1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1999 File:NCAA primary logo 1980.svg 122 August–November November 27–December 20 December 18, 1999 Finley StadiumChattanooga, Tennessee Georgia Southern Adrian Peterson (RB, Georgia Southern) Al Lucas (DT, Troy State) The 1999 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 1999, and concluded with the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 18, 1999, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Georgia Southern Eagles won their fifth I-AA championship, defeating the Youngstown State Penguins by a score of 59−24.1999 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 1998 Conference 1999 Conference Alabama A&M D-II Independent SWAC (I-AA) Albany Eastern (D-II) Northeast (I-AA) Buffalo I-AA Independent MAC (I-A) Elon D-II Independent I-AA Independent La Salle I-AA Independent MAAC Middle Tennessee State Ohio Valley (I-AA) I-A Independent St. John's (NY) MAAC I-AA Independent Stony Brook Eastern (D-II) Northeast (I-AA) Western Kentucky I-AA Independent Ohio Valley Conference standings Conference champions List of NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football seasons Conference ChampionsAtlantic 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 Football League – Stephen F. Austin and Troy State Southwestern Athletic Conference – Southern Postseason NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket First RoundNovember 27Campus sites QuarterfinalsDecember 4Campus sites SemifinalsDecember 11Campus sites National Championship Game December 18Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN Tennessee State* 10 1 16 North Carolina A&T 24 Montana* 27 8 9 Youngstown State 30 Troy State* 27 5 12 James Madison 7 Appalachian State* 29 4 13 Florida A&M 44 Hofstra* 27 3 14 Lehigh 15 Illinois State* 56 6 11 Colgate 13 Furman* 23 7 10 UMass 30* Georgia Southern* 72 2 15 Northern Arizona 29 North Carolina A&T 3 16 9 Youngstown State* 41 Troy State* 10 5 13 Florida A&M 17 Hofstra* 20 3 6 Illinois State 37 UMass 21 10 2 Georgia Southern* 38 Youngstown State* 27 9 13 Florida A&M 24 Illinois State 17 6 2 Georgia Southern* 31 Youngstown State 24 9 2 Georgia Southern 59 * By team name denotes host institution * By score denotes overtime Source:https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28197012/playoff_results_bracket/ Playoff Results & Bracket The Pantagraph Bloomington, Illinois F1 November 28, 1999 February 8, 2019 newspapers.com References