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1987 NCAA Division I AA football season

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Duration
  
August – November 1987

Duration
  
November 28 – December 19, 1987

Championship site
  
Mini Dome, Pocatello, ID

Champion
  
Northeast Louisiana Indians

Payton Award
  
Kenny Gamble – RB (Colgate)

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1987 NCAA Division I-A football season

The 1987 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 1987, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 19, 1987, at the Mini Dome in Pocatello, Idaho. The Northeast Louisiana Indians (now known as the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks) won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd by a final score of 43-42.

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Conference changes and new programs

  • The Gulf Star Conference folded after the 1986 season when four of its founding members, Northwestern State, Sam Houston State, Southwest Texas State, and Stephen F. Austin, joined the Southland Conference. The Gulf Star's remaining football member, Nicholls State, opted to become an Independent. Three former Southland Conference members, Arkansas State, Lamar, and Louisiana Tech, moved to D-IAA Independent status following their joining the newly formed, non-football, American South Conference as charter members.

    • NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

    * Next to team name denotes host institution

    * Next to score denotes host overtime periods

    References

    1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season Wikipedia
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