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: 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

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 = Division Champion, = 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

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