In-beamγγ- andγγn-measurements have for the first time identified excited states in the 72 157 Hf85 nucleus and have established its yrast levels up to 6.5 MeV and I=(51/2). The results of parameter-free 11-particle recoupling calculations in the framework of the shell model for the configurationsπh 11 2/8 νf 7 2/3 andπh 11 2/8 νf 7 2/2 h9/2 are in excellent agreement with the observed levels up to 39/2 at 4.758 MeV. A weakly populated 52 ns 29/2+ yrast isomer at 2.876 MeV is assigned as the three-neutron configurationνf7/2h9/2i13/2.