1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season

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-AA level, began in August 1988, and concluded with the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 17, 1988, at 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.[1]

1988 NCAA Division I-AA season
Regular season
DurationAugust–November
Payton AwardDave Meggett (RB, Towson State)
Playoff
DurationNovember 26–December 17
Championship dateDecember 17, 1988
Championship siteHolt Arena
Pocatello, Idaho
ChampionFurman
NCAA Division I-AA football seasons

Conference changes and new programs
School1987 Conference1988 Conference
Tennessee StateI-AA IndependentOhio Valley
Youngstown StateOhio ValleyI-AA Independent

Conference standings
1988 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Idaho $^ 7 –1 –0  11 –2 –0
No. 16 Montana ^ 6 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
No. 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
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Poll
1988 Colonial League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Lafayette $ 5 –0 –0  8 –2 –1
No. 19 Holy Cross 3 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
Lehigh 2 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Bucknell 2 –3 –0  3 –7 –0
Colgate 2 –3 –0  2 –9 –0
Davidson 0 –4 –0  0 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1988 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Western Illinois $^ 6 –0 –0  10 –2 –0
Southwest Missouri State 4 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Indiana State 4 –2 –0  5 –6 –0
Northern Iowa 3 –3 –0  5 –6 –0
Eastern Illinois 2 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Southern Illinois 2 –4 –0  4 –7 –0
Illinois State 0 –6 –0  1 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1988 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Penn + 6 –1 –0  9 –1 –0
Cornell + 6 –1 –0  7 –2 –1
Princeton 4 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Dartmouth 4 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Yale 3 –3 –1  3 –6 –1
Columbia 2 –5 –0  2 –8 –0
Harvard 2 –5 –0  2 –8 –0
Brown 0 –6 –1  0 –9 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions
1988 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Bethune–Cookman $ 4 –2 –0  5 –6 –0
No. 18 Florida A&M 4 –2 –0  6 –4 –1
Delaware State 4 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Howard 3 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
South Carolina State 3 –3 –0  4 –6 –0
North Carolina A&T 2 –4 –0  2 –9 –0
Morgan State 0 –6 –0  1 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Both Delaware State and Florida A&M received forfeit losses for the same game. Bethune–Cookman was awarded the conference title.
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1988 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 Eastern Kentucky $^ 6 –0 –0  11 –3 –0
No. 17 Middle Tennessee 4 –2 –0  7 –4 –0
Murray State 4 –2 –0  4 –6 –0
Tennessee State 2 –4 –0  3 –7 –1
Austin Peay 2 –4 –0  3 –8 –0
Morehead State 2 –4 –0  3 –8 –0
Tennessee Tech 1 –5 –0  1 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1988 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Furman +^ 6 –1 –0  13 –2 –0
No. 6 Marshall +^ 6 –1 –0  11 –2 –0
No. 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
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA poll
1988 Southland Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Northwestern State $^ 6 –0 –0  10 –3 –0
No. 9 Stephen F. Austin ^ 5 –1 –0  10 –3 –0
No. 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
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1988 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Jackson State $^ 7 –0 –0  8 –1 –2
No. 20 Grambling State 5 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
Alabama State 4 –3 –0  7 –3 –0
Alcorn State 4 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Southern 4 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Prairie View A&M 3 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
Mississippi Valley State 1 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Texas Southern 0 –7 –0  0 –11 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll
1988 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. T–10 UMass +^ 6 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
No. 15 Delaware +^ 6 –2 –0  7 –5 –0
Connecticut 4 –4 –0  7 –4 –0
Maine 4 –4 –0  7 –4 –0
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
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1988 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Georgia Southern ^ 0 –0 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 13 Western Kentucky ^ 0 –0 –0  9 –4 –0
Liberty 0 –0 –0  8 –3 –0
Nicholls State 0 –0 –0  7 –4 –0
William & Mary 0 –0 –0  6 –4 –1
Towson 0 –0 –0  5 –5 –0
Arkansas State 0 –0 –0  5 –6 –0
James Madison 0 –0 –0  5 –6 –0
Louisiana Tech 0 –0 –0  4 –7 –0
Northeastern 0 –0 –0  4 –7 –0
Youngstown State 0 –0 –0  4 –7 –0
Lamar 0 –0 –0  3 –8 –0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll

Conference champions
See also: List of NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football seasons
Conference Champions

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

Postseason

The top four teams were seeded, and thus assured of home games in the first round.[2]

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket
First Round
November 26
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
December 3
Campus Sites 		Semifinals
December 10
Campus Sites 		National Championship Game
December 17
Holt Arena
Pocatello, Idaho
        
Montana 19
(1) Idaho* 38
(1) Idaho* 38
Northwestern State 30
Northwestern State 22
Boise State* 13
(1) Idaho 7
(4) Furman* 38
Delaware 7
(4) Furman* 21
(4) Furman 13
Marshall* 9
North Texas 0
Marshall* 7
(4) Furman 17
(2) Georgia Southern 12
The Citadel 20
(2) Georgia Southern* 38
(2) Georgia Southern* 27
Stephen F. Austin 6
Jackson State 0
Stephen F. Austin* 24
(2) Georgia Southern* 21
Eastern Kentucky 17
Western Kentucky 35
(3) Western Illinois* 32
Western Kentucky 24
Eastern Kentucky* 41
UMass 17
Eastern Kentucky* 28

* Next to team name denotes host institution
Source:[1]

References
  1. "1988 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  2. Hardesty, Abe (November 21, 1988). "Citadel, Furman get I-AA berths". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. p. 5D. Retrieved April 27, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
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