1984–85 NCAA football bowl games

1984–85 NCAA football bowl games
Season1984
Number of bowls18
Bowl gamesDecember 15, 1984 –
January 1, 1985
National Championship1984 Holiday Bowl
Location of ChampionshipJack Murphy Stadium,
San Diego
ChampionsBYU Cougars
Bowl record by conference
Conference Bowls Record Number of teams
in final AP poll
Independents 7 3–3–1 (0.500) 4
SEC 6 2–3–1 (0.417) 4
Big Ten 6 1–5 (0.167) 2
SWC 5 1–4 (0.200) 1
Pac-10 3 3–0 (1.000) 3
Big Eight 3 2–1 (0.667) 3
ACC 2 2–0 (1.000) 2
WAC 2 2–0 (1.000) 1
PCAA 1 1–0 (1.000) 0
MAC 1 0–1 (0.000) 0

The 1984–85 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1984 and January 1985 to end the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. A total of 18 team-competitive games, and two all-star games, were played. The post-season began with the Independence Bowl on December 15, 1984, and concluded on January 12, 1985, with the season-ending Senior Bowl.