1985 Cherry Bowl
| 1985 Cherry Bowl |
| Final Edition Bowl Game |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Maryland |
6 |
22 |
7 |
0 |
35 |
| Syracuse |
3 |
7 |
8 |
0 |
18 |
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| Date | December 21, 1985 |
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| Stadium | Pontiac Silverdome |
| Location | Pontiac, Michigan |
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| Attendance | 51,858 |
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| Cherry Bowl
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The 1985 Cherry Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game between the Atlantic Coast Conference's Maryland Terrapins And Big East Conference's Syracuse Orangemen. Despite Having an early 10-6 lead, The Orangemen gave up 22 unanswered second quarter points. following which a comeback was too far out of reach for the Orangemen to come back and the Terps ended up winning by a final score of 35–18.
Although this was only the second edition, following this game the bowl had to fold due to the fact the Cherry Bowl committee found themselves over $2,000,000 in the red bringing an end to postseason college football in Detroit until 1997 when the Motor City Bowl launched and the MAC Championship Game was first played on a neutral site.
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