1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1984 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1984
Playoff
Duration	November 24 – December 15, 1984
Championship site	Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
Champion	Montana State Bobcats
Division I-AA football season
«1983 1985»

The 1984 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 1984, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 15, 1984, at Johnson Hagood Stadium in Charleston, SC. The Montana State Bobcats won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs by a final score of 19−6.^[1]

Conference changes and new programs

• Prior to the season, the Gulf Star Conference was formed by six I-AA Independent and Division II teams from Louisiana and Texas. The league would continue for three seasons before being absorbed by the Southland Conference in 1987.

School	1983 Conference	1984 Conference
Eastern Washington	D-II Independent	I-AA Independent
Florida A&M	MEAC	I-AA Independent
Morgan State	D-II Independent	MEAC (I-AA)
Nicholls State	I-AA Independent	Gulf Star
Northwestern State	I-AA Independent	Gulf Star
Sam Houston State	Lone Star (D-II)	Gulf Star (I-AA)
Southeastern Louisiana	I-AA Independent	Gulf Star
Texas State	Lone Star (D-II)	Gulf Star (I-AA)
Stephen F. Austin	Lone Star (D-II)	Gulf Star (I-AA)

Conference standings

1984 Big Sky football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T #2 Montana State $^ 6 – 1 – 0     12 – 2 – 0 Nevada ^ 5 – 2 – 0     7 – 4 – 0 Idaho 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 Boise State 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 Idaho State 4 – 3 – 0     5 – 6 – 0 Weber State 3 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0 Northern Arizona 2 – 5 – 0     4 – 6 – 0 Montana 0 – 7 – 0     2 – 8 – 1 $ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Montana State earned automatic berth and Nevada earned at-large berth in I-AA playoffs. Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA poll (released before playoffs)	1984 Ivy League football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   Penn $   7 – 0         8 – 1   Yale   5 – 2         6 – 3   Harvard   5 – 2         5 – 4   Brown   4 – 3         4 – 5   Princeton   3 – 4         4 – 5   Cornell   2 – 5         2 – 7   Dartmouth   2 – 5         2 – 7   Columbia   0 – 7         0 – 9   $ – Conference champion Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll	Template:1984 Gulf Star football standings
1984 Mid-Continent football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Eastern Illinois + 2 – 1 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 Northern Iowa + 2 – 1 – 0     9 – 2 – 0 Southwest Missouri State 1 – 1 – 1     6 – 3 – 1 Western Illinois 0 – 2 – 1     6 – 4 – 1 + – Conference co-champions	Template:1984 MEAC football standings	Template:1984 Ohio Valley football standings
1984 Southern Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   Chattanooga $^   5 – 1         6 – 5   Western Carolina   5 – 2         8 – 3   The Citadel   4 – 2         7 – 4   Furman   3 – 3         8 – 3   East Tennessee State   2 – 4         6 – 5   Marshall   2 – 4         6 – 5   Appalachian State   2 – 5         4 – 7   VMI   1 – 4         1 – 9   Davidson   0 – 5         2 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant	1984 Southland Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T #9 Louisiana Tech $^ 5 – 1 – 0     10 – 5 – 0 #10 Arkansas State ^ 4 – 1 – 1     8 – 4 – 1 Texas–Arlington 4 – 2 – 0     7 – 4 – 0 Northeast Louisiana 3 – 3 – 0     7 – 4 – 0 #20 McNeese State 2 – 3 – 1     7 – 3 – 1 Lamar 1 – 5 – 0     2 – 9 – 0 North Texas State 1 – 5 – 0     2 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll	Template:1984 SWAC football standings
1984 Yankee Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   #2 Rhode Island +^ 4 – 1 – 0     10 – 3 – 0 #4 Boston University +^ 4 – 1 – 0     9 – 3 – 0 #11 New Hampshire 3 – 2 – 0     9 – 2 – 0 Maine 2 – 3 – 0     5 – 6 – 0 Connecticut 1 – 4 – 0     3 – 8 – 0 UMass 1 – 4 – 0     3 – 8 – 0 + – Conference co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll	1984 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Tennessee State   –       11 – 0 – 0 Georgia Southern   –       8 – 3 – 0 Holy Cross   –       8 – 3 – 0 Richmond ^   –       8 – 4 – 0 Eastern Washington   –       7 – 2 – 1 Delaware   –       7 – 4 – 0 James Madison   –       6 – 5 – 0 William & Mary   –       6 – 5 – 0 Bucknell   –       5 – 5 – 0 Colgate   –       5 – 5 – 0 Lafayette   –       5 – 5 – 0 Lehigh   –       5 – 6 – 0 Western Kentucky   –       2 – 9 – 0 ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

Conference champions

Conference champions
Big Sky Conference – Montana State Ivy League – Penn Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Bethune-Cookman Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky Southern Conference – Chattanooga Southland Conference – Louisiana Tech Southwestern Athletic Conference – Alcorn State Yankee Conference – Boston University and Rhode Island

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

First Round November 24 Campus Sites

Quarterfinals December 1 Campus Sites

Semifinals December 8 Campus Sites

National Championship Game December 15

Jackson, MS

Ruston, LA

Alcorn State

21

Louisiana Tech

66

Murfreesboro, TN

Louisiana Tech

44

Mississippi Valley State

19

Louisiana Tech

21

Terre Haute, IN

Richmond, KY

Middle Tennessee State

13

Indiana State

41

Eastern Kentucky

10

Charleston, SC – Hagood Stadium

Middle Tennessee State

42***

Middle Tennessee State

27

Louisiana Tech

6

Kingston, RI

Richmond, VA

Montana State

19

Rhode Island

23

Richmond

35

Bozeman, MT

Richmond

17

Boston U.

33

Rhode Island

20

Bozeman, MT

Jonesboro, AR

Montana State

32

Montana State

31

Arkansas State

37

Arkansas State

14

Chattanooga

10

*indicates overtime period

References

1. "1984 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved December 26, 2013.