Complete Division I Football Championship Tournament Brackets

*= Home team
Championship winner in bold
#= final poll ranking, all other ranking numbers are seedings.
(Source: NCAA)

1978

Semifinals	Championship
#3 Florida A&M 15	Florida A&M 35
#2 *Jackson St. 10
#4 UMass 44	UMass 28
#1 *Nevada-Reno 21

1979

Semifinals	Championship
Lehigh 28	Lehigh 7
*Murray St. 9
Nevada 30 (2OT)	Eastern Ky 30
*Eastern Ky 33

1980

Semifinals	Championship
#3 Eastern Ky 23	Eastern Ky 29
#1 *Lehigh 20
#2 Grambling 9	Boise St. 31
#7 *Boise St. 14

1981

Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *Eastern Ky 35	Eastern Ky 23	Eastern Ky 23
Delaware 28
4. Boise St. 19	*Boise St. 17
*Jackson St. 7
2. *Idaho St. 51	*Idaho St. 41	Idaho St. 34
Rhode Island 0
3. *South Carolina St. 26	South Carolina St. 12
Tn St. 25 (OT)

1982

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
#1 Eastern Ky	*Eastern Ky 38	*Eastern Ky 13	Eastern Ky 17
BYE
#11 *Idaho 21	Idaho 30
#19 Montana 7
#5 *Eastern Il 16	Eastern Il 19	Tn St. 7
#8 Jackson St. 13 (OT)
#4 Tn St.	*Tn St. 20
BYE
#2 Louisiana Tech	*Louisiana Tech 38	*Louisiana Tech 0	Delaware 14
BYE
#7 South Carolina St. 17	South Carolina St. 3
#6 *Furman 0
#9 *Colgate 21	Colgate 13	Delaware 17
Boston U. 7
#3 Delaware	*Delaware 20
BYE

1983

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. Southern Il	*Southern Il 23	*Southern Il 23	Southern Il 43
BYE
*Indiana St. 16	Indiana St. 7
Eastern Il 13 (2OT)
Nevada 27	*Nevada 20	Nevada 7
*Idaho St. 20
4. N. Texas	N. Texas 17 (OT)
BYE
2. Holy Cross	*Holy Cross 21	Western Carolina 14	Western Carolina 7
BYE
*Western Carolina 24	Western Carolina 28
Colgate 23
Boston U. 24	Boston U. 16	*Furman 7
*Eastern Ky 20
3. Furman	*Furman 35
BYE

1984

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. Alcorn St.	*Alcorn St. 21	Louisiana Tech 21	Louisiana Tech 6
BYE
*Louisiana Tech 66	Louisiana Tech 44
Mississippi Valley St. 19
Middle Tn St. 27	Middle Tn St. 42	*Middle Tn St. 13
*Eastern Ky 10
4. Indiana St.	*Indiana St. 41 (3OT)
BYE
2. Rhode Island	*Rhode Island 23	Rhode Island 20	Montana St. 19
BYE
*Richmond 35	Richmond 17
Boston U. 33
*Arkansas St. 37	Arkansas St. 14	*Montana St. 32
Chattanooga 10
3. Montana St.	*Montana St. 31
BYE

1985

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. Middle Tn St.	*Middle Tn St. 21	Ga Southern 40	Ga Southern 44
BYE
Jackson St. 0	Ga Southern 28
*Ga Southern 27
Eastern Wa 42	Eastern Wa 14	*Northern Iowa 33
*Idaho 38
4. Northern Iowa	*Northern Iowa 17
BYE
2. Furman	*Furman 59	*Furman 35	Furman 42
BYE
*Rhode Island 35	Rhode Island 15
Akron 27
Grambling St. 7	Arkansas St. 23	Nevada 12
*Arkansas St. 10
3. Nevada	*Nevada 24
BYE

1986

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *Nevada 27	*Nevada 33	*Nevada 38	Ga Southern 48
Idaho 7
*Jackson St. 23	Tn St. 6
Tn St. 32
4. *Ga Southern 52	*Ga Southern 55	Ga Southern 48
N. Carolina A&T 21
*Appalachian St. 26	Nicholls St. 31
Nicholls St. 28
2. *Arkansas St. 48	Arkansas St. 55	*Arkansas St. 24	Arkansas St. 21
Sam Houston St. 7
*William & Mary 17	*Delaware 14
Delaware 51
3. *Eastern Il 28	*Eastern Il 22	Eastern Ky 10
Murray St. 21
*Furman 10	Eastern Ky 24
Eastern Ky 23

1987

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *Appalachian St. 20	*Appalachian St. 19	*Appalachian St. 10	Marshall 42
16. Richmond 3
5. *Ga Southern 31	Ga Southern 0
12. Maine 28 (OT)
9. Weber St. 59	Weber St. 23	Marshall 24
4. *Idaho 30
13. *Marshall 41	*Marshall 51
7. James Madison 12
2. *NE Louisiana 30	*NE Louisiana 33	*NE Louisiana 44	NE Louisiana 43
15. N. Texas 9
6. *Eastern Ky 40	Eastern Ky 32
10. Western Ky 17
3. *Northern Iowa 31	*Northern Iowa 49	Northern Iowa 41 (2OT)
14. Youngstown St. 28
11. Arkansas St. 35	Arkansas St. 28
8. *Jackson St. 32

1988

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *Idaho 38	*Idaho 38	Idaho 7	Furman 17
16. Montana 19
8. Northwestern St. 22	Northwestern St. 30
12. *Boise St. 13
4. *Furman 21	Furman 13	*Furman 38
15. Delaware 7
6. *Marshall 7	*Marshall 9
10. N. Texas 0
2. *Ga Southern 38	*Ga Southern 27	*Ga Southern 21	Ga Southern 12
14. The Citadel 20
9. *S. F. Austin 24	S. F. Austin 6
5. Jackson St. 0
13. Western Ky 35	Western Ky 24	Eastern Ky 17
3. *Western Il 32
7. *Eastern Ky 28	*Eastern Ky 41
11. UMass 17

1989

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *Ga Southern 52	*Ga Southern 45	*Ga Southern 45	*Ga Southern 37
Villanova 36
*Middle Tn St. 24	Middle Tn St. 3
Appalachian St. 21
Jackson St. 7	*Montana 25	Montana 15
*Montana 48
Eastern Il 38	Eastern Il 19
4. *Idaho 21
2. *Furman 24	*Furman 42	*Furman 19	S. F. Austin 34
William & Mary 10
*Eastern Ky 24	Youngstown St. 23
Youngstown St. 28
Maine 35	SW Missouri St. 25	S. F. Austin 21
*SW Missouri St. 38
Grambling St. 56	*S. F. Austin 55
3. *S. F. Austin 59

1990

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *Middle Tn St. 28	Middle Tn St. 13	Boise St. 52 (3OT)	Nevada 13
Jackson St. 7
*Boise St. 20	*Boise St. 20
Northern Iowa 3
Furman 45	Furman 35 (3OT)	*Nevada 59
*Eastern Ky 17
NE Louisiana 14	*Nevada 42
4. *Nevada 27
2. *Youngstown St. 17	*Central Florida 52	Central Florida 7	*Ga Southern 36
Central Florida 20
*William & Mary 38	William & Mary 38
UMass 0
Idaho 41	Idaho 27	*Ga Southern 44
*SW Missouri St. 35
The Citadel 0	*Ga Southern 28
3. *Ga Southern 31

1991

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *Nevada 22	*Nevada 28	*Youngstown St. 10	Youngstown St. 25
McNeese St. 16
*Youngstown St. 17	Youngstown St. 30
Villanova 16
James Madison 42	*James Madison 21	Samford 0
4. *Delaware 35 (2OT)
Samford 29	Samford 24
*New Hampshire 13
2. *Eastern Ky 14	*Eastern Ky 23	Eastern Ky 7	Marshall 17
Appalachian St. 3
*Middle Tn St. 20	Middle Tn St. 13
Sam Houston St. 19
3. *Northern Iowa 38	Northern Iowa 13	*Marshall 14
Weber St. 21
*Marshall 20	*Marshall 41
Western Il 17 (OT)

1992

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *NE Louisiana 78	*NE Louisiana 18	Delaware 7	*Marshall 31
Alcorn St. 27
*Delaware 56	Delaware 41
Samford 21
4. *Middle Tn St. 35	Middle Tn St. 21	*Marshall 28
Appalachian St. 10
*Marshall 44	*Marshall 35
Eastern Ky 0
2. *The Citadel 44	*The Citadel 17	Youngstown St. 19	Youngstown St. 28
N. Carolina A&T 0
*Youngstown St. 23	Youngstown St. 42
Villanova 20
3. *Northern Iowa 17	*Northern Iowa 29	*Northern Iowa 7
Eastern Wa 14
McNeese St. 23	McNeese St. 7
*Idaho 20

1993

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *Ga Southern 14	Ga Southern 14	*Youngstown St. 35	Youngstown St. 17
Eastern Ky 12
*Youngstown St. 56	*Youngstown St. 34
Central Florida 30
4. *Boston U. 27	Boston U. 14	Idaho 16
Northern Iowa 21 (2OT)
Idaho 34	*Idaho 21
*NE Louisiana 31
Delaware 49	Delaware 31	*Marshall 24	Marshall 5
2. *Montana 48
*Marshall 28	*Marshall 34
Howard 14
3. *McNeese St. 34	*McNeese St. 28	Troy St. 21
William & Mary 28
*Troy St. 42	Troy St. 35
S. F. Austin 20

1994

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *Youngstown St. 63	*Youngstown St. 18	*Youngstown St. 28	Youngstown St. 28
Alcorn St. 20
*Eastern Ky 30	Eastern Ky 15
Boston U. 23
4. *McNeese St. 38	McNeese St. 28	Montana 9
Idaho 21
*Montana 23	*Montana 30
Northern Iowa 20
2. *Marshall 49	*Marshall 28	Marshall 24	Boise St. 14
Middle Tn St. 14
*James Madison 45	James Madison 21 (OT)
Troy St. 26
3. *Boise St. 24	*Boise St. 17	*Boise St. 28
N. Texas 20
Appalachian St. 17	Appalachian St. 14
*New Hampshire 10 (OT)

1995

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *McNeese St. 33	*McNeese St. 52	*McNeese St. 13	Marshall 20
15. Idaho 3
8. *Delaware 38	Delaware 18
11. Hofstra 17
16. Northern Iowa 35	Northern Iowa 24	Marshall 25
4. *Murray St. 34
5. *Marshall 38	*Marshall 41
12. Jackson St. 8
2. *Appalachian St. 31	*Appalachian St. 17	S. F. Austin 14	Montana 22
13. James Madison 24
7. *S. F. Austin 34	S. F. Austin 27
9. Eastern Il 29
14. Ga Southern 24	Ga Southern 0	*Montana 70
3. *Troy St. 21
6. *Montana 48	*Montana 45
10. Eastern Ky 0

1996

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *Montana 48	*Montana 44	*Montana 70	Montana 29
16. Nicholls St. 3
6. *East Tn St. 35	East Tn St. 14
11. Villanova 29
4. *Troy St. 29	*Troy St. 31	Troy St. 7
13. Florida A&M 25
5. *Murray St. 34	Murray St. 3
12. Western Il 6
2. *Marshall 59	*Marshall 54	*Marshall 31	*Marshall 49
15. Delaware 14
10. Furman 42	Furman 0
7. *Northern Arizona 31
3. *Northern Iowa 21	*Northern Iowa 38	Northern Iowa 14
14. Eastern Il 14
8. *William & Mary 45	William & Mary 35
9. Jackson St. 6

1997

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *Villanova 49	*Villanova 34	Youngstown St. 25	Youngstown St. 10
16. Colgate 28
8. *Youngstown St. 28	Youngstown St. 37
9. Hampton 13
5. *Western Ky 42	Western Ky 21	*Eastern Wa 14
12. Eastern Ky 14
4. *Eastern Wa 40	*Eastern Wa 38
13. Northwestern St. 10
3. *Delaware 24	*Delaware 16	*Delaware 21	McNeese St. 9
14. Hofstra 14
7. *Ga Southern 52	Ga Southern 7
10. Florida A&M 37
6. *McNeese St. 19	McNeese St. 14	McNeese St. 23
11. Montana 14
2. *Western Il 31	*Western Il 12
15. Jackson St. 24

1998

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *Ga Southern 49	*Ga Southern 52	*Ga Southern 42	Ga Southern 43
16. Colgate 28
8. *Connecticut 42	Connecticut 30
9. Hampton 34
12. Troy St. 17	Florida A&M 21	Western Il 14
5. *Florida A&M 27
13. Montana 9	*Western Il 24
4. *Western Il 52
2. *Northwestern St. 48	*Northwestern St. 31	*Northwestern St. 31	UMass 55
15. Il St. 28
7. *Appalachian St. 45	Appalachian St. 20
10. Tn St. 31
11. UMass 21	*UMass 27	UMass 41
6. *McNeese St. 19
14. Lehigh 24	Lehigh 21
3. *Richmond 23

1999

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *Tn St. 10	N. Carolina A&T 3	*Youngstown St. 27	Youngstown St. 24
16. N. Carolina A&T 24
8 *Montana 27	*Youngstown St. 41
9. Youngstown St. 30
12. James Madison 7	*Troy St. 10	Florida A&M 24
5. *Troy St. 27
13. Florida A&M 44	Florida A&M 17
4. *Appalachian St. 29
2. *Ga Southern 72	*Ga Southern 38	*Ga Southern 28	Ga Southern 59
15. Northern Arizona 29
7. *Furman 23 (OT)	UMass 21
10. UMass 30
11. Colgate 13	Il St. 37	Il St. 17
6. *Il St. 56
14. Lehigh 15	*Hofstra 20
3. *Hofstra 27

2000

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *Montana 45	*Montana 34	*Montana 19	Montana 25
16. Eastern Il 13
8. *Richmond 10	Richmond 20
9. Youngstown St. 3
12. Florida A&M 0	Western Ky 14	Appalachian St. 16 (OT)
5. *Western Ky 27
13. Appalachian St. 33	*Appalachian St. 17
4. *Troy St. 30
2. *Delaware 49	*Delaware 47	*Delaware 18	Ga Southern 27
15. Portland St. 14
7. *Western Il 7	Lehigh 22
10. Lehigh 37
11. Hofstra 31	Hofstra 20	Ga Southern 27
6. *Furman 24
14. McNeese St. 17	*Ga Southern 48
*3. Ga Southern 42

2001

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *Montana 28	*Montana 49	*Montana 38	Montana 13
Northwestern St. 19
*Sam Houston St. 34	Sam Houston St. 24
Northern Arizona 31
*McNeese St. 10	Maine 28	Northern Iowa 0
Maine 14
4. *Eastern Il 43	*Northern Iowa 56
Northern Iowa 49
2. *Ga Southern 60	*Ga Southern 38	*Ga Southern 17	Furman 6
Florida A&M 35
*Appalachian St. 40	Appalachian St. 24
William & Mary 27
*Lehigh 27	Lehigh 17	Furman 24
Hofstra 24 (OT)
3. *Furman 24	*Furman 34
Western Ky 20

2002

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *McNeese St. 21	*McNeese St. 24	*McNeese St. 39	McNeese St. 14
Montana St. 14
*Montana 45	Montana 20
Northwestern St. 14
Furman 38	*Villanova 24	Villanova 28
*Villanova 45
Fordham 29	Fordham 10
4. *Northeastern 24
2. *Western Il 48	*Western Il 28	Western Ky 31	Western Ky 34
Eastern Il 9
*Western Ky 59	Western Ky 31
Murray St. 20
Maine 14	Maine 7	*Ga Southern 28
*Appalachian St. 13
Bethune-Cookman 0	*Ga Southern 31
3. *Ga Southern 34

2003

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *McNeese St. 3	*Northern Arizona 25	*Florida Atlantic 24	Colgate 0
Northern Arizona 35
*Bethune- Cookman 24	Florida Atlantic 48
Florida Atlantic 32
*Montana 40 (2OT)	Western Il 27	Colgate 36
Western Il 43
4. *Colgate 19	*Colgate 28
UMass 7
3. *Wofford 31	*Wofford 34	Wofford 9	Delaware 40
N. Carolina A&T 10
*Western Ky 45	Western Ky 17
Jacksonville St. 7
2. *Delaware 48	*Delaware 37	*Delaware 24
Southern Ill. 7
*UNI 35	UNI 7
Montana St. 14

2004

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *Southern Ill. 31	*Eastern Wash. 34	Sam Houston St. 13	Montana 21
Eastern Wash. 35
*Sam Houston St. 54	Sam Houston St. 35
Western Ky. 24
4. *Ga. Southern 23	New Hampshire 17	*Montana 34
New Hampshire 27
*Montana 56	*Montana 47
Northwestern St. 7
2. *Furman 49	*Furman 13	James Madison 48	James Madison 31
Jacksonville St. 7
*Lehigh 13	James Madison 14
James Madison 14
3. *William & Mary 42	*William & Mary 44	*William & Mary 34
Hampton 35
*Delaware 28	Delaware 38 (2OT)
Lafayette 14

2005

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *New Hampshire 55	*New Hampshire 21	Northern Iowa 40	Northern Iowa 16
Colgate 21
*Northern Iowa 41	Northern Iowa 24
Eastern Washington 38
4. *Texas State 50	*Texas State 14	*Texas State 37 (OT)
Georgia Southern 35
*Montana 21	Cal Poly 7
Cal Poly 35
2. *Appalachian State 34	*Appalachian State 38	*Appalachian State 29	Appalachian State 21
Lafayette 23
*Eastern Illinois 6	Southern Illinois 24
Southern Illinois 21
3. *Hampton 10	*Richmond 20	Furman 23
Richmond 38
*Furman 14	Furman 24
Nicholls State 12

2006

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *Appalachian State 45	*Appalachian State 38	*Appalachian State 49	Appalachian State 28
Coastal Carolina 28
*Montana State 31	Montana State 17
Furman 13
4. *Youngstown State 35	*Youngstown State 28	Youngstown State 24
James Madison 31
*Eastern Illinois 13	Illinois State 21
Illinois State 24
2. *Montana 31	*Montana 20	*Montana 17	UMass 17
McNeese State 6
*Southern Illinois 36	Southern Illinois 3
Tennessee-Martin 30
3. *UMass 35	*UMass 24	UMass 19
Lafayette 14
*Hampton 38	New Hampshire 17
New Hampshire 41

2007

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *Northern Iowa 38	*Northern Iowa 27	Delaware 20	Delaware 21
New Hampshire 35
*Delaware 44	Delaware 39
Delaware St. 7
4. *Southern Ill. 30	*Southern Ill. 34	*Southern Ill. 17
Eastern Ill. 11
*Massachusetts 49	Massachusetts 27
Fordham 35
2. *McNeese St. 15	Eastern Wash. 35	*Appalachian St. 55	Appalachian St. 49
Eastern Wash. 44
*Appalachian St. 28	*Appalachian St. 38
James Madison 27
3. *Montana 22	*Wofford 10	Richmond 35
Wofford 23
*Richmond 31	Richmond 21
Eastern Ky. 14

2008

Opening Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1. *James Madison 38	*James Madison 31	*James Madison 27	Montana 7
Wofford 35
*Villanova 55	Villanova 27
Colgate 28
4. *Montana 31	*Montana 24	*Montana 35
Texas St. 13
*Cal Poly 35	Weber St. 13
Weber St. 49
2. *Appalachian St. 37	*Appalachian St. 13	Richmond 21	Richmond 24
S. Carolina St. 21
*Richmond 38	Richmond 33
Eastern Ky. 10
3. *N. Iowa 40	*N. Iowa 36	*N. Iowa 20
Maine 15
*Southern Ill. 20	New Hampshire 34
New Hampshire 29