1985 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game
The 1985 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Furman Paladins and the Georgia Southern Eagles. The game was played on December 21, 1985, at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. The culminating game of the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Georgia Southern, 44–42.
| 1985 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| I-AA National Championship Game Diamond Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 21, 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Tacoma Dome | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tacoma, Washington | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Mike Standley | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 5,306 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mike Patrick (play-by-play), Sam Adkins (color) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Contemporary news reports also referred to this game as the Diamond Bowl, as the NCAA had introduced Diamond Bowl branding for the Division I-AA championship game earlier in the year.
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