*** Welcome to piglix ***

1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1988 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration August – November 1988
Playoff
Duration November 26 – December 17, 1988
Championship site Holt Arena, Pocatello, ID
Champion Furman Paladins
Payton Award Dave MeggettRB (Towson State)
Division I-AA football season
«1987
1989»
1988 Big Sky football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Idaho $^ 7 1 0     11 2 0
#16 Montana ^ 6 2 0     8 4 0
#12 Boise State ^ 5 3 0     8 4 0
Nevada 4 4 0     7 4 0
Northern Arizona 4 4 0     6 5 0
Weber State 4 4 0     5 6 0
Montana State 4 4 0     4 7 0
Eastern Washington 2 6 0     2 8 0
Idaho State 0 8 0     0 11 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Idaho earned automatic berth and Montana and
    Boise State earned at-large berths in I-AA playoffs.
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA poll
(released before playoffs)
1988 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Furman +^ 6 1 0     13 2 0
#6 Marshall +^ 6 1 0     11 2 0
#14 The Citadel ^ 5 2 0     8 4 0
Appalachian State 4 3 0     6 4 1
Chattanooga 3 3 0     4 7 0
VMI 1 5 0     2 9 0
East Tennessee State 1 6 0     2 9 0
Western Carolina 1 6 0     2 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA poll
1988 Southland Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#8 Northwestern State $^ 6 0 0     10 3 0
#9 Stephen F. Austin ^ 5 1 0     10 3 0
#10 North Texas ^ 4 2 0     8 4 0
McNeese State 3 3 0     6 5 0
Northeast Louisiana 2 4 0     5 6 0
SW Texas State 1 5 0     4 7 0
Sam Houston State 0 6 0     3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA poll
1988 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Delaware +^ 6 2 0     7 5 0
#11 UMass +^ 6 2 0     8 4 0
#17 Connecticut 4 4 0     7 4 0
Maine 4 4 0     7 4 0
#20 New Hampshire 4 4 0     6 5 0
Villanova 4 4 0     5 5 1
Boston University 3 5 0     4 7 0
Rhode Island 3 5 0     3 8 0
Richmond 2 6 0     4 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

The 1988 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 Football Championship Subdivision level, began in August 1988, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 17, 1988, at the Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho. The Furman Paladins won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Georgia Southern Eagles by a final score of 17−12.

Big Sky Conference – Idaho
Colonial League – Lafayette
Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference – Western Illinois
Ivy League – Cornell and Penn
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Bethune-Cookman, Delaware State, and Florida A&M
Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky
Southern Conference – Furman and Marshall
Southland Conference – Northwestern State
Southwestern Athletic Conference – Jackson State
Yankee Conference – Delaware and Massachusetts


...
Wikipedia

...