peak of number two where it ended the season, and it also ended the season ranked number two in the  final UPI Coaches' Poll. During the season, the team led the Big Ten Conference in scoring margin (8.8) and Roy Tarpley led the conference in rebound with a 9.9 average in conference games. Leslie Rockymore and Butch Wade served as team captains and Tarpley earned team MVP. Tarpley earned 1985 NCAA All-American recognition.


1984–85 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
For the first of five consecutive seasons, the team set the school record for single-season field goal percentage with a 51.3% (941-for-1834) performance. Antoine Joubert's single-season total of 164 assists established a school record that would be eclipsed the following season by Gary Grant. It surpassed Eric Turner's 160 total set in 1983. Grant had 7 steals on January 19, 1985, against Iowa, which tied Rickey Green and Turner for the best single-game totals in school history. Roy Tarpley surpassed his school single-season blocked shots average record of 2.09 set the prior season with an average of 2.20. He would rebreak this record the following season. On February 7, 1985, against Purdue, Tarpley totaled 7 blocks in a game to earn the school single-game record that he would rebreak ten months later.


1984–85 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
On January 12, 1985, the team began a 17-game winning streak against the Purdue that continued through a March 15 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson in the NCAA tournament. This is tied as the longest winning streak in school history (With the 2018-19 season), surpassing the January 29, 1921 – January 6, 1922 14-game streak. On January 5, 1985, the team began a 24-game home winning streak against Ohio State that continued through a February 15, 1986, victory over Iowa.


1984–85 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
This stands as the longest home winning streak in school history, surpassing the 22-game January 12, 1976 – November 30, 1977, streak. The streak ended with a February 20, 1986 74–59 loss to Michigan State. January 12 also marked the start of a 10-game road winning streak that continued through a January 4, 1986, victory over Ohio State. This stands as the longest road winning streak in school history, surpassing two 7-game streaks that ended in 1921. The streak ended with a January 16, 1986 73–63 loss to Minnesota.


1984–85 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
In the 64-team NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, number one seeded Michigan advanced one round by defeating Fairleigh Dickinson 59–55. In the second round the team was upset by eight-seeded Villanova 59–55. The team was led in scoring and rebounds by Tarpley in both NCAA tournament games.


1984–85 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Team players drafted into the NBA
Seven players from this team were selected in the NBA Draft.


1984–85 Midland Football Combination
The 1984–85 Midland Football Combination season was the 48th in the history of Midland Football Combination, a football competition in England.


1984–85 Midland Football Combination, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:


1984–85 Milwaukee Bucks season
The 1984-85 NBA season was the Bucks' 17th season in the NBA. For the first time since 1976-77 season, Marques Johnson was not on the opening day roster.


1984–85 Minnesota North Stars season
The 1984–85 Minnesota North Stars season was the North Stars' 18th season.


1984–85 Minnesota North Stars season
Coached by Bill Mahoney (3-8-2) and Glen Sonmor (22-35-10), the team compiled a record of 25-43-12 for 62 points, to finish the regular season 4th in the Norris Division. In the playoffs they won the division semi-finals 3-0 over the St. Louis Blues, but lost the division finals 4-2 to the Chicago Black Hawks.


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


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


1984–85 Minnesota Strikers season
The 1984–85 Minnesota Strikers season of the Major Indoor Soccer League  was the first season of the new team in the indoor league, and part of the club's eighteenth season in professional soccer. Previously, the club fielded an outdoor team in the North American Soccer League. This year, the team finished fourth in the Eastern Division of the regular season. They made it to the playoffs and were a Division Finalist.


1984–85 Minnesota Strikers season, Competitions, Wildcard Series, Semifinals
* *San Diego won the shootout 4-3, but Minnesota appealed the result, as the Sockers used an ineligible player. The Strikers were declared winners on May 13.


1984–85 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1984–85 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 76th season of play.


1984–85 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season
After scoring only two goals in 19 games and unhappy with the amount of ice time he was receiving, Guy Lafleur decided to retire.


1984–85 Montreal Canadiens 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 Montreal Canadiens season, Playoffs
The Quebec Nordiques and Montreal Canadiens battled in a seven-game series. Bitter rivals from the province of Quebec, the Nords shocked the Habs in 1982, only to see a fourth-place Montreal club upset Quebec the year before. In the deciding Game 7 at the Montreal Forum, Peter Stastny scored the game and series winning goal, giving Quebec an improbable 3–2 overtime win and berth in the Wales Conference Finals.


1984–85 Moroccan Throne Cup
The 1984–85 season of the Moroccan Throne Cup was the 29th edition of the competition.


1984–85 Moroccan Throne Cup
FAR de Rabat won the competition, beating Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi 3–0 in the final, played at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat. FAR de Rabat won the cup for the fourth time in their history.


1984–85 Moroccan Throne Cup, Tournament, Final
The final took place between the winners of the two semi-finals, FAR de Rabat and Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi, on 16 January 1986 at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat.


1984–85 NBA season
The 1984–85 NBA season was the 39th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning the NBA Championship, beating the Boston Celtics 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.


1984–85 NBA season, Playoffs
Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its conference, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. The division champions are marked by an asterisk. Home court advantage does not necessarily belong to the higher-seeded team, but instead the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics.


1984–85 NBA season, NBA awards, Yearly awards
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1984–85 NBA season, NBA awards, Player of the week
The following players were named NBA Player of the Week.


1984–85 NBA season, NBA awards, Player of the month
The following players were named NBA Player of the Month.


1984–85 NBA season, NBA awards, Rookie of the month
The following players were named NBA Rookie of the Month.


1984–85 NBA season, NBA awards, Coach of the month
The following coaches were named NBA Coach of the Month.


1984–85 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team
The 1984–85 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team represented North Carolina State University during the 1984–85 men's college basketball season. It was Jim Valvano's 5th season as head coach.


1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
The 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various other preseason polls.


1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1984 and ended with the Final Four in Lexington, Kentucky on April 1, 1985. The Villanova Wildcats won their first NCAA national championship with a 66–64 victory over the defending champion, top-ranked Georgetown Hoyas. It was the second time in three seasons that the national champion had 10 losses.


1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Season outlook, Pre-season polls
The top 20 from the AP Poll during the pre-season.


1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.


1984–85 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
The 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1984 and concluded with the 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 30, 1985 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. This was the 38th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 90th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.


1984–85 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
Seven teams from ECAC Hockey left after the previous year to form a new conference, Hockey East.


1984–85 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
Hockey East and the WCHA formed an agreement where games played between their respective conferences would count towards the standings in each conference. This arrangement would continue for five year, ending after the 1988–89 season.


1984–85 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.


1984–85 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1984–85 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.


1984–85 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


1984–85 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
A single human poll represents the 1984–85 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings, the AP Poll, in addition to various publications' preseason polls.


1984–85 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
The AP poll was initially a poll of coaches conducted via telephone, where coaches identified top teams and a list of the Top 20 team was produced. The contributors continued to be coaches until 1994, when the AP took over administration of the poll from Mel Greenberg, and switched to a panel of writers. The AP poll is currently a poll of sportswriters. The AP conducts polls weekly through the end of the regular season and conference play.


1984–85 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season
The 1984–85 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began in November 1984 and concluded on March 23 of the following year. This was the 12th season of Division III college ice hockey.


1984–85 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season
After the collapse of the entire second-tier division in 1984, most programs downgraded to Division III. As a result the size of the third division rose dramatically.


1984–85 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season
Despite the SUNYAC conference not sponsoring ice hockey, the member schools began holding an informal conference tournament that took place just prior to the ECAC West Men's Tournament. All game were considered conference games for determining ECAC standings.


1984–85 NCAA football bowl games
The 1984–85 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1984 and January 1985 to end the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. A total of 18 team-competitive games, and two all-star games, were played. The post-season began with the Independence Bowl on December 15, 1984, and concluded on January 12, 1985, with the season-ending Senior Bowl.


1984–85 NFL playoffs
The National Football League playoffs for the 1984 season began on December 22, 1984. The postseason tournament concluded with the San Francisco 49ers defeating the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl XIX, 38–16, on January 20, 1985, at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Participants
Within each conference, the three division winners and the two wild card teams (the top two non-division winners with the best overall regular season records) qualified for the playoffs. The three division winners were seeded 1 through 3 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card teams were seeded 4 and 5. The NFL did not use a fixed bracket playoff system. In the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, the fourth seed wild card hosted the fifth seed. All three division winners from each conference then received a bye in the first round.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Participants
The second round, the divisional playoffs, had a restriction where two teams from the same division cannot meet: the surviving wild card team visited the division champion outside its own division that had the higher seed, and the remaining two teams from that conference played each other. The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, hosted by the higher seed. Although the Super Bowl, the fourth and final round of the playoffs, was played at a neutral site, the designated home team was based on an annual rotation by conference.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Schedule
The two wild card games were held on different days because both venues were in the Pacific Time Zone. Playoff games normally started at either 12:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time/9:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time or 4 p.m. EST/1 p.m. PST. The NFL did not schedule prime time playoff games on the east coast until 2002. A 9:30 a.m. PST game was considered too early to be played on the west coast.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Schedule
Starting with its coverage of Super Bowl XIX, ABC became part of the annual Super Bowl broadcasting rotation. The television rights to the first three rounds of the playoffs remained the same, with CBS televising the NFC games and NBC broadcasting the AFC games.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, December 22, 1984, AFC: Seattle Seahawks 13, Los Angeles Raiders 7
The Seahawks rushed on 51 plays for 205 yards and the defense intercepted 2 passes and recorded 6 sacks to avenge their AFC championship loss to LA in the previous season. The Raiders crossed midfield only three times during the whole game, while Seattle's defense and Jeff West's punting constantly made them start each drive deep in their own territory. Their possessions in the game started from the 20, 4, 20, 18, 16, 22, 30, 20, 16, 16, 22 and 6-yard lines.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, December 22, 1984, AFC: Seattle Seahawks 13, Los Angeles Raiders 7
Seattle quarterback Dave Krieg completed only 4 of 10 passes in the game, but one was a 26-yard touchdown throw to Daryl Turner in the second quarter. Late in the third quarter, Seattle linebacker Bruce Scholtz forced a fumble from Frank Hawkins, and cornerback Keith Simpson recovered it on the Raiders 38. Krieg gained 13 yards with a scramble on the next play, and Norm Johnson finished the drive with a 35-yard field goal to put the team up 10-0 with 1:29 left in the third quarter.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, December 22, 1984, AFC: Seattle Seahawks 13, Los Angeles Raiders 7
On LA's ensuing possession, quarterback Jim Plunkett, starting in his first game since week 6 of the regular season due to injuries, threw an interception to John Harris at the Seahawks 31-yard line, and Seattle ended up scoring another field goal on a 44-yard kick by Johnson, giving them a 13-0 lead.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, December 22, 1984, AFC: Seattle Seahawks 13, Los Angeles Raiders 7
With 5:05 left in the game, Plunkett threw a 47-yard touchdown pass to running back Marcus Allen. LA's defense managed to force a punt on the next series, but only after the Seahawks ran the clock down to 45 seconds, and West's kick pinned them back at their own 6-yard line. Seattle defensive back Kenny Easley then put the game away by intercepting a pass from Plunkett with 4 seconds left on the clock.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, December 22, 1984, AFC: Seattle Seahawks 13, Los Angeles Raiders 7
Dan Doornink recorded 29 carries for 126 rushing yards and a 14-yard reception. Defensive end Jacob Green had 2.5 sacks. Allen rushed for 61 yards, while also catching five passes for 90 yards and a score. This would be Seattle's last playoff victory until the 2005 NFC Divisional playoffs against the Washington Redskins.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, December 22, 1984, AFC: Seattle Seahawks 13, Los Angeles Raiders 7
This was the second postseason meeting between the Raiders and Seahawks. Los Angeles won the only previous meeting the previous year.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, December 23, 1984, NFC: New York Giants 16, Los Angeles Rams 13
In a defensive struggle, the Giants managed to pull out a win with key defensive stands on the last two LA drives.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, December 23, 1984, NFC: New York Giants 16, Los Angeles Rams 13
After forcing the Rams to punt on the opening drive, New York scored first with kicker Ali Haji-Sheikh's 37-yard field goal. On the Rams ensuing drive, Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor forced a fumble from Eric Dickerson, and defensive back Bill Currier recovered it at Los Angeles 23-yard line. This set up running back Rob Carpenter's 1-yard touchdown run, giving the Giants a 10-0 lead. Mike Lansford's 38-yard field goal in the second quarter cut the score to 10-3 going into halftime.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, December 23, 1984, NFC: New York Giants 16, Los Angeles Rams 13
Haji-Sheikh kicked a 39-yard field goal in the third quarter, but this was countered by Dickerson's 14-yard touchdown run, making the score 13-10. New York responded with Haji-Sheikh's 36-yard field goal five minutes later to go up by 6 points. LA then took the ball back and drove to a first down on the Giants 7-yard line, with Dickerson rushing four times for 44 yards along the way.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, December 23, 1984, NFC: New York Giants 16, Los Angeles Rams 13
Dickerson picked up 3 more yards on the next play, but then Giants defensive tackle Leonard Marshall dropped fullback Dwayne Crutchfield for a 3-yard loss and Jeff Kemp's 3rd down completion to Henry Ellard picked up just 2 yards. Faced with 4th and goal from the 5, the Rams decided to settle for Lansford's 22-yard field goal, cutting their deficit to 16-13 with 7:02 left in the game.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, December 23, 1984, NFC: New York Giants 16, Los Angeles Rams 13
Los Angeles caught a break on the Giants next possession when Joe Morris' 61-yard run was eliminated by a holding penalty against center Kevin Belcher and the team ended up punting. This gave the Rams one last chance to drive for the tying field goal or winning touchdown at the 2:48 mark. However, they were unable to gain even a single first down. Faced with 4th and 6 after three plays, Kemp was sacked by Giants lineman George Martin and fumbled the ball. Linebacker Andy Headen recovered for New York on the Rams 33, enabling them to run out the rest of the clock.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, December 23, 1984, NFC: New York Giants 16, Los Angeles Rams 13
This game marked an impressive turnaround for the Giants, who had finished the previous year with a 3-12-1 record. Both teams combined for just 406 yards (214 for LA, 192 for New York). The only offensive star of the game was Dickerson, who rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown, though he rushed for only 37 yards on 12 carries in the first half, including his costly fumble.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, December 23, 1984, NFC: New York Giants 16, Los Angeles Rams 13
This was the first postseason meeting between the Giants and Rams.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 29, 1984, AFC: Miami Dolphins 31, Seattle Seahawks 10
The Dolphins ran off 70 plays, gained 405 yards of total offense (including an uncharacteristic 143 yards rushing), and scored 17 unanswered points in the second half as they avenged last season's divisional round upset loss to Seattle. Meanwhile, Miami's defense, which had given up 134 points in the last five games of the season, held the Seahawks to just 267 yards. The Dolphins defense was particularly dominating on the ground, where they held Seattle to a mere 51 yards on 18 rushing attempts, an average of less than 3 yards per carry.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 29, 1984, AFC: Miami Dolphins 31, Seattle Seahawks 10
Miami started off the scoring with a 68-yard drive, featuring Dan Marino's 25-yard completion to Mark Clayton, that ended on Tony Nathan's 14-yard touchdown run. Near the end of the first quarter, Seattle defensive back Keith Simpson deflected a Marino pass into the arms of teammate John Harris, who returned the interception 32 yards to the Dolphins 39-yard line. Miami managed to keep the Seahawks out of the end zone, but Norm Johnson kicked a 27-yard field goal to put his team on the board at 7-3.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 29, 1984, AFC: Miami Dolphins 31, Seattle Seahawks 10
On the Dolphins next drive, they were aided by a crucial penalty, an offsides call against the Seahawks that negated Marino's intercepted pass by Kenny Easley. Two plays later, Marino threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Jimmy Cefalo, increasing the Dolphins lead to 14-3. However, Seattle quarterback Dave Krieg led his team back, firing a pass to receiver Steve Largent who caught the ball between two defenders and took off past cornerback Glen Blackwood for a 56-yard touchdown reception, cutting the score to 14-10 at the end of the half.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 29, 1984, AFC: Miami Dolphins 31, Seattle Seahawks 10
However, any thoughts of a Seattle comeback were quickly crushed in the second half. Following a missed field goal attempt by Johnson, Marino led the Dolphins 76 yards down the field to a 3-yard scoring reception by tight end Bruce Hardy, making the score 21-10. Seattle was quickly forced to punt on their next drive, and Jeff West shanked the kick, causing the ball to travel just 7 yards. Two plays later, Miami increased their lead to 28-10 on Marino's 33-yard touchdown pass to receiver Mark Clayton. In the fourth quarter, Dolphins kicker Uwe von Schamann made a 37-yard field goal that put the final score at 31-10.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 29, 1984, AFC: Miami Dolphins 31, Seattle Seahawks 10
Marino finished the game 21/34 for 262 yards and three touchdowns, with two interceptions (both by John Harris). The Dolphins 405 yards would be spread out quite evenly among the team, as their top rusher (Nathan) had only 76 yards, while their top receiver (Clayton) had 75. Krieg completed 20/35 passes for 234 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 2 yards and gaining one yard off a deflected pass that he caught himself. Largent was the top receiver of the game with 6 receptions for 128 yards and a touchdown.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 29, 1984, AFC: Miami Dolphins 31, Seattle Seahawks 10
This was the second postseason meeting between the Seahawks and Dolphins. Seattle won the only prior meeting the previous year.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 29, 1984, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 21, New York Giants 10
Quarterback Joe Montana threw for 309 yards and 3 touchdown passes as he led the 49ers to a victory, while receiver Dwight Clark caught 9 passes for 112 yards and a touchdown. The 49ers defense also played exceptionally well, holding the Giants offense to a single field goal even though Montana was intercepted 3 times.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 29, 1984, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 21, New York Giants 10
On San Francisco's first drive of the game, Montana completed a 21-yard touchdown pass to Clark. Then defensive back Ronnie Lott intercepted a pass and returned it 38 yards to set up Montana's 9-yard pass to Russ Francis that gave the 49ers a 14-0 lead just 6:48 into the game. In the second quarter, Giants linebacker Gary Reasons recorded his first of two interceptions on the day setting up Ali Haji-Sheikh's 46-yard field goal. Then linebacker Harry Carson recorded the first interception in his 9-year career and returned it 14 yards for a touchdown that cut the score to 14–10. But Montana responded with a 29-yard touchdown pass to Freddie Solomon, making the score 21-10 by the end of the second quarter.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 29, 1984, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 21, New York Giants 10
Both defenses then controlled the rest of the game, allowing no points in the second half. In the third quarter, New York drove to the 49ers 18-yard line, only to have Phil Simms throw an interception to linebacker Riki Ellison. In the fourth quarter, New York moved the ball to the San Francisco 11, but Simms was sacked on third down. Now faced with 4th and 16, they decided to play conservative and take the field goal, but Haji-Sheikh's 33-yard kick went wide right.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 29, 1984, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 21, New York Giants 10
Following a punt, New York got the ball with 3:04 left and drove to the 49ers 22, this time turning the ball over on downs when Joe Morris was stuffed for no gain on 4th and inches. Finally, with 53 seconds left, San Francisco's defense closed out the game when Fred Dean forced a fumble from Simms that was recovered by 49ers lineman Dwaine Board.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, December 29, 1984, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 21, New York Giants 10
This was the second postseason meeting between the Giants and 49ers. San Francisco won the only prior meeting.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 30, 1984, NFC: Chicago Bears 23, Washington Redskins 19
The Bears upset the Redskins' bid for a third consecutive NFC championship with clutch plays and a stout defense that forced 3 turnovers and 7 sacks. Chicago's victory was Washington's first and only playoff defeat throughout their tenure at RFK Stadium.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 30, 1984, NFC: Chicago Bears 23, Washington Redskins 19
With the scored tied 3–3 in the second quarter, the Bears executed a halfback option play at the Redskins' 19-yard line, with running back Walter Payton throwing a 19-yard touchdown to Pat Dunsmore. Then on the second play in the third period, Bears wide receiver Willie Gault caught a short pass from quarterback Steve Fuller, evaded Redskins defensive back Darrell Green who was too aggressive in trying to make an interception, and turned upfield for a 75-yard touchdown. Redskins running back John Riggins capped off a 74-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown run then cut the lead, 16–10. But a running into the punter penalty call against Ken Coffey set up Dennis McKinnon's 16-yard reception to cap a Chicago 77-yard scoring drive to push their lead back to 13 at 23–10.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 30, 1984, NFC: Chicago Bears 23, Washington Redskins 19
Washington attempted a comeback late in the third quarter. Rich Milot recovered a Fuller fumble at the Chicago 36-yard line, setting up a one-yard touchdown run by Riggins to cut the Bears lead to six. Then after being backed up deep in their own territory on fourth down with eight minutes left in the game, Chicago punter Dave Finzer stepped out of the end zone and gave the Redskins an intentional safety, making it 23–19. Washington then advanced to the Bears 24-yard line, but quarterback Joe Theismann threw three straight incompletions and Mark Moseley missed a 41-yard field goal attempt. Two other Washington possessions went nowhere and Chicago moved on to the NFC championship game.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 30, 1984, NFC: Chicago Bears 23, Washington Redskins 19
Payton finished the game with a career postseason high 104 rushing yards, and caught one pass for 12.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 30, 1984, NFC: Chicago Bears 23, Washington Redskins 19
This game would be the only time in Joe Gibbs' original tenure in Washington that his team would lose their opening playoff game. It happened for the only other time in what was Gibbs' final game in his career in the 2007-08 NFL playoffs to the Seattle Seahawks.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 30, 1984, NFC: Chicago Bears 23, Washington Redskins 19
This was the fifth postseason meeting between the Bears and Redskins. Both teams previously split the prior four meetings.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 30, 1984, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 24, Denver Broncos 17
Steelers running back Frank Pollard led the team to victory with 99 rushing yards, 4 receptions for 48 yards, and two touchdowns, the second in the game's closing minutes to the put Pittsburgh ahead for good.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 30, 1984, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 24, Denver Broncos 17
The Broncos got their first chance to score after the opening drive, in which Rulon Jones's sack of Steelers quarterback Mark Malone forced a fumble that was recovered by defensive end Andre Townsend on the Steelers 23-yard line. But Denver only gained 1 yard with their next three plays and Rich Karlis missed a 39-yard field goal attempt. On the next play, Denver's Tom Jackson recovered a fumbled snap from Malone on the Steelers 22 set up quarterback John Elway's 9-yard touchdown pass to Jim Wright.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 30, 1984, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 24, Denver Broncos 17
Pittsburgh responded by moving the ball 62 yards to the Broncos 11-yard line, where Gary Anderson's 28-yard field goal made the score 7-3. Denver then drove to a 3rd and goal from the Steelers 6-yard line, only to lose the ball when Elway threw a pass that was intercepted by Pittsburgh lineman Gary Dunn.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 30, 1984, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 24, Denver Broncos 17
Late in the second quarter, Pollard rushed 4 times for 45 yards on a 78-yard drive that ended with his 1-yard touchdown run, giving the Steelers a 10-7 lead with 1:14 left in the half.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 30, 1984, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 24, Denver Broncos 17
Denver tied the game in the third period when safety Roger Jackson blocked a punt give them a first and goal on the Pittsburgh 4-yard line, leading to Karlis' 21-yard field goal. The next time Denver got the ball, they drove 54 yards to take a 17-10 lead on Elway's 20-yard touchdown pass to Steve Watson (who finished with 11 receptions for 177 yards). But the Steelers tied the game with quarterback Mark Malone's 10-yard touchdown to Louis Lipps.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 30, 1984, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 24, Denver Broncos 17
With 3 and half minutes left in the game, Pittsburgh drove into position for Anderson to attempt a go-ahead field goal, but he missed the kick from 26 yards. A few plays later, Steelers safety Eric Williams intercepted a pass from Elway and returned it 28 yards to the Broncos' 2-yard line to set up Pollard's winning 1-yard touchdown run.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 30, 1984, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 24, Denver Broncos 17
Malone finished the game with 227 passing yards and a touchdown. Elway threw for 184 yards and two scores, but was sacked four times and intercepted twice. This was Elway's first playoff game as a starter; because of the Broncos' elimination, he was denied the opportunity to play in the only Super Bowl to be held at his college home field, Stanford Stadium. The Steelers outgained Denver in total yards 381-250 and held them to just 51 yards on the ground. Running back Sammy Winder, who rushed for 1,153 yards during the season, was held to just 37 yards on 15 carries.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, December 30, 1984, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 24, Denver Broncos 17
This was the third postseason meeting between the Steelers and Broncos. Both teams split the prior two meetings.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 6, 1985, AFC: Miami Dolphins 45, Pittsburgh Steelers 28
Pittsburgh racked up 455 yards of offense and converted 54% of their third downs, but it still wasn't enough to keep pace with Miami, who gained 569 yards in 71 plays en route to their fifth Super Bowl in franchise history. Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino led the Dolphins to a victory by throwing for 421 yards and 4 touchdowns (both AFC championship records) with 1 interception. Marino's record setting day was particularly noteworthy considering he threw his last pass with 11:05 left in the game. Steelers quarterback Mark Malone recorded 312 yards and 3 touchdowns, but was intercepted 3 times.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 6, 1985, AFC: Miami Dolphins 45, Pittsburgh Steelers 28
Miami scored first on Marino's 40-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Mark Clayton, but Pittsburgh countered with running back Rich Erenberg's 7-yard rushing touchdown. Then after Dolphins kicker Uwe von Schamann made a 26-yard field goal, the Steelers took the lead, 14–10, with wide receiver John Stallworth's 65-yard touchdown reception. Marino struck back with a 41-yard touchdown to wide receiver Mark Duper. Then Dolphins safety Lyle Blackwood picked off a pass from Malone and returned it 4 yards to the Steelers 35.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 6, 1985, AFC: Miami Dolphins 45, Pittsburgh Steelers 28
After an 11-yard run by Tony Nathan, the Dolphins suffered a setback when a touchdown pass was wiped out by a penalty. But Marino easily shook this off, completing a 28-yard pass to tight end Joe Rose at the 1-yard line on the next play. Nathan finished off the drive with a 2-yard touchdown run to give Miami a 24-14 halftime lead.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 6, 1985, AFC: Miami Dolphins 45, Pittsburgh Steelers 28
On the opening drive of the second half, Marino completed a 36-yard touchdown pass to Duper. Then after Stallworth caught a 19-yard touchdown, the Dolphins scored two more touchdowns, including Marino's fourth score, to clinch the victory. Malone threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Wayne Capers in the final period to close out the scoring.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 6, 1985, AFC: Miami Dolphins 45, Pittsburgh Steelers 28
"We threw every defense we had at the guy -- zones, man-to-man, double- coverage, you name it, but the ball always seemed to get there before we did," Steelers safety Donnie Shell said. "The guy is incredible. He deserves what he`s going to get, and to me that looks like a Super Bowl ring."


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 6, 1985, AFC: Miami Dolphins 45, Pittsburgh Steelers 28
Duper finished the game with 5 receptions for 148 yards and 2 touchdowns. Clayton caught 4 passes for 95 yards and a score. Nathan rushed for 61 yards and a touchdown, while also catching 8 passes for 114 yards. Stallworth caught 4 passes for 111 yards and 2 touchdowns in the final postseason game of his Hall of Fame career.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 6, 1985, AFC: Miami Dolphins 45, Pittsburgh Steelers 28
This was the third postseason meeting between the Steelers and Dolphins. Both teams split the previous two meetings.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 6, 1985, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 23, Chicago Bears 0
The 49ers gained 387 yards while limiting the Bears to 186, with just 37 yards through the air. Chicago quarterback Steve Fuller completed just 13 of 22 passes for 87 yards and was sacked 9 times (twice each by linemen Gary Johnson and Michael Carter).


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 6, 1985, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 23, Chicago Bears 0
Neither team played particularly well in the first half. Chicago took the opening kickoff and moved the ball 54 yards, 29 on carries by Walter Payton. But the drive stalled at the 49ers 23 and ended with no points when Bob Thomas missed a 41-yard field goal attempt. San Francisco then drove to the Chicago 2-yard line in 8 plays, but quarterback Joe Montana fumbled the snap on third down and had to dive on the ball.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 6, 1985, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 23, Chicago Bears 0
After that, Ray Wersching kicked a 21-yard field goal to make the score 3-0. 49ers safety Dwight Hicks gave the team a great chance to increase their lead more by intercepting a pass from Fuller in Chicago territory. San Francisco made it all the way to the 2-yard line again, but this time they did not even get a field goal as Montana was intercepted in the end zone by safety Gary Fencik.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 6, 1985, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 23, Chicago Bears 0
A 66-yard drive to the Bears 4-yard set up Wersching's second field goal in the second quarter, giving the 49ers a 6-0 lead. Meanwhile, the Bears offense would go the entire period without gaining a first down. Fencik intercepted another pass from Montana, but Chicago could not do anything with the turnover opportunity.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 6, 1985, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 23, Chicago Bears 0
Midway through the third quarter, the 49ers got into the end zone on a 5-play drive in which they never passed the ball. Running back Wendell Tyler rushed three times on it for 25 yards, the last carry a 9-yard score. Montana later threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Freddie Solomon and Wersching finished off the scoring with a 34-yard field goal.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 6, 1985, NFC: San Francisco 49ers 23, Chicago Bears 0
This was the first postseason meeting between the Bears and 49ers.


1984–85 NFL playoffs, Super Bowl XIX: San Francisco 49ers 38, Miami Dolphins 16
This was the first Super Bowl meeting between the Dolphins and 49ers.


1984–85 NHL season
The 1984–85 NHL season was the 68th season of the National Hockey League. The Edmonton Oilers won their second straight Stanley Cup by beating the Philadelphia Flyers four games to one in the final series.


1984–85 NHL season, League business
This was the first year since they began broadcasting that CBC was not the lone network broadcaster in Canada. While Molson continued to present Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday nights, rival brewery Carling O'Keefe began airing Friday night games on CTV. The two networks split the playoffs and finals.


1984–85 NHL season, League business
Referee Andy Van Hellemond becomes the first on ice official in league history to wear a helmet. Soon, several officials would follow his lead and wear helmets before it became mandatory for all officials for the 2006–07 season.


1984–85 NHL season, Regular season
The Philadelphia Flyers had the best record in the NHL, four points ahead of second place Edmonton Oilers. Flyers goaltender Pelle Lindbergh went on to become the first European to win the Vezina Trophy. Oilers' star Wayne Gretzky once again won the Art Ross Trophy by reaching the 200 plateau for the third time in four years. He also set a new record for assists in a season with 135 and won his sixth straight Hart Memorial Trophy. Mario Lemieux made his NHL debut by scoring 100 points and winning the Calder Trophy for rookie of the year. On October 26, 1984, Paul Coffey of the Edmonton Oilers would be the last defenceman in the 20th century to score four goals in one game. It occurred in a game versus the Detroit Red Wings.


1984–85 NHL season, Regular season
The last two players active in the 1960s, Butch Goring and Brad Park, retired after the playoffs. Goring was the last active, playing his last playoff game three days after Park's last game.


1984–85 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes. Teams qualifying for the playoffs shown in bold.


1984–85 NHL season, Playoffs
The defending champion Edmonton Oilers returned to the Final, meeting the overall regular season champion Philadelphia Flyers. In the Final, Edmonton would lose the first game to the Flyers but would then take the next four to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup.


1984–85 NHL season, Playoffs
For the second consecutive and last season, the finals used the 2–3–2 home ice format.


1984–85 NHL season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points


1984–85 NHL season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; W = Won; L = Lost; T = Tied; GA = Goals allowed; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts


1984–85 NHL season, Milestones, Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1984–85 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):


1984–85 NHL season, Milestones, Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1984–85 (listed with their last team):


1984–85 NHL season, Milestones, Last games
Note: Goring and Park were the last two players to have played in the NHL in the 1960s.


1984–85 NK Hajduk Split season
The 1984–85 season was the 74th season in Hajduk Split’s history and their 39th in the Yugoslav First League. Their 5th place finish in the 1983–84 season meant it was their 39th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.


1984–85 NK Rijeka season
The 1984–85 season was the 39th season in Rijeka’s history and their 23rd season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 4th place finish in the 1983–84 season meant it was their 11th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.


1984–85 NK Rijeka season, Matches, Squad statistics
Competitive matches only. Appearances in brackets indicate numbers of times the player came on as a substitute.


1984–85 NTFL season
The 1984/85 NTFL season was the 64th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).


1984–85 NTFL season
St Marys have completed a perfect season and claim there 12th premiership title while defeating the Wanderers Eagles in the grand final by 13 points.


1984–85 NTFL season, Grand Final
This was the first time when St Marys completed a season undefeated.


1984–85 National Basketball League season
The 1984–85 Carlsberg National Basketball League season was the thirteenth season of the National Basketball League formed in 1972. The league was sponsored by Carlsberg and the Kingston Kings completed a League & Cup double but Manchester United won the newly extended Play Off's.


1984–85 National Basketball League season, Team changes
The EBBA increased the first division to fourteen teams which resulted in a 26-match schedule which was warmly welcomed after the 36-match schedule of the previous season. Of the 13 existing teams, Brighton switched to Worthing and with new sponsors would be known as the Nissan Worthing Bears and Hemel Hempstead merged with the second division outfit Watford Royals to form Hemel & Watford Royals. The new fourteenth team was Telford Turbos who secured a new sponsor called Screen Stars.


1984–85 National Basketball League season, Team changes
It was evident that as the season progressed many clubs had been spending beyond their means in recent years and were duly struggling to balance the books. The Solent Stars applied for voluntary liquidation in December 1984 despite leading the league and terminated the contract of their coach Jim Kelly and leading players to save money. An extraordinary season continued in January 1985 when just a few days before the National Cup final Manchester United F.C. bought the FSO Cars Liverpool & Warrington club, renaming them for the final and relocating to Stretford. The drama continued as Portsmouth F.C. attempted to takeover Solent Stars before a former Stars player TJ Robinson headed a consortium to save the club. Portsmouth F.C. then bought Telford Turbos (also in liquidation) and moved the team to Portsmouth.


1984–85 National Football League (Ireland)
The 1984–85 National Football League was the 54th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.


1984–85 National Football League (Ireland)
Monaghan won their first and only national title with a win over Armagh in the final.


1984–85 National Football League (Ireland), Format
This was the final year of the NFL in its present format before a move to a three division league for the 1985–86 NFL.


1984–85 National Football League (Ireland), Format, Round-Robin Format
Each team played every other team in its division (or group where the division is split) once, either home or away.


1984–85 National Football League (Ireland), Format, Points awarded
2 points were awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.


1984–85 National Football League (Ireland), Format, Titles
Teams in all four divisions competed for the National Football League title.


1984–85 National Football League (Ireland), Format, Knockout phase structure
The final match-up is: Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2.


1984–85 National Football League (Ireland), Format, Promotion and Relegation
When the NFL was played, relegation was to be as follows:


1984–85 National Football League (Ireland), Format, Promotion and Relegation
The change in format agreed in advance of the 1985–86 NFL meant that promotion and relegation was as follows:


1984–85 National Football League (Ireland), Format, Separation of teams on equal points
In the event that teams finish on equal points, then a play-off will be used to determine group placings if necessary, i.e. where to decide relegation places or quarter-finalists.


1984–85 National Football League (Ireland), League Tables, Division Three, Play-Offs
This result was to relegate Wicklow to Division Four of the 1985–86 NFL. The play-off turned out to be redundant because of the restructure to the league, and both teams were in Division Three of the 1985–86 NFL.


1984–85 National Hurling League
The 1984–85 National Hurling League was the 54th season of the National Hurling League (NHL), an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams. It was won by Limerick for the second year in a row.


1984–85 National Hurling League, Division 1
Limerick came into the season as defending champions of the 1983-84 season. Offaly and Tipperary entered Division 1 as the promoted teams.


1984–85 National Hurling League, Division 1
On 14 April 1985, Limerick won the title following a 3-12 to 1-7 win over Clare in the final. It was their second league title in succession and their 9th National League title overall.


1984–85 National Hurling League, Division 1
Laois's Eugene Fennelly was the Division 1 top scorer with 2-44.


1984–85 Nationale A season
The 1984–85 Nationale A season was the 64th season of the Nationale A, the top level of ice hockey in France. 12 teams participated in the league, and Sporting Hockey Club Saint Gervais won their fifth league title. Hockey Club de Caen was relegated to the Nationale B.


1984–85 Nationalliga A, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Servette FC Genève won the championship.


1984–85 Nationalliga A season
The 1984–85 Nationalliga A season was the 47th season of the Nationalliga A, the top level of ice hockey in Switzerland. Eight teams participated in the league, and HC Davos won the championship.


1984–85 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team
The 1984–85 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Midshipmen were led by fifth-year head coach Paul Evans, and played their home games at Halsey Field House in Annapolis, Maryland as members of the Colonial Athletic Association.


1984–85 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Budapest Honvéd FC won the championship.


1984–85 New Jersey Devils season
The 1984–85 New Jersey Devils season was the third season of the Devils and eleventh of the franchise. For the seventh consecutive season the team did not qualify for the playoffs.


1984–85 New Jersey Devils season, Offseason
Lou Vairo joined the team as an assistant coach to Carpenter.


1984–85 New Jersey Devils 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 New Jersey Devils season, Player statistics, Regular season
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 New Jersey Devils season, Draft picks
New Jersey's draft picks at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.


1984–85 New Jersey Nets season
The 1984–85 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' 9th season in the NBA.


1984–85 New York Islanders season
The 1984–85 New York Islanders season was the 13th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League.


1984–85 New York Islanders season, Regular season, Season 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 New York Islanders season, Playoffs
Round 1 (3) New York Islanders vs (2) Washington Capitals


1984–85 New York Islanders season, Playoffs
Round 2 (3) New York Islanders vs (1) Philadelphia Flyers


1984–85 New York Islanders season, Player statistics
Note: Pos = Position; 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 New York Knicks season
The 1984–85 NBA season was the Knicks' 39th season in the NBA.


1984–85 New York Knicks season
Bernard King injured his knee on March 25 and was put on injured reserve, ending his season. He was forced to sit out the next year. Before the injury, King scored 60 points in a Christmas Day game against the New Jersey Nets.


1984–85 New York Rangers season
The 1984–85 New York Rangers season was the 59th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). In the regular season, New York had a 26–44–10 record and finished fourth in the Patrick Division. The Rangers made the NHL playoffs, where they lost to the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round, three games to none.


1984–85 New York Rangers 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 New York Rangers season, Player statistics
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. ‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.


1984–85 New York Rangers season, Draft picks
New York's picks at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum.


1984–85 Newcastle United F.C. season
During the 1984-85 season, Newcastle United participated in the Football League First Division.


1984–85 Newcastle United F.C. season, Season Synopsis
Newcastle started their first season back in the top flight under the leadership of World Cup winner Jack Charlton after previous manager Arthur Cox left in the close-season due to lack of funds from the board for squad strengthening. Hopes of success were high due to the emergence of local youngsters Chris Waddle, Peter Beardsley and Paul Gascoigne. Waddle and Beardsley had progressed into potential world class forwards under the management of Cox during the promotion campaign of the previous season, Waddle would win international recognition during the season before being sold to Spurs. Newcastle were now without the inspirational former England striker Kevin Keegan, who had retired from playing after the end of the promotion campaign.


1984–85 Newcastle United F.C. season, Season Synopsis
After a great start the team slowly drifted down the table, trying to offset this Charlton brought in tall centre forwards George Reilly and Tony Cunningham and changed to a long ball style. Although never in danger of being relegated throughout the season, the team ended the season three points above the relegation zone.


1984–85 Newcastle United F.C. season, Regular Side
Kevin Carr; Malcolm Brown, Jeff Clarke/John Anderson, Glenn Roeder, Wes Saunders/Kenny Wharton; Neil McDonald, David McCreery, Pat Heard, Kenny Wharton/Chris Waddle; Peter Beardsley and Chris Waddle/George Reilly


1984–85 Newport County A.F.C. season
The 1984–85 season was Newport County's fifth consecutive season in the Third Division and their 57th season overall in the Football League.


1984–85 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
The 1984–85 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina from Chapel Hill, North Carolina.


1984–85 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
Led by head coach Dean Smith, the tar heels completed yet another in a long line of impressive seasons, with 27 wins, a top ten ranked team, and having reached all the way to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament.


1984–85 North West Counties Football League
The 1984–85 North West Counties Football League was the third in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into three divisions.


1984–85 North West Counties Football League, Promotion and relegation, Division One
Caernarfon Town moved to the Northern Premier League while Lancaster City were relegated to Division Two.


1984–85 North West Counties Football League, Promotion and relegation, Division two
Division Two champions Clitheroe and second placed Irlam Town were promoted to Division One while Padiham were relegated to Division Three.


1984–85 North West Counties Football League, Promotion and relegation, Division Three
Division Three champions Kirkby Town and second placed Colwyn Bay were promoted to Division Two while Urmston Town, Lytham and Ashton Town left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Huyton Town. Oldham Dew changed their name to Oldham Town.


1984–85 Northern Counties East Football League
The 1984–85 Northern Counties East Football League season was the third in the history of Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.


1984–85 Northern Counties East Football League
At the end of the season divisions One North, One Central and One South was reorganised. The clubs were distributed between newly formed divisions One, Two and Three.


1984–85 Northern Counties East Football League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with two new clubs:


1984–85 Northern Counties East Football League, Division One North
Division One North featured nine clubs which competed in the previous season, along with eight new clubs, promoted from Division Two North:


1984–85 Northern Counties East Football League, Division One Central
Division One Central featured six clubs which competed in the previous season in Division One North or South, along with ten new clubs.


1984–85 Northern Counties East Football League, Division One South
Division One South featured ten clubs which competed in the previous season, along with six new clubs, promoted from Division Two South:


1984–85 Northern Counties East Football League, Division One South
In addition, Norton Woodseats changed their name to Dronfield United.


1984–85 Northern Football League
The 1984–85 Northern Football League season was the 87th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.


1984–85 Northern Football League, Division One
Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division Two:


1984–85 Northern Football League, Division Two
Division Two featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, relegated from Division One:


1984–85 Northern Premier League
The 1984–85 Northern Premier League season was the 17th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.


1984–85 Northern Premier League, Overview, Team changes
The following club left the League at the end of the previous season:


1984–85 Northern Premier League, Overview, Team changes
The following club joined the League at the start of the season:


1984–85 Northern Premier League, Cup Results
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.


1984–85 Northern Premier League, End of the season
At the end of the seventeenth season of the Northern Premier League, Stafford Rangers applied to join the Alliance Premier League and were successful.


1984–85 Northern Premier League, End of the season, Promotion and relegation
The following two clubs left the League at the end of the season:


1984–85 Northern Premier League, End of the season, Promotion and relegation
The following two clubs joined the League the following season:


1984–85 Norwegian 1. Divisjon season
The 1984–85 Norwegian 1. Divisjon season was the 46th season of ice hockey in Norway. Ten teams participated in the league, and Valerenga Ishockey won the championship.


1984–85 OB I bajnoksag season
The 1984–85 OB I bajnokság season was the 48th season of the OB I bajnokság, the top level of ice hockey in Hungary. Three teams participated in the league, and Ujpesti Dozsa SC won the championship.


1984–85 OHL season
The 1984–85 OHL season was the fifth season of the Ontario Hockey League. The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds were undefeated in all 33 home games during the regular season. The Brantford Alexanders move back to Hamilton becoming the Hamilton Steelhawks. Fifteen teams each played 66 games. The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Peterborough Petes.


1984–85 OHL season, Relocation/Team Name Change, Brantford Alexanders to Hamilton Steelhawks
The Brantford Alexanders relocated and moved back to the city of Hamilton for the 1984-85 season. The franchise had previously played in Hamilton from 1953-1976 as the Hamilton Tiger Cubs from 1953-1960, and the Hamilton Fincups from 1960-1976. In 1976, the franchise relocated to St. Catharines and played as the St. Catharines Fincups for the 1976-77 season, however, the club returned to Hamilton for the 1977-78 season. The club then relocated to Brantford and was renamed as the Brantford Alexanders for the 1978-79 season.


1984–85 OHL season, Relocation/Team Name Change, Brantford Alexanders to Hamilton Steelhawks
The Steelhawks would play the 1984-85 season out of Mountain Arena while their new arena, Copps Coliseum, was being constructed and would not open until the 1985-86 season. The team remained in the Emms Division.


1984–85 OHL season, Relocation/Team Name Change, Windsor Spitfires to Windsor Compuware Spitfires
The Windsor Spitfires were bought by Peter Karmanos, the founder and CEO of Compuware in 1984 and were renamed as the Windsor Compuware Spitfires beginning in the 1984-85 season.


1984–85 OHL season, Tragedy
On January 4, 1985, Bruce Melanson of the Oshawa Generals collapsed at practice and died from a heart ailment known as Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome which resulted in him having a rapid heartbeat because of electrical impulses in the heart taking extra pathways. He was 18 years old at the time of the incident. Melanson was a second round draft pick of the New York Islanders at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.


1984–85 OHL season, Tragedy
The Generals wore black arm bands for the remainder of the season in memoriam of their teammate. In his memory, the club no longer issues the uniform number "9". A memorial scholarship was also set up at his former high school in New Brunswick.


1984–85 OHL season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title


1984–85 OJHL season
The 1984–85 OJHL season is the 13th season of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL). The eight teams of the league played a 48-game season. The all eight teams made the playoffs.


1984–85 OJHL season
The winner of the OJHL playoffs, the Orillia Travelways, were already hosting the 1985 Centennial Cup and were therefore exempted from the Buckland Cup/Dudley Hewitt Cup series against the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League champion. Instead, the league finalists, the Aurora Tigers were granted the option of playing for the OHA and Central Canadian Championship. Both the Tigers and Travelways ended up at the Centennial Cup, which the Travelways won.


1984–85 OJHL season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title


1984–85 OJHL season, OHA Buckland Cup/Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship
The 1985 Buckland Cup and Dudley Hewitt Cup was a best-of-7 series between the Sudbury Cubs (NOJHL) and the Aurora Tigers. The Tigers played because the Orillia Travelways were granted an opt-out as hosts of the 1985 Centennial Cup. The winner moved on to the 1985 Centennial Cup with Orillia.


1984–85 OJHL season, 1985 Centennial Cup Championship
The 1985 Centennial Cup was the Canadian National Junior A championship in Orillia, Ontario, hosted by the Orillia Travelways. The Orillia Travelways won the event, while the Aurora Tigers lost the semi-final.


1984–85 Oklahoma City Chiefs men's basketball team
The 1984–85 Oklahoma City Chiefs men's basketball team represented Oklahoma City University in the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as a member of the Midwestern City Conference. They finished the season with a 6–20 overall record, and a 1–13 conference record. They were coached by Abe Lemons in his twentieth season as head coach of the Chiefs. They played their home games at Frederickson Fieldhouse in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This was the program's final season in NCAA Division I as OCU moved its athletic programs to the NAIA following the season.


1984–85 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team
The 1984–85 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in competitive college basketball during the 1984–85 NCAA Division I season. The Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team played its home games in the Lloyd Noble Center and was a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) former Big Eight Conference at that time. The team posted a 31–6 overall record and a 13–1 conference record to finish first in the Conference for head coach Billy Tubbs. This was the first Big Eight Conference Tournament Championship and second Conference Regular Season Championship for Tubbs. This was Tubbs' first NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament #1 seed.


1984–85 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team
The team was led by All American and Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year Wayman Tisdale. The team lost two of its first four games, both to Illinois. It then won four home games before losing to SMU in the Chaminade Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii. The team then won four more before losing at Tulsa. The team then won twelve in a row before losing at Kansas. The team then won its last three regular season games, its three conference tournament games and its first three 1984 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament games before it was eliminated in the elite eight round by Memphis.


1984–85 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team
Among his numerous accomplishments, Wayman Tisdale established the current Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball career scoring (2661), career scoring average (25.6), career rebounds (1048), single-season points (932) records. Tisdale became the first Associated Press All-American first team selection as a freshman, sophomore and junior and first three-time Big Eight Conference scoring champion.


1984–85 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team, Schedule and results, NCAA basketball tournament
The following is a summary of the team's performance in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament:


1984–85 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team, Team players drafted into the NBA
The following players were drafted in the 1985 NBA Draft:


1984–85 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team, Team players drafted into the NBA
The following players were varsity letter-winners from this team who were drafted in the NBA Draft in later years:


1984–85 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)
1984–85 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) was the 79th water polo championship in Hungary. There were fourteen teams who played two-round match for the title.


1984–85 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Final list
* M: Matches W: Win D: Drawn L: Lost G+: Goals earned G-: Goals got P: Point


1984–85 PAOK FC season
The 1984–85 season was PAOK Football Club's 59th in club's history and 26th consecutive in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in first round.


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


1984–85 PAOK FC season, Statistics, Squad statistics
Appearances denote players in the starting lineup, with the numbers in parentheses denoting appearances as substitute.


1984–85 Panathinaikos F.C. season
In the 1984–85 season Panathinaikos played in Greece's top division, the Alpha Ethniki. They also competed in the European Cup and the Greek Cup.


1984–85 Panathinaikos 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 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season
The 1984–85 season was Paris Saint-Germain's 15th season in existence. PSG played their home league games at the Parc des Princes in Paris, registering an average attendance of 16,438 spectators per match. The club was presided by Francis Borelli. The team was coached by Georges Peyroche until March 1985, when Christian Coste took over as interim manager. Dominique Bathenay was the team captain.


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


1984–85 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Transfers, Arrivals
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1984–85 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Transfers, Departures
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1984–85 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Kits
French radio RTL was the shirt sponsor. French sportswear brand Le Coq Sportif was the kit manufacturer.


1984–85 Philadelphia 76ers season
The 1984–85 Philadelphia 76ers season was notable for being Charles Barkley's rookie season. Barkley joined a veteran team that included Julius Erving, Moses Malone, and Maurice Cheeks, three players who took Philadelphia to the 1983 NBA championship. The Sixers finished with a regular season record of 58-24, five games behind the Celtics in the Atlantic Division.


1984–85 Philadelphia 76ers season
In the first round of the playoffs, they beat the Washington Bullets 3-1, and then in the Eastern semi-finals they swept the Milwaukee Bucks. The Sixers in the Eastern Conference Finals were defeated in five games by the Boston Celtics. In the game three loss, Julius Erving was booed by the home Sixer fans. After this series Erving was to play the guard position for the last two years of his career. This was also the final series for Coach Billy Cunningham, who quit and would be replaced by Matt Goukas.


1984–85 Philadelphia 76ers season
This also was the last full season for Andrew Toney, who would be sidelined the next year with a foot injury and played in only 6 games, and never was able to return to his previous All-Star form.


1984–85 Philadelphia 76ers season
The team's season roster is featured in the video game NBA 2K16.


1984–85 Philadelphia 76ers season, NBA Draft
Charles Barkley left before his final year at Auburn and made himself eligible for the 1984 NBA draft. He was selected with the fifth pick in the first round by the Philadelphia 76ers, two slots after the Chicago Bulls drafted Michael Jordan.


1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season
The 1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 18th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers reached the Stanley Cup Finals but lost in five games to the Edmonton Oilers.


1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season, Off-season
Bobby Clarke's first move as general manager was hiring Mike Keenan as head coach. Second-year player Dave Poulin was named team captain.


1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season, Regular season
On October 18 they tied a franchise record for most goals in one game, after a 13–2 rout of the Vancouver Canucks at the Spectrum. They recorded another 10-plus goal contest on March 10 against Pittsburgh, crushing the Penguins 11–4. In addition, the team snapped the Edmonton Oilers' then NHL record 12–0–3 unbeaten streak to start the year with a 7–5 win on November 11. Four days later, they paid tribute to the recently retired Bobby Clarke on Bobby Clarke Night with a 6–1 win over the Hartford Whalers.


1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season, Regular season
Although the club got off to a hot 16–4–4 start, they faltered in December, losing four straight games and five of six prior to Christmas. With the team's slate of games thin throughout January, the Washington Capitals surged to the top of the Patrick Division although the Flyers kept winning consistently.


1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season, Regular season
After trailing the division-leading Capitals by 11 points in early February, the Flyers clinched the division title on March 28 and finished 12 points ahead of Washington, reeling off an incredible 24–4–0 record after February 9. The game that kicked off the stretch, on February 9 at the Capital Centre, saw Tim Kerr score four goals but Brian Propp won it, 5-4, with two seconds remaining in regulation. The club set a franchise record with 11 straight wins from March 5–24.


1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season, Regular season
One season before the President's Trophy was created to reward the NHL club with the most points, the Flyers finished the season with 113, four ahead of eventual Cup champion Edmonton. They also recorded their second-highest single-season goal total (tied with 1975–76, and two fewer than the previous season) and allowed the third-fewest goals behind Washington and Buffalo.


1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season, Regular season
Twice during the season two players recorded hat tricks in the same game. Propp and Ilkka Sinisalo turned the trick in the Vancouver rout, while Poulin and Kerr teamed up for six goals in a wild 9–6 win over Washington on March 7.


1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season, Regular season
Goaltender Pelle Lindbergh, who led the league with 40 wins, won the Vezina Trophy.


1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season, Regular season, Season 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 Philadelphia Flyers season, Playoffs
The Flyers rolled through the playoffs by sweeping the New York Rangers in three games, defeating the New York Islanders in five, and beating the Quebec Nordiques in six to return to the Stanley Cup Finals. Though they defeated the defending champion Edmonton Oilers in Game 1 by a score of 4–1 at home, Edmonton won the next four games and the series.


1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions
The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 20, 1984, the day after the deciding game of the 1984 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 30, 1985, the day of the deciding game of the 1985 Stanley Cup Finals.


1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions, Signings, Free agency
The following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency.


1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions, Signings, Internal
The following players were either re-signed by the Flyers or, in the case of the team's selections in the NHL Entry Draft, signed to contracts.


1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions, Waivers
The Flyers were not involved in any waivers transactions. The 1984 NHL Waiver Draft was held on October 9, 1984. The Flyers left the following players unprotected: goaltender Gil Hudon and skaters Don Nachbaur and Brian Tutt.


1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions, Departures
The following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).


1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season, Draft picks
Philadelphia's picks at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec, on June 9, 1984. The Flyers selection of Petr Rucka in the eleventh-round, 226th overall, was voided since Rucka had already been selected by the Calgary Flames in the tenth-round.


1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season, Farm teams
The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL and the Kalamazoo Wings of the IHL.


1984–85 Phoenix Suns season
The 1984–85 Phoenix Suns season was the 17th season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. The Suns were without All-Star Walter Davis for much of the season due to injury. They would be without him in the playoffs, extending a then-franchise record to eight consecutive seasons even though the Suns finished the regular season with the team's first losing record since the 1976–77 season. The Suns' playoff run would not last long, being swept in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs by the eventual league champions, the Los Angeles Lakers. The team was led by head coach John MacLeod, in his 12th year with the Suns, and played all home games in Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.


1984–85 Phoenix Suns season
Larry Nance would earn his first career All-Star selection, and led the Suns in scoring for the first time, averaging 20 points per game. He also tied with Maurice Lucas for team leader in rebounds, each averaging 8.8 on the season. Walter Davis was hampered by an injury, starting just nine games on the season and averaging only 15.0 points, while 7-footer James Edwards brought in 14.9 points per game.


1984–85 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team
The 1984–85 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Roy Chipman, the Panthers finished with a record of 17–12. They received an at-large bid to the 1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost in the first round to Louisiana Tech.


1984–85 Pittsburgh Penguins season
The 1984–85 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 18th in the National Hockey League. It marked the debut of Mario Lemieux for the Penguins. Lemieux debuted on October 11, 1984, against the Boston Bruins and scored a goal with his very first NHL shot, on his first shift. Later that season, Lemieux played in the NHL All-Star Game and became the first rookie to be named the All-Star Game's Most Valuable Player. Despite missing seven games during the season, Lemieux scored 100 points and won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the rookie of the year.


1984–85 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Offseason
Before the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, Lemieux announced he wanted to play for whoever drafted him. He and his agent were deadlocked with the Penguins and could not negotiate a contract. Because of this, when the Penguins called his name as the first overall draft pick, he did not shake general manager Eddie Johnston's hand or don the Penguins jersey, as is NHL tradition. He claimed he was upset about the contract negotiation, and said that "Pittsburgh doesn't want [him] bad enough."


1984–85 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Offseason
Even though the draft was held in Montreal, over 3,000 fans viewed a broadcast in Pittsburgh's Civic Arena — a typical Penguins game drew less than 7,000 fans at the time. Lemieux's actions upset many fans and led to accusations of arrogance and aloofness. After the draft, Johnston signed Lemieux to a two-year contract for $600,000, plus a $150,000 bonus for signing. Although Lemieux wore the jersey #27 during his time with the Laval Voisins, he wanted to adopt Wayne Gretzky's #99 when he entered the NHL. However, his agent advised him to create his own identity; thus, Lemieux turned #99 upside down and landed on #66, which stuck with him throughout his career.


1984–85 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season, Season 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 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs
The Penguins failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive year, and finished in last again as well.


1984–85 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Player statistics
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only. ‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.


1984–85 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Transactions
The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1984–85 season:


1984–85 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Draft picks
The 1984 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 9, 1984, in Montreal, Quebec.


1984–85 Polska Liga Hokejowa season
The 1984–85 Polska Liga Hokejowa season was the 50th season of the Polska Liga Hokejowa, the top level of ice hockey in Poland. 10 teams participated in the league, and Zaglebie Sosnowiec won the championship.


1984–85 Port Vale F.C. season
The 1984–85 season was Port Vale's 73rd season of football in the English Football League, and first (12th overall) back in the Fourth Division following their relegation from the Third Division. John Rudge's first full season in charge, the Vale finished in mid-table following a season of rebuilding the squad. Veteran striker Ally Brown was top-scorer with 21 goals, whilst midfield dynamo Robbie Earle hit 19 goals. Defender Alan Webb was elected Player of the Year, whilst a young Ray Walker also spent a short period on loan at the club. Vale progressed to the Third Round of the FA Cup, and the Second Rounds of the League Cup and Associate Members' Cup.


1984–85 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Fourth Division
The pre-season saw four new arrivals: veteran striker Ally Brown (Walsall); winger Peter Griffiths (Stoke City); and both forward Derek Monaghan and reliable defender Alan Webb (West Bromwich Albion). This came after John Rudge stated that "Vale's reputation has been built on grit and determination and I will be looking to bring in the player who is willing to die for the cause". Attempts to re-sign Brian Horton failed once again, whilst Martin Henderson had his contract cancelled after failing to report for pre-season training – he later signed with Spalding United. Just before the season began Gary Brazil was signed on loan from Sheffield United.


1984–85 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Fourth Division
The season opened with a 1–0 defeat to Mansfield Town. Tommy Gore soon announced his retirement due to a neck injury. The Vale then went five games unbeaten, as the club announced a new five year shirt sponsorship deal with Trentham firm Eagle Delivery Service. Young winger Ray Walker also arrived on loan from Aston Villa. The fans chanted 'what a load of rubbish' on 1 October, as Vale lost 3–0 at home to struggling side Northampton Town. Rudge stated that 'In truth we were rubbish' and promptly cancelled the player's day off.