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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\u201342.[3]Contemporary news reports also referred to this game as the Diamond Bowl,[3] as the NCAA had introduced Diamond Bowl branding for the Division I-AA championship game earlier in the year.[4]The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1985 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 12-team bracket.[5]Table of ContentsGeorgia Southern Eagles[edit]Furman Paladins[edit]Game summary[edit]Scoring summary[edit]Game statistics[edit]References[edit]Further reading[edit]External links[edit]Georgia Southern Eagles[edit]Georgia Southern finished their regular season with a 9\u20132 record.[6] Ranked ninth in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll[7] and unseeded in the tournament, the Eagles defeated Jackson State, top-seed Middle Tennessee State, and fourth-seed Northern Iowa to reach the final. This was the first appearance for Georgia Southern in a Division I-AA championship game.Furman Paladins[edit]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Furman finished their regular season with a 10\u20131 record (6\u20130 in conference); one of their wins came against NC State, a Division I-A program, and their only defeat was an upset loss to Newberry, an NAIA program.[8][9] Tied for second in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll[7] and seeded third in the tournament, the Paladins received a first-round bye then defeated Rhode Island and second-seed Nevada to reach the final. This was also the first appearance for Furman in a Division I-AA championship game.Game summary[edit]Furman built a 28\u20136 lead with just under 11 minutes left in the third quarter. By the time that quarter had ended, Georgia Southern had fought back to tie the score, 28\u201328. The two teams traded touchdowns in the first half of the fourth quarter, remaining tied, 35\u201335. A Georgia Southern field goal was answered by a Furman touchdown, giving Furman a 42\u201338 lead with just over two minutes to play. Georgia Southern then staged a 72-yard drive in 82 seconds, scoring the winning touchdown with just 10 seconds left on the clock.Scoring summary[edit]Scoring summaryQuarterTimeDriveTeamScoring informationScorePlaysYardsTOPGSCFUR12:5012805:25FURJohn Bagwell 1-yard touchdown run, Keven Esval kick good07213:3310614:17GSC44-yard field goal by Tim Foley3728:2210805:11FURBagwell 9-yard touchdown run, Esval kick good31423:0810695:14GSC33-yard field goal by Foley61420:567982:12FURBobby Lamb 10-yard touchdown run, Esval kick good621310:575742:34FURLarry Grady 33-yard touchdown reception from Lamb, Esval kick good62836:518964:06GSCMonte Sharpe 24-yard touchdown reception from Tracy Ham, 2-point run good by Ham142834:354561:14GSCPatrick Sulley 40-yard touchdown reception from Ham, Foley kick good212832:283591:00GSCGerald Harris 52-yard touchdown run, Foley kick good2828412:217653:04GSCPatrick Sulley 12-yard touchdown reception from Ham, Foley kick good352847:5111994:30FURBagwell 7-yard touchdown run, Esval kick good353543:3711594:14GSC39-yard field goal by Foley383541:327802:05FURBagwell 4-yard touchdown run, Esval kick good384240:108721:22GSCJohnson 13-yard touchdown reception from Ham, Foley kick no good (wide right)4442“TOP” = time of possession.  For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.4442[1]Game statistics[edit]1234TotalEagles06221644Paladins71471442         (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Tacoma Dome, site of the 1985 Division I-AA championship gameStatisticsGSCFURFirst downs2828Plays\u2013yards77\u201364067\u2013498Rushes\u2013yards40\u201322145\u2013288Passing yards419210Passing: comp\u2013att\u2013int23\u201337\u2013114\u201322\u20130Time of possession31:3328:27TeamCategoryPlayerStatisticsGeorgia SouthernPassingTracy Ham23\u201337, 419 yds, 4 TD, 1 INTRushingGerald Harris10 car, 92 yds, 1 TDReceivingPatrick Sulley7 rec, 148 yds, 2 TDFurmanPassingBobby Lamb14\u201322, 210 yds, 1 TDRushingJohn Bagwell15 car, 73 yds, 4 TDReceivingLarry Grady3 rec, 67 yds, 1 TD[1]References[edit]^ a b c d “NCAA Official Scoring Summary” (PDF). December 21, 1985. Retrieved May 3, 2019 \u2013 via Amazon Web Services.^ “1985 I-AA National Championship – Georgia Southern vs Furman”. Retrieved May 4, 2019 \u2013 via YouTube. at 2:21:07^ a b “Georgia Southern 44, Furman 42”. AP. December 21, 1985. Retrieved May 3, 2018 \u2013 via apnews.com.^ “I-AA championship moved to Tacoma”. Billings Gazette. Billings, Montana. AP. January 5, 1985. p.\u00a02-C. Retrieved May 1, 2019 \u2013 via newspapers.com.^ Hardesty, Abe (November 25, 1985). “Furman in I-AA playoffs”. The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. p.\u00a01C. Retrieved May 3, 2019 \u2013 via newspapers.com.^ “Georgia Southern Eagles 1985 Schedule”. cfbinfo.com. Retrieved May 3, 2019.[permanent dead link]^ a b “NCAA I-AA poll”. The Salina Journal. Salina, Kansas. AP. November 27, 1985. p.\u00a015. Retrieved May 3, 2019 \u2013 via newspapers.com.^ “Furman Paladins 1985 Schedule”. cfbinfo.com. Retrieved May 3, 2019.[permanent dead link]^ “Newberry 24, Furman 21”. Detroit Free Press. September 15, 1985. 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