1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1980 File:NCAA primary logo 1980.svg 46http://cfbscores.infinityfreeapp.com/standings.php?season=1980&class=FCS Standings for the 1980 FCS Season 2025-06-26 August–November December 13–December 20 December 20, 1980 Hughes Stadium,Sacramento, California Boise State The 1980 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. The third season of I-AA football began in August 1980 and four teams were selected for the postseason, with the national semifinals played on December 13. The 1980 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was played in the Camellia Bowl on December 20 at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tYNfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=szAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4696%2C5743393 Lewiston Morning Tribune Associated Press Boise State moves into I-AA finals December 14, 1980 7Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P8opAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Xe4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7132%2C2027263 Spokesman-Review Associated Press Camellia: Who vs. who? December 20, 1980 24 In a game with multiple lead changes, the Boise State Broncos won their first (and only) I-AA championship, defeating the defending national champion Eastern Kentucky Colonels, 31−29.1980 NCAA Division I Football Championship http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2012/d1/2012FCSfbchamp.pdf NCAA.org December 29, 2013 14 With less than a minute to play, the Broncos drove eighty yards for the winning touchdown, a 14-yard pass from quarterback Joe Aliotti to tight end Duane Dlouhy with twelve seconds remaining.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QMopAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Xe4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5841%2C2707528 Spokesman-Review Associated Press Broncos squeak by Colonels, take title December 21, 1980 B2 Conference changes and new programs School 1979 Conference 1980 Conference Akron Mid-Continent (D-II) Ohio Valley (I-AA) Bethune–Cookman SIAC (D-II) MEAC (I-AA) Delaware D-II Independent I-AA Independent Florida A&M I-AA Independent MEAC (I-AA) James Madison D-II Independent I-AA Independent Maryland Eastern Shore MEAC Dropped Program Nicholls State D-II Independent I-AA Independent Southeastern Louisiana D-II Independent I-AA Independent Conference standings Conference champions List of NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football seasons Conference championsBig Sky Conference – Boise State Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – South Carolina State Ohio Valley Conference – Western Kentucky Southwestern Athletic Conference – Grambling State and Jackson State Yankee Conference – Boston University Postseason NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket The bracket consisted of three regional selections (West, East, and South) plus Eastern Kentucky as an at-large selection.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28226987/division_iaa_playoffs_set/ Division I-AA playoffs set Micahael Embry AP Reno Gazette-Journal Reno, Nevada 32 December 1, 1980 February 9, 2019 newspapers.com SemifinalsDecember 13Campus sites National Championship GameDecember 20Camellia BowlHughes Stadium—Sacramento, CA AtLg Eastern Kentucky 23 East Lehigh* 20 South Grambling State 9 West Boise State* 14 AtLg Eastern Kentucky 29 West Boise State 31 * Denotes host institution References