1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1998 File:NCAA primary logo 1980.svg 121 August–November November 28–December 19 December 19, 1998 Finley StadiumChattanooga, Tennessee UMass Jerry Azumah (RB, New Hampshire) James Milton (LB, Western Illinois) The 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1998, and concluded with the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 19, 1998, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The UMass Minutemen won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Georgia Southern Eagles by a score of 55−43.1998 NCAA Division I Football Championship http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2012/d1/2012FCSfbchamp.pdf NCAA.org December 29, 2013 16 Conference changes and new programs School 1997 Conference 1998 Conference Alabama A&M SIAC (D-II) SWAC Boston University Atlantic 10 Dropped Program Evansville Pioneer Dropped Program Jacksonville New Program I-AA Independent Sacred Heart Eastern (D-II) Northeast Conference standings Conference champions List of NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football seasons Conference ChampionsAtlantic 10 Conference – Richmond Big Sky Conference – Montana Gateway Football Conference – Western Illinois Ivy League – Penn Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Fairfield and Georgetown Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Florida A&M and Hampton Northeast Conference – Monmouth and Robert Morris Ohio Valley Conference – Tennessee State Patriot League – Lehigh Pioneer Football League – Drake Southern Conference – Georgia Southern Southland Football League – Northwestern State Southwestern Athletic Conference – Southern Postseason NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket First RoundNovember 28Campus sites QuarterfinalsDecember 4–5Campus sites SemifinalsDecember 12Campus sites National Championship Game December 19Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN Georgia Southern* 49 1 16 Colgate 28 Connecticut* 42 8 9 Hampton 34 Florida A&M* 27 5 12 Troy State 17 Western Illinois* 52 4 13 Montana 9 Richmond* 23 3 14 Lehigh 24 McNeese State* 19 6 11 UMass 21 Appalachian State* 45 7 10 Tennessee State 31 Northwestern State* 48 2 15 Illinois State 28 Georgia Southern* 52 1 8 Connecticut 30 Florida A&M 21 5 4 Western Illinois* 24 Lehigh 21 14 11 UMass* 27 Appalachian State 20 7 2 Northwestern State* 31 Georgia Southern* 42 1 4 Western Illinois 14 UMass 41 11 2 Northwestern State* 31 Georgia Southern 43 1 11 UMass 55 * Denotes host institution Source:https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28197577/division_iaa_playoffs/ Division I-AA playoffs Missoulian Missoula, Montana D5 November 23, 1998 February 8, 2019 newspapers.com References