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1997 NCAA Division I AA football season

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Duration
  
August – November 1997

Duration
  
November 29 – December 20, 1997

Championship site
  
Finley Stadium, Chattanooga, TN

Payton Award
  
Brian Finneran – WR (Villanova)

Buchanan Award
  
Chris McNeil – DE (North Carolina A&T)

Champion
  
Youngstown State Penguins football

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The 1997 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 1997, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 20, 1997, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Youngstown State Penguins won their fourth I-AA championship, defeating the McNeese State Cowboys by a final score of 10−9

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Conference changes and new programs

  • Due to rule changes regarding conference sports sponsorships, the membership of the old Yankee Conference shifted to the Atlantic 10 Conference prior to the 1997 season. All 12 members (Boston University, Connecticut, Delaware, James Madison, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Northeastern, Rhode Island, Richmond, Villanova, and William & Mary) moved into the new conference.

    • Playoff Bracket

    * Denotes host institution

    References

    1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season Wikipedia
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