1984 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

none the Division I-AA (now FCS) championship game the Division I-A (now FBS) champions 1984 BYU Cougars football team August 2023 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship I-AA National Championship Game 1984 NCAA Division I-AA 1984 December 15 Louisiana Tech University Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 10–4 Southland A. L. Williams 9 – 0 0 0 6 Montana State University Montana State Bobcats 11–2 Big Sky Dave Arnold 2 (tie) 3 9 10 0 0 Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, South Carolina Courtney Mauzy (ACC) 9,125 Satellite Program Network Bill Flemming (play-by-play), Steve Davis (color) 1983 1985 The 1984 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Montana State Bobcats and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. The game was played on December 15, 1984, at Johnson Hagood Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina. The culminating game of the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Montana State, 19–6.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31280064/montana_state_wins_iaa_title/ Montana State wins I-AA title Bruce M. Smith AP The News Journal Wilmington, Delaware D3 December 16, 1984 May 5, 2018 newspapers.com The championship game was televised on the Satellite Program Network (SPN),https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31284927/bobcats_ready_for_iaa_championship/ Bobcats ready for I-AA championship shootout George Geise Great Falls Tribune Great Falls, Montana 1-B December 15, 1984 May 5, 2019 newspapers.com as the NCAA paid SPN to broadcast some playoff contests following a Supreme Court ruling (NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma) that halted the NCAA's practice of negotiating television contracts for its members.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30866152/iaa_playoffs_spell_trouble_money/ I-AA playoffs spell trouble M-O-N-E-Y Roscoe Nance The Clarion-Ledger Jackson, Mississippi 2D December 1, 1984 April 22, 2019 newspapers.com Teams The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1984 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 12-team bracket.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31284293/isu_gets_first_round_bye/ ISU gets first round bye AP Palladium-Item Richmond, Indiana A7 November 19, 1984 May 5, 2019 newspapers.com Montana State Bobcats 1984 Montana State Bobcats football team Montana State finished their regular season with a 9–2 record (6–1 in conference); two wins came over Division II opponents (Mesa State and Portland State) and one win came over a Division I-A program (Fresno State).http://cfbinfo.com/team/montana-st-bobcats/1984 Montana State Bobcats 1984 Schedule cfbinfo.com May 5, 2019 May 6, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190506020123/http://cfbinfo.com/team/montana-st-bobcats/1984 dead Tied for second in the final NCAA I-AA in-house pollhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/31284590/ncaa_division_iaa_final_poll/ NCAA Division I-AA Final Poll The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky D2 November 19, 1984 May 5, 2019 newspapers.com and seeded third in the tournament, the Bobcats received a first-round bye then defeated Arkansas State and second-seed Rhode Island to reach the final. This was the first appearance for Montana State in a Division I-AA championship game. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 1984 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team Louisiana Tech finished their regular season with a 7–4 record (5–1 in conference); three of their losses were to Division I-A programs (Southwestern Louisiana, Southern Miss, and Ole Miss).http://cfbinfo.com/team/louisiana-tech-bulldogs/1984 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 1984 Schedule cfbinfo.com May 6, 2019 May 6, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190506020055/http://cfbinfo.com/team/louisiana-tech-bulldogs/1984 dead Ranked ninth in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll and unseeded in the tournament, the Bulldogs defeated Mississippi Valley State, top-seed Alcorn State, and Middle Tennessee State to reach the final. This was also the first appearance for Louisiana Tech in a Division I-AA championship game. Game summary Scoring summary La. Tech MSU 1 11:59 MSU 6 15 1:01 FG 33 Mark Carter 0 3 1 MSU 4 31 0:41 RecTD Joe Bignell Kelly Bradley 17 no good (wide left) Carter 0 9 2 4:54 MSU 5 80 2:10 RecTD Bignell Bradley 33 good Carter 0 16 2 0:06 MSU FG 48 Carter 0 19 4 0:48 La. Tech RecTD Michael Sherman Kyle Gandy 10 pass incomplete 6 19 6 19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My-tF04xbmI 1984 I-AA National Championship October 16, 2015 May 6, 2019 YouTube Game statistics Bulldogs 0 0 0 6 Bobcats 9 10 0 0 thumb|right|Johnson Hagood Stadium, site of the 1984 Division I-AA championship game Louisiana Tech Bulldogs La. Tech Montana State Bobcats MSU 19 74–262 36–(-25) 287 24–38–4 29:51 20 82–340 25–6 334 32–57–1 30:08 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Louisiana Tech Montana State Bobcats Montana State Kyle Gandy 24–38, 287 yds, 1 TD, 4 INT Gerry Jones 4 car, 16 yds Michael Sherman 4 rec, 77 yds, 1 TD Kelly Bradley 32–57, 334 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT Jesse Jones 4 car, 13 yds Joe Bignell 10 rec, 130 yds, 2 TD https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31279978/ncaa_div_iaa_playoffs/ NCAA Div. I-AA Playoffs Daily Press Newport News, Virginia B4 December 16, 1984 May 6, 2019 newspapers.com References Further reading https://billingsgazette.com/sports/college/big-sky-conference/montana-state-university/football/revisited-bobcats-set-to-commemorate-championship-season/article_67a90851-0e04-5ea1-9b1a-02cae0d9f6cd.html 1984 revisited: Bobcats set to commemorate championship season Greg Rachac Billings Gazette September 24, 2014 May 5, 2019 https://latechsports.com/news/2004/9/30/1984_Tech_Team_to_be_Honored_at_Halftime.aspx 1984 Tech Team to be Honored at Halftime latechsports.com September 30, 2004 May 5, 2019 External links 1984 I-AA National Championship via YouTube Championship Game Category:NCAA Division I Football Championship Games Category:Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football games Category:Montana State Bobcats football games Category:College football in South Carolina Category:Sports competitions in Charleston, South Carolina NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game Category:American football competitions in South Carolina