Western Kentucky

'''Occidental

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Conference Finals

BYU

Tim Robinson 139

Maryland

1985 NCAA Division II football season

Gloucestershire won by 37 runs

''Central Arkansas*

Tomáš Šmíd

Hillsdale (Mich.)

Middlesex won by 131 runs

Hawaii

Old Dominion

Evansville

Drury (Mo.)

South Florida

Baylor

yes

Baltimore Bullets

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola

Xavier Musketeers
Xavier

Denver

Northeast Louisiana

Brunswick Juventus

Syracuse

August – November 1985

1985 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships

New Hampshire

Nottinghamshire won by 10 runs

FFC125

Minnesota–Duluth
Boston College

Colin Wells 35
David Smith 97

List of NBL seasons

Preston Makedonia

David Lipscomb (Tenn.)

Nottinghamshire won by 96 runs

Women's

Semifinals

The 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1985 at the Texas Swimming Center at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas at the 62nd annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States. The men's and women's titles would not be held at the same site until 2006.Stanford topped the team standings, the Cardinal's second men's title and first since 1967.

1985 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

1985 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

Georgia

Andrew Needham 2/55

Central

Sydney City

The 20th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 1986, honored the best filmmaking of 1985.

West Virginia

ARMY

NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

Simon Corlett 11

Mats Wilander
Paul Annacone

N.C. State

'''Gómez

LSU

USA

Newcastle Rosebud United

Johns Hopkins

Gerry Smith
Rio Grande (Ohio)

Ball State

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

'''Illinois

UCLA

Alcorn State

Ole Miss

Keith Teasdale 46

Clemson

Sydney Olympic
Semi Finals

USC

Adelphi

1985 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship

First Round

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

Portland

Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Adelaide City

Darryl Pearce 8

Old Dominion Monarchs

Purdue

'''Evansville

Leroy Loggins 28

Fresno State

'''B Becker

Green Gully

Quarter Finals

Oral Roberts

Stuart Fletcher 3/34
Hampshire won by 149 runs

Auburn

Richmond

Mississippi State

S Edberg

Michigan State

Cleveland

Hampshire won by 4 wickets

NBL Most Valuable Player

Dave Nelson 17

No scoring

August–November 1985

The 1985 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested May 27−June 1, 1985 at Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas in order to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's collegiate Division I outdoor track and field events in the United States.These were the 63rd annual men's championships and the fourth annual women's championships. This was the Longhorns' fourth time hosting the event and the first since 1980.Arkansas and Oregon topped the men's and women's team standings, respectively; it was the Razorbacks' first men's team title and the first for the Ducks' women's program. This was Arkansas' first title before their run of nine consecutive championships during the 1990s.

Southeastern Oklahoma State

For background information about this competition, please refer to the Amco Cup main page.

Detroit

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

Cal Poly

Oklahoma State

Worcestershire won by 14 runs
Stephen Greensword 34

Second round

Andrew Pick 1/36

Nebraska

Iowa

Jamie Kennedy 4

Penn State

Graham Gooch 93*

Georgia Tech

Women's Champion: Oregon

'''Mount Union

Missouri

Men's Champion: Arkansas

Louisiana Tech

Central Washington

Neil Taylor 51

Mark Davis 14

Providence

North Carolina

Cal Poly Pomona Broncos

Nottinghamshire won by 4 wickets

Fresno State Bulldogs

1985 National League Championship Series

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

Clarence Jones 10-yard run

'''Marconi Fairfield

West Virginia Wesleyan

Philadelphia 76ers

'''I Lendl

Paul Prichard 94

Texas

'''Gettysburg

NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

Paul Terry 165*

Jim Bateman 13

Seymour Smith Park

'''Old Dominion

The 1985 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships refer to one of two NCAA-sponsored events held during May 1985 to determine the national champions of men's and women's collegiate tennis in the United States:1985 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships – the 39th annual men's national championships held at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia1985 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships– the 4th annual women's national championships held at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center in Oklahoma City, OklahomaThe men's and women's tournaments would not be held at the same site until 2006.

1985 NIT

Philadelphia, PA

Brisbane Lions

'''Cal Poly

Incantalupo

LSU Tigers

UC Irvine

Somerset won by 4 wickets

Cal State Fullerton Titans

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

Southern Final

Minnesota–Duluth won series 8–4

Western Carolina Catamounts

Derek Underwood 3/26
Clive Lloyd 91

Men's

Montana
Quarterfinals

Florida State

Regular season

American

The 1985 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Marquette

1985 National Soccer League

George Mason

Ithaca

Western Carolina

Arizona

Cal Bruton 7

Virginia Cavaliers

1985 Nabisco Grand Prix

1985 Nabisco Masters – Singles

Brian Boitano

NAVY 14-7

'''UCLA

NCAA Division III

Dodger Stadium

Final

Georgia Southern Eagles

Elite Eight

'''Georgia

First round

Cal State Fullerton

unknown

Cal Poly Pomona

The 1985 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested May 27−June 1, 1985 at Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas in order to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's collegiate Division I outdoor track and field events in the United States.These were the 63rd annual men's championships and the fourth annual women's championships.

May 1985

Al Green 45

The 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship was the 26th organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The UCLA Bruins won their first national title by defeating the American Eagles in the championship game, 1-0, after eight overtime periods. The final match was played on December 14, 1985, in Seattle, Washington, at the Kingdome for the second straight year.

Eddie Crouch, Trevor Dallas

Virginia

The 1985 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1984–85 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.

1985 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament

Miami
South Carolina

Cincinnati

College World Series

InternetArchiveBot

December 1985

The 1985 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1985, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 14, 1985, at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium in McAllen, Texas. During the game's five-year stretch in McAllen, the "City of Palms", it was referred to as the Palm Bowl.

Fort Hays State

West Adelaide

'''Stefan Edberg

1985 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Stanford

Ohio State

Kevin Saxelby 3/19

'''Central

New Mexico

'''North Dakota State

NAIA Third Place Game

The 1985 Buenos Aires Grand Prix was a Nabisco Grand Prix tennis tournament held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The tournament was held from February 25 to March 3.

Gordon Greenidge 67

(Selected by: Toronto Maple Leafs)

and

North Alabama

The 1985 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the 16th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate volleyball. The tournament was played at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California during May 1985.Pepperdine defeated USC in the final match, 3–1 (10–15, 15–10, 15–7, 15–3), to win their second national title. The Waves (25–2) were coached by Marv Dunphy.Pepperdines's Bob Ctvrtlik was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Ctvrtlik, along with six other players, comprised the All-tournament team.

Conference Semifinals

Austin, Texas

John Foster 63

Seventh place

1985 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament

Occidental

Florida

Peter Hayes 2/20

Peter Rampley

Salisbury State

Dallas Mavericks

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

Finals

Boston

Rensselaer

Baylor Bears

Championship

The 1985 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1984–85 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was named NBA Finals MVP for the second time (he had won the award under his birth name, Lew Alcindor, as a Buck in 1971).The Lakers had been unsuccessful in their previous eight attempts to defeat the Celtics in the NBA Finals, losing 7 times from 1959–1969 and 1984. The Lakers, moreover, won the title in Boston, something no other NBA team has ever accomplished.The Cavaliers made the playoffs for the first time since 1978.It was also the first time that all three teams from Texas made the playoffs in the same year.The Denver Nuggets advanced to the conference finals for the first time since 1978 and would not advance that far again until 2009. The Philadelphia 76ers, on the other hand, advanced to the conference finals for the fifth time in six years, but would not reach that level again until 2001.

Georgia Southwestern

Geoffrey Ford 18

Ian Robilliard 4

'''North Alabama

Los Angeles Dodgers

Canberra City

Bucknell

Oral Roberts Golden Eagles

NIT

Kevin Rice 107

NCAA Tournament

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

San Jose State

'''Augustana

1985 Nahanni earthquakes

The 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1985 at the Texas Swimming Center at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas at the 62nd annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.

Simon Hinks 95

'''Pacific

Minnesota

Melbourne Croatia

Second Leg

Tim Curtis 92

Temple

St. Louis Cardinals

'''Boston U.

'''San Jose State

Gómez

NAVY 17-7

Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner

Phil Bainbridge 3/54

Mike Mathis and Ed T. Rush

'''Sydney City

California Golden Bears

Heidelberg United

Bill Athey 72

'''Augustana (IL)

The 1985 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 17th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1985.Stanford defeated UC Irvine in the final, 12–11 (in two overtimes), to win their fifth national title. This was a rematch of the 1982 championship match, won by UC Irvine. Coached by Dante Dettamanti, the Cardinal finished the season 25–4.Jeff Campbell (UC Irvine) and David Imbernino (Stanford) were named the Most Outstanding Players of the tournament. An All-Tournament Team, consisting of eight players, was also named.The tournament's leading scorer was J.R. Salvatore from UC Irvine (10 goals).

Los Angeles

NAVY

The 35th National Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on February 10, 1985, at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana. The coaches were K. C. Jones (Boston Celtics) for the East, and Pat Riley (Los Angeles Lakers) for the West. The MVP was Ralph Sampson, Houston (29 minutes, 24 points, 10 rebounds).

Essex won by losing fewer wickets

1985 NASCAR Cup Series

Wayland Baptist

Champions

Brian Marvin 2/56

Connecticut

1985 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship

South Dakota

John Ker 1/31

STL

Greg Ellena

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

Pepperdine

1985 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

'''Connecticut

Omaha, NE

Navy

Warwickshire won by 3 wickets

Anders Järryd

Fordham

'''Texas

Leroy Loggins 12

'''Joakim Nyström

'''Montclair State

Loyola–Chicago

List of NSL seasons

Sunshine George Cross

Alvin Kallicharran 3/41

Georgia Southern

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

New Mexico Lobos

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

The 1985 NAIA Division I football season, as part of the 1985 college football season in the United States and the 30th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 16th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.The season was played from August to November 1985 and culminated in the 1985 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 21, 1985 at Estes Stadium in Conway, Arkansas, on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas, for the second straight year.Central Arkansas and Hillsdale played to a tie, 10–10, in the Champion Bowl and both teams were named co-national champions. It was Central Arkansas' second NAIA title (and second straight shared title) and Hillsdale's first.

Mark Edmondson

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Tim Robinson 90

NBL Finals

1985 National Hockey League Entry Draft

Kevin Cooper 4/49

Brent Musburger and Johnny Bench

Milwaukee

Third place game

UC Davis

'''Ithaca

Brisbane wins the NBL Championship

1985 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

The 1985 NAIA Division I football season, as part of the 1985 college football season in the United States and the 30th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 16th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.The season was played from August to November 1985 and culminated in the 1985 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 21, 1985 at Estes Stadium in Conway, Arkansas, on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas, for the second straight year.Central Arkansas and Hillsdale played to a tie, 10–10, in the Champion Bowl and both teams were named co-national champions.

Stuart Turner 3/38

1985 NHL Entry Draft

Inter Monaro

Brisbane Bullets

1985 NBA Playoffs

Geoff Cook 130

Oregon State Beavers

Sergio Casal

'''J Kriek

LA Lakers

1985 NHL Draft

New Jersey

Glamorgan won by 8 wickets

1985 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament

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

Philadelphia

North Carolina Tar Heels

Oregon State

Oklahoma State Cowboys

Wilf Slack 32

T Mayotte

Lamar Cardinals

Kevin Saxelby 2/34

1985 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships

Joel Garner 5/18
Andrew Webster 4/38

The 1985 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began with 28 teams and ended on December 22, 1985, when Pacific defeated Stanford 3 games to 1 in the NCAA championship match.Pacific, making their 4th NCAA final four in five years (in addition to their 1980 AIAW title match loss), claimed the school's first NCAA title for women's volleyball. Stanford finished as NCAA runners-up for the second year in a row.

Mesa State*

'''Preston Makedonia

John Wake 37

NBL

Marycrest (Iowa)

Independent

Jim Bateman 12

Richard Ellison 4/22

Army

1985 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament

Adelaide 36ers

Davidson

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

The 1985 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 48th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.

Long Beach State

'''UNLV

1985 National Invitation Tournament

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California

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

Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.

Northern Final

1985 National Basketball Association Playoffs

Nottinghamshire won by 86 runs
John Inchmore 5/25
Michael Milton 1/13

1985 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament

Syracuse Nationals

The 1985 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 47th annual NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 5th annual NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division I men's and women's collegiate cross country running in the United States. In all, four different titles were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships.Held on November 25, 1985, the combined meet was hosted by Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The distance for the men's race was 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) while the distance for the women's race was 5 kilometers (3.11 miles).The men's team national championship was won by Wisconsin, their second national title. The individual championship was won by Tim Hacker, from Wisconsin, with a time of 29:17.88.The women's team national championship was also won by Wisconsin, their second national title. The individual championship was won by Suzie Tuffey, from NC State, with a time of 16:22.53.

Southwestern Louisiana

Ian Davies 26

Rodney Ontong 55

Boston College won series 9–8

Sydney Croatia

Sussex won by 244 runs

S Davis

Butler

Hillsdale

Brian Hardie 60

The 1985 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was the fourth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 1985, sixteen Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured eight regionals of two teams with the winner of each region (a total of 8 teams) advancing to the 1985 Women's College World Series at Seymour Smith Park in Omaha, Nebraska.

Dean Hoffman 2/56

The 1985 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 17th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1985.Stanford defeated UC Irvine in the final, 12–11 (in two overtimes), to win their fifth national title. This was a rematch of the 1982 championship match, won by UC Irvine.

St. Louis

Florida Gators

Northwestern

Marycrest

Arkansas

Tim Robinson 98*
Martyn Moxon 82*

1985 NBA All-Star Game

Hampshire won by 187 runs

Florida State Seminoles

Colorado State

Central Arkansas*

1985 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Lake Superior State

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

Davidson Wildcats

Herb Mceachin 29

Denver Nuggets

St. Louis Cardinals – 7, Los Angeles Dodgers – 5

1985 NatWest Trophy

Chicago Bulls

Wayland Baptist (Tex.)

(Campus Sites)

Eastern Kentucky

Geoff Holmes 5/24
Peter Kippax 3/32

1985 Nabisco Masters – Doubles

'''Hawaii

Michael Johnson 37

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

Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko

Louisville

Los Angeles Dodgers – 2, St. Louis Cardinals – 12

Troy Saunders 13-yard pass from Bob Misch

APIA Leichhardt Tigers

Alvin Kallicharran 66
Northamptonshire won by 100 runs

Oklahoma Sooners

Ninth Straight NCAA Finals for Hopkins, an NCAA Record

Minnesota Duluth

Richard Williams 3/35

Harvard

Boston U.

Ken Flach

St. John's Redmen

The 1985 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament began on March 14 and ended on March 31 and featured 32 teams. The Final Four consisted of Old Dominion, Northeast Louisiana, Western Kentucky, and Georgia, with Old Dominion defeating Georgia, 70–65 in the championship game. Old Dominion's Tracy Claxton was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.1985 is the first year ESPN began televising some of the Tournament games. They televised two of the four Regional Finals (East and West Regional), as well as the two national semifinals. The Georgia vs Western Kentucky match up was shown live, while the Old Dominion vs. Northeast Louisiana game was shown tape-delayed. The Championship game was broadcast by CBS.

Cardigan Connor 3/52

San Antonio

Miami (FL)

1985 NBL Finals

June 2017

1985 NFL Season

Princeton

Brown

Athens State

Seton Hall Pirates

1985 National Football League Draft

St George-Budapest
NSL 1985

Michigan

Tim Robinson 80
Graham Warner 51

Hartwick College

Utah Jazz

P Annacone

'''Bucknell

Michael Holding 1/36

West

Paul Parker 109

Tied 7-7

David Lipscomb

Phil Smyth 9
Leroy Loggins 41

1985 National Panasonic Cup

'''Colorado State

Utah

Emilio Sánchez

Essex won by 1 run

Eddie Crouch, Bill Mildenhall

1985 Navy Midshipmen football team

Regional semifinals

1985 Nabisco Masters - Doubles

Heinz Günthardt

Dallas

Midori Ito

Wayne Larkins 75

Drury

Phil Smyth 7

Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

Chattanooga

David Gower 41

Pfeiffer (N.C.)

Saint Joseph's

Wendel Clark

'''Sydney Croatia

David Imbernino, Stanford

'''Southern California

Montclair State

Market Square Arena

Harvard Crimson

Somerset won by 7 wickets

'''Hartwick College

Preliminary Final

Hillsdale*

Port Island Sports Center

Third place

Wollongong City

'''American

TOP TIER

CBS

'''Long Beach State

National Championship

Y Noah

St. Louis Cardinals – 1, Los Angeles Dodgers – 4

San Antonio Spurs

1985 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
'''UC Irvine

Central State

Hardin–Simmons

Virginia Tech Hokies

1985 NCAA Division I baseball season

Colin Dredge 3/28

New Orleans

Robin Huggins 29

The 1985 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1985. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1985 College World Series.
Michigan Wolverines
Central Michigan

Mississippi State Bulldogs

Phoenix

1985 NSL Cup

Wichita State

Nigel Cowley 3/41
Grahame Clinton 146

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

Texas A&M

'''Ken Flach

Rio Grande
Charleston

Los Angeles Lakers

May–June, 1985

Lamar

Phenix City, Alabama

Nigel Briers 1/8

'''Sydney Olympic

LAD

Canberra Cannons

Washington Bullets

Lloyd Sluman 1/53

Adelaide Croatia

'''New Hampshire

Pepperdine Waves

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

Fort Hays State (Kan.)

Chicago

David Smith 109

Indiana

Mark Nicholas 2/40

1985 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament

H Leconte

BYU Cougars

A Järryd

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

Northwestern Wildcats

Rensselaer won series 10–6

Houston Cougars

Marconi Fairfield

Ian Botham 64

Princeton Tigers

1985 National Scout Jamboree

Men's College Cup

Robert Seguso

The 1985 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1985, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 14, 1985, at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium in McAllen, Texas. During the game's five-year stretch in McAllen, the "City of Palms", it was referred to as the Palm Bowl. The North Dakota State Bison defeated the North Alabama Lions, 35–7, to win their second Division II national title.

West Virginia Mountaineers

The 1985 National League Championship Series was played between the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers from October 9 – 16. It was the first championship series played under the new best-of-seven format. In previous years, the NLCS had been settled by a best-of-five format. This series is best known for Ozzie Smith's dramatic walk-off home run in Game 5.Dodger announcer Vin Scully and former Cardinal player Joe Garagiola called the games for NBC. Both were announcers on the year-long Game of the Week.

Eastern Conference

Stanford Cardinal

1985 National Challenge Cup

Ray Hunt, Bill Mildenhall

Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.

Second Round

La Salle Explorers

NAIA National Championship

'''Bloomsburg

1985 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs

Houston

South Melbourne
Qualified for the 1985 National Soccer League Northern Conference Finals

Courtney Walsh 2/7
Viv Richards 87*

Consolation semifinals

College of Charleston (S.C.)

Illinois Fighting Illini

'''Arizona

National Soccer League

Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters

Kent won by 79 runs

right

Nigel Felton 72*

Athens State (Ala.)

Chuck Smith 5-yard run

Central Michigan Chippewas

St. Louis Cardinals – 2, Los Angeles Dodgers – 8

NCAA volleyball logo
'''Purdue

San Diego State

B Becker

St. John's

Mount Union

UCLA Bruins

Wilf Slack 98
Rupert Evans 1/41

'''Indiana

Mark Davis 18

1985 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

Temple Owls

Chris Cowdrey 3/74

1985 National Society of Film Critics Awards

'''South Carolina

Indiana State

J Nyström

Phoenix Suns

New Orleans Privateers
Indiana State Sycamores

Henderson State*

Appalachian State Mountaineers

Brisbane City

1985 Nemzeti Bajnoksag I (women's handball)

Durham won by 7 wickets

Elimination and Qualifying Finals

Ron Lemons 38

Don Campbell

Kim Warwick

Pfeiffer

Tennessee

March 1985

Campus sites

Lancashire won by 100 runs

1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Third round
SMU

William Merry 2/25
Peter Willey 52

UNLV

1985 NBL Season

Newcastle Falcons

1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season

The 1985 NCAA Division III football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division III level, began in August 1985, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1985 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Augustana (IL) Vikings won the third of their four consecutive Division III championships by defeating the Ithaca Bombers by a final score of 20−7.

Footscray JUST

Glamorgan won by 4 wickets
John Elder 2/69
Essex won by 84 runs

Boston Celtics

Tennessee Tech

'''A Järryd

Milwaukee Bucks

Pavel Složil

1985 NBA Draft

1985 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament

1985 Nabisco Masters - Singles

B Gilbert

Appalachian State

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

John Tierney 3/47
Neil Fairbrother 52*

'''M Wilander

Ray Hunt, Eddie Crouch

National Challenge Cup

Kim Barnett 53

Ray Hunt, Geoff Weeks

Columbia

'''Central (IA)

1985 National Camogie League

Michael Milton 33
David Thomas 3/50

Joakim Nyström

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

1985 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

Edgar Eason

J McEnroe

Darryl Pearce 6

'''Texas A&M

Phil Edmonds 4/39

Central Arkansas

Alan Jones 60*

'''T Mayotte

Dipak Patel 2/22

National Semifinals

Qualified for the 1985 National Soccer League Southern Conference Finals

David Halliwell 4/57

1985 NFL draft

Eastern Kentucky Colonels

Essex won by 226 runs
Colin Dredge 2/54

Hardin–Simmons Cowboys

Third Place Game

Houston Rockets

Fifth place

EST

Ray Borner 18

Derek Pringle 5/12

Borner, Carroll 4 each

1985 NCAA Tournament

BOTTOM TIER

1985 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)

Steve O'Shaughnessy 3/28

The National Soccer League 1985 season was the ninth season of the National Soccer League in Australia. The season was again played with two Conferences as separate leagues, followed by a conference playoff final. The Grand Final was won by Brunswick Juventus over Sydney City.

Ian Davies 2

Fort Valley State

UC Santa Barbara

Mark Nicholas 39

Illinois

Richard Hadlee 2/35

Busch Stadium

Richard Swan 27

1985 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

Graham Gooch 43
Soren Henriksen 2/51

NAIA National Semifinals

NSL Cup

NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

New Jersey Nets

Washington State

Not awarded

John Lever 2/25

Adelphi Panthers

Gloucestershire won by 141 runs
Garth Le Roux 5/7

Los Angeles Dodgers – 2, St. Louis Cardinals – 3

Wichita State Shockers

Round of 16

'''Stanford

Mark Davis 28

Michael McEvoy 21

'''Nebraska

Oklahoma

1985 Nairobi Agreement

The 1985 National League Championship Series was played between the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers from October 9 – 16. It was the first championship series played under the new best-of-seven format. In previous years, the NLCS had been settled by a best-of-five format. This series is best known for Ozzie Smith's dramatic walk-off home run in Game 5.Dodger announcer Vin Scully and former Cardinal player Joe Garagiola called the games for NBC.

Robin Smith 110
Phil Neale 73

Bloomsburg

John Moyes 37

Todd Solomon 26-yard field goal

Santa Clara

November – December 1985
1985 NCAA Division III football season

Wayne Larkins 2/38

1985 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships

NBL Most Valuable Player – Grand Final

''Kingdome

'''B Gilbert

Connecticut Huskies

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Christo van Rensburg

Graham Stevenson 2/17

'''South Dakota

Kent won by 6 wickets
Stuart Turner 2/43

Hampton

1985 NHL All-Star Game

Greg Thomas 5/17

Penrith City

Annapolis, MD

Mark Price 3/22

Canisius

1985 Nabisco Grand Prix de Verano (tennis)

1985 NHK Trophy

Essex won by 6 wickets

'''Salisbury State

Division I

NC State

Kevin Curran 4/34
Paul Johnson 101*

'''Clemson

Balázs Taróczy

The 1985 NBL season was the seventh season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 13 teams contested the league.

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

football

Henderson State

Worcestershire won by 4 wickets

Larry Sengstock 6

Dennis Amiss 64

Chris Mcgraw 10

1985 National League season

The 1985 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the 16th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate volleyball. The tournament was played at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California during May 1985.Pepperdine defeated USC in the final match, 3–1 (10–15, 15–10, 15–7, 15–3), to win their second national title. The Waves (25–2) were coached by Marv Dunphy.Pepperdines's Bob Ctvrtlik was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Leicestershire won by 140 runs

'''UC Santa Barbara

Brian Hardie 110

1985 NCAA Division I FBS football season

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Arkansas Razorbacks

Mark Benson 78

Bradley

1985 National Football League season

Utah Utes

Rodney Ontong 30*

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'''Iowa

1985 National Basketball Association Draft

John Emburey 3/41

''Hillsdale

1985 NBL season

NBA Finals

Lemons, Cottrell 12 each

Franklin Field

Washington State Cougars

Phil Bainbridge 55

'''Paul Annacone

M Wilander

La Salle

Gettysburg

1985 National Board of Review Awards

The 1985 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began with 28 teams and ended on December 22, 1985, when Pacific defeated Stanford 3 games to 1 in the NCAA championship match.Pacific, making their 4th NCAA final four in five years (in addition to their 1980 AIAW title match loss), claimed the school's first NCAA title for women's volleyball. Stanford finished as NCAA runners-up for the second year in a row. After losing a thrilling game 1 by two points, Pacific rallied to win the next three to take the title with the scores of 15-7, 15-12, 15-13.Future Olympian sisters Elaina Oden and Kim Oden played against each other in the final. Elaina Oden, a freshman hitter for the Pacific Tigers, had 24 kills against Stanford.In the consolation match, Southern California defeated UCLA in five games to claim third place.

Portland Trail Blazers
Washington

'''SMU

Arizona Wildcats

Championship semifinals

Les Taylor 4/14
Peter Neal 52
Neil Hartley 69
Dipak Patel 2/43

First Leg

Tournament

David Gorman 28

T Šmid

NSL season

1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game

Relegated to the 1986 NSW First Division

Dave Nelson 11

Chris Smith 3/32

'''BYU

1985 NLCS

Eric Fudge

The 1985 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the fourth annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during May 1985.The New Hampshire Wildcats won their first championship by defeating the Maryland Terrapins in the final, 6–5.The leading scorer for the tournament was Anysia Fedec, from Maryland, with 8 goals.

J Kriek

Blacktown City

Tony Pigott 2/37

1985 NAIA Division I football season

Kapil Dev 5/52
Derek Pringle 5/23

Ray Borner 27

Penn State Nittany Lions

'''Brown

The 1985 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the fourth annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during May 1985.The New Hampshire Wildcats won their first championship by defeating the Maryland Terrapins in the final, 6–5.The leading scorer for the tournament was Anysia Fedec, from Maryland, with 8 goals. The Most Outstanding Player trophy would not be awarded again until 1998.

Seton Hall

Kent State

Stephen Greensword 3/20

The 1985 Nahanni earthquakes is the name for a continuous sequence of earthquakes that began in 1985 in the Nahanni region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The largest of these earthquakes occurred on December 23, reaching 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale. This is one of the most significant earthquakes in Canada during the 20th century. The earthquakes had a long succession of aftershocks and jolts.

United States

Detroit Pistons

Andrew Barnard 4/47

Virginia Tech

1985 National Basketball Association Finals

Los Angeles Dodgers – 2, St. Louis Cardinals – 4

Clemson Tigers

Wake Forest

'''George Mason

NAVY 7-0

South Carolina Gamecocks

Brian Davison 81

The 1985 NCAA Division III football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division III level, began in August 1985, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1985 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama.

Worcestershire won by 58 runs

'''Maryland

Regional finals

Western Conference

Providence won series 6–5

Garrett-Harrison Stadium

Navy Midshipmen

Brendan Joyce 12

The 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level, began in August 1985, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 21, 1985, at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington.

Neil Riddell 49*
Yorkshire won by 10 wickets

NBA playoffs

National Championship Game

1985 Nabisco Masters