1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1984 File:NCAA primary logo 1980.svg 87http://cfbscores.infinityfreeapp.com/standings.php?season=1984&class=FCS&i=1 Standings for the 1984 FCS Season 2025-06-26 August–November November 24–December 15 December 15, 1984 Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, South Carolina Montana State The 1984 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-AA level, began in August 1984, and concluded with the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 15, 1984, at Johnson Hagood Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina. The Montana State Bobcats won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs by a score of 19−6.1984 NCAA Division I Football Championship http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2012/d1/2012FCSfbchamp.pdf NCAA.org December 29, 2013 14 Conference changes and new programs Prior to the season, the Gulf Star Conference was formed by three I-AA Independents and three reclassifying Division II institutions from Louisiana and Texas. Georgia Southern, which had revived their football program as a club team in 1982 after cutting it in 1941, went varsity this year. Morgan State rejoined the MEAC in 1984, but remained classified as Division II. All other MEAC teams were Division I-AA. School 1983 Conference 1984 Conference Eastern Washington D-II Independent I-AA Independent Florida A&M MEAC I-AA Independent Georgia Southern Club Program I-AA Independent Morgan State Independent (D-II) MEAC Nicholls State I-AA Independent Gulf Star Northwestern State I-AA Independent Gulf Star Southeastern Louisiana I-AA Independent Gulf Star Sam Houston State Lone Star (D-II) Gulf Star (I-AA) Southwest Texas State Lone Star (D-II) Gulf Star (I-AA) Stephen F. Austin Lone Star (D-II) Gulf Star (I-AA) Conference standings Conference champions List of NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football seasons Conference championsBig Sky Conference – Montana State Gulf Star Conference – Nicholls State and Northwestern State Ivy League – Penn Mid-Continent Conference – Eastern Illinois and Northern Iowa Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Bethune-Cookman Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky Southern Conference – Chattanooga Southland Conference – Louisiana Tech Southwestern Athletic Conference – Alcorn State Yankee Conference – Boston University and Rhode Island Postseason The top four teams were seeded, and received first-round byes.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31284293/isu_gets_first_round_bye/ ISU gets first round bye AP Palladium-Item Richmond, Indiana A7 November 19, 1984 May 5, 2019 newspapers.com Undefeated Tennessee State was disqualified from the postseason due to the use of ineligible players.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31284376/toprated_tennessee_state_finds_14/ Top-rated Tennessee State finds 14 players ineligible Alabama Journal Montgomery, Alabama 17 November 19, 1984 May 5, 2019 newspapers.com NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket First RoundNovember 24Campus sites QuarterfinalsDecember 1Campus sites SemifinalsDecember 8Campus sites National Championship GameDecember 15Neutral Site Louisiana Tech 66 Mississippi Valley State 19 Eastern Kentucky 10 Middle Tennessee 27 Richmond 35 Boston University 33 Arkansas State 37 Chattanooga 10 (1) Alcorn State 21 Louisiana Tech 44 (4) Indiana State 41 Middle Tennessee 42*** (2) Rhode Island 23 Richmond 17 (3) Montana State 31 Arkansas State 14 Louisiana Tech 21 Middle Tennessee 13 (2) Rhode Island 20 (3) Montana State 32 Louisiana Tech 6 (3) Montana State 19 *indicates overtime period References