DIVISION I FCS FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK 2018 Championship 2 History 2 All-Time Results 21 2018 CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 RESULTS First Round (11/24) *Montana St. 35, Incarnate Word 14 *James Madison 20, Delaware 6 Duquesne 31, *Towson 10 *Wofford 19, Elon 7 *Nicholls St. 49, San Diego 30 *UNI 16, Lamar 13 *Jacksonville St. 34, ETSU 27 *Southeast Mo St. 28, Stony Brook 14 Second Round (12/1) *North Dakota St. 52, Montana St. 10 *Colgate 23, James Madison 20 *South Dakota St. 51, Duquesne 6 *Kennesaw St. 13, Wofford 10 *Eastern Wash. 42, Nicholls St. 21 *UC Davis 23, UNI 16 *Maine 55, Jacksonville St. 27 *Weber St. 48, Southeast Mo. St. 23 Quarterfinals (12/7-8) *North Dakota St. 35, Colgate 0 South Dakota St. 27, *Kennesaw St.17 *Eastern Wash. 34, UC Davis 29 Maine 23, Weber St. 18 Semifinals (12/14-15) *North Dakota St. 44, South Dakota St. 21 *Eastern Wash. 50, Maine 19 Championship (1/5/2019) *North Dakota St. 38, Eastern Wash. 24 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 SFA, 37-34, in the championship game at Allen E. Paulson Stadium in 1994 Youngstown State won its third national title in four years with a 28-14 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. 2018 Championship 2 1996 Marshall, making its fifth visit to the championship game since 1991, 2009 Making its first Division I championship game appearance, Villanova won its second Division I-AA title with a 49-29 victory over defending fell behind 14-3 midway through the second quarter, but the Wildcats champion Montana before 30,052 in Huntington, W. Va. scored 20 straight points and held off Montana for a 23-21 victory. Montana finished as runner-up for the second straight season, the 1997 Youngstown State won its fourth national title in the 1990s with a 10-9 victory over McNeese State in Chattanooga, Tenn. third time in six years and the fourth time since 2000. Villanova’s Matt Szczur rushed for 159 yards on 14 carries and caught four passes for 1999 Georgia Southern closed out the century with another national title, 68 yards. Szczur also rushed for two touchdowns, including a three- posting a 59-24 victory over Youngstown State. The Eagles won their yard run with 11:04 in the game to clinch the victory. fifth title, surpassing Youngstown State’s four championships and tak- ing over the division lead in crowns. 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 2000 Georgia Southern rallied past Montana, 27-25, to claim back-to-back since 1997. Eastern Washington overcame a 19-point deficit with 20 titles for the third time in its Division I-AA history. unanswered points in the final 16:48 of the contest to claim a 20-19 2001 Montana won a defensive duel with Furman, 13-6, to claim its second victory over Delaware in the championship game. On its final posses- title. sion, Delaware had a chance as the Blue Hens drove the ball to the Eastern Washington 39-yard line. But, on fourth and 10, a pass play 2002 Western Kentucky won its first Division I-AA championship with a came up one yard short, allowing Eastern Washington to clinch its first 34-14 victory over McNeese State, which lost in the final for the national title. second time (1997 in 10-9 loss to Youngstown State). Coach Jack Harbaugh, father of former Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts 2011 After winning five NCAA Division II national championships, North quarterback Jim Harbaugh, won his first NCAA title. Dakota State claimed its first FCS title in 2011. After moving to the higher division in 2004, the Bison played in its first FCS playoffs in 2003 Delaware won its first NCAA crown since winning the 1979 Division 2010 and won two games. Down 6-3 in the third quarter of the 2011 II championship. The Blue Hens outscored their opponents by a title game, Brock Jensen threw a touchdown pass after a successful combined margin of 149-23 and posted the first championship-game fake punt for the first touchdown of the game. He added another in the shutout with a 40-0 blanking of previously unbeaten Colgate. It was fourth quarter on a 1-yard keeper after a long interception return. The the first NCAA title for head coach and former Delaware linebacker Bison held on to beat top-seeded Sam Houston State, 17-6. K.C. Keeler, who had five second-place finishes at Division III Rowan. 2012 North Dakota State became the first team to defend its title since 2004 James Madison was the second straight champion to come out of Appalachian State won three straight from 2005 to 2007 by defeating the Atlantic 10 Conference, after defeating Montana, 31-21. The 2003 Sam Houston State, 39-13, in a rematch of the 2011 tournament final. champion was Delaware. The Dukes also made history on their way The sold-out game at FC Dallas Stadium marked the first time that to the championship game, becoming the first team to advance to the the same two teams battled in consecutive years since Montana and title contest with three straight wins on the road. James Madison won Marshall did so in 1995 and 1996. preliminary-round games at Lehigh, Furman and William and Mary. 2013 North Dakota State became the first school since Appalachian State 2005 Appalachian State made it championship number eight for the in 2005-07 to win three consecutive NCAA Division I football crowns. Southern Conference as the Mountaineers rallied from a 16-7 halftime The Bison defeated Towson, 35-7, in front of 19,802 at Toyota Stadium deficit to defeat the University of Northern Iowa, 21-16. The two teams in Frisco, Texas. played in front of a crowd of 19,219. 2014 North Dakota State became the first school ever to win four consecu- 2006 Division I-AA is now known as the Football Championship Subdivision tive NCAA Division I titles. The Bison defeated Illinois State 29-27 in (FCS) and Division I-A is now the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). a thrilling matchup played in front of 20,918 fans at Toyota Stadium in Since the NCAA does not sponsor a championship for the FBS, Frisco, Texas. the tournament to determine an FCS winner is now called the Division I Football Championship. Appalachian State became the 2015 The Division I Football Championship sets an all-time attendance first repeat champion since Georgia Southern in 1999 and 2000. The mark of 258,066. North Dakota State became the first school ever Mountaineers scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to break a 14-14 to win five consecutive NCAA Division I titles. The Bison defeated tie and take a 28-17 victory over Massachusetts in front of a crowd of Jacksonville State, 37-10, in front of a record Frisco crowd of 21,836 22,808, the highest attendance in the championship’s 10-year run in Toyota Stadium. Chattanooga. 2016 James Madison ended the North Dakota State reign with a 27-17 win 2007 Appalachian State becomes the first team to win three straight Division at Fargo in the semifinals en route to winning the 2016 championship. I football championships with a 49-21 win over Delaware in the title The number four seed won all four games by double digits, includ- game. The attendance of 23,010 is the highest since the champion- ing the national championship game as the Dukes beat Youngstown ship moved to Chattanooga.