Duration August – November 1978 Champion Florida A&M Rattlers | Duration December 9–16, 1978 | |
Championship site Pioneer BowlMemorial StadiumWichita Falls, TX | ||
The 1978 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 1978 and concluded with the championship game on December 16 at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, Texas. This was the first season of Division I-AA football.
The Florida A&M Rattlers won their first I-AA championship, defeating Massachusetts Minutemen 35–28 in the Pioneer Bowl.
As of 2016, Florida A&M of 1978 remains the only team from an HBCU to play in the I-AA/FCS national championship game.
NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket
* Denotes host institution
References
1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA