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1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season
American college football season
American college football season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 1993 |
| image | File:NCAA primary logo 1980.svg |
| number_of_teams | 118 |
| regular_season | August–November |
| playoffs | November 27–December 18 |
| nc_date | December 18, 1993 |
| championship | Marshall University Stadium |
| Huntington, West Virginia | |
| champions | Youngstown State |
| payton | Doug Nussmeier (QB, Idaho) |
| buchanan |
Huntington, West Virginia
The 1993 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 1993, and concluded with the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 18, 1993, at Marshall University Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. The Youngstown State Penguins won their second I-AA championship, defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd by a score of 17−5. It was the third consecutive year that Marshall and Youngstown State faced off in the I-AA title game.
Conference changes and new programs
- A 1991 NCAA rule change required athletic programs to maintain all of their sports at the same division level by the 1993 season. In order to comply, 28 Division I programs with football teams at the Division II and Division III levels were forced to upgrade their programs to the Division I level, and all of them (at least initially) chose Division I-AA as their new football home.
- The rule change led directly to the establishment of the Pioneer Football League, a non-scholarship football conference at the Division I-AA level with six founding members, all of which had played in Division II or III: Butler, Dayton, Drake, Evansville, San Diego, and Valparaiso.
- It also led to the creation of the American West Conference, initially a football-only conference at the Division I-AA level with five founding members, all formerly in Division II: UC Davis, Cal Poly, Cal State Northridge, Sacramento State, and Southern Utah.
- The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, an existing Division I conference, also began sponsoring football in order to accommodate new I-AA football programs that had formerly operated at the Division II or III level.
| School | 1992 Conference | 1993 Conference |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo | D-III Independent | I-AA Independent |
| Butler | MIFC (D-II) | Pioneer (I-AA) |
| California–Davis | Northern California (D-II) | American West+ |
| Cal Poly | Western (D-II) | American West (I-AA) |
| Cal State Northridge | Western (D-II) | American West (I-AA) |
| Canisius | D-III Independent | MAAC (I-AA) |
| Central Connecticut State | D-II Independent | I-AA Independent |
| Charleston Southern | D-III Independent | I-AA Independent |
| Davidson | D-III Independent | I-AA Independent |
| Dayton | D-III Independent | Pioneer (I-AA) |
| Drake | D-III Independent | Pioneer (I-AA) |
| Duquesne | D-III Independent | I-AA Independent |
| Evansville | D-III Independent | Pioneer (I-AA) |
| Georgetown | D-III Independent | MAAC (I-AA) |
| Georgia Southern | I-AA Independent | Southern |
| Iona | Liberty (D-III) | MAAC (I-AA) |
| James Madison | I-AA Independent | Yankee |
| Marist | Liberty (D-III) | I-AA Independent |
| Monmouth | New Program | I-AA Independent |
| Northeastern | I-AA Independent | Yankee |
| Sacramento State | Western (D-II) | American West (I-AA) |
| St. Francis (PA) | D-III Independent | I-AA Independent |
| St. John's (NY) | Liberty (D-III) | MAAC (I-AA) |
| St. Mary's (CA) | D-II Independent | I-AA Independent |
| St. Peter's | D-III Independent | MAAC (I-AA) |
| San Diego | D-III Independent | Pioneer (I-AA) |
| Siena | D-III Independent | MAAC (I-AA) |
| Southern Utah | Western (D-II) | American West (I-AA) |
| Troy State | D-II Independent | I-AA Independent |
| UAB | D-III Independent | I-AA Independent |
| Valparaiso | MIFC (D-II) | Pioneer (I-AA) |
| Wagner | Liberty (D-III) | I-AA Independent |
| William & Mary | I-AA Independent | Yankee |
- The UC Davis Aggies, although a member of the new American West Conference, were listed in Division II polls, and participated in the Division II postseason.
Conference standings
Conference champions
| Conference champions |
|---|
Postseason
NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket
Only the top four teams in the field were seeded, with the NCAA placing others teams in the bracket to avoid early round matchups between teams from the same conference. This was the first season that the NCAA did not use an in-house poll process for I-AA ranking purposes; independent polling by The Sports Network wire service was used. The site of the title game, Marshall University Stadium, had been predetermined months earlier.
November 27 Campus sites December 4 Campus sites December 11 Campus sites December 18 Marshall University Stadium Huntington, WV
|RD1-team01=Eastern Kentucky |RD1-score01=12 |RD1-team02=(1) Georgia Southern* |RD1-score02=14
|RD1-team03=UCF |RD1-score03=30 |RD1-team04=Youngstown State* |RD1-score04=56
|RD1-team05=Northern Iowa |RD1-score05=21 |RD1-team06=(4) Boston University* |RD1-score06=27**
|RD1-team07=Idaho |RD1-score07='''34'''' |RD1-team08=Northeast Louisiana* |RD1-score08=31
|RD1-team09=Delaware |RD1-score09=49 |RD1-team10=(2) Montana* |RD1-score10=48
|RD1-team11=Howard |RD1-score11=14 |RD1-team12=Marshall* |RD1-score12=28*
|RD1-team13=William & Mary |RD1-score13=28 |RD1-team14=(3) McNeese State* |RD1-score14=34
|RD1-team15=Stephen F. Austin |RD1-score15=20 |RD1-team16=Troy State* |RD1-score16=42
|RD2-team01=(1) Georgia Southern |RD2-score01=14 |RD2-team02=Youngstown State* |RD2-score02=34
|RD2-team03=(4) Boston University |RD2-score03=14 |RD2-team04=Idaho* |RD2-score04=21
|RD2-team05=Delaware |RD2-score05=31 |RD2-team06=Marshall* |RD2-score06=34
|RD2-team07=(3) McNeese State* |RD2-score07=28 |RD2-team08=Troy State |RD2-score08=35
|RD3-team01=Youngstown State* |RD3-score01=35 |RD3-team02=Idaho |RD3-score02=16
|RD3-team03=Marshall* |RD3-score03=24 |RD3-team04=Troy State |RD3-score04=21
|RD4-team01=Youngstown State |RD4-score01=17 |RD4-team02=Marshall |RD4-score02=5
- Next to team name denotes host institution
- Next to score denotes overtime period Source:
References
References
- "1993 NCAA Division I Football Championship".
- Senior, Ryan. (July 16, 1993). "Cal Poly moving to Division I". Santa Maria Times.
- (November 2, 1993). "College polls, NCAA Division II". [[The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier.
- (November 28, 1993). "NCAA Division II Playoffs". [[St. Louis Post Dispatch]].
- Fairbank, Dave. (November 23, 1993). "Many factors put W&M on the road". [[Daily Press (Virginia).
- Geise, George. (September 30, 1993). "New I-AA poll lacks clout, but still a big improvement". [[Great Falls Tribune]].
- Mead, Doug. (June 27, 1993). "Western ranked second". [[Asheville Citizen-Times]].
- (November 22, 1993). "UCF faces Youngstown St. in Division I-AA playoffs". [[The Palm Beach Post]].
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