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| 1985 premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Date | 7–28 September 1985 |
| Teams | 5 |
| Premiers | Essendon (14th premiership) |
| Runners-up | Hawthorn (9th grand final) |
| Minor premiers | Essendon (12th minor premiership) |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Total attendance | 385,589 (64,265 per match) |
| Highest | 100,042 (Grand Final, Essendon vs. Hawthorn) |
The 1985 Victorian Football League finals series was the 89th annual edition of the VFL/AFL final series, the Australian rules football tournament staged to determine the winner of the 1985 VFL Premiership season. The series ran over four weekends in September 1985, culminating with the 1985 VFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 28 September 1985.
The top five teams from the 1985 VFL Premiership season qualified for the finals series, which was played using the McIntyre final five system.