1985 USFL season


The 1985 USFL season was the third and final season of the United States Football League.

Rule changes

Adopted instant replay for the 1985 season. Under the instant-replay rule, a team may have one appeal per half in three situations:
The team asking for the replay would lose a time out if they were wrong.
The replay was available only in games televised by ABC.

Franchise changes

August 22, 1984, the owners voted to move to a fall schedule starting in 1986.
Harry Usher became the new commissioner of the USFL in January 1985.
The USFL and the United States Football League Players Association agreed on a four-year agreement in March 1985.
On April 29, 1985, the league's owners voted 13-2 to reaffirm their decision to begin playing a fall season in 1986.

Regular season

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against
= Division Champion, = Wild Card
New Jersey finished ahead of Memphis based on a head-to-head tiebreaker advantage.

Playoffs

Home team in CAPITALS
Quarterfinals June 29–30 and July 1
Semifinals July 6–7
USFL Championship game July 14

1985 regular season stat leaders

1985 USFL regular season sortable offensive team statistics

1985 USFL regular season sortable defensive team statistics

Awards

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