2 2013 NCAA FOOTBALL RECORDS - DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIP Division I Championship 2003 Delaware won its first NCAA crown since winning the 1979 Division II championship. NCAA Division I Football The Blue Hens outscored their opponents by a combined margin of 149-23 and posted the first championship-game shutout with a 40-0 blanking of previously unbeaten Colgate. It Championship History was the first NCAA title for head coach and former Delaware linebacker K.C. Keeler, who had five second-place finishes at Division III Rowan. 1978 At the 72nd NCAA Convention (January 1978) in Atlanta, the membership voted to 2004 James Madison was the second straight champion to come out of the Atlantic establish the Division I-AA Football Championship and a statistics program for the division. 10 Conference, after defeating Montana, 31-21. The 2003 champion was Delaware. The The format for the first I-AA championship, held in Wichita Falls, Texas, was a single-elimina- Dukes also made history on their way to the championship game, becoming the first team tion, four-team tournament. Florida A&M defeated Massachusetts, 35-28, in the title game. to advance to the title contest with three straight wins on the road. James Madison won The game was televised by ABC. preliminary-round games at Lehigh, Furman and William and Mary. 1981 The championship expanded to include eight teams in a single-elimination tourna- 2005 Appalachian State made it championship number eight for the Southern Conference ment. as the Mountaineers rallied from a 16-7 halftime deficit to defeat the University of Northern 1982 The championship expanded to include 12 teams. Eight teams played first-round Iowa, 21-16. The two teams played in front of a crowd of 19,219. games at campus sites, and the top four teams, seeded by the Division I-AA Football 2006 Division I-AA is now known as the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and Committee, received byes. Division I-A is now the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Since the NCAA does not sponsor 1986 The championship field expanded to its current format of 16 teams with each team a championship for the FBS, the tournament to determine an FCS winner is now called the playing a first-round game. Division I Football Championship. Appalachian State became the first repeat champion 1987 Louisiana-Monroe defeated Marshall, 43-42, in the closest game in championship since Georgia Southern in 1999 and 2000. The Mountaineers scored two fourth-quarter history. touchdowns to break a 14-14 tie and take a 28-17 victory over Massachusetts in front of a crowd of 22,808, the highest attendance in the championship’s 10-year run in Chattanooga. 1989 A then-record 25,725 fans watched Georgia Southern down Stephen F. Austin, 37-34, in the championship game at Allen E. Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Ga. 2007 Appalachian State becomes the first team to win three straight Division I football championships with a 49-21 win over Delaware in the title game. The attendance of 23,010 1990 Georgia Southern won its fourth I-AA championship, adding to its titles in 1985, is the highest since the championship moved to Chattanooga. 1986 and 1989. 2008 After knocking off three-time defending national champion Appalachian State in the 1991 Youngstown State won its first national championship with a 25-17 victory over quarterfinals, unseeded Richmond picked up its first Division I football national champion- Marshall. Penguin head coach Jim Tressel joined his father, Lee, as the only father-son com- ship with a 24-7 victory over Montana in the title game. Under first-year coach and Richmond bination to win NCAA football titles. Lee Tressel won the 1978 Division III championship at alumnus Mike London, the Spiders took a 21-0 lead into halftime and never looked back in Baldwin Wallace. finishing the season 13-3. Montana, making its second championship game appearance in 1992 A then-record crowd of 31,304 in Huntington, WV, saw Marshall return the favor with the past five years and third in the past nine years, finished the year 14-2. a 31-28 win over Youngstown State for its first I-AA title. 2009 Making its first Division I championship game appearance, Villanova fell behind 14-3 1993 The I-AA championship provided for a maximum field of 16 teams. Six member midway through the second quarter, but the Wildcats scored 20 straight points and held off conferences (Big Sky, Gateway, Ohio Valley, Southern, Southland and Yankee) were granted Montana for a 23-21 victory. Montana finished as runner-up for the second straight season, automatic qualification for their respective winners. Youngstown State won its second I-AA the third time in six years and the fourth time since 2000. Villanova’s Matt Szczur rushed for title with a 17-5 victory over Marshall before a crowd of 29,218 in Huntington, WV. 159 yards on 14 carries and caught four passes for 68 yards. Szczur also rushed for two touch- downs, including a three-yard run with 11:04 in the game to clinch the victory. 1994 Youngstown State won its third national title in four years with a 28-14 victory over Boise State. 2010 The championship expanded to 20 teams and the title game moved to Frisco, Texas, marking the first time it was hosted in a new venue since 1997. Eastern Washington over- 1995 Montana won its first Division I-AA title before a championship record crowd of came a 19-point deficit with 20 unanswered points in the final 16:48 of the contest to claim 32,106 in Huntington, WV. a 20-19 victory over Delaware in the championship game. On its final possession, Delaware 1996 Marshall, making its fifth visit to the championship game since 1991, won its second had a chance as the Blue Hens drove the ball to the Eastern Washington 39-yard line. But, on Division I-AA title with a 49-29 victory over defending champion Montana before 30,052 in fourth and 10, a pass play came up one yard short, allowing Eastern Washington to clinch Huntington, WV. its first national title. 1997 Youngstown State won its fourth national title in the 1990s with a 10-9 victory over 2011 After winning five NCAA Division II national championships, North Dakota State McNeese State in Chattanooga, Tenn. claimed its first FCS title in 2011. After moving to the higher division in 2004, the Bison 1999 Georgia Southern closed out the century with another national title, posting a 59-24 played in its first FCS playoffs in 2010 and won two games. Down 6-3 in the third quarter victory over Youngstown State. The Eagles won their fifth title, surpassing Youngstown State’s of the 2011 title game, Brock Jensen threw a touchdown pass after a successful fake punt four championships and taking over the division lead in crowns. for the first touchdown of the game. He added another in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard keeper after a long interception return. The Bison held on to beat top-seeded Sam Houston 2000 Georgia Southern rallied past Montana, 27-25, to claim back-to-back titles for the State, 17-6. third time in its Division I-AA history. 2012 North Dakota State becomes the first team to defend its title since Appalachian State 2001 Montana won a defensive duel with Furman, 13-6, to claim its second title. won three straight from 2005 to 2007 by defeating Sam Houston State, 39-13, in a rematch 2002 Western Kentucky won its first Division I-AA championship with a 34-14 victory over of the 2011 tournament final. The sold-out game at FC Dallas Stadium marked the first time McNeese State, which lost in the final for the second time (1997 in 10-9 loss to Youngstown that the same two teams battled in consecutive years since Montana and Marshall did so in State). Coach Jack Harbaugh, father of former Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts quarter- 1995 and 1996. back Jim Harbaugh, won his first NCAA title. Division I All-Time Championship Results Year Champion Coach Score Runner-Up Site Attendance MOP 1978 Florida A&M Rudy Hubbard 35-28 Massachusetts Wichita Falls, TX 13,604 1979 Eastern Ky. Roy Kidd 30-7 Lehigh Orlando, FL 5,200 1980 Boise St. Jim Criner 31-29 Eastern Ky. Sacramento, CA 8,157 1981 Idaho St. Dave Kragthorpe 34-23 Eastern Ky. Wichita Falls, TX 11,002 1982 Eastern Ky. Roy Kidd 17-14 Delaware Wichita Falls, TX 11,257 1983 Southern Ill. Rey Dempsey 43-7 Western Caro. Charleston, SC 15,950 1984 Montana St. Dave Arnold 19-6 Louisiana Tech Charleston, SC 9,125 1985 Ga. Southern Erk Russell 44-42 Furman Tacoma, WA 5,306 2013 NCAA FOOTBALL RECORDS - DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIP 3 Year Champion Coach Score Runner-Up Site Attendance MOP 1986 Ga. Southern Erk Russell 48-21 Arkansas St. Tacoma, WA 4,419 1987 La.-Monroe Pat Collins 43-42 Marshall Pocatello, ID 11,513 1988 Furman Jimmy Satterfield 17-12 Ga. Southern Pocatello, ID 11,500 1989 Ga. Southern Erk Russell 37-34 *Stephen F. Austin Statesboro, GA 25,725 1990 Ga. Southern Tim Stowers 36-13 Nevada Statesboro, GA 23,204 1991 Youngstown St. Jim Tressel 25-17 Marshall Statesboro, GA 12,667 1992 Marshall Jim Donnan 31-28 Youngstown St. Huntington, WV 31,304 1993 Youngstown St. Jim Tressel 17-5 Marshall Huntington, WV 29,218 1994 Youngstown St. Jim Tressel 28-14 Boise St. Huntington, WV 27,674 1995 Montana Don Read 22-20 Marshall Huntington, WV 32,106 1996 Marshall Bob Pruett 49-29 Montana Huntington, WV 30,052 1997 Youngstown St.