NCAA Division I Football Championship - Champions

Champions

See also: List of NCAA Division I FCS playoff appearances by team
Year Champion Runner-up Score Venue Location Attendance Winning Head Coach
1978 Florida A&M Massachusetts 35–28 Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, Texas 13,604 Hubbard, RudyRudy Hubbard
1979 Eastern Kentucky Lehigh 30–7 Orlando Stadium Orlando, Florida 5,500 Kidd, RoyRoy Kidd
1980 Boise State Eastern Kentucky 31–29 Hughes Stadium Sacramento, California 8,157 Criner, JimJim Criner
1981 Idaho State Eastern Kentucky 34–23 Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, Texas 11,003 Kragthorpe, DaveDave Kragthorpe
1982 Eastern Kentucky (2) Delaware 17–14 Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, Texas 11,257 Roy Kidd
1983 Southern Illinois Western Carolina 43–7 Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, South Carolina 15,950 Dempsey, ReyRey Dempsey
1984 Montana State Louisiana Tech 19–6 Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, South Carolina 9,125 Arnold !Dave Arnold
1985 Georgia Southern Furman 44–42 Tacoma Dome Tacoma, Washington 5,306 Russell, ErkErk Russell
1986 Georgia Southern (2) Arkansas State 48–21 Tacoma Dome Tacoma, Washington 4,419 Russell, ErkErk Russell
1987 Northeast Louisiana† Marshall 43–42 Mini Dome Pocatello, Idaho 11,513 Collins, PatPat Collins
1988 Furman Georgia Southern 17–12 Holt Arena Pocatello, Idaho 11,500 Satterfield !Jimmy Satterfield
1989 Georgia Southern (3) Stephen F. Austin 37–34 Paulson Stadium Statesboro, Georgia 25,725 Russell, ErkErk Russell
1990 Georgia Southern (4) Nevada 36–13 Paulson Stadium Statesboro, Georgia 23,204 Stowers !Tim Stowers
1991 Youngstown State Marshall 25–17 Paulson Stadium Statesboro, Georgia 12,667 Tressel, JimJim Tressel
1992 Marshall Youngstown State 31–28 Marshall University Stadium Huntington, West Virginia 31,304 Donnan, JimJim Donnan
1993 Youngstown State (2) Marshall 17–5 Marshall University Stadium Huntington, West Virginia 29,218 Jim Tressel
1994 Youngstown State (3) Boise State 28–14 Marshall University Stadium Huntington, West Virginia 27,674 Jim Tressel
1995 Montana Marshall 22–20 Marshall University Stadium Huntington, West Virginia 32,106 Read, DonDon Read
1996 Marshall (2) Montana 49–29 Marshall University Stadium Huntington, West Virginia 30,052 Pruett, BobBob Pruett
1997 Youngstown State (4) McNeese State 10–9 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee 14,771 Jim Tressel
1998 Massachusetts Georgia Southern 55–43 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee 17,501 Whipple, MarkMark Whipple
1999 Georgia Southern (5) Youngstown State 59–24 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee 20,052 Johnson, PaulPaul Johnson
2000 Georgia Southern (6) Montana 27–25 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee 17,156 Johnson, PaulPaul Johnson
2001 Montana (2) Furman 13–6 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee 12,698 Glenn, JoeJoe Glenn
2002 Western Kentucky McNeese State 34–14 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee 12,360 Harbaugh, JackJack Harbaugh
2003 Delaware Colgate 40–0 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee 14,281 Keeler, K. C.K. C. Keeler
2004 James Madison Montana 31–21 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee 16,771 Mickey Matthews
2005 Appalachian State Northern Iowa 21–16 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee 20,236 Moore, JerryJerry Moore
2006 Appalachian State (2) Massachusetts 28–17 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee 22,808 Jerry Moore
2007 Appalachian State (3) Delaware 49–21 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee 23,010 Jerry Moore
2008 Richmond Montana 24–7 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee 17,823 London, MikeMike London
2009 Villanova Montana 23–21 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee 14,328 Talley, AndyAndy Talley
2010 Eastern Washington Delaware 20–19 Pizza Hut Park‡ Frisco, Texas 13,027 Baldwin, BeauBeau Baldwin
2011 North Dakota State Sam Houston State 17–6 Pizza Hut Park‡ Frisco, Texas 20,586 Bohl, CraigCraig Bohl
2012 TBD TBD FC Dallas Stadium Frisco, Texas TBD TBD

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