6–26
The result and its place
The combined Greenbrier record lists the 6–26 loss against Portland, entry 10 of 11 in 1985. The result moved the Bobcats to 5–5; the margin was 20 points.
Season arc
It belongs to the closing path that sent Greenbrier back to a postseason bowl.
Source check
Greenbrier’s school score list and the independent historical schedule agree on the recorded final score.
Open the contemporary game clipping · 1985 season and source comparison.
The bowl invitation was already secure
Before the Portland game, Greenbrier stood 5–4 and had accepted a place in the 32nd Tobacco Bowl. The announcement fixed the postseason game for November 9 at 1 p.m. on John Kerr Field in Hartsville. Portland won the regular-season finale, but the bowl berth remained.
Portland from 1983 through 1989
Across 1983–89, this opponent appears 7 times in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989. Greenbrier went 1–6, scoring 64 and allowing 221.