| 1993 NCAA Division I-AA season | |
|---|---|
| Regular season | |
| Number of teams | 118 |
| Duration | August–November |
| Payton Award | Doug Nussmeier (QB,Idaho) |
| Playoff | |
| Duration | November 27–December 18 |
| Championship date | December 18, 1993 |
| Championship site | Marshall University Stadium Huntington, West Virginia |
| Champion | Youngstown State |
| NCAA Division I-AA football seasons | |
«1992 1994» | |
The1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part ofcollege football in the United States organized by theNational Collegiate Athletic Association at theDivision I-AA level, began in August 1993, and concluded with the1993 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 18, 1993, atMarshall University Stadium inHuntington, West Virginia. TheYoungstown State Penguins won their second I-AA championship, defeating theMarshall Thundering Herd by a score of 17−5.[1] It was the third consecutive year that Marshall and Youngstown State faced off in the I-AA title game.
+ TheUC Davis Aggies, although a member of the new American West Conference, were listed inDivision II polls,[3] and participated in theDivision II postseason.[4]
| Conference champions |
|---|
American West Conference –Southern Utah andUC Davis |
Only the top four teams in the field were seeded, with the NCAA placing others teams in thebracket to avoid early round matchups between teams from the same conference.[5] This was the first season that the NCAA did not use an in-house poll process for I-AA ranking purposes; independent polling byThe Sports Network wire service was used.[6] The site of the title game,Marshall University Stadium, had been predetermined months earlier.[7]
| First Round November 27 Campus sites | Quarterfinals December 4 Campus sites | Semifinals December 11 Campus sites | National Championship Game December 18 Marshall University Stadium Huntington, WV | ||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| (1)Georgia Southern* | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| (1) Georgia Southern | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State* | 34 | ||||||||||||||
| UCF | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State* | 56 | ||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State* | 35 | ||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| (4)Boston University* | 27** | ||||||||||||||
| (4) Boston University | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Idaho* | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 34' | ||||||||||||||
| Northeast Louisiana* | 31 | ||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Delaware | 49 | ||||||||||||||
| (2)Montana* | 48 | ||||||||||||||
| Delaware | 31 | ||||||||||||||
| Marshall* | 34 | ||||||||||||||
| Howard | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Marshall* | 28* | ||||||||||||||
| Marshall* | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Troy State | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| William & Mary | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| (3)McNeese State* | 34 | ||||||||||||||
| (3) McNeese State* | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Troy State | 35 | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Troy State* | 42 | ||||||||||||||
*Next to team name denotes host institution
*Next to score denotes overtime period
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