1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1987 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1987
Playoff
Duration	November 28 – December 19, 1987
Championship site	Mini Dome, Pocatello, ID
Champion	Northeast Louisiana Indians
Payton Award	Kenny Gamble – RB (Colgate)
Division I-AA football season
«1986 1988»

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.^[1]

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.

School	1986 Conference	1987 Conference
Akron	Ohio Valley	Independent (I-A)
Arkansas State	Southland	I-AA Independent
Davidson	Southern	Colonial
Eastern Washington	I-AA Independent	Big Sky
Lamar	Southland	I-AA Independent
Louisiana Tech	Southland	I-AA Independent
Nicholls State	Gulf Star	I-AA Independent
Northwestern State	Gulf Star	Southland
Sam Houston State	Gulf Star	Southland
Southwest Texas State	Gulf Star	Southland
Stephen F. Austin	Gulf Star	Southland
Towson State	D-II Independent	I-AA Independent

Conference standings

1987 Big Sky football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Idaho $^	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Weber State ^	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
Montana	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Boise State	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Nevada	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Northern Arizona	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Idaho State	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
Eastern Washington	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Montana State	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Idaho earned automatic berth and Weber State earned at-large berth in I-AA playoffs.

Template:1987 Colonial League football standings

Template:1987 Ivy League football standings

Template:1987 Gateway football standings

Template:1987 MEAC football standings

Template:1987 Ohio Valley football standings

1987 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Appalachian State $^		7	–	0		11	–	3
Marshall ^		4	–	2		10	–	5
Furman		4	–	3		7	–	4
Chattanooga		4	–	3		6	–	5
VMI		2	–	4		4	–	7
Western Carolina		2	–	4		4	–	7
East Tennessee State		2	–	5		5	–	6
The Citadel		1	–	5		4	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant

1987 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#3 Northeast Louisiana $^	6	–	0	–	0	13	–	2	–	0
#19 Sam Houston State	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
#16 North Texas State ^	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Northwestern State	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
SW Texas State	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Stephen F. Austin	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
McNeese State	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll

Template:1987 SWAC football standings

1987 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#17 Richmond +^	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
#13 Maine +^	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Connecticut	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
New Hampshire	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Delaware	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
UMass	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Boston University	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Rhode Island	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

Template:1987 Division I-AA independent football standings

Conference champions

Conference Champions
Big Sky Conference – Idaho Colonial League – Holy Cross Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference – Northern Iowa Ivy League – Harvard Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Howard Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky and Youngstown State Southern Conference – Appalachian State Southland Conference – Northeast Louisiana Southwestern Athletic Conference – Jackson State Yankee Conference – Richmond

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

First Round November 28 Campus Sites		Quarterfinals December 5 Campus Sites		Semifinals December 12 Campus Sites		National Championship Game December 19 Mini Dome – Pocatello, ID


Richmond	3

Appalachian State*	20
		Appalachian State*	19

		Georgia Southern	0
Maine	28

Georgia Southern*	31*
				Appalachian State*	10

				Marshall	24
Weber State	59

Idaho*	30
		Weber State	23

		Marshall*	51
James Madison	12

Marshall*	41
						Marshall	42

						Northeast Louisiana	43
North Texas	9

Northeast Louisiana*	30
		Northeast Louisiana*	33

		Eastern Kentucky	32
Western Kentucky	17

Eastern Kentucky*	40
				Northeast Louisiana*	44**

				Northern Iowa	41
Youngstown State	28

Northern Iowa*	31
		Northern Iowa*	49

		Arkansas State	28
Arkansas State	35

Jackson State*	32

* Next to team name denotes host institution

* Next to score denotes host overtime periods

References

↑ "1987 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved December 26, 2013.

1987 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants

Appalachian State Arkansas State Eastern Kentucky Georgia Southern Idaho Jackson State James Madison Maine Marshall North Texas Northeast Louisiana Northern Iowa Richmond Weber State Western Kentucky Youngstown State

Champion – Northeast Louisiana Indians

NCAA football seasons

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