- Source: 1985 USFL season
The 1985 USFL season was the third and final season of the United States Football League (USFL), and the last by a league using that name until the 2022 USFL season.
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:
A fumble or no-fumble situation.
Whether a pass is complete, incomplete or intercepted.
Whether the ball has penetrated the goal line.
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
Pittsburgh Maulers fold.
Chicago Blitz suspend operations.
Michigan Panthers merge with the Oakland Invaders.
Arizona Wranglers and the Oklahoma Outlaws merge and create the Arizona Outlaws.
New Orleans Breakers relocate to Portland, Oregon as the Portland Breakers.
Philadelphia Stars move games to College Park, Maryland, with plans to move to Baltimore in 1986, team is renamed the Baltimore Stars.
Washington Federals are sold and relocate to Orlando, Florida, as the Orlando Renegades.
General news
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 (USFLPA) 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
y = Division Champion, x = Wild Card
New Jersey finished ahead of Memphis based on a head-to-head tiebreaker advantage (2-0-0).
Playoffs
Statistics
= 1985 regular season stat leaders
== 1985 USFL regular season sortable offensive team statistics
== 1985 USFL regular season sortable defensive team statistics
=Awards
See also
1985 NFL season