1985 Rome and Vienna airport attacks, Perpetrators
Responsibility for the two attacks was later claimed by the Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) in retaliation for Operation Wooden Leg, the Israeli bombing of PLO headquarters in Tunis on 1 October 1985. Libya was accused, by the US, of funding the terrorists who carried out the attacks; although they denied the charges, they did praise the assaults. According to published reports, sources close to Abu Nidal said Libyan intelligence supplied the weapons and the ANO's head of the Intelligence Directorate's Committee for Special Missions, Dr. Ghassan al-Ali, organized the attacks. Libya denied these charges as well, notwithstanding that it claimed they were "heroic operations carried out by the sons of the martyrs of Sabra and Shatila." Italian secret services blamed Syria and Iran.


1985 Rome and Vienna airport attacks, Perpetrators
The surviving terrorist in the Rome airport attack, Mahmoud Ibrahim Khaled (Khalid Ibrahim), was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment in 1988. He was released early on good behavior in June 2010 and was living in Rome in 2011. In 1987, an Austrian court sentenced the two surviving terrorists in the Vienna airport attack to life imprisonment.


1985 Ronde van Nederland
These are the results for the 25th edition of the Ronde van Nederland cycling race, which was held from August 20 to August 25, 1985. The race started in Winschoten (Groningen) and finished in Den Bosch (North Brabant).


1985 Roscommon County Council election
An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from six electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.


1985 Rose Bowl
The 1985 Rose Bowl Game was a postseason college football bowl game between the USC Trojans of the Pacific-10 Conference and Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference, held on New Year’s Day in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The game resulted in a 20–17 victory for the underdog Trojans.


1985 Rose Bowl, Scoring summary
Tim Green and Jack Del Rio earned the Rose Bowl MVP awards.


1985 Rous Cup
The 1985 Rous Cup was the first staging of the Rous Cup international football competition, initially established to continue the then-traditional annual game between rivals England and Scotland following the demise of the British Home Championship.


1985 Rous Cup
The cup was won by Scotland, who defeated England 1–0 in the match played on 25 May 1985. Richard Gough got the only goal of the game, a header in the 69th minute. This was to be the only time they lifted the Rous Cup during its five-year existence.


1985 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team
The 1985 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Dick Anderson, the Scarlet Knights compiled a 2–8–1 record while competing as an independent and were outscored by their opponents 266 to 149. The team's statistical leaders included Joe Gagliardi with 1,273 passing yards, Albert Smith with 362 rushing yards and 244 receiving yards.


1985 Ryder Cup
The 26th Ryder Cup Matches were held 13–15 September 1985 at the Brabazon Course of The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England. Team Europe won the competition for the first time by a score of 161⁄2 to 111⁄2 points. This marked the first U.S. loss since 1957, previously the sole U.S. loss in fifty years.


1985 Ryder Cup
Europe took a two-point lead into the Sunday singles and increased their lead throughout Sunday. It fell to Sam Torrance to secure the winning margin when he holed a 22-foot (7 m) putt on the 18th hole to defeat Andy North 1 up and go up 141⁄2 to 81⁄2, a six-point margin with five matches on the course.


1985 Ryder Cup
This was the last Ryder Cup played in Europe that was not shown on live television in the United States. The USA Network first televised it in 1989 on cable with video provided by the BBC. NBC Sports took over live weekend coverage in 1991 in South Carolina, and 1993 marked the first time a major U.S. network televised it live from Europe.


1985 Ryder Cup, Format
The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format in 1985 was as follows:


1985 Ryder Cup, Format
With a total of 28 points, 141⁄2 points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.


1985 Ryder Cup, Teams
Nine of the European team were chosen from the 1985 European Tour money list at the conclusion of the Benson & Hedges International Open on 18 August with the remaining three team members being chosen immediately after the final event by the team captain, Tony Jacklin. Prior to the final event Christy O'Connor Jnr was in the 9th qualifying position. However he missed the cut in the Benson & Hedges International Open and was overtaken by José María Cañizares, O'Connor finishing just £115.89 behind Cañizares. Jacklin's choices of Nick Faldo and Ken Brown were widely expected but his choice of José Rivero was a surprise.


1985 Ryder Cup, Teams
North qualified by virtue of winning the 1985 U.S. Open, while Green qualified by winning the 1985 PGA Championship.


1985 Ryder Cup, Individual player records
Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.


1985 SANFL Grand Final
The 1985 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Glenelg Football Club and North Adelaide Football Club at Football Park on 5 October 1985. It was the 87th grand final of the South Australian National Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1985 SANFL season. The match, attended by 50,289 spectators, was won by Glenelg by a margin of 57 points, marking the club's third SANFL premiership, having previously won the premiership in 1973. Glenelg's Stephen Kernahan won the Jack Oatey Medal as the player judged best on ground.


1985 SANFL Grand Final, Teams
NORTH ADELAIDE: 4. David Tiller (c) 1. John Riley 3. Darel Hart 6. Trevor Hill 7. Kim Klomp 9. David Sanders 12. Paul Zoontjens 13. Tony Antrobus 14. Stephen Hay 15. John Brealey 16. Michael Armfield 17. Andrew Jarman 22. Stephen Riley 23. David Wildy 25. Matthew Campbell 27. Brenton Phillips, 28. Michael Parsons 32. Paul Arnold 34. David Robertson 35. Peter Bennett 42. Mick Redden (v/c) Coach: Michael Nunan


1985 SANFL Grand Final, Match Summary
Retiring champion Malcolm Blight was given the honour of tossing the coin. North skipper David Tiller called correctly and elected to kick to the Lake End.


1985 SANFL Grand Final, Match Summary
Midway through the second quarter, the Roosters had opened up a 29-point lead after restricting the Tigers to just two goals.


1985 SANFL Grand Final, Match Summary
But then, in one moment, the momentum of the match shifted dramatically.


1985 SANFL Grand Final, Aftermath
Years later, when reflecting on the sudden change in momentum in the second quarter that swung the result in Glenelg's favour, Graham Cornes remarked: ”It was as if someone flicked the switch and it all turned.”


1985 SANFL Grand Final, External Links
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1985 SANFL season
The 1985 South Australian National Football League season was the 106th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.


1985 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1985 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament took place from March 6–9, 1985 at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Alabama. The Auburn Tigers men's basketball team won their first ever SEC Tournament title in the championship game on March 9, 1985. Auburn defeated Alabama 53–49 for the SEC's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball tournament.


1985 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
Television coverage of the tournament’s first round, the quarterfinals, and semifinals were produced and regionally syndicated by the now-defunct Lorimar Sports Network (formerly Sports Productions, Inc.), the sports broadcasting arm of Lorimar Productions. The championship game was nationally televised on NBC via that network’s in-house sports division, NBC Sports.


1985 SMU Mustangs football team
The 1985 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1985 Sabah state election
The 1985 Sabah state election was held between Saturday, 20 April and Sunday, 21 April 1985. This was the fifth state election to take place. Parti Bersatu Sabah won 25 out 48 seats contested, thus forming government with its president Joseph Pairin Kitingan being sworn in as Chief Minister. This election is a milestone in Sabah political history as it marked the first time that a party not part of the nation's ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN) formed government. PBS took control of the state from the previous ruling government under Parti Berjaya—a partner of BN, which has been in power since 1976.


1985 Sabah state election, The aftermath
Pairin, himself a former member of Party Berjaya, formed PBS barely 47 days before the elections. Opponents of PBS, namely, Harris Salleh of Berjaya, and Tun Mustapha of USNO were dissatisfied with the result. Tun Mustapha then sought to get sworn in as Chief Minister illegally, and this resulted in a court battle which ended in favour of Pairin.


1985 Sabah state election, The aftermath
The election resulted in riots around Sabah between March and May 1986. Bombings occurred in Kota Kinabalu, and arson in other towns. The rioters were trying to bring down Pairin from being the head of the state government.


1985 Sabah state election, The aftermath
In 1986 itself, another election was announced following defections by PBS assemblymen to USNO. PBS won again, this time with a two-thirds majority. PBS joined the Barisan Nasional coalition after this election, but later left the coalition in 1990.


1985 Sacramento State Hornets football team
The 1985 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented Sacramento State University during the 1985 NCAA Division II football season.


1985 Sacramento State Hornets football team
1985 was the first year Sacramento State competed in the Western Football Conference. They had been a member of the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) from 1954 to 1984. The Hornets were led by eighth-year head coach Bob Mattos. They played home games at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California. The team finished the season with a record of eight wins and three losses (8–3, 4–1 WFC). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 326–229 for the season.


1985 Sacramento State Hornets football team, Team players in the NFL
The following Sacramento State players were selected in the 1986 NFL Draft.


1985 Salvadoran legislative election
Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 31 March 1985. The result was a victory for the Christian Democratic Party, which won 33 of the 60 seats. Voter turnout was 42%.


1985 Samoa National League
The 1985 Samoa National League, or also known as the Upolo First Division, was the 7th edition of the Samoa National League, the top league of the Football Federation Samoa. Kiwi F.C. won their second title, eventually becoming the second in a three title streak.


1985 San Diego Chargers season
The 1985 San Diego Chargers season was the franchise's 16th season in the National Football League (NFL), its 26th overall. The team improved on their 7–9 record from 1984 to an 8–8 finish. For the third time in five years, the Chargers led the league in scoring. It was Don Coryell's final full season as the team's head coach, as he would resign halfway through the following season after a 1–7 start.


1985 San Diego Padres season
The 1985 San Diego Padres season was the 17th season in franchise history. Led by manager Dick Williams, the Padres were unable to defend their National League championship.


1985 San Diego Padres season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1985 San Diego State Aztecs football team
The 1985 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).


1985 San Diego State Aztecs football team
The team was led by head coach Doug Scovil, in his fifth and last year, and played home games at Jack Murphy Stadium> in San Diego, California. They finished with a record of five wins, six losses and one tie (5–6–1, 3–4–1 WAC).


1985 San Diego State Aztecs football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 1985, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1985 San Francisco 49ers season
The 1985 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise's 36th season in the National Football League and their 40th overall.


1985 San Francisco 49ers season
49ers running back Roger Craig became the first player in NFL history to record both 1,000 rushing yards and 1,000 receiving yards in the same season. Craig rushed for 1,050 yards, and had 1,016 receiving yards.


1985 San Francisco 49ers season
This season was Jerry Rice's first season in the league.


1985 San Francisco 49ers season, Playoffs, NFC Wild Card
December 29, 1985 (Sat) at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New JerseyAttendance: 75,842


1985 San Francisco Giants season
The 1985 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 103rd season in Major League Baseball, their 28th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 26th at Candlestick Park. It resulted in the team finishing in sixth place in the NL West Division with a record of 62 wins and franchise-record 100 losses. This was the first, and as of 2020, the only time in the history of the franchise that they reached the triple-digit mark in losses.


1985 San Francisco Giants season
It is also the highest number of games they have lost in a season, as well. The Giants were managed by Jim Davenport, who was dismissed on September 18, after compiling a dismal 56-88 record, and Roger Craig, who guided the team to a 6-12 mark during the final 2½ weeks of the season. They finished 33 games behind the division champion and their main rival, the Los Angeles Dodgers.


1985 San Francisco Giants season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1985 San Francisco Giants season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1985 San Francisco Giants season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1985 San Francisco Giants season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1985 San Francisco Giants season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1985 San Francisco State Gators football team
The 1985 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State University during the 1985 NCAA Division II football season.


1985 San Francisco State Gators football team
San Francisco State competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC). The Gators were led by head coach Vic Rowen in his 25th year at the helm. They played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco, California. The team finished the season with a record of three wins, six losses and one tie (3–6–1, 2–3 NCAC). For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 252–347.


1985 San Francisco State Gators football team, Team players in the NFL
No San Francisco State players were selected in the 1986 NFL Draft.


1985 San Jose Earthquakes season
The 1985 San Jose Earthquakes season was the twelfth overall for the Earthquakes franchise. They played in the four-team Western Alliance Challenge Series, which would become the Western Soccer Alliance in 1986. The Earthquakes finished in first place and were league champions.


1985 San Jose Earthquakes season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1985 San Jose State Spartans football team
The 1985 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was led by head coach Claude Gilbert, in his second year as head coach at San Jose State. They played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the 1985 season with a record of two wins, eight losses and one tie (2–8–1, 2–4–1 PCAA).


1985 San Jose State Spartans football team, Team players in the NFL
No San Jose State Spartans were selected in the 1986 NFL Draft.


1985 San Jose State Spartans football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 1985, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1985 San Marino Grand Prix
The 1985 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Imola on 5 May 1985. It was the third race of the 1985 Formula One World Championship. The 60-lap race was won by Elio de Angelis, driving a Lotus-Renault, after McLaren driver Alain Prost had been disqualified for being underweight. Thierry Boutsen was second in an Arrows-BMW, with Patrick Tambay third in a factory Renault.


1985 San Marino Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
Before the previous race in Portugal it was revealed that René Arnoux had been fired by Ferrari, with no explanation ever given for his sudden departure by either the team or Arnoux. In his place was Swedish driver Stefan Johansson. Arnoux was in the pits at Imola, but was seen with the Brabham team, starting a false rumor he would soon join the team alongside Nelson Piquet. As it turned out, Arnoux would not drive in F1 again until joining Ligier in 1986.


1985 San Marino Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
Ayrton Senna took pole position in his Lotus-Renault with a time of 1:27.327, with Keke Rosberg alongside him on the front row in the Williams-Honda. For Senna it would be the first of seven consecutive pole positions at Imola, a run which ended in 1992.


1985 San Marino Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
Filling the second row were Elio de Angelis in the second Lotus and Michele Alboreto in the Ferrari. Belgian Thierry Boutsen was a surprise 5th fastest in the Arrows-BMW, ahead of the McLaren-TAG of Alain Prost. In his second race for Ferrari, Johansson qualified 15th.


1985 San Marino Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Limited fuel allowances played a big part in the race, as a succession of drivers ran out of fuel in the last few laps. Prost took the chequered flag before stopping on the slowing-down lap; his car was then found to be two kilograms underweight in post-race scrutineering, resulting in his disqualification. Summing up the general feeling that FISA's fuel limit rules had seen Formula One races reduced to mere economy runs, Williams driver Nigel Mansell noted that "it wasn't really racing".


1985 San Marino Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Stefan Johansson ran a good race in his second drive for Ferrari. After starting 15th he steadily made his way through the field and by late in the race had moved to second (benefiting from others running out of fuel) and was poised to benefit from Senna also running dry 3 laps from home. Johansson took the lead from the Lotus to a thunderous applause from the Italian fans, only to run out of fuel himself half a lap later coming out of the Acque Minerali chicane. A post race examination of his car revealed the Ferrari had an electrical malfunction that caused the engine to use more fuel than the readout was telling the team or Johansson. The Ferrari's readout had told Johansson that he still had enough fuel to finish the race.


1985 San Marino Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Prost's disqualification promoted de Angelis to the win, his second in F1, with second place awarded to Boutsen - who ran out of fuel as he reached the start-finish straight on his final lap and pushed his Arrows across the finish line - and third to Frenchman Patrick Tambay who also ran out of fuel just before the finish line and pushed his Renault across the line to secure his finishing position, in what would turn out to be the last podium finish for both Tambay and the original factory Renault team.


1985 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1985 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix was the final race of the 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 30–1 September 1985 at the Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica.


1985 Santa Clara Broncos football team
The 1985 Santa Clara Broncos football team represented Santa Clara University during the 1985 NCAA Division II football season. Santa Clara competed in the Western Football Conference (WFC). The WFC added two new members for the 1985 season, Cal Lutheran and Cal State Sacramento.


1985 Santa Clara Broncos football team
The Broncos were led by first-year head coach Terry Malley. Terry Malley took over the coaching job when the previous coach, his father Pat Malley, died in May 1985. The Broncos played home games at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, California. They finished the season as champion of the WFC, with a record of eight wins, two losses and one tie (8–2–1, 4–0–1 WFC). The Broncos outscored their opponents 306–203 for the season.


1985 Santa Clara Broncos football team, Team players in the NFL
The following Santa Clara Broncos players were selected in the 1986 NFL Draft.


1985 Scheldeprijs
The 1985 Scheldeprijs was the 72nd edition of the Scheldeprijs cycle race and was held on 30 July 1985. The race was won by Adri van der Poel.


1985 Scotland rugby union tour of North America
The 1985 Scotland rugby union tour of North America was a series of nine matches played by the Scotland national rugby union team in Canada and the United States in May 1985. The Scotland team won four of their matches and lost one. Four of the five matches were played in Canada, and Scotland did not play either the Canada national rugby union team or the United States national rugby union team.


1985 Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 1985 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was played February 23 to March 2 at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba.


1985 Scott Tournament of Hearts
Linda Moore's British Columbia rink won the event with a perfect 11-0 record, the first time a team has gone undefeated at the Hearts.


1985 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Linda MooreThird: Lindsay Sparkes Second: Debbie JonesLead: Laurie Carney


1985 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Sue Anne Bartlett Third: Patricia DwyerSecond: Margaret KnickleLead: Debbie Herbert


1985 Scottish Cup Final
The 1985 Scottish Cup Final was played on 18 May 1985 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 100th season of the Scottish Cup. The previous winners were Aberdeen, who had beaten Celtic in the 1984 final, but they were knocked out by Dundee United at the Semi-final stage. The Final was contested by Celtic and Dundee United. Celtic won the match 2–1, thanks to a free kick scored by Davie Provan and a late diving header from Frank McGarvey.


1985 Scottish Cup Final, Match
The first half was a tame affair, with neither Pat Bonner or Hamish McAlpine been required to make a save of note. Dundee United opened the scoring on 53 minutes; Eamonn Bannon passed to David Dodds who controlled the ball whilst holding off a challenge, then slipped the ball to Stuart Beedie who fired a low shot past Bonner's left hand into the corner of the goal. Trailing to Dundee United, Celtic manager Davie Hay make a tactical change in the second half by pushing Roy Aitken forward from central defence into midfield.


1985 Scottish Cup Final, Match
The move proved a success as Aitken's presence in midfield began to galvanise Celtic. A virtuoso free-kick from Davie Provan in 77 minutes equalised the earlier goal from Dundee Utd's Beedie, only the third occasion that a goal had been scored direct from a free-kick in a Scottish Cup Final. Five minutes from the end, a driving run and cross from down the right by Aitken set up a diving header from Frank McGarvey to win the game for Celtic.


1985 Scottish Cup Final, Match
Roy Aitken, who had been sent off in the previous year's final, won the Man of the Match Award.


1985 Scottish Cup Final, Match
Celtic and Dundee United would again meet in the final three years later, when Celtic would once again come from a goal down to beat United by two goals to one.


1985 Scottish League Cup Final
The 1985 Scottish League Cup Final was played on 27 October 1985, at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 40th Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Aberdeen and Hibernian. Aberdeen won the match 3–0 thanks to goals by Eric Black (2) and Billy Stark, giving Alex Ferguson his only Scottish League Cup trophy win.


1985 Scottish Masters
The 1985 Langs Scottish Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 and 22 September 1985 at the Hospitality Inn in Glasgow, Scotland.


1985 Scottish Masters
Cliff Thorburn won the tournament by defeating Willie Thorne 9–7 in the final.


1985 Scottish Professional Championship
The 1985 Scottish Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place in February 1985 in Edinburgh, Scotland.


1985 Scottish Professional Championship
Murdo MacLeod won the title by beating Eddie Sinclair 10–2 in the final.


1985 Seattle Mariners season
The Seattle Mariners 1985 season was their ninth since the franchise creation. They finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 74–88 (.457).


1985 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


1985 Seattle Seahawks season
The 1985 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's tenth season with the National Football League.


1985 Seattle Seahawks season, Schedule, Regular season
Divisional matchups have the AFC West playing the NFC West.


1985 Segunda División de Chile
The 1985 Segunda División de Chile was the 34th season of the Segunda División de Chile.


1985 Senior League World Series
The 1985 Senior League World Series took place from August 12–18 in Gary, Indiana, United States. Pingtung, Taiwan defeated Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles in the championship game.


1985 Senior PGA Tour
The 1985 Senior PGA Tour was the sixth season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 (it was renamed the Champions Tour in 2003 and PGA Tour Champions in 2016). The season consisted of 24 official money events with purses totalling $5,005,000, including two majors. Peter Thomson won the most tournaments, nine. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.


1985 Senior PGA Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1985 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold. Golfers winning on their Senior PGA Tour debut are shown in italics.


1985 Shell Azodrin Bugbusters season
The 1985 Shell Azodrin Bugbusters season was the first season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


1985 Shell Azodrin Bugbusters season, New team
Pilipinas Shell Corporation bought out the lock, stock and barrel of the famed Crispa Redmanizers, the winningest ballclub which disbanded as the league enters its 11th season. The newest member to be known as Shell Chemicals or Shell Azodrin retained only four Redmanizers namely Philip Cezar, Bernie Fabiosa, Arturo Cristobal and Willie Pearson. They were able to acquire three-time MVP William Adornado from Great Taste when they traded the 1984 Rookie of the year Willie Pearson in exchange.


1985 Shell Azodrin Bugbusters season, New team
Shell got six rookies who were amateur standouts, three of them were former PABL MVPs, 6-5 center Sonny Cabatu, the two-time PABL MVP and the pro league's number one overall pick in the first-ever rookie draft, 1983 PABL Founders Cup MVP Manuel Luis Marquez, a 1984 youth campaigner, and 1984 PABL Ambassador's Cup MVP Leo Austria, a 1982 RP Youth stalwart. Their other three top-rated rookies were Romeo Ang, Aldo Perez and Menardo Jubinal.


1985 Shell Azodrin Bugbusters season, New team
Former Yco amateur team coach Freddie Webb, who last coached the Tanduay team in 1983 and who wound up as Vintage panelist in the previous year was Shell's choice to call the shots for the Bugbusters, which got their monicker through the megahit film Ghostbusters. Shell opened their first conference campaign with Kevin Graham as its import, they lost their first two games and Graham was replaced by the returning, former N-Rich and SMB import Rich Adams.


1985 Shell Azodrin Bugbusters season, Finals stint
The Shell Bugbusters played in the PBA finals in only their second participated tournament during the All-Filipino Conference. They lost to defending champion Great Taste Coffee Makers in four games of the best-of-five title playoffs.


1985 Shell Azodrin Bugbusters season, Notable dates
August 11: Shell outscored Ginebra in the final period to pull away with an 89-76 victory in a playoff for the right to meet Great Taste Coffee Makers for the All-Filipino championship.


1985 Shell Azodrin Bugbusters season, Notable dates
September 19: Bogs Adornado scored 41 points and import Howard "Hi-C" Carter tossed in 40 points for a combined 81-point output as Shell beats Northern, 106-104, for their first win in the Third Conference after three straight losses. Carter played his last game and was gonna be replaced by Lester Rowe.


1985 Sierra Leonean presidential election
A referendum to confirm the presidential candidate Joseph Saidu Momoh was held in Sierra Leone on 1 October 1985. It was the country's first direct vote for president. At the time, the country was a one-party state with the All People's Congress as the only legal party.


1985 Sierra Leonean presidential election
Momoh was named as the APC's presidential candidate after retiring president Siaka Stevens persuaded several other hopefuls to stand down. Voters only had the option of approving or rejecting his candidacy. Momoh's candidacy was approved by 99.85% of the votes, with just over 4,000 people voting no.


1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Sikkim in May 1985 to elect the 32 members of the second Legislative Assembly.


1985 Singapore Masters
The 1985 Camus Singapore Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held in August 1985 in Singapore.


1985 Singapore Masters
Steve Davis won the tournament, defeating Terry Griffiths 4–2 in the final.


1985 Singaporean presidential election
The 1985 Singaporean presidential election was held to elect the next President of Singapore with Wee Kim Wee as the winning candidate elected by the Parliament of Singapore.


1985 Singaporean presidential election
During the election, 73 members of Parliament were present and five members were absent.


1985 Singaporean presidential election
Wee was sworn in as president on 2 September 1985.


1985 Skate America
The 1985 Skate America was held at St. Paul Civic Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1985 Skate Canada International
The 1985 Skate Canada International was held in London, Ontario on October 24–26. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1985 Sligo County Council election
An election to Sligo County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.


1985 Sligo Intermediate Football Championship
This is a round-up of the 1985 Sligo Intermediate Football Championship. Shamrock Gaels recovered from the embarrassment of the previous year's final to claim the 1985 title, and thus become the first team to win the Championship twice, in addition to being the very first winners in 1979.


1985 Sligo Senior Football Championship
This is a round-up of the 1985 Sligo Senior Football Championship. St. Mary's completed their second hat-trick of titles in a seven-year period in this year, and once again Tubbercurry were the beaten finalists. This year's final was unique, as it required three games to decide the issue, and the latter game proved to be a bad-tempered affair, with four Tubbercurry players sent off in the closing minutes. This year's Championship also saw the entry of numerous amalgamations, as the Championship was opened up to Intermediate and Junior clubs to enter their combined resources, but this couldn't prevent a repeat of the outcome of previous years.


1985 Sonoma State Cossacks football team
The 1985 Sonoma State Cossacks football team represented Sonoma State during the 1985 NCAA Division II football season. Sonoma State competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference in 1985.


1985 Sonoma State Cossacks football team
The 1985 Cossacks were led by fourth-year head coach Tony Kehl. They played home games at Cossacks Stadium in Rohnert Park, California. Sonoma State finished the season with a record of three wins and seven losses (3–7, 1–4 NCAC). The Cossacks were outscored by their opponents 153–301 for the season.


1985 Sonoma State Cossacks football team, Team players in the NFL
No Sonoma State players were selected in the 1986 NFL Draft.


1985 South African Grand Prix
The 1985 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 19 October 1985 at the Kyalami Circuit in South Africa. It was the fifteenth and penultimate round of the 1985 FIA Formula One World Championship, the last World Championship Grand Prix to be held on a Saturday and the last World Championship Grand Prix where laurel wreaths were given to the drivers at the podium.


1985 South African Grand Prix
The race was marked with some teams boycotting the event due to apartheid – the segregation of blacks and whites – and was the last South African Formula One race until apartheid ended in 1992. The race was won by Nigel Mansell in a Williams-Honda, who also took pole position.


1985 South African Grand Prix, Report
The event was boycotted by two teams, Ligier and Renault, owing to mounting international pressures against tolerating the country's system of apartheid. A state of emergency had been declared by the South African government in July due to growing civil unrest nationwide, and French teams Ligier and Renault's boycotts were in lockstep with the French government's boycott and sanctioning of South Africa, apparently doing so under pressure. Most of the Formula One drivers, including Alain Prost, Niki Lauda and Nigel Mansell were personally very much against racing in South Africa, but the drivers held the mentality that because they were contracted to drive at every Grand Prix, they would race at Kyalami.


1985 South African Grand Prix, Report
Some governments tried to keep their drivers from entering the race. Brazil's sanctions on South Africa nearly prevented Nelson Piquet or Ayrton Senna from racing.


1985 South African Grand Prix, Report
Finland and Sweden held similar reservations regarding Finn Keke Rosberg and Swede Stefan Johansson competing. Sweden's National Automobile Federation had announced Johansson could not race in South Africa before the event, but he did race.


1985 South African Grand Prix, Report
Ayrton Senna initially said he would race if Lotus raced. However, he later said he would boycott the race.


1985 South African Grand Prix, Report
Multiple sponsors also ordered teams to remove their branding from cars they backed, most notably Marlboro and Beatrice Foods.


1985 South African Grand Prix, Report
The latter held an equity interest in the single car Haas Lola team. While Alan Jones qualified 18th for that team, his car was not on the starting grid. Officially Jones cited illness as to why he did not race, but it was widely rumored at the time that Beatrice ordered the team to boycott. In 2017, Jones described a meeting with Bernie Ecclestone the night before the race, who suggested that Jones feign illness the next morning and not show up.


1985 South African Grand Prix, Report
Ecclestone described how Beatrice were under pressure in the US from activists such as Jesse Jackson not to race, under threats including strike action by African Americans working in their businesses. Only Jones and team management Teddy Mayer and Carl Haas were aware of this plan. Jones said "And so, on the Saturday morning I was gone. I just didn’t turn up. They had the car out ready to go, when they were told, "AJ’s been struck down by a virus and we are not racing"."


1985 South African Grand Prix, Report
It was the final South African Grand Prix until apartheid ended, with FISA president Jean-Marie Balestre announcing days after the race that the Grand Prix would not return to the nation for 1986 because of apartheid.


1985 South African Grand Prix, Report
Even without the political pressures, this might well have been the final Formula One race held at Kyalami in its then form: FISA had long since deemed that circuits where lap times were under 60 seconds were considered too small for Grand Prix racing and with car speeds increasing all the time, it was reasonable to conclude that lap times from 1986 would be under 60 seconds. Kyalami's pole position time had actually fallen by over 10 seconds since the 1981 race, and Mansell's 1985 pole time of 1:02.366 was over two seconds faster than Nelson Piquet's 1984 pole time of 1:04.871.


1985 South African Grand Prix, Report
The South African Grand Prix would only return in 1992, after apartheid ended, in a new configuration of the Kyalami circuit. Mansell would also win the 1992 race driving a Williams, albeit with a naturally-aspirated Renault engine.


1985 South African Grand Prix, Classification, Qualifying
Pole position went to Nigel Mansell, averaging 236.898 km/h (147.201 mph).


1985 South African Open (tennis)
The 1985 South African Open (also known as the 1985 Altech South African Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Johannesburg, [South Africa that was part of the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was the 82nd edition of the tournament and was held from 7 through 13 October 1985. Matt Anger won the singles title.


1985 South African Open (tennis), Finals, Doubles
Colin Dowdeswell /  Christo van Rensburg defeated  Amos Mansdorf /  Shahar Perkiss 3–6, 7–6, 6–4


1985 South African motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1985 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 22–23 March 1985 at the Kyalami circuit. This was the last South African GP held due to the Apartheid policies which were in place in the country and the subsequent boycott from many sport associations (such as the FIM and the FIA) that followed, until the return of motorcycle racing to the new Kyalami circuit in 1992.


1985 South American Championships in Athletics
The 33rd South American Championships in Athletics were held in Santiago, Chile between 12 and 15 September.


1985 South American Junior Championships in Athletics
The 17th South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Santa Fe, Argentina from November 21–24, 1985.


1985 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 206 athletes from about 6 countries:  Argentina (55), Brazil (47), Chile (33), Paraguay (32), Peru (13).


1985 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Medal summary
Medal winners are published for men and womenComplete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.


1985 South American Rugby Championship
The 1985 South American Rugby Championship was the 14th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.


1985 South American Rugby Championship
The tournament was played in Asuncion and won by Argentina .


1985 South American U-16 Championship
The 1985 South American Under-16 Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-16 Argentina 1985, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-16 Argentina 1985) was the inaugural edition of the South American Under-17 Football Championship, a football competition for the under-16 national teams in South America organized by CONMEBOL. It was held in Argentina from 1-22 April 1985.


1985 South American U-16 Championship
Argentina were crowned champions, and together with Brazil, which were the top two teams of this tournament, alongside invitee Bolivia, qualified for the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship in China.


1985 South American U-16 Championship, Venues
The venues were José Amalfitani Stadium, and Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires and Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, La Plata.


1985 South American U-16 Championship, The tournament
The top two teams qualified to the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship.


1985 South American U-16 Championship, The tournament
When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to:


1985 South American U-16 Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-16 World Championship
The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship.


1985 South American U-20 Championship
The South American Youth Championship 1985 was held in Asunción, Paraguay. It also served as qualification for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.


1985 South American U-20 Championship, Final round
Paraguay finished second in this group based on a better performance in the first round.


1985 South American U-20 Championship, Qualification to World Youth Championship
The three best performing teams qualified for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.


1985 South Asian Games
The 1985 South Asian Games (or 2nd SAF Games) were held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 20 December to 26 December 1985.


1985 South Asian Games, Participating nations
A total of 7 countries participated in the 1985 South Asian Games.


1985 South Asian Games, Sports
There were 7 official sports for the 2nd SAF Games. They were:


1985 South Asian Games, Sports
Kabaddi and Wrestling were included for the first time during the 1987 games.


1985 South Australian Open
The 1985 South Australian Open was a men's Grand Prix tennis tournament held in Adelaide, Australia. It was held on outdoor grass courts. The tournament was held from 16 December through 22 December. Unseeded qualifier Eddie Edwards won the singles title.


1985 South Australian Open, Finals, Doubles
Mark Edmondson /  Kim Warwick defeated  Nelson Aerts /  Tomm Warneke 6–4, 6–4


1985 South Australian Open – Doubles
Mark Edmondson and Kim Warwick won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Nelson Aerts and Tomm Warneke.


1985 South Australian Open – Singles
Eddie Edwards won the title, defeating Doohan 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


1985 South Australian state election
State elections were held in South Australia on 7 December 1985. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Premier of South Australia John Bannon increased its majority, and defeated the Liberal Party of Australia led by Leader of the Opposition John Olsen.


1985 South Australian state election, Background
Parliamentary elections for both houses of the Parliament of South Australia were held in South Australia on 7 December 1985, which saw John Bannon and the Australian Labor Party win a second successive term, against the Liberal Party of Australia opposition led by John Olsen.


1985 South Australian state election, Background
Labor won the election with an increased majority–at the time, the biggest majority it had held since the end of the Playmander, a record that would stand until 2006. The Liberal Party retained John Olsen as leader, partly because his main rival Dean Brown lost his seat to Independent Liberal Stan Evans. Evans rejoined the Liberal Party soon after the election.


1985 South Australian state election, Background
In the South Australian Legislative Council, Labor won one seat from the Liberals, while the Democrats maintained their 2 seats. This shift gave the Australian Democrats sole balance of power. They would continue to hold it until the 1997 election.


1985 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly
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1985 South Australian state election, Results, Legislative Council
South Australian state election, 7 December 1985Legislative Council << 1982–1989 >>


1985 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
The 1985 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent team in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks would finish the season 5–6 overall.


1985 South Glamorgan County Council election
The fourth election to South Glamorgan County Council was held in May 1985. It was preceded by the 1981 election and followed by the 1989 election.


1985 South Glamorgan County Council election, Boundary changes
There were wholesale boundary changes at this election. The previous multi-member wards were abolished and replaced with 62 new single-member wards. A small number of the wards remained unchanged.


1985 South Glamorgan County Council election, Candidates
Conservative and Labour candidates contested all seats, as did the Liberal candidates, now in the Alliance with the SDP. There were a smaller number of Plaid Cymru and Green Party candidates and a few Independents.


1985 South Glamorgan County Council election, Candidates
Following boundary changes, two sitting members opposed each other in the Cornerswell, Landsdowne and Llandaff North wards.


1985 South Glamorgan County Council election, Outcome
Having regained control of the authority in 1981, Labour retained control by a comfortable majority. The Liberals and SDP also made some advances in Cardiff. This table summarises the result of the elections in all wards. 62 councillors were elected.


1985 South Glamorgan County Council election, Outcome
Some of the seats where Alliance candidates were successful had the highest turnouts in the county. Among other seats, one of the highest turnouts (59.6%) was in the Rhoose with Llancarfan ward where the sitting councillor, elected as a Conservative in 1981, stood as an Independent but finished bottom of the poll.


1985 South Glamorgan County Council election, Ward Results, Waterloo
* existing councillor, for the same wardo existing councillor, though because of boundary changes not for the same ward


1985 South Korean legislative election
Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 12 February 1985. The result was a victory for the Democratic Justice Party, which won 148 of the 276 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 84.6%.


1985 South Korean legislative election, Parties
The ruling Democratic Justice Party (DJP) of President Chun Doo-hwan managed to remain the largest party in the National Assembly but faced a tougher challenge from the united opposition.


1985 South Korean legislative election, Parties
The New Korea and Democratic Party (NKDP) was formed by former members of the New Democratic Party, notably opposition leaders Kim Dae-jung and Kim Young-sam despite they were still barred from running elections. The party made strong gains across the country, largely thanks to its focus on greater democratic rights.


1985 South Korean legislative election, Parties
The Korean National Party had been formed by former members of the Democratic Republican Party in the run-up to the 1981 elections. After making some key gains, the party lost ground in these elections, largely thanks to the gains of the NKDP.


1985 South Korean legislative election, Parties
The opposition Democratic Korea Party had been the premier opposition party following the 1981 elections, but it suffered major defections to the NKDP.


1985 South Pacific Mini Games
The 1985 South Pacific Mini Games were held at Rarotonga in the  Cook Islands from 31 July to 9 August 1985. It was the second edition of the South Pacific Mini Games.


1985 South Pacific Mini Games
The new stadium built for the games had a grass track but several South Pacific Games athletics records were broken at the 1985 games including the women's 800 metres. The track and field competition also served as a selection trial for the Oceania team to compete at the IAAF World Cup in Canberra.


1985 South Pacific Mini Games, Sports
Six sports were contested at the 1985 South Pacific Mini Games:


1985 South Tipperary County Council election
An election to South Tipperary County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.


1985 Southeast Asian Games
The 1985 Southeast Asian Games (Thai: กีฬาแห่งเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ 1985, romanized: Kila haeng echeiy tawan oak cheing tai 1985), officially known as the 13th Southeast Asian Games, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Bangkok, Thailand from 8 to 17 December 1985.


1985 Southeast Asian Games
This was the fourth time Thailand hosted the games and its first time since 1975. Previously Thailand also hosted the 1959, 1967 and the 1975 editions when the Southeast Asian Games were then known as the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games. The games was opened and closed by Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand at the Suphachalasai Stadium.


1985 Southeast Asian Games
The final medal tally was led by host Thailand, followed by Indonesia and the Philippines. Several Games and National records were broken during the games. With little or no controversies at all, the games were deemed generally successful with the rising standard of competition amongst the Southeast Asian nations.


1985 Southeast Asian Games, Organization, Development and preparation
The Bangkok SEA Games Organising Committee was formed to oversee the staging of the games.


1985 Southeast Asian Games, Marketing, Logo
The logo of the 1985 SEA Games is the Grand Palace, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Thailand.


1985 Southeast Asian Games, Marketing, Mascot
The official 1985 SEA Games mascot was a Siamese cat. The Siamese is one of the first distinctly recognised breeds of Oriental cat. It is called Wichien-maat (Thai: วิเชียรมาศ) in Thailand.


1985 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1985 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, LA from May 9th through May 11th. Mississippi State won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Tournament.


1985 Southern 500
The 1985 Southern 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on September 1, 1985, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. It was race number 20 of 28 of the 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Bill Elliott made history by winning the race and with it the Winston Million bonus; it was then the richest single race payday in motorsports history.


1985 Southern 500, Background
Darlington Raceway, nicknamed by many NASCAR fans and drivers as "The Lady in Black" or "The Track Too Tough to Tame", is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, altered to accommodate the resident landowner who didn’t want his nearby minnow pond disturbed. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that will be effective at both ends.


1985 Southern 500, Background
The track is a four-turn 1.366 miles (2.198 km) oval. The track's first two turns are banked at twenty-five degrees, while the final two turns are banked two degrees lower at twenty-three degrees. The front stretch (the location of the finish line) and the back stretch is banked at six degrees. Darlington Raceway can seat up to 60,000 people.


1985 Southern 500, Background
Darlington has something of a legendary quality among drivers and older fans; this is probably due to its long track length relative to other NASCAR speedways of its era and hence the first venue where many of them became cognizant of the truly high speeds that stock cars could achieve on a long track. The track allegedly earned the moniker The Lady in Black because the night before the race the track maintenance crew would cover the entire track with fresh asphalt sealant, in the early years of the speedway, thus making the racing surface dark black.


1985 Southern 500, Background
Darlington is also known as "The Track Too Tough to Tame" because drivers can run lap after lap without a problem and then bounce off of the wall the following lap. Racers will frequently explain that they have to race the racetrack, not their competition. Drivers hitting the wall are considered to have received their "Darlington Stripe" thanks to the missing paint on the right side of the car.


1985 Southern 500, Race Summary
Dale Earnhardt had the dominant car of the race but on lap 317 he spun which not only brought out the caution flag but also damaged his engine which led to him dropping out of the race. Cale Yarborough led until his car started billowing smoke from his power steering leading to one of the race's last caution flags leaving Bill Elliott in the lead and claiming the Winston Million.


1985 Southern 500, Race Summary
This race was the first start for Pancho Carter and the last Cup race for NASCAR Busch Series legend Tommy Houston.


1985 Southern 500, Full results, Box score
(5) Indicates 5 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading 1 lap(10) Indicates 10 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading 1 lap & leading the most laps


1985 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1985 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held in Boone, North Carolina from April 27 through April 29. The South Division's second seed Western Carolina won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


1985 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The top two teams from each division based on regular season conference winning percentage participated in the tournament. The top seed from the North Division played the second seed from the South in the first round, and vice versa. The winners of the first round then played, while the losers played an elimination game. There were no ties in the standings, so no tiebreakers were necessary.


1985 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1985 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 1–3, 1985 at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The Marshall Thundering Herd, led by head coach Rick Huckabay, won their second Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1985 NCAA Tournament.


1985 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The top eight finishers of the conference's nine members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.


1985 Southern Illinois Salukis football team
The 1985 Southern Illinois Salukis football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Under second-year head coach Ray Dorr, the team compiled a 4–7 record (1–4 against conference opponents) and finished in sixth place out of seven teams in the MVC. The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.


1985 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
The 1985 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southern Mississippi as an independent during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach Jim Carmody, the team compiled a 7–4 record.


1985 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1985 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament was the league's annual postseason tournament used to determine the Southwest Conference's (SWC) automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The tournament was held from May 17 through May 19 at George Cole Field on the campus of The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR.


1985 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament
The number 3 seed Arkansas Razorbacks went 3-0 to win the team's 1st SWC Tournament under head coach Norm DeBriyn.


1985 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The tournament featured the top four finishers of the SWC's 8 teams in a double-elimination tournament.


1985 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1985 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 9-10, 1985 at Reunion Arena in Dallas, TX.


1985 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Number 1 seed Texas Tech defeated 2 seed Arkansas 67-64 to win their 2nd championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Tournament.


1985 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format and Seeding
The tournament consisted of the top 8 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament.


1985 Southwest Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1985 Southwest Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held March 4-9, 1985 at Moody Coliseum in Dallas, TX.


1985 Southwest Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Number 1 seed Texas defeated 2 seed Texas Tech 82-62 to win their 3rd championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Tournament.


1985 Southwest Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Format and Seeding
The tournament consisted of a 6 team single-elimination tournament. The top two seeds had a bye to the Semifinals. The First Round games occurred at campus sites.


1985 Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team
The 1985 Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) as an independent during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth year under head coach Sam Robertson, the team compiled a 4–7 record.


1985 Soviet Army Cup Final
The 1985 Cup of the Soviet Army Final was the 3rd final of the Cup of the Soviet Army (as a secondary cup tournament in Bulgaria), and was contested between CSKA Sofia and Cherno More Varna on 1 June 1983 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. CSKA won the final 4–0.


1985 Soviet Cup Final
The 1985 Soviet Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow on June 23, 1985. The match was the 44th Soviet Cup Final and it was contested by FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC Shakhtar Donetsk. The Soviet Cup winner Dinamo won the cup for the seventh time. The last year defending holders Dinamo Moscow were eliminated in the round of 16 of the competition by Dinamo Kiev on penalties.


1985 Soviet Cup Final
It was fourth and the last all-Ukrainian Soviet Cup final.


1985 Soviet Cup Final, Road to Moscow
All sixteen Soviet Top League clubs did not have to go through qualification to get into the competition, so Dinamo and Shakhter both qualified for the competition automatically.


1985 Soviet Cup Final, Road to Moscow
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


1985 Soviet First League
The 1985 Soviet First League (Russian: Чемпионат СССР 1985 года в первой лиге, Chempionat SSSR 1985 goda v pervoi lige) was a fifteenth season of the Soviet First League.


1985 Soviet First League, Transitional tournaments, Higher League Promotion
Promotion tournament took place in Moscow on 27 November — 15 December 1985.


1985 Soviet Second League
1985 Soviet Second League was a Soviet competition in the Soviet Second League.


1985 Soviet Second League, Zone 6
1985 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 55th season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League in Zone 6. The season started on 30 March 1985.


1985 Soviet Second League, Zone 6
The 1985 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by SC Tavriya Simferopol. Qualified for the interzonal playoffs, the team from Crimean Oblast did not manage to gain promotion by placing second in its group.


1985 Soviet Second League, Zone 6
The "Ruby Cup" of Molod Ukrayiny newspaper (for the most scored goals) was received by SC Tavriya Simferopol.


1985 Soviet Second League, Zone 6, Format
The season consisted of two stages preliminary and final tournaments. During the preliminary tournament participants were split into two groups of 14 teams in each with the seven best of each group qualifying for the championship group of the next stage and the seven worst played a consolation tournament.


1985 Soviet Second League, Zone 6, Format
In the final stage of both championship and consolation tournaments teams played home and away only with teams of another group. The winner of championship tournament further participated in the Soviet Second League interzonal playoffs in an effort to gain promotion to the First League, while the worst team of consolation tournament relegated to amateurs.


1985 Soviet Top League, Medal squads
Goalkeepers: Mykhaylo Mykhaylov (34), Viktor Chanov (1). Defenders: Anatoliy Demyanenko (34 / 8), Oleh Kuznetsov (29 / 1), Sergei Baltacha (26 / 1), Volodymyr Bezsonov (25), Vasyl Yevseyev (19), Ivan Palamar (2), Mykhaylo Olefirenko (1), Vadym Karatayev (1). Midfielders: Vasyl Rats (34 / 6), Ivan Yaremchuk (33 / 3), Oleksandr Zavarov (31 / 9), Andriy Bal (31 / 1), Pavlo Yakovenko (29), Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (20 / 2). Forwards: Ihor Belanov (31 / 10), Oleg Blokhin (29 / 12), Vadym Yevtushenko (22 / 10), Oleksandr Hushchyn (2), Viktor Khlus (2).


1985 Soviet Top League, Medal squads
Transferred out during the season: Viktor Khlus (to FC Chornomorets Odesa).


1985 Soviet Top League, Medal squads
Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (34), Stanislav Cherchesov (2). Defenders: Aleksandr Bubnov (34), Boris Kuznetsov (34), Gennady Morozov (31 / 1), Vladimir Sochnov (24 / 2), Almir Kayumov (14), Aleksandr Shibayev (4). Midfielders: Fyodor Cherenkov (33 / 13), Yevgeni Kuznetsov (33 / 7), Sergei Novikov (31 / 7), Yuri Gavrilov (26 / 6), Sergey Shavlo (25 / 6), Yevgeni Sidorov (24 / 4), Guram Adzhoyev (7 / 1). Forwards: Sergey Rodionov (29 / 14), Andrei Rudakov (23 / 8), Vladimir Kapustin (13 / 1), Mikhail Rusyayev (5 / 2), Oleg Kuzhlev (5).


1985 Soviet Top League, Medal squads
Goalkeepers: Serhiy Krakovskyi (32), Valeriy Horodov (6). Defenders: Serhiy Puchkov (32 / 1), Oleksandr Lysenko (31 / 2), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (31), Sergei Bashkirov (29 / 1), Oleksandr Sorokalet (11), Sergey Kulinich (3), Anatoliy Nazarenko (3), Volodymyr Gerashchenko (2), Petro Kutuzov (2), Ihor Deli (1). Midfielders: Hennadiy Lytovchenko (34 / 7), Vyktor Kuznetsov (33 / 3), Oleksiy Cherednyk (28 / 1), Andriy Dilay (27), Volodymyr Bahmut (20 / 1), Borys Shurshin (12 / 2), Mykola Kudrytsky (9), Serhiy Khudozhylov (2), Mykola Fedorenko (1). Forwards: Oleh Protasov (33 / 35), Oleh Taran (27 / 13), Volodymyr Lyutyi (22 / 4), Volodymyr Mozolyuk (1), Andriy Sydelnykov (1).


1985 Soviet Top League, Medal squads
Transferred out during the season: Serhiy Khudozhylov, Mykola Fedorenko (both to FC Kolos Nikopol).


1985 Soviet nuclear tests
The Soviet Union's 1985 nuclear test series was a group of 10 nuclear tests conducted in 1985. These tests  followed the 1984 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1987 Soviet nuclear tests series.


1985 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1985 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–5 May 1985 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama.


1985 Special Honours (New Zealand)
The 1985 Special Honours in New Zealand was a Special Honours Lists, dated 6 November 1985, to recognise the incoming governor-general, Sir Paul Reeves, and the outgoing governor-general and viceregal consort, Sir David and Lady Beattie.


1985 Speedway World Pairs Championship
The 1985 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the sixteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Rybnik, Poland. The championship was won by Denmark (29 points) who they beat England (27 pts) and United States (22 pts).


1985 Speedway World Pairs Championship
The 1985 World Pairs Final was the last World Championship Final appearance of legendary New Zealand rider Ivan Mauger. In a career lasting almost 30 years, Mauger had won 15 World Championships, including a record 6 Individual World Championships, 4 World Team Cups, 3 Long Track World Championships and 2 World Pairs Championships.


1985 Speedway World Pairs Championship, World final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fellns - non-starter • nc - non-classify


1985 Speedway World Team Cup
The 1985 Speedway World Team Cup was the 26th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.


1985 Speedway World Team Cup
The final took place at the Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach), in California, United States. Denmark won their third consecutive title (and fifth in total) surpassing Poland's four titles and moving into third place in the all time list.


1985 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification, Round 1
M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell


1985 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament, Continental Semifinal
M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell


1985 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament, Intercontinental Final
* Winner to Final ; 2nd & 3rd to Continental Final


1985 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament, Intercontinental Final
M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell


1985 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament, Continental Final
M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell


1985 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament, World Final
M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell


1985 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season
The 1985 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's sixty-sixth season in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 9–7, winning only five games. This was the third straight season in which the team did not reach the playoffs. The Cardinals fired head coach Jim Hanifan the following season when the Cardinals finished in last place after a 3-1 start.


1985 St. Louis Cardinals season
The St. Louis Cardinals' 1985 season was the team's 104th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 94th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 101-61 during the season and finished in first place in the National League East division by three games over the New York Mets. After defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games in the NLCS, they lost in seven games in the World Series to their cross-state rivals, the Kansas City Royals in the I-70 Series. The World Series is known for the infamous "safe" call on the Royals' Jorge Orta by umpire Don Denkinger.


1985 St. Louis Cardinals season
The Cardinals switched back to their traditional gray road uniforms for the first time in ten seasons.


1985 St. Louis Cardinals season
Outfielder Willie McGee won the National League MVP Award this year, batting .353 with 10 home runs and 82 RBIs. Outfielder Vince Coleman won the National League Rookie of the Year Award this year, batting .267 with 107 runs scored and 110 stolen bases. Shortstop Ozzie Smith and McGee both won Gold Gloves this year.


1985 St. Louis Cardinals season
During the 1985 playoffs, the Cardinals used the slogan The Heat Is On, in reference to the song that was released earlier that year.


1985 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1985 St. Louis Cardinals season, NLCS
The NLCS against the Dodgers featured two game-winning home runs by shortstop Ozzie Smith in Game 5 and first baseman Jack Clark in Game 6, both off Dodgers reliever Tom Niedenfuer. In a rare display of power-hitting, Smith hit his in walk-off fashion in the bottom of the ninth inning, prompting the famous call of "Go crazy, folks! Go crazy!" by Jack Buck. This play is considered one of the key highlights in all of Cardinals' history.


1985 St. Louis Cardinals season, World Series
The 1985 World Series was christened the "I-70 Series" and the "Show-Me Series" because it featured the in-state rival Kansas City Royals, the first time the two teams met in a non-exhibition setting. It also featured some of the most controversial series of events in Cardinals history. Coleman was unable to play in this Series due to an injury sustained in the NLCS after being rolled up in the mechanical tarpaulin at Busch Stadium. Scribes remarked about the "killer tarp", but it proved metaphorical.


1985 St. Louis Cardinals season, World Series
After St. Louis gained a 3–2 series advantage, Game 6 tipped off the controversy with "The Call". With the Cardinals leading 1-0 in the bottom of the ninth inning, umpire Don Denkinger called Royals batter Jorge Orta safe at first base — a call refuted by broadcast television's instant replay. Several batters later, they lost Game 6 by the score of 2–1. After "The Call", St. Louis proceeded to lose Game 7 by a score of 11-0, and thus, the Series, due to an error and passed ball.


1985 St. Louis Cardinals season, World Series
Despite both of their pitching aces participating in this game, they failed to come through — starter John Tudor, who had won his two prior starts in the Series, punched a mechanical fan when removed from the game. His severely cut pitching hand required stitching at a Kansas City hospital while the game was ongoing. Joaquín Andújar, the other ace pressed into relief, was ejected by home plate umpire Denkinger for arguing balls and strikes.


1985 St. Louis Cardinals season, World Series
AL Kansas City Royals (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (3)


1985 St. Louis mayoral election
The 1985 St. Louis mayoral election was held on April 2, 1985 to elect the mayor of St. Louis, Missouri. It saw the re-election of Vincent C. Schoemehl to a second term.


1985 St. Louis mayoral election
The election was preceded by party primaries on March 5.


1985 Stanford Cardinal baseball team
The 1985 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 1985 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinal played their home games at Sunken Diamond. The team was coached by Mark Marquess in his 9th year at Stanford.


1985 Stanford Cardinal baseball team
The Cardinal won the Pacific-10 Conference South Division and the West I Regional to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Arkansas Razorbacks.


1985 Stanford Cardinal football team
The 1985 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Jack Elway, the Cardinal compiled a 4–7 record (3–5 in Pac-10, tied for seventh), and played home games on campus at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.


1985 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1985 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1984–85 season, and the culmination of the 1985 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the defending champion Edmonton Oilers (in their third straight Finals appearance) and the Philadelphia Flyers. The Oilers would win the best-of-seven series, four games to one, to win their second Stanley Cup. It was also the sixth straight Finals contested between teams that joined the NHL in 1967 or later.


1985 Stanley Cup Finals
As of 2020, this is also the last time that a team, defending champion or runner-up, would appear in the Finals for the third straight season. This would be the third of eight consecutive Finals contested by a team from Alberta (the Oilers appeared in six, the Calgary Flames in 1986 and 1989), and the second of five consecutive Finals to end with the Cup presentation on Alberta ice (the Oilers won four of those times, the Montreal Canadiens once).


1985 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals
Edmonton defeated the Los Angeles Kings 3–0, the Winnipeg Jets 4–0, and the Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 to advance to the finals.


1985 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals
Philadelphia defeated the New York Rangers 3–0, the New York Islanders 4–1, and the Quebec Nordiques 4–2 to make it to the finals.


1985 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
This was the first Stanley Cup Finals where games were scheduled for June. Had the series reached game six, it would have been played Sunday, June 2, with game seven on Tuesday, June 4. The NHL season would not extend into an actual June game until 1992, due to a players strike.


1985 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
This was the second and last Stanley Cup Finals to use the 2–3–2 format, long favored by Major League Baseball for its World Series and used from 1985 through 2013 for the NBA Finals. Since Edmonton went 6–0 at home during the 1984 and 1985 Finals, it was able to clinch in game five on home ice each time.


1985 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
Wayne Gretzky scored seven goals in the five games, tying the record set by Jean Béliveau of the Canadiens in 1956 and Mike Bossy of the Islanders in 1982. Grant Fuhr stopped two penalty shots. Jari Kurri scored 19 goals through the entire playoffs, tying the single-year record set by Reggie Leach of the Flyers in 1976.


1985 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
This was the last Stanley Cup Finals in which either goalie wore the old-style fiberglass mask. Both Fuhr and the Flyers' Pelle Lindbergh wore the face-hugging mask, which was introduced in 1959 by Jacques Plante. The next year, the Calgary Flames' Mike Vernon sported a helmet-and-cage combo, similar to the one Billy Smith wore in leading the New York Islanders to four consecutive Cups from 1980–83, and Montreal Canadiens rookie Patrick Roy wore a modern full fiberglass cage, the first goalie to sport that style in a Finals series. Fuhr switched to a full fiberglass cage the next season.


1985 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game one
The Flyers posted a 4–1 victory to open the series. Edmonton coach Glen Sather was reportedly so disappointed with his team's performance that he burned the game videotapes after watching them.


1985 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game two
Wayne Gretzky's first goal of the series late in the second period snapped a 1–1 tie, and Dave Hunter added an insurance empty-netter and the Oilers drew even in the series with a 3–1 win.


1985 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game three
Gretzky almost single-handedly won Edmonton the game. He scored twice within the first 90 seconds of the game, and finished off a hat trick by the end of the first period. Although the Oilers put six shots on net over the final 40 minutes, it was enough to escape with a 4–3 win and 2–1 series lead.


1985 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game four
Unbowed, the Flyers leapt out to a 3–1 lead midway through the first period thanks to goals at even strength, on the power play and shorthanded. However, the Oilers roared back with four consecutive goals, including two from Gretzky, to win 5–3 and take a commanding series lead.


1985 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five
Against backup goaltender Bob Froese, substituting for starter Pelle Lindbergh (who had been playing progressively less well over the course of the Finals), the Oilers blitzed the Flyers with a four-goal first period and sailed to a convincing 8–3 win. Gretzky and Kurri posted a goal and three assists each, while Paul Coffey and Mark Messier scored two goals apiece.


1985 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five
Edmonton won its second consecutive Stanley Cup while the Flyers, at the time the youngest team in professional sports, took the lessons from their loss into the clubs' next Stanley Cup Finals; they lost again to the Oilers in 1987, albeit in seven games. Wayne Gretzky won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, scoring a record 47 points this playoff year.


1985 Stanley Cup Finals, Broadcasting
In Canada, this was the first of two consecutive years that the English-language rights of the Cup Finals was shared between CBC and CTV. CBC televised games one and two nationally while games 3–5 were televised in Edmonton only. CTV televised games 3–5 nationally while games were blacked out in Edmonton. Had the series gone to a Game 7, then both CBC and CTV would have simultaneously televised it while using their own production facilities and crews. Dan Kelly and Ron Reusch called the games on CTV.


1985 Stanley Cup Finals, Broadcasting
In the United States, this was the fifth and final season that the Cup Finals aired nationally on the USA Network. Under the U.S. TV contracts that would take effect beginning next season, ESPN would take over as the NHL's American television partner. The USA Network would not air NHL games again until 2015, when it became an occasional overflow channel for NBC Sports' national coverage of the first two rounds of the Stanley Cup playoffs.


1985 Stanley Cup Finals, Broadcasting
The USA Network's national coverage of the 1985 Cup Finals was blacked out in the Philadelphia area due to the local rights to Flyers games in that TV market. PRISM aired games one and two while WTXF aired games three, four, and five.


1985 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The 1985 Stanley Cup was presented to Oilers captain Wayne Gretzky by NHL President John Ziegler following the Oilers 8–3 win over the Flyers in game five.


1985 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The following Oilers players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup


1985 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving, Stanley Cup engraving
Garnet "Ace" Bailey, Ed Chadwick, Lorne Davis, Matti Valsanen (Scouts), Gordon Cameron (Team Physician) received rings with Edmonton in 1984. Their names however, were left off the Stanley Cup in 1984, but included in 1985.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs
The 1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 10, after the conclusion of the 1984–85 NHL season. The playoffs concluded on May 30 with the champion Edmonton Oilers defeating the Philadelphia Flyers 8–3 to win the final series four games to one and win the Stanley Cup.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Prince of Wales Conference, (A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A4) Boston Bruins
This was the 20th playoff series between these two teams. Montreal lead 17–2 in previous playoff series meetings. This was a rematch of last year's Adams Division Semifinals, in which Montreal won in a three-game sweep.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Prince of Wales Conference, (A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A4) Boston Bruins
In the series finale, the Canadiens got the only goal when Mats Naslund scored with just 51 seconds remaining in regulation. Steve Penney stopped all 20 shots to register the shutout.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Prince of Wales Conference, (A2) Quebec Nordiques vs. (A3) Buffalo Sabres
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Adams Division Semifinals, in which Quebec won in a three-game sweep.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Prince of Wales Conference, (A2) Quebec Nordiques vs. (A3) Buffalo Sabres
In the final game, Buffalo led 5–3 with just nine minutes remaining but allowed the Nordiques to score two goals in a span of 64 seconds to tie it at 12:06. The Nordiques' Brent Ashton then got the winner with only 69 seconds left.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Prince of Wales Conference, (P1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (P4) New York Rangers
This was the sixth playoff series between these two teams. New York won three of the previous five meetings. Their last meeting was won by New York in a three-game sweep in the 1983 Patrick Division Semifinals.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Prince of Wales Conference, (P2) Washington Capitals vs. (P3) New York Islanders
This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won both previous series over the past two seasons, including last year's Patrick Division Finals in five games.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Prince of Wales Conference, (P2) Washington Capitals vs. (P3) New York Islanders
The series comeback by the Islanders is the only instance in NHL history a team has overcome a 2–0 series deficit to win a best-of-five series.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Clarence Campbell Conference, (N1) St. Louis Blues vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars
This was the sixth playoff series meeting between these two teams. St. Louis won three of the previous five series. This was a rematch of last year's Norris Division Finals in which Minnesota won in seven games.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Clarence Campbell Conference, (N2) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (N3) Detroit Red Wings
This was the tenth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago has won five of the previous nine series. Their most recent meeting was in the 1970 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals in a four-game sweep.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Clarence Campbell Conference, (S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings
This was the second playoff series between these two teams. Los Angeles won their only previous meeting in a stunning upset 3–2 in the 1982 Smythe Division Semifinals.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Clarence Campbell Conference, (S2) Winnipeg Jets vs. (S3) Calgary Flames
This was the first playoff series between these two teams.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Finals, Prince of Wales Conference, (A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A2) Quebec Nordiques
This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split their prior two meetings. This was a rematch of last year's Adams Division Finals in which Montreal won in six games.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Finals, Prince of Wales Conference, (A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A2) Quebec Nordiques
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 two years later. In the deciding seventh game 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. The franchise did not get to the conference finals again until 1996, their first year as the Colorado Avalanche. They won the Stanley Cup.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Finals, Prince of Wales Conference, (P1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (P3) New York Islanders
This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split their previous two meetings. New York won the most recent meeting in six games in the 1980 Stanley Cup Finals.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Finals, Prince of Wales Conference, (P1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (P3) New York Islanders
The Philadelphia Flyers ended the New York Islanders' string of five straight seasons in the Stanley Cup Finals by dispatching the club four games to one. Flyers goaltender Pelle Lindbergh registered a pair of shutouts, one in the first game and the other in the clinching fifth game, by a 1–0 score.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Finals, Clarence Campbell Conference, (N2) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars
This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago won two of the previous three meetings over the past three seasons. Minnesota won last season's Norris Division Semifinals 3–2.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Finals, Clarence Campbell Conference, (N2) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars
The Chicago Black Hawks simply outscored the Minnesota North Stars in an offensive-minded six-game series that featured 62 total goals.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Finals, Clarence Campbell Conference, (S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S2) Winnipeg Jets
This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won the previous two meetings over the past two seasons, including last year's Smythe Division Semifinals in a three-game sweep.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Finals, Clarence Campbell Conference, (S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S2) Winnipeg Jets
Defending Cup champion Edmonton was too much for the Winnipeg Jets, sweeping them in four straight games and doubling their goal total.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Prince of Wales Conference Final, (P1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (A2) Quebec Nordiques
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Philadelphia won the only previous meeting 3–2 in the 1981 Preliminary Round.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Prince of Wales Conference Final, (P1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (A2) Quebec Nordiques
Although the Flyers held the best record in the NHL with 53 wins and 113 points, the Adams Division held a better record against the Patrick Division, so the Wales finals began in Quebec City. Philadelphia and Quebec split the first four games of the series, then the Flyers edged the Nordiques, 2–1 in game five. Game six in Philadelphia was a tour-de-force for the Flyers, outshooting Quebec 36–15, and winning 3–0. Flyers captain Dave Poulin's five-on-three shorthanded goal early in the second period sealed the win and returned to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1980. The win came at a high cost for the Flyers as both 54-goal forward Tim Kerr and defenceman Brad McCrimmon were lost for the remainder of the playoffs with injuries.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Clarence Campbell Conference Final, (S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N2) Chicago Black Hawks
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won the only previous meeting in a four-game sweep in the 1983 Clarence Campbell Conference Final.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Clarence Campbell Conference Final, (S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N2) Chicago Black Hawks
The Oilers defeated the Black Hawks in a six-game series which broke all sorts of records for total offense. Edmonton won the first two games at home by 11–2 and 7–3 scores, only to see Chicago strike back at home with 5–2 and 8–6 victories. However, Edmonton rebounded to blast the Hawks in the final two games, 10–5 and 8–2 to earn their third trip to the Cup Finals in as many years.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Clarence Campbell Conference Final, (S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N2) Chicago Black Hawks
Edmonton set all-time playoff marks with most goals in one series, most goals in a six-game series, and both clubs set records with most total goals in a semifinal series and most total goals in one six-game series. Oilers' Jari Kurri scored three hat tricks in the series, setting a still-standing NHL record.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
This was the second playoff series (and first Finals) meeting between these two teams. Philadelphia won the only previous meeting in a three-game sweep in the 1980 Preliminary Round. Philadelphia has home-ice advantage because their conference had the better head-to-head record against the Campbell Conference.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
Edmonton lost the first game to the Flyers but would then take the next four to win their second straight Stanley Cup.


1985 Stanley Cup playoffs, Player statistics, Goaltenders
This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.


1985 Star World Championships
The 1985 Star World Championships were held in Nassau, Bahamas in 1985.


1985 Star World Championships, Results
Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; YMP – Yacht materially prejudiced;


1985 State of Origin series
The 1985 State of Origin series was the fourth time the annual three-match series between New South Wales and Queensland was contested entirely under 'state of origin' selection rules. It was the year that New South Wales finally ended Queensland's dominance which had arisen with the State of Origin concept.


1985 State of Origin series, Games, Game I
Queensland centre Gene Miles was ruled out of State of Origin due to a knee injury.


1985 State of Origin series, Games, Game I
Heavy rain confronted the players at Lang Park when the teams took the field for the opening match of the series, and it was thought players new to Origin football such as Michael O'Connor might struggle to cope with the conditions. However the former Wallaby displayed nerves of steel to complete one of Origin's most memorable debuts scoring two tries and kicking five goals to finish with all 18 of the Blue's points.


1985 State of Origin series, Games, Game I
The relentless Blues defence led by Steve Roach, Pat Jarvis and Peter Wynn continually repelled the Maroons and helped keep the Blues line intact for the first time at Origin level. Five-eighth Brett Kenny earned wide praise for his efforts opposite Wally Lewis who was subjected to merciless pressure for almost the entire match. New coach Terry Fearnley and his captain Steve Mortimer had plotted for months to uncover a secret factor that would bring an end to the Maroons' Origin stranglehold. The strategy was to heap pressure on Lewis, Queensland's five-eighth and playmaker and the Blues carried out the plan perfectly.


1985 State of Origin series, Games, Game II
With history possibly in the making a large New South Wales home crowd turned out in wet conditions at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The match was played on a knife's edge when after the Blues had taken a 12-0 lead with two tries after only 16 minutes, Queensland struck back in typical style and took a 14-12 lead despite having lost Bob Lindner and Colin Scott with serious injuries.


1985 State of Origin series, Games, Game II
The New South Wales forwards relentlessly hurled themselves at the Queensland defence until cracks slowly began to appear. A penalty goal and then a sharply taken field goal by O'Connor gave the Blues a 15-14 lead and then when Lewis attempted to level the scores with his own field goal attempt eight minutes from the end, Mortimer flew from the ruck to charge down the kick.


1985 State of Origin series, Games, Game II
It was the inspiration the Blues needed and when five-eighth Brett Kenny dashed over for the decisive try a minute from full-time, it sparked scenes of jubilation among the New South Wales players. Broadcast images that now form part of Origin folklore captured a rapturous Mortimer chaired from the field and then falling to the ground full of emotion and pride in the Blues' historic first series victory.


1985 State of Origin series, Games, Game III
Queensland took the field in Game III determined to avoid a whitewash but also smarting from a national selection controversy. Blues coach Terry Fearnley was also the Australian national coach and the match was played after the Australia v New Zealand Test series that year. Fearnley had dropped four players, all of them Maroons after the second Test. The Kiwis went on to win the third test 18-0, the first time the Australian's had been held scoreless in a test match since 1956.


1985 State of Origin series, Games, Game III
Queensland came out breathing fire and as the score mounted, late in the game Maroons forward Greg Dowling, one of the players axed by Fearnley, left the field replaced and stopped by the Blues bench to give Fearnley a passionate serve and tirade of abuse. Following this event ARL officials would legislate that the national coach never be a serving Origin coach to avoid the possibility of such embarrassing scenes or the potential for claims of bias.


1985 State of the Union Address
The 1985 State of the Union Address was given by the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, on Wednesday, February 6, 1985—Reagan’s 74th birthday—at 9 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 99th United States Congress. It was Reagan's fourth State of the Union Address and his fifth speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Tip O'Neill, accompanied by George H. W. Bush, the vice president.


1985 State of the Union Address
He stated, "Our progress began not in Washington, DC, but in the hearts of our families, communities, workplaces, and voluntary groups which, together, are unleashing the invincible spirit of one great nation under God." He believed that volunteerism was a key element to the American community.


1985 State of the Union Address
The president proclaimed the Reagan Doctrine, announcing support for military and other aid to forces fighting to overthrow governments in select countries around the world, and specifically for armed groups fighting to overthrow the Central American government of Nicaragua, claiming that "support for freedom fighters is self-defense." He also spoke of the plans to develop a weapons program referred to as the Strategic Defense Initiative. On the domestic front, he spoke at length of the need to reduce the government's role in advancing people's lives and the economy and for reducing the federal deficit, and  of his opposition to abortion, among other things.


1985 State of the Union Address
The speech lasted approximately 40 minutes and consisted of 4,955 words. The address was broadcast live on radio and television.


1985 State of the Union Address
After the joint session was dissolved, House Minority Leader Robert H. Michel led the members of the House of Representatives and Senate in singing Happy Birthday to President Reagan.


1985 State of the Union Address
The Democratic Party response was delivered by Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas (who himself later became president in 1993),  Governor Bob Graham of Florida and House Speaker Tip O'Neill.


1985 State of the Union Address
Malcolm Baldrige, the Secretary of Commerce, served as the designated survivor.


1985 Stella Artois Championships
The 1985 Stella Artois Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom that was part of the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix circuit. It was the 83rd edition of the tournament and ran from 10 June until 17 June 1985. Boris Becker, who was seeded 11th, won the singles title.


1985 Stella Artois Championships, Finals, Doubles
Ken Flach /  Robert Seguso defeated  Pat Cash /  John Fitzgerald 3–6, 6–3, 16–14


1985 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles
Pat Cash and Paul McNamee were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Cash with John Fitzgerald and McNamee with Peter McNamara.


1985 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles
McNamara and McNamee lost in the quarterfinals to Cash and Fitzgerald.


1985 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles
Ken Flach and Robert Seguso won the doubles title at the 1985 Queen's Club Championships tennis tournament defeating Ken Flach and Robert Seguso in the final 6–3, 3–6, 16–14.


1985 Stella Artois Championships – Singles
John McEnroe was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1985 Stella Artois Championships – Singles
Boris Becker won the singles title at the 1985 Queen's Club Championships tennis tournament defeating Johan Kriek in the final 6–2, 6–3.


1985 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
The 8th Stinkers Bad Movie Awards were released by the Hastings Bad Cinema Society in 1986 to honour the worst films the film industry had to offer in 1985. As follows, there was only a Worst Picture category with provided commentary for each nominee, as well as a list of films that were also considered for the final list but ultimately failed to make the cut (17 films total).


1985 Stockholm Open
The 1985 Stockholm Open was a men's tennis tournament played on hard courts and part of the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix and took place at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and was held from 4 November through 10 November 1985. First-seeded John McEnroe won the singles title.


1985 Stockholm Open, Finals, Doubles
Guy Forget /  Andrés Gómez defeated  Mike De Palmer /  Gary Donnelly, 6–3, 6–4


1985 Stockholm Open – Doubles
Henri Leconte and Tomáš Šmíd were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.


1985 Stockholm Open – Doubles
Guy Forget and Andrés Gómez won the title, defeating Mike De Palmer and Gary Donnelly 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


1985 Stockholm Open – Singles
John McEnroe was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.


1985 Stockholm Open – Singles
McEnroe successfully defended his title, defeating Anders Järryd 6–1, 6–2 in the final.