1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1993 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1993
Playoff
Duration	November 27 – December 18, 1993
Championship site	Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Huntington, WV
Champion	Youngstown State Penguins
Payton Award	Doug Nussmeier – QB (Idaho)
Division I-AA football season
«1992 1994»

The 1993 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 1993, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 18, 1993, at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. The Youngstown State Penguins won their second I-AA championship, defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd by a final score of 17−5, a home game for Marshall.^[1] It was the third consecutive year that Marshall and Youngstown State faced off in National Championship Game.

Conference changes and new programs

A 1991 NCAA rule change required athletic programs maintain all of their sports at the same division level by the 1993 season. As such, many Division I programs with football teams at the Division II and Division III levels were forced to upgrade their programs to the Division I-AA level.
The rule change directly led to the establishment of the Pioneer Football League, a non-scholarship football conference at the Division I-AA level with six founding members, all formerly in Division III: Butler, Dayton, Drake, Evansville, San Diego, and Valparaiso.
It also led to the creation of the American West Conference, an all-sports conference at the Division I level with five founding members, all formerly in Division II: UC Davis, Cal Poly, Cal State Northridge, Sacramento State, and Southern Utah.
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, an existing Division I conference, also began sponsoring football in order to accommodate these new I-AA football programs.

School	1992 Conference	1993 Conference
Buffalo	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
Butler	MIFC (D-II)	Pioneer (I-AA)
California–Davis	Northern California (D-II)	American West (I-AA)
Cal Poly	Western (D-II)	American West (I-AA)
Cal State Northridge	Western (D-II)	American West (I-AA)
Canisius	D-III Independent	MAAC (I-AA)
Central Connecticut State	D-II Independent	I-AA Independent
Charleston Southern	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
Davidson	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
Dayton	D-III Independent	Pioneer (I-AA)
Drake	D-III Independent	Pioneer (I-AA)
Duquesne	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
Evansville	D-III Independent	Pioneer (I-AA)
Georgetown	D-III Independent	MAAC (I-AA)
Georgia Southern	I-AA Independent	Southern
Iona	D-III Independent	MAAC (I-AA)
James Madison	I-AA Independent	Yankee
Monmouth	New Program	I-AA Independent
Northeastern	I-AA Independent	Yankee
Sacramento State	Western (D-II)	American West (I-AA)
St. Francis (PA)	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
St. John's (NY)	D-III Independent	MAAC (I-AA)
St. Peter's	D-III Independent	MAAC (I-AA)
San Diego	D-III Independent	Pioneer (I-AA)
Siena	D-III Independent	MAAC (I-AA)
Southern Utah	Western (D-II)	American West (I-AA)
Troy State	D-II Independent	I-AA Independent
UAB	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
Valparaiso	MIFC (D-II)	Pioneer (I-AA)
Wagner	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
William & Mary	I-AA Independent	Yankee

Conference standings

1993 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Georgia Southern $^	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
Marshall ^	6	–	2	–	0	11	–	4	–	0
Western Carolina	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Furman	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
The Citadel	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Appalachian State	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
East Tennessee State	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Chattanooga	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
VMI	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant

1993 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#5 McNeese State $^	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
#4 Northeast Louisiana ^	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#14 Stephen F. Austin ^	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Northwestern State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Sam Houston State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
North Texas	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Nicholls State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Southwest Texas State	1	–	6	–	1	2	–	9	–	0

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

1993 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
New England
#6 Boston University x$^	8	–	0	–	0	12	–	1	–	0
#25 UMass	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Connecticut	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
New Hampshire	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Rhode Island	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Maine	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	11	–	0
Mid–Atlantic
#10 William & Mary x^	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#18 Delaware ^	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
James Madison	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Richmond	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Northeastern	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Villanova	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

Conference champions

Conference Champions
American West Conference – Southern Utah and UC Davis Big Sky Conference – Montana Gateway Football Conference – Northern Iowa Ivy League – Penn Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Iona Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Howard Bison Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky Patriot League – Lehigh Pioneer Football League – Dayton Southern Conference – Georgia Southern Southland Conference – McNeese State Southwestern Athletic Conference – Southern Yankee Conference – Boston University

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

First Round November 27 Campus Sites		Quarterfinals December 4 Campus Sites		Semifinals December 11 Campus Sites		National Championship Game December 18 Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV


Eastern Kentucky	12

Georgia Southern*	14
		Georgia Southern	14

		Youngstown State*	34
Central Florida	30

Youngstown State*	56
				Youngstown State*	35

				Idaho	16
Northern Iowa	21

Boston U.*	27**
		Boston U.	14

		Idaho*	21
Idaho	34

Northeast Louisiana*	31
						Youngstown State	17

						Marshall	5
Delaware	49

Montana*	48
		Delaware	31

		Marshall*	34
Howard	14

Marshall*	28*
				Marshall*	24

				Troy State	21
William & Mary	28

McNeese State*	34
		McNeese State*	28

		Troy State	35
Stephen F. Austin	20

Troy State*	42

* Next to team name denotes host institution

* Next to score denotes overtime period

References

↑ "1993 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved December 28, 2013.

1993 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants

Boston U Central Florida Delaware Eastern Kentucky Georgia Southern Howard Idaho Marshall McNeese State Montana Northeast Louisiana Northern Iowa Stephen F. Austin Troy William & Mary Youngstown State

Champion – Youngstown State Penguins

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