NCAA Division I Football Championship
Champions
The following table lists the champion for each season, starting with the inaugural season of Division I-AA play, 1978. The runner-up, and score of the championship game, are also noted, along with the stadium, host city, attendance at the championship game, and head coach of the championship team.

NCAA Division I Football Championship

Section Title: Champions
Table Section Text: The following table lists the champion for each season, starting with the inaugural season of Division I-AA play, 1978. The runner-up, and score of the championship game, are also noted, along with the stadium, host city, attendance at the championship game, and head coach of the championship team.

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Score (notes)	Venue	Location	Attendance	Winning head coach

1978	Florida A&M	UMass	35–28	Memorial Stadium	Wichita Falls, TX	13,604	Rudy Hubbard

1979	Eastern Kentucky	Lehigh	30–7	Orlando Stadium	Orlando, FL	5,500	Roy Kidd

1980	Boise State	Eastern Kentucky	31–29	Hughes Stadium	Sacramento, CA	8,157	Jim Criner

1981	Idaho State	Eastern Kentucky	34–23	Memorial Stadium	Wichita Falls, TX	11,003	Dave Kragthorpe

1982	Eastern Kentucky (2)	Delaware	17–14	Memorial Stadium	Wichita Falls, TX	11,257	Roy Kidd (2)

1983	Southern Illinois	Western Carolina	43–7	Johnson Hagood Stadium	Charleston, SC	15,950	Rey Dempsey

1984	Montana State	Louisiana Tech	19–6	Johnson Hagood Stadium	Charleston, SC	9,125	Dave Arnold

1985	Georgia Southern	Furman	44–42	Tacoma Dome	Tacoma, WA	5,306	Erk Russell

1986	Georgia Southern (2)	Arkansas State	48–21	Tacoma Dome	Tacoma, WA	4,419	Erk Russell (2)

1987	Northeast Louisiana†	Marshall	43–42	Minidome	Pocatello, ID	11,513	Pat Collins

1988	Furman	Georgia Southern	17–12	Holt Arena	Pocatello, ID	9,714	Jimmy Satterfield

1989	Georgia Southern (3)	Stephen F. Austin	37–34	Paulson Stadium	Statesboro, GA	25,725	Erk Russell (3)

1990	Georgia Southern (4)	Nevada	36–13	Paulson Stadium	Statesboro, GA	23,204	Tim Stowers

1991	Youngstown State	Marshall	25–17	Paulson Stadium	Statesboro, GA	12,667	Jim Tressel

1992	Marshall	Youngstown State	31–28	Marshall University Stadium	Huntington, WV	31,304	Jim Donnan

1993	Youngstown State (2)	Marshall	17–5	Marshall University Stadium	Huntington, WV	29,218	Jim Tressel (2)

1994	Youngstown State (3)	Boise State	28–14	Marshall University Stadium	Huntington, WV	27,674	Jim Tressel (3)

1995	Montana	Marshall	22–20	Marshall University Stadium	Huntington, WV	32,106	Don Read

1996	Marshall (2)	Montana	49–29	Marshall University Stadium	Huntington, WV	30,052	Bob Pruett

1997	Youngstown State (4)	McNeese State	10–9	Finley Stadium	Chattanooga, TN	14,771	Jim Tressel (4)

1998	UMass	Georgia Southern	55–43	Finley Stadium	Chattanooga, TN	17,501	Mark Whipple

1999	Georgia Southern (5)	Youngstown State	59–24	Finley Stadium	Chattanooga, TN	20,052	Paul Johnson

2000	Georgia Southern (6)	Montana	27–25	Finley Stadium	Chattanooga, TN	17,156	Paul Johnson (2)

2001	Montana (2)	Furman	13–6	Finley Stadium	Chattanooga, TN	12,698	Joe Glenn

2002	Western Kentucky	McNeese State	34–14	Finley Stadium	Chattanooga, TN	12,360	Jack Harbaugh

2003	Delaware	Colgate	40–0	Finley Stadium	Chattanooga, TN	14,281	K. C. Keeler

2004	James Madison	Montana	31–21	Finley Stadium	Chattanooga, TN	16,771	Mickey Matthews

2005	Appalachian State	Northern Iowa	21–16	Finley Stadium	Chattanooga, TN	20,236	Jerry Moore

2006	Appalachian State (2)	UMass	28–17	Finley Stadium	Chattanooga, TN	22,808	Jerry Moore (2)

2007	Appalachian State (3)	Delaware	49–21	Finley Stadium	Chattanooga, TN	23,010	Jerry Moore (3)

2008	Richmond	Montana	24–7	Finley Stadium	Chattanooga, TN	17,823	Mike London

2009	Villanova	Montana	23–21	Finley Stadium	Chattanooga, TN	14,328	Andy Talley

2010*	Eastern Washington	Delaware	20–19	Pizza Hut Park‡	Frisco, TX	13,027	Beau Baldwin

2011*	North Dakota State	Sam Houston State	17–6	Pizza Hut Park‡	Frisco, TX	20,586	Craig Bohl

2012*	North Dakota State (2)	Sam Houston State	39–13	FC Dallas Stadium‡	Frisco, TX	21,411	Craig Bohl (2)

2013*	North Dakota State (3)	Towson	35–7	Toyota Stadium	Frisco, TX	19,802	Craig Bohl (3)

2014*	North Dakota State (4)	Illinois State	29–27	Toyota Stadium	Frisco, TX	20,918	Chris Klieman

2015*	North Dakota State (5)	Jacksonville State	37–10	Toyota Stadium	Frisco, TX	21,836	Chris Klieman (2)

2016*	James Madison (2)	Youngstown State	28–14	Toyota Stadium	Frisco, TX	14,423	Mike Houston

2017*	North Dakota State (6)	James Madison	17–13	Toyota Stadium	Frisco, TX	19,090	Chris Klieman (3)

2018*	North Dakota State (7)	Eastern Washington	38–24	Toyota Stadium	Frisco, TX	17,802	Chris Klieman (4)

Sentence(s)

In the five years from 1992–1996, the NCAA Division I Football Championship was held at Marshall University Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.

final_sentence: In the five years from 1992–1996, the NCAA Division I Football Championship was held at Marshall University Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.