The 1985 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University during the

1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season The 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1985, and concluded with the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA ...

. In their eleventh and final year under head coach Bob Curtis, the Bison compiled a 3–7 record. Will McFarland and Joe Shupp were the team captains. This would be Bucknell's final year as an independent, before joining the Colonial League. Future league opponents on Bucknell's 1985 schedule included Davidson, Lafayette and Lehigh. The league was later renamed

Patriot League The Patriot League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising private institutions of higher education and two United States service academies based in the Northeastern United States. Outside the Ivy League, it is among the most selective gr ...

, and continues to be the Bisons' home conference as of 2020. Bucknell played its home games at Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

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