1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1999 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1999
Playoff
Duration	November 27 – December 20, 1999
Championship site	Finley Stadium, Chattanooga, TN
Champion	Georgia Southern Eagles
Payton Award	Adrian Peterson – RB (Georgia Southern)
Buchanan Award	Al Lucas – DT (Troy State)
Division I-AA football season
«1998 2000»

The 1999 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 1999, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 20, 1999, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Georgia Southern Eagles won their fifth I-AA championship, defeating the Youngstown State Penguins by a final score of 59−24^[1]

Conference changes and new programs

School	1998 Conference	1999 Conference
Alabama A&M	D-II Independent	SWAC (I-AA)
Albany	Eastern (D-II)	Northeast
Buffalo	I-AA Independent	MAC (I-A)
Elon	D-II Independent	I-AA Independent
Middle Tennessee State	Ohio Valley (I-AA)	I-A Independent
Norfolk State	I-AA Independent	MEAC
Stony Brook	Eastern (D-II)	Northeast
Western Kentucky	I-AA Independent	Ohio Valley

Conference standings

1999 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#13 James Madison +^		7	–	1		8	–	4
#7 UMass +^		7	–	1		9	–	4
#24 Villanova		6	–	2		7	–	4
Delaware		5	–	3		7	–	4
William & Mary		5	–	3		6	–	5
Connecticut		3	–	5		4	–	7
Maine		3	–	5		4	–	7
New Hampshire		3	–	5		5	–	6
Richmond		3	–	5		5	–	6
Northeastern		1	–	7		2	–	9
Rhode Island		1	–	7		1	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

1999 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#1 Georgia Southern $^		7	–	1		13	–	2
#9 Appalachian State ^		7	–	1		9	–	3
#12 Furman ^		7	–	1		9	–	3
Wofford		5	–	3		6	–	5
East Tennessee State		4	–	4		6	–	5
Chattanooga		3	–	5		5	–	6
Western Carolina		2	–	6		3	–	8
The Citadel		1	–	7		2	–	9
VMI		0	–	8		1	–	10

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

1999 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#6 Troy State $^	6	–	1	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
# 22 Stephen F. Austin	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
McNeese State	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Sam Houston State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Northwestern State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Southwest Texas State	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Jacksonville State	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Nicholls State	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

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

Conference champions

Conference Champions
Atlantic 10 Conference – James Madison and Massachusetts Big Sky Conference – Montana Gateway Football Conference – Illinois State Ivy League – Brown and Yale Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Duquesne Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – North Carolina A&T Northeast Conference – Robert Morris Ohio Valley Conference – Tennessee State Patriot League – Colgate and Lehigh Pioneer Football League – Dayton Southern Conference – Appalachian State, Furman, and Georgia Southern Southland Conference – Stephen F. Austin and Troy State Southwestern Athletic Conference – Southern

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 20 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN


Tennessee State*	10

North Carolina A&T	24
		North Carolina A&T	3

		Youngstown State*	41
Montana*	27

Youngstown State	30
				Youngstown State*	27

				Florida A&M	24
Troy State*	27

James Madison	7
		Troy State*	10

		Florida A&M	17
Appalachian State*	29

Florida A&M	44
						Youngstown State	24

						Georgia Southern	59
Hofstra*	27

Lehigh	15
		Hofstra*	20

		Illinois State	37
Illinois State*	56

Colgate	13
				Illinois State	17

				Georgia Southern*	31
Furman*	23

Massachusetts	30*
		Massachusetts	21

		Georgia Southern*	38
Georgia Southern*	72

Northern Arizona	29

* Denotes host institution

References

↑ "1999 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 16. Retrieved December 29, 2013.

1999 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants

Appalachian State Colgate Florida A&M Furman Georgia Southern Hofstra Illinois State James Madison Lehigh Massachusetts Montana North Carolina A&T Northern Arizona Tennessee State Troy Youngstown State

Champion – Georgia Southern Eagles

NCAA football seasons

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