A novel maize variety designated X85N948 and seed, plants and plant partsthereofare produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maizeplant by crossing hybrid maize variety X85N948 with another maize plant aredisclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its geneticmaterial oneor more traits introgressed into X85N948 through backcrossing or genetictransformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced therebyaredescribed. Maize variety X85N948, the seed, the plant produced from the seed,andvariants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X85N948 areprovided.Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X85N948 andmethods of using maize variety X85N948 are disclosed.
