1980 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

none the Division I-AA (now FCS) championship game the Division I-A (now FBS) champions 1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team August 2023 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship I-AA National Championship GameCamellia Bowl 1980 NCAA Division I-AA 1980 December 20 Boise State University Boise State Broncos 9–3 Big Sky Jim Criner 7 0 14 10 7 Eastern Kentucky University Eastern Kentucky Colonels 10–2 Ohio Valley Roy Kidd 3 3 7 6 13 Hughes Stadium Sacramento, California 8,157http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2012/d1/2012FCSfbchamp.pdf Division I Championship NCAA 2013 14 May 11, 2019 ncaa.org ABC Sports 1979 1981 The 1980 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Eastern Kentucky Colonels and the Boise State Broncos. The game was played on December 20, 1980, at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California. The culminating game of the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Boise State, 31–29.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QMopAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Xe4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5841%2C2707528 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Broncos squeak by Colonels, take title December 21, 1980 B2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ywZMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5437%2C2012472 Spokane Daily Chronicle Associated Press Boise gets title December 22, 1980 28 The game was also known as the Camellia Bowl,https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31482220/the_big_sky_is_high_on_boise/ The Big Sky is high on Boise Great Falls Tribune Great Falls, Montana 1-C December 18, 1980 May 12, 2019 newspapers.com a name that had been used starting in 1961 for various NAIA and NCAA playoff games held in Sacramento. The Colonels, defending champions from 1979, became the first program to play in a second I-AA title game. Teams The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1980 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a four-team bracket.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 Eastern Kentucky Colonels 1980 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team Eastern Kentucky finished their regular season with a 9–2 record (5–2 in conference); their losses were to Western Kentucky and Akron.http://cfbinfo.com/team/eastern-kentucky-colonels/1980 Eastern Kentucky Colonels 1980 Schedule cfbinfo.com May 11, 2019 December 7, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241207095754/http://cfbinfo.com/team/eastern-kentucky-colonels/1980 dead Ranked third in the final AP Poll for I-AA,https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31481350/div_iaa_final_poll/ Div. I-AA Final Poll Daily Record Morristown, New Jersey 40 November 26, 1980 May 11, 2019 newspapers.com the Colonels were the at-large selection to the four-team playoff; they defeated Lehigh, the East selection, by a score of 23–20 to reach the final. This was the second appearance for Eastern Kentucky in a Division I-AA championship game, having won in 1979. Boise State Broncos 1980 Boise State Broncos football team Boise State finished their regular season with an 8–3 record (6–1 in conference); their conference loss was to Montana State, with non-conference losses to Southeastern Louisiana and Division II program Cal Poly.http://cfbinfo.com/team/boise-st-broncos/1980 Boise State Broncos 1980 Schedule cfbinfo.com May 12, 2019 December 7, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241207095431/http://cfbinfo.com/team/boise-st-broncos/1980 dead Ranked seventh in the final AP Poll for I-AA, the Broncos were the West selection to the playoff; they defeated Grambling State, the South selection, by a 14–9 score to reach the final. This was the first appearance for Boise State in a Division I-AA championship game. Game summary Trailing 24–22 late in the fourth quarter, Eastern Kentucky scored a touchdown on a 60-yard pass completion with only 55 seconds left in the game, taking a 29–24 lead. Boise State then went 80 yards in 43 seconds for the final points of the game, winning 31–29.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31483125/boise_state_comeback_tips_eastern/ Boise State comeback tips Eastern Stan Sutton The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky C 1 December 21, 1980 May 12, 2019 newspapers.comhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/31483321/boise_states_comeback_shocks_eastern/ Boise State's comeback shocks Eastern 31-29 in Camellia Bowl Stan Sutton The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky C 4 December 21, 1980 May 12, 2019 newspapers.com Note: contemporary news reports listed attendance as 10,000; NCAA records indicate 8,157. Scoring summary BSU EKU 1 EKU FG 26 David Flores 0 3 2 7:43 BSU RecTD Kipp Bedard Joe Aliotti 5 good Kenrick Camerud 7 3 2 3:35 EKU RushTD Tony Braxton 7 good Flores 7 10 2 1:11 BSU RushTD David Hughes 1 good Camerud 14 10 3 12:30 BSU 45 RushTD Cedric Minter 1 good Camerud 21 10 3 EKU 12 89 RushTD Chris Isaac 11 Jerry Parrish run failed 21 16 3 0:43 BSU FG 24 Camerud 24 16 4 11:15 EKU 14 RushTD Braxton 2 pass failed 24 22 4 0:55 EKU RecTD David Booze Isaac 60 good Flores 24 29 4 0:12 BSU 80 0:43 RecTD Duane Dlouhy Aliotti 14 good Camerud 31 29 31 29 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31481649/boise_st_edges_eastern_kentucky/ Boise St. edges Eastern Kentucky AP Akron Beacon Journal D5 Akron, Ohio December 21, 1980 May 12, 2019 newspapers.com Game statistics Broncos 0 14 10 7 Colonels 3 7 6 13 thumb|right|Hughes Stadium, site of the 1980 I-AA title game Boise State Broncos BSU Eastern Kentucky Colonels EKU 24 86–510 45–152 358 24–41–1 19 74–397 49–147 250 16–25–1 Boise State Broncos Boise State Eastern Kentucky Colonels Eastern Kentucky Joe Aliotti 24–41, 358 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT Cedric Minter 22 car, 105 yds, 1 TD Kipp Bedard 11 rec, 212 yds, 1 TD Chris Isaac 16–25, 250 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT Dale Patton 9 car, 44 yds David Booze 8 rec, 105 yds, 1 TD https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31481713/camellia_bowl/ Camellia Bowl Akron Beacon Journal D5 Akron, Ohio December 21, 1980 May 12, 2019 newspapers.comhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/31481852/statistics/ Statistics The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky C 4 December 21, 1980 May 12, 2019 newspapers.com See also 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings References Further reading https://varsityb.boisestate.edu/hall-of-fame/1980-football-team/ 1980 Football Team boisestate.edu May 11, 2019 https://bigskyconf.com/news/2013/11/21/FB_1121132854.aspx?path=football Boise State, Before They Busted the BCS bigskyconf.com May 11, 2019 https://www.idahopress.com/sports/thirty-years-later-bsu-remembers/article_6c8bf972-0c0d-11e0-9c4a-001cc4c002e0.html Thirty years later, BSU remembers Dave Southorn The Idaho Press-Tribune December 20, 2010 May 11, 2019 External links Boise State 1980 reunion (April 11, 2008) via YouTube Championship Game Category:NCAA Division I Football Championship Games Category:Boise State Broncos football games Category:Eastern Kentucky Colonels football games Category:American football in Sacramento, California Category:Sports competitions in Sacramento, California NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game Category:20th century in Sacramento, California NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game Category:American football competitions in California