1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1992 File:NCAA primary logo 1980.svg 89 September 5–November 21 November 28–December 19 December 19, 1992 Marshall University StadiumHuntington, West Virginia Marshall Michael Payton The 1992 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 on September 5, 1992, and concluded with the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 19, 1992, in Huntington, West Virginia. The Marshall Thundering Herd defeated the Youngstown State Penguins by a score of 31–28.1992 NCAA Division I Football Championship http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2012/d1/2012FCSfbchamp.pdf NCAA.org December 29, 2013 15 It was the second consecutive year that Marshall and Youngstown State faced off in the I-AA title game. Conference changes and new programs Prior to the season, the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference, otherwise a women's sports league but sponsoring football as its only men's sport since the 1985 collapse of the football side of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), merged into the MVC. The football league became the standalone Gateway Football Conference, forerunner of the present-day Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). School 1991 Conference 1992 Conference Arkansas State I-AA Independent I-A Independent Nevada Big Sky (I-AA) Big West (I-A) Tennessee–Martin D-II Independent Ohio Valley Conference standings Conference champions This is a listing of conference champions.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2013/Conference.pdf NCAA NCAA Football Records 13 November 13, 2013 Conference Champion Atlantic 10 Conference Delaware Big Sky Conference Idaho and Eastern Washington Ivy League Dartmouth and Princeton Gateway Football Conference Northern Iowa Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference North Carolina A&T Ohio Valley Conference Middle Tennessee Patriot League Lafayette Southern Conference The Citadel Southland Conference Northeast Louisiana Southwestern Athletic Conference Alcorn State Postseason Only the top four teams in the field were seeded, and thus assured of home games in their first-round games.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30618890/nova_girds_for_playoff_on_youngstowns/ 'Nova girds for playoff on Youngstown's turf Mike Jensen The Philadelphia Inquirer C10 November 23, 1992 April 15, 2019 newspapers.com The site of the title game, Marshall University Stadium, had been predetermined months before the playoffs began.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30684671/heres_the_word_about_the_herd/ Here's the Word about The Herd Brian Nielsen Journal Gazette Mattoon, Illinois B3 September 9, 1992 April 17, 2019 NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket First RoundNovember 28Campus sites QuarterfinalsDecember 5Campus sites SemifinalsDecember 12Campus sites National Championship GameDecember 19Marshall University StadiumHuntington, West Virginia Alcorn State 27 1 Northeast Louisiana* 78 Samford 21 Delaware* 56 Appalachian State 10 4 Middle Tennessee* 35 Eastern Kentucky 0 Marshall* 44 North Carolina A&T 0 2 The Citadel* 44 Villanova 20 Youngstown State* 23 Eastern Washington 14 3 Northern Iowa* 17 McNeese State 23 Idaho* 20 1 Northeast Louisiana* 18 Delaware 41 4 Middle Tennessee 21 Marshall* 35 2 The Citadel* 17 Youngstown State 42 3 Northern Iowa* 29 McNeese State 7 Delaware 7 Marshall* 28 Youngstown State 19 3 Northern Iowa* 7 Marshall 31 Youngstown State 28 * Next to team name denotes host institution Source:Championship Results NCAA November 12, 2013 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2012/d1/2012FCSfbchamp.pdf 15 Final poll standings the full rankings 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings NCAA http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2013/FCS.pdf NCAA 2013 NCAA Football Records November 13, 2013 50RankingTeam 1 The Citadel 1 Northeast Louisiana 3 Northern Iowa 4 Middle Tennessee 5 Idaho 6 Marshall 7 Youngstown State 8 Delaware 9 Samford 10 Villanova 11 McNeese State 12 Eastern Kentucky 13 William & Mary 14 Eastern Washington 15 Florida A&M 16 Appalachian State 17 North Carolina A&T 18 Alcorn State 19 Liberty 20 Western Illinois References