1987 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

College football game the Division I-AA (now FCS) championship game the Division I-A (now FBS) champions 1987 Miami Hurricanes football team August 2023 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship I-AA National Championship Game 1987 NCAA Division I-AA 1987 December 19 Marshall University Marshall Thundering Herd 10–4 SoCon George Chaump 14 – 3 10 29 0 Northeast Louisiana University Northeast Louisiana Indians 12–2 Southland Pat Collins 3 2 7 14 7 15 Minidome Pocatello, Idaho 11,513 ESPN Denny Schreiner (play-by-play), Stan White (color)https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31117204/tv_sports/ TV Sports Nico van Thyn The Times Shreveport, Louisiana 27 December 19, 1987 April 30, 2019 newspapers.com 1986 1988 The 1987 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Northeast Louisiana Indians (now the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks) and the Marshall Thundering Herd. The game was played on December 19, 1987, at the Minidome (now known as Holt Arena) in Pocatello, Idaho. The culminating game of the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Northeast Louisiana, 43–42.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31116888/ne_louisiana_wins_iaa_championship/ NE Louisiana wins I-AA championship AP Great Falls Tribune Great Falls, Montana 2H December 20, 1987 April 30, 2019 newspapers.com Teams The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1987 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28361948/southland_foes_meet_in_playoffs/ Southland foes meet in playoffs The Town Talk Alexandria, Louisiana B-1 November 23, 1987 February 13, 2019 newspapers.com Northeast Louisiana Indians 1987 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team Northeast Louisiana finished their regular season with a 9–2 record (6–0 in conference); one of their losses was to the Ragin' Cajuns of the then University of Southwestern Louisiana, a Division I-A program.http://cfbinfo.com/team/ulm-warhawks/1987 ULM Warhawks 1987 Schedule cfbinfo.com April 30, 2019 December 19, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241219191653/http://cfbinfo.com/team/ulm-warhawks/1987 dead Ranked third in the final NCAA I-AA in-house pollhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/28362290/div_iaa_poll/ Div. I-AA poll The San Francisco Examiner F-6 November 24, 1987 February 13, 2019 newspapers.com and seeded second in the tournament, the Indians defeated North Texas State, Eastern Kentucky, and third-seed Northern Iowa to reach the final. This was the first appearance for Northeast Louisiana in a Division I-AA championship game. Marshall Thundering Herd 1987 Marshall Thundering Herd football team Marshall finished their regular season with a 7–4 record (4–2 in conference); one of their losses was to Ohio of Division I-A.http://cfbinfo.com/team/marshall-thundering-herd/1987 Marshall Thundering Herd 1987 Schedule cfbinfo.com April 30, 2019 December 20, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241220070207/http://cfbinfo.com/team/marshall-thundering-herd/1987 dead Ranked 14th in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll and unseeded in the tournament, the Thundering Herd defeated James Madison, Weber State, and top-seed Appalachian State to reach the final. This was also the first appearance for Marshall in a Division I-AA championship game. Game summary Scoring summary MU NLU 1 NLU RushTD Henry “Cisco” Richard 15 good Teddy Garcia 0 7 1 MU FG 33 Brian Mitchell 3 7 2 MU RecTD Keith Baxter Tony Petersen 9 good Mitchell 10 7 2 NLU RushTD Richard 7 good Garcia 10 14 2 MU FG 31 Mitchell 13 14 2 NLU RecTD Mike Manzullo Stan Humphries 5 good Garcia 13 21 3 MU RecTD Michael Barber Petersen 9 pass failed 19 21 3 MU RecTD Baxter Peterson 29 pass good (Bruce Hammond from Peterson) 27 21 3 NLU RecTD Chris Jones Humphries 9 good Garcia 27 28 3 MU RecTD Hammond Petersen 17 pass good (Sean Doctor from Peterson) 35 28 3 0:36 MU RushTD Ronald Darby 6 good Mitchell 42 28 4 13:34 NLU 74 RecTD Kenneth Johnson Humphries 10 pass good (Jackie Harris from Humphries) 42 36 4 7:19 NLU 80 3:52 RushTD Humphries 3 good Garcia 42 43 42 43 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31121172/humphries_rallies_northeast_louisiana/ Humphries Rallies Northeast Louisiana AP Carlsbad Current-Argus Carlsbad, New Mexico 10 December 21, 1987 April 30, 2019 newspapers.comhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/31125561/nlu_had_the_will_and_the_way/ NLU had the will — and the way Bill Campbell The Times Shreveport, Louisiana 19 December 21, 1987 April 30, 2019 newspapers.comhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/31125650/humphries_northeast_pass_the_final/ Humphries, Northeast pass the final test in I-AA Bill Campbell The Times Shreveport, Louisiana 20 December 21, 1987 April 30, 2019 newspapers.com Game statistics Thundering Herd 3 10 29 0 Indians 7 14 7 15 thumb|right|Minidome, now Holt Arena, site of the 1987 Division I-AA championship game Marshall Thundering Herd MU Northeast Louisiana Indians NLU 28 85–576 31–102 474 28–54–3 28:55 28 85–570 42–134 436 26–43–0 31:05 Marshall Thundering Herd Marshall Northeast Louisiana Indians Northeast Louisiana Tony Petersen 28–54, 474 yds, 4 TD, 3 INT Ronald Darby 24 car, 136 yds, 1 TD Michael Barber 9 rec, 195 yds, 1 TD Stan Humphries 26–43, 436 yds, 3 TD Henry “Cisco” Richard 15 car, 77 yds, 2 TD Mike Manzullo 7 rec, 101 yds, 1 TD https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31118147/div_iaa_championship/ Div. I-AA Championship Billings Gazette Billings, Montana 5-B December 21, 1987 April 30, 2019 newspapers.com References Further reading https://ulmwarhawks.com/news/2012/3/26/205404081.aspx 1987 National Championship Team to be Inducted into ULM Hall of Fame ulmwarhawks.com March 26, 2012 April 30, 2019 https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/sports/college/ulm/2017/09/27/team-destiny-oral-history-ulms-national-title/707816001/ The Team of Destiny: An oral history of ULM's national title Adam Hunsucker The News-Star Monroe, Louisiana limited September 27, 2017 April 30, 2019 https://ulmwarhawks.com/news/2017/9/30/football-1987-national-championship-reunion.aspx 1987 National Championship Reunion Paul Letlow ulmwarhawks.com September 30, 2017 April 30, 2019 https://247sports.com/college/marshall/Article/1987-Herd-Team-Returns-For-Homecoming-Game-104367437/ 1987 Herd Team Returns For Homecoming Game Woody Woodrum 247Sports.com October 26, 2006 April 30, 2019 External links National Champions plaque on display at Malone Stadium via Yelp Championship Game Category:NCAA Division I Football Championship Games Category:Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football games Category:Marshall Thundering Herd football games Category:American football competitions in Idaho Category:Sports in Pocatello, Idaho NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game