1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1988 File:NCAA primary logo 1980.svg 88 August–November November 26–December 17 December 17, 1988 Holt ArenaPocatello, Idaho Furman Dave Meggett (RB, Towson State) 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-AA level, began in August 1988, and concluded with the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 17, 1988, at Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho. The Furman Paladins won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Georgia Southern Eagles by a score of 17−12.1988 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 School 1987 Conference 1988 Conference Florida A&M I-AA Independent MEAC Liberty D-II Independent I-AA Independent Tennessee State I-AA Independent Ohio Valley Villanova I-AA Independent Yankee Youngstown State Ohio Valley I-AA Independent Conference standings Conference champions List of NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football seasons Conference ChampionsBig 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 The top four teams were seeded, and thus assured of home games in the first round.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30995791/citadel_furman_get_iaa_berths/ Citadel, Furman get I-AA berths Abe Hardesty The Greenville News Greenville, South Carolina 5D November 21, 1988 April 27, 2019 newspapers.com NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket First RoundNovember 26Campus sites QuarterfinalsDecember 3Campus sites SemifinalsDecember 10Campus sites National Championship Game December 17Holt ArenaPocatello, Idaho Montana 19 (1) Idaho* 38 Northwestern State 22 Boise State* 13 Delaware 7 (4) Furman* 21 North Texas 0 Marshall* 7 The Citadel 20 (2) Georgia Southern* 38 Jackson State 0 Stephen F. Austin* 24 Western Kentucky 35 (3) Western Illinois* 32 UMass 17 Eastern Kentucky* 28 (1) Idaho* 38 Northwestern State 30 (4) Furman 13 Marshall* 9 (2) Georgia Southern* 27 Stephen F. Austin 6 Western Kentucky 24 Eastern Kentucky* 41 (1) Idaho 7 (4) Furman* 38 (2) Georgia Southern* 21 Eastern Kentucky 17 (4) Furman 17 (2) Georgia Southern 12 * Next to team name denotes host institution Source: References