1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season

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1980 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration August – November 1980
Playoff
Duration December 13–20, 1980
Championship site Charles C. Hughes Stadium,
Sacramento, California
Champion Boise State Broncos
Division I-AA football season

The 1980 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. The third season of Division I-AA football began in August 1980 and four teams were selected for the postseason, with the national semifinals played on December 13. The national championship game was the Camellia Bowl on December 20 at Charles C. Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California.[1][2]

In a game with multiple lead changes, the Boise State Broncos won their only I-AA championship, defeating the defending national champion Eastern Kentucky Colonels 31−29.[3] With less than a minute to play, the Broncos drove eighty yards for the winning touchdown, a 14-yard pass from quarterback Joe Aliotti to tight end Duane Dlouhy with twelve seconds remaining.[4]

Conference changes and new programs

School 1979 Conference 1980 Conference
Akron Mid-Continent (D-II) Ohio Valley (I-AA)
Delaware D-II Independent I-AA Independent
James Madison D-III Independent I-AA Independent
Maryland Eastern Shore MEAC Dropped Program
Nicholls State D-II Independent I-AA Independent
Southeastern Louisiana D-II Independent I-AA Independent

Conference standings

1980 Big Sky football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#7 Boise State $ 6 – 1 – 0     10 – 3 – 0
Idaho 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
Nevada 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 4 – 1
Idaho State 4 – 4 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
Weber State 4 – 4 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
Montana State 3 – 4 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
Northern Arizona 3 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Montana 1 – 6 – 0     3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Boise State earned automatic berth in NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship. Idaho State and Weber State met twice in league play with each game counting as a half game.
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA poll (released before championship playoffs)
1980 MEAC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 South Carolina State $ 5 – 0 – 0     10 – 1 – 0
North Carolina A&T 3 – 2 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
Howard 2 – 2 – 1     6 – 2 – 2
Bethune–Cookman 2 – 2 – 1     5 – 4 – 1
Florida A&M 2 – 3 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Delaware State 0 – 5 – 0     2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Press poll
Template:1980 Ohio Valley football standings
Template:1980 SWAC football standings
1980 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#9 Boston University $ 5 – 0 – 0     9 – 2 – 0
#10 UMass 4 – 1 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
#10 Connecticut 3 – 2 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
New Hampshire 2 – 3 – 0     6 – 4 – 0
Maine 1 – 4 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
Rhode Island 0 – 5 – 0     2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll
1980 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Lehigh ^   –       9 – 1 – 2
Delaware   –       9 – 2 – 0
Northwestern State   –       8 – 3 – 0
Portland State   –       8 – 3 – 0
SE Louisiana   –       8 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –       6 – 4 – 0
James Madison   –       4 – 6 – 0
Lafayette   –       3 – 7 – 0
Nicholls State   –       2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant

Conference champions

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See also: List of NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football seasons
Conference champions

Big Sky Conference – Boise State
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – South Carolina State
Ohio Valley Conference – Western Kentucky
Southwestern Athletic Conference – Grambling State and Jackson State
Yankee Conference – Boston University

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

During its first three seasons, Division I-AA selected only four teams for postseason play.

Semifinals
December 13
Campus Sites		 National Championship Game
December 20
Charles C. Hughes Stadium
Sacramento, CA
           
Eastern Kentucky 23
Lehigh* 20
Eastern Kentucky 29
Boise State 31
Grambling State 9
Boise State* 14

* Denotes host institution

References

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