1985 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

The 1985 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern College (now known as Georgia Southern University) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The team was coached by Erk Russell, in his fourth year as head coach for the Eagles.

1985 Georgia Southern Eagles football
NCAA Division I-AA national champion
ConferenceIndependent
1985 record13–2
Head coach
Home stadiumPaulson Stadium
(Capacity: 18,000)
1985 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 9 Georgia Southern ^ 0 0 0  13 2 0
No. 11 Eastern Washington ^ 0 0 0  9 3 0
No. 18 Richmond 0 0 0  8 3 0
Colgate 0 0 0  7 3 1
Delaware 0 0 0  7 4 0
Tennessee State 0 0 0  7 4 0
No. 16 William & Mary 0 0 0  7 4 0
Lafayette 0 0 0  6 5 0
James Madison 0 0 0  5 6 0
Lehigh 0 0 0  5 6 0
Holy Cross 0 0 0  4 6 1
Florida A&M 0 0 0  4 7 0
Western Kentucky 0 0 0  4 7 0
Bucknell 0 0 0  3 7 0
Northeastern 0 0 0  2 8 0
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 7vs. Florida A&MJacksonville, FLW 27–21
September 14Middle TennesseeL 10–35
September 21at Troy StateW 17–10
September 28at ChattanoogaW 19–148,892
October 5Tennessee Tech
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 34–0
October 12Bethune–CookmanNo. 19
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 46–24
October 26NewberryNo. 8
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 38–17
November 2at James MadisonNo. 7L 6–21
November 9UCFNo. 16
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 35–187,759
November 16East Tennessee StateNo. 12
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 46–7
November 23at South Carolina StateNo. 10W 43–30
November 30No. 15 Jackson StateNo. 9
W 27–0
December 7at No. 1 Middle TennesseeNo. 9
W 28–21
December 14at No. 4 Northern IowaNo. 9
W 40–33
December 21vs. No. T–2 FurmanNo. 9W 44–425,306

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References

  1. "1985 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
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