Division I Fcs Football Championships Records Book
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DIVISION I FCS FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK 2015 Championship 2 History 3 All-Time Results 20 2015 CHAMPIONSHIP 2015 RESULTS First Round (11/28) *Chattanooga 50, Fordham 20 The Citadel 41, *Coastal Caro. 38 Colgate 27, *New Hampshire 20 *Sam Houston St. 42, Southern Utah 39 *Montana 24, South Dakota St. 17 *UNI 53, Eastern Ill. 17 *William & Mary 52, Duquesne 49 Western Ill. 24, *Dayton 7 Second Round (12/5) *Jacksonville St. 41, Chattanoga 35 (ot) *Charelston So. 14, The Citadel 6 Colgate 44, *James Madison 38 Sam Houston St. 34, *McNeese St. 29 *North Dakota St. 37, Montana 6 UNI 29, *Portland St. 17 *Richmond 48, William & Mary 13 *Illinois St. 36, Western Ill. 19 Quarterfinals (12/11-12) *Jacksonville St. 58, Charleston So. 38 Richmond 39, *Illinois St. 27 *Sam Houston St. 48, Colgate 21 *North Dakota St. 23, UNI 13 Semifinals (12/18-19) *North Dakota St. 33, Richmond 7 *Jacksonville St. 62, Sam Houston St. 10 Championship (1/9/2016) North Dakota St. 37, Jacksonville St. 10 HISTORY 1978 At the 72nd NCAA Convention (January 1978) in Atlanta, the mem- 1990 Georgia Southern won its fourth I-AA championship, adding to its titles bership voted to establish the Division I-AA Football Championship in 1985, 1986 and 1989. and a statistics program for the division. The format for the first I-AA 1991 Youngstown State won its first national championship with a 25-17 championship, held in Wichita Falls, Texas, was a single-elimination, victory over Marshall. Penguin head coach Jim Tressel joined his four-team tournament. Florida A&M defeated Massachusetts, 35-28, father, Lee, as the only father-son combination to win NCAA football in the title game. The game was televised by ABC. titles. Lee Tressel won the 1978 Division III championship at Baldwin 1981 The championship expanded to include eight teams in a single- Wallace. elimination tournament. 1992 A then-record crowd of 31,304 in Huntington, W. Va., saw Marshall 1982 The championship expanded to include 12 teams. Eight teams played return the favor with a 31-28 win over Youngstown State for its first first-round games at campus sites, and the top four teams, seeded by I-AA title. the Division I-AA Football Committee, received byes. 1993 The I-AA championship provided for a maximum field of 16 teams. 1986 The championship field expanded to its current format of 16 teams Six member conferences (Big Sky, Gateway, Ohio Valley, Southern, with each team playing a first-round game. Southland and Yankee) were granted automatic qualification for their respective winners. Youngstown State won its second I-AA title with 1987 Louisiana-Monroe defeated Marshall, 43-42, in the closest game in championship history. a 17-5 victory over Marshall before a crowd of 29,218 in Huntington, W. Va. 1989 A then-record 25,725 fans watched Georgia Southern down Stephen F. Austin, 37-34, in the championship game at Allen E. Paulson 1994 Youngstown State won its third national title in four years with a 28-14 Stadium in Statesboro, Ga. victory over Boise State. 1995 Montana won its first Division I-AA title before a championship record crowd of 32,106 in Huntington, W. Va. 2015 Championship 2 1996 Marshall, making its fifth visit to the championship game since 1991, 2008 After knocking off three-time defending national champion Appalachian won its second Division I-AA title with a 49-29 victory over defending State in the quarterfinals, unseeded Richmond picked up its first champion Montana before 30,052 in Huntington, W. Va. Division I football national championship with a 24-7 victory over Montana in the title game. Under first-year coach and Richmond alum- 1997 Youngstown State won its fourth national title in the 1990s with a 10-9 victory over McNeese State in Chattanooga, Tenn. nus Mike London, the Spiders took a 21-0 lead into halftime and never looked back in finishing the season 13-3. Montana, making its second 1999 Georgia Southern closed out the century with another national title, championship game appearance in the past five years and third in the posting a 59-24 victory over Youngstown State. The Eagles won their past nine years, finished the year 14-2. fifth title, surpassing Youngstown State’s four championships and tak- ing over the division lead in crowns. 2009 Making its first Division I championship game appearance, Villanova fell behind 14-3 midway through the second quarter, but the Wildcats 2000 Georgia Southern rallied past Montana, 27-25, to claim back-to-back scored 20 straight points and held off Montana for a 23-21 victory. titles for the third time in its Division I-AA history. Montana finished as runner-up for the second straight season, the 2001 Montana won a defensive duel with Furman, 13-6, to claim its second third time in six years and the fourth time since 2000. Villanova’s Matt title. Szczur rushed for 159 yards on 14 carries and caught four passes for 68 yards. Szczur also rushed for two touchdowns, including a three- 2002 Western Kentucky won its first Division I-AA championship with a yard run with 11:04 in the game to clinch the victory. 34-14 victory over McNeese State, which lost in the final for the second time (1997 in 10-9 loss to Youngstown State). Coach Jack 2010 The championship expanded to 20 teams and the title game moved Harbaugh, father of former Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts to Frisco, Texas, marking the first time it was hosted in a new venue quarterback Jim Harbaugh, won his first NCAA title. since 1997. Eastern Washington overcame a 19-point deficit with 20 unanswered points in the final 16:48 of the contest to claim a 20-19 2003 Delaware won its first NCAA crown since winning the 1979 Division victory over Delaware in the championship game. On its final posses- II championship. The Blue Hens outscored their opponents by a sion, Delaware had a chance as the Blue Hens drove the ball to the combined margin of 149-23 and posted the first championship-game Eastern Washington 39-yard line. But, on fourth and 10, a pass play shutout with a 40-0 blanking of previously unbeaten Colgate. It was came up one yard short, allowing Eastern Washington to clinch its first the first NCAA title for head coach and former Delaware linebacker national title. K.C. Keeler, who had five second-place finishes at Division III Rowan. 2011 After winning five NCAA Division II national championships, North 2004 James Madison was the second straight champion to come out of Dakota State claimed its first FCS title in 2011. After moving to the the Atlantic 10 Conference, after defeating Montana, 31-21. The 2003 higher division in 2004, the Bison played in its first FCS playoffs in champion was Delaware. The Dukes also made history on their way 2010 and won two games. Down 6-3 in the third quarter of the 2011 to the championship game, becoming the first team to advance to the title game, Brock Jensen threw a touchdown pass after a successful title contest with three straight wins on the road. James Madison won fake punt for the first touchdown of the game. He added another in the preliminary-round games at Lehigh, Furman and William and Mary. fourth quarter on a 1-yard keeper after a long interception return. The 2005 Appalachian State made it championship number eight for the Bison held on to beat top-seeded Sam Houston State, 17-6. Southern Conference as the Mountaineers rallied from a 16-7 halftime 2012 North Dakota State became the first team to defend its title since deficit to defeat the University of Northern Iowa, 21-16. The two teams Appalachian State won three straight from 2005 to 2007 by defeating played in front of a crowd of 19,219. Sam Houston State, 39-13, in a rematch of the 2011 tournament final. 2006 Division I-AA is now known as the Football Championship Subdivision The sold-out game at FC Dallas Stadium marked the first time that (FCS) and Division I-A is now the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). the same two teams battled in consecutive years since Montana and Since the NCAA does not sponsor a championship for the FBS, Marshall did so in 1995 and 1996. the tournament to determine an FCS winner is now called the 2013 North Dakota State became the first school since Appalachian State Division I Football Championship. Appalachian State became the in 2005-07 to win three consecutive NCAA Division I football crowns. first repeat champion since Georgia Southern in 1999 and 2000. The The Bison defeated Towson, 35-7, in front of 19,802 at Toyota Stadium Mountaineers scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to break a 14-14 in Frisco, Texas. 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 2014 North Dakota State became the first school ever to win four consecu- Chattanooga. tive NCAA Division I titles. The Bison defeated Illinois St. 29-27 in a thrilling matchup played in front of 20,918 fans at Toyota Stadium in 2007 Appalachian State becomes the first team to win three straight Division Frisco, Texas. I football championships with a 49-21 win over Delaware in the title game. The attendance of 23,010 is the highest since the champion- 2015 The Division I Football Championship sets an all-time attendance ship moved to Chattanooga.