1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1988 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1988
Playoff
Duration	November 26 – December 17, 1988
Championship site	Holt Arena, Pocatello, ID
Champion	Furman Paladins
Payton Award	Dave Meggett – RB (Towson State)
Division I-AA football season
«1987 1989»

The 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level, began in August 1988, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 17, 1988, at the Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho. The Furman Paladins won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Georgia Southern Eagles by a final score of 17−12.^[1]

Conference changes and new programs

School	1987 Conference	1988 Conference
Tennessee State	I-AA Independent	Ohio Valley
Youngstown State	Ohio Valley	I-AA Independent

Conference standings

Template:1988 Big Sky football standings

Template:1988 Colonial League football standings

Template:1988 Ivy League football standings

Template:1988 Gateway football standings

Template:1988 MEAC football standings

Template:1988 Ohio Valley football standings

1988 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Furman +^	6	–	1	–	0	13	–	2	–	0
Marshall +^	6	–	1	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
The Citadel ^	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Appalachian State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
Chattanooga	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
VMI	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
East Tennessee State	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Western Carolina	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant

1988 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#8 Northwestern State $^	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
#9 Stephen F. Austin ^	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
#10T North Texas ^	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
McNeese State	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Northeast Louisiana	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Southwest Texas State	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Sam Houston State	0	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll

Template:1988 SWAC football standings

1988 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Delaware +^	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
#11 UMass +^	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
#17 Connecticut	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Maine	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
#20 New Hampshire	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Villanova	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Boston University	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Rhode Island	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Richmond	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

Template:1988 Division I-AA independent football standings

Conference champions

Conference Champions
Big Sky Conference – Idaho Colonial League – Lafayette Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference – Western Illinois Ivy League – Cornell and Penn Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Bethune-Cookman, Delaware State, and Florida A&M Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky Southern Conference – Furman and Marshall Southland Conference – Northwestern State Southwestern Athletic Conference – Jackson State Yankee Conference – Delaware and Massachusetts

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

First Round November 26 Campus Sites		Quarterfinals December 3 Campus Sites		Semifinals December 10 Campus Sites		National Championship Game December 17 Mini Dome – Pocatello, ID


Montana	19

Idaho*	38
		Idaho*	38

		Northwestern State	30
Northwestern State	22

Boise State*	13
				Idaho	7

				Furman*	38
Delaware	7

Furman*	21
		Furman	13

		Marshall*	9
North Texas State	0

Marshall*	7
						Furman	17

						Georgia Southern	12
The Citadel	20

Georgia Southern*	38
		Georgia Southern*	27

		Stephen F. Austin	6
Jackson State	0

Stephen F. Austin*	24
				Georgia Southern*	21**

				Eastern Kentucky	17
Western Kentucky	35

Western Illinois*	32
		Western Kentucky	24

		Eastern Kentucky*	41
Massachusetts	17

Eastern Kentucky*	28

* Next to team name denotes host institution

* Next to score denotes overtime periods

References

↑ "1988 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved December 27, 2013.

1988 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants

Boise State The Citadel Delaware Eastern Kentucky Furman Georgia Southern Idaho Jackson State Marshall Montana North Texas Northwestern State Stephen F. Austin UMass Western Illinois Western Kentucky

Champion – Furman Paladins

NCAA football seasons

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