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1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1991
image	File:NCAA primary logo 1980.svg
number_of_teams	90
regular_season	August–November
playoffs	November 30–December 21
nc_date	December 21, 1991
championship	Paulson Stadium
Statesboro, Georgia
champions	Youngstown State
payton	Jamie Martin (QB, Weber State)
buchanan

Statesboro, Georgia

The 1991 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 1991, and concluded with the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 21, 1991, at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The Youngstown State Penguins won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd by a score of 25−17.

Conference changes and new programs

Team	1990 conference	1991 conference
Hofstra	D-III independent	I-AA independent
Nicholls State	I-AA independent	Southland Conference
Prairie View A&M	Revived program	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Southeast Missouri State	Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (D-II)	Ohio Valley Conference

Conference standings

Conference champions

Conference Champions

Postseason

Only the top four teams in the field were seeded, and thus assured of home games in their first round games. The location of the final, the Georgia Southern Eagles' Paulson Stadium, had been predetermined via a three-year agreement the university reached with the NCAA in February 1989.

NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket

November 30 Campus sites December 7 Campus sites December 14 Campus sites December 21 Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA

|RD1-team01=McNeese State |RD1-score01=16 |RD1-team02=(1) Nevada* |RD1-score02=22

|RD1-team03=Villanova |RD1-score03=16 |RD1-team04=Youngstown State* |RD1-score04=17

|RD1-team05=James Madison |RD1-score05=42** |RD1-team06=(4) Delaware* |RD1-score06=35

|RD1-team07=Samford |RD1-score07=29 |RD1-team08=New Hampshire* |RD1-score08=13

|RD1-team09=Appalachian State |RD1-score09=3 |RD1-team10=(2) Eastern Kentucky* |RD1-score10=14

|RD1-team11=Sam Houston State |RD1-score11=19 |RD1-team12=Middle Tennessee* |RD1-score12=20*

|RD1-team13=Weber State |RD1-score13=21 |RD1-team14=(3) Northern Iowa* |RD1-score14=38

|RD1-team15=Western Illinois |RD1-score15=17 |RD1-team16=Marshall* |RD1-score16=20*

|RD2-team01=(1) Nevada* |RD2-score01=28 |RD2-team02=Youngstown State |RD2-score02=30

|RD2-team03=James Madison* |RD2-score03=21 |RD2-team04=Samford |RD2-score04=24

|RD2-team05=(2) Eastern Kentucky* |RD2-score05=23 |RD2-team06=Middle Tennessee State |RD2-score06=13

|RD2-team07=(3) Northern Iowa |RD2-score07=13 |RD2-team08=Marshall* |RD2-score08=41

|RD3-team01=Youngstown State* |RD3-score01=10 |RD3-team02=Samford |RD3-score02=0

|RD3-team03=(2) Eastern Kentucky |RD3-score03=7 |RD3-team04=Marshall* |RD3-score04=14

|RD4-team01=Youngstown State |RD4-score01=25 |RD4-team02=Marshall |RD4-score02=17

Next to team name denotes host institution
Next to score denotes host overtime period Source:

References

"1991 NCAA Division I Football Championship".
(November 25, 1991). "UNI to play Weber State in playoffs". [[Iowa City Press-Citizen]].
(February 24, 1989). "Georgia Southern to host NCAA title". [[Rocky Mount Telegram]].
(December 21, 1991). "Division I-AA Playoffs". [[Montgomery Advertiser]].
(December 22, 1991). "Youngstown 25, Marshall 17". [[Pittsburgh Press]].

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