1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1993 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1993
Playoff
Duration	November 27 – December 18, 1993
Championship site	Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Huntington, WV
Champion	Youngstown State Penguins
Payton Award	Doug Nussmeier – QB (Idaho)
Division I-AA football season
«1992 1994»

The 1993 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 1993, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 18, 1993, at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. The Youngstown State Penguins won their second I-AA championship, defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd by a final score of 17−5, a home game for Marshall. It was the third consecutive year that Marshall and Youngstown State faced off in National Championship Game.

Conference changes and new programs

• A 1991 NCAA rule change required athletic programs maintain all of their sports at the same division level by the 1993 season. As such, many Division I programs with football teams at the Division II and Division III levels were forced to upgrade their programs to the Division I-AA level.
• The rule change directly led to the establishment of the Pioneer Football League, a non-scholarship football conference at the Division I-AA level with six founding members, all formerly in Division III: Butler, Dayton, Drake, Evansville, San Diego, and Valparaiso.
• It also led to the creation of the American West Conference, an all-sports conference at the Division I level with five founding members, all formerly in Division II: UC Davis, Cal Poly, Cal State Northridge, Sacramento State, and Southern Utah.
• The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, an existing Division I conference, also began sponsoring football in order to accommodate these new I-AA football programs.

School	1992 Conference	1993 Conference
Buffalo	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
Butler	MIFC (D-II)	Pioneer (I-AA)
California–Davis	Northern California (D-II)	American West (I-AA)
Cal Poly	Western (D-II)	American West (I-AA)
Cal State Northridge	Western (D-II)	American West (I-AA)
Canisius	D-III Independent	MAAC (I-AA)
Central Connecticut State	D-II Independent	I-AA Independent
Charleston Southern	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
Davidson	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
Dayton	D-III Independent	Pioneer (I-AA)
Drake	D-III Independent	Pioneer (I-AA)
Duquesne	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
Evansville	D-III Independent	Pioneer (I-AA)
Georgetown	D-III Independent	MAAC (I-AA)
Georgia Southern	I-AA Independent	Southern
Iona	D-III Independent	MAAC (I-AA)
James Madison	I-AA Independent	Yankee
Monmouth	New Program	I-AA Independent
Northeastern	I-AA Independent	Yankee
Sacramento State	Western (D-II)	American West (I-AA)
St. Francis (PA)	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
St. John's (NY)	D-III Independent	MAAC (I-AA)
St. Peter's	D-III Independent	MAAC (I-AA)
San Diego	D-III Independent	Pioneer (I-AA)
Siena	D-III Independent	MAAC (I-AA)
Southern Utah	Western (D-II)	American West (I-AA)
Troy State	D-II Independent	I-AA Independent
UAB	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
Valparaiso	MIFC (D-II)	Pioneer (I-AA)
Wagner	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
William & Mary	I-AA Independent	Yankee

Conference standings

1993 Southern Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Georgia Southern $^ 7 – 1 – 0     10 – 3 – 0 Marshall ^ 6 – 2 – 0     11 – 4 – 0 Western Carolina 5 – 3 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 Furman 4 – 4 – 0     5 – 5 – 1 The Citadel 4 – 3 – 0     7 – 5 – 0 Appalachian State 5 – 2 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 East Tennessee State 1 – 6 – 0     2 – 9 – 0 Chattanooga 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 VMI 1 – 5 – 0     4 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant

1993 Southland Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T #5 McNeese State $^ 7 – 0 – 0     10 – 3 – 0 #4 Northeast Louisiana ^ 6 – 1 – 0     9 – 3 – 0 #14 Stephen F. Austin ^ 5 – 2 – 0     8 – 4 – 0 Northwestern State 3 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0 Sam Houston State 2 – 5 – 0     4 – 7 – 0 North Texas 2 – 5 – 0     4 – 7 – 0 Nicholls State 2 – 5 – 0     3 – 8 – 0 Southwest Texas State 1 – 6 – 1     2 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll

1993 Yankee Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T New England #6 Boston University x$^ 8 – 0 – 0     12 – 1 – 0 #25 UMass 6 – 2 – 0     9 – 2 – 0 Connecticut 5 – 3 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 New Hampshire 4 – 4 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 Rhode Island 2 – 6 – 0     4 – 7 – 0 Maine 0 – 8 – 0     0 – 11 – 0 Mid–Atlantic #10 William & Mary x^ 7 – 1 – 0     9 – 3 – 0 #18 Delaware ^ 6 – 2 – 0     9 – 4 – 0 James Madison 4 – 4 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 Richmond 3 – 5 – 0     5 – 6 – 0 Northeastern 2 – 6 – 0     2 – 9 – 0 Villanova 1 – 7 – 0     3 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

Conference champions

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

Conference Champions

American West Conference – Southern Utah and UC Davis Big Sky Conference – Montana Gateway Football Conference – Northern Iowa Ivy League – Penn Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Iona Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Howard Bison Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky Patriot League – Lehigh Pioneer Football League – Dayton Southern Conference – Georgia Southern Southland Conference – McNeese State Southwestern Athletic Conference – Southern Yankee Conference – Boston University

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

	First Round November 27 Campus Sites				Quarterfinals December 4 Campus Sites				Semifinals December 11 Campus Sites				National Championship Game December 18 Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV
	Eastern Kentucky	12
	Georgia Southern*	14
					Georgia Southern	14
					Youngstown State*	34
	Central Florida	30
	Youngstown State*	56
									Youngstown State*	35
									Idaho	16
	Northern Iowa	21
	Boston U.*	27**
					Boston U.	14
					Idaho*	21
	Idaho	34
	Northeast Louisiana*	31
													Youngstown State	17
													Marshall	5
	Delaware	49
	Montana*	48
					Delaware	31
					Marshall*	34
	Howard	14
	Marshall*	28*
									Marshall*	24
									Troy State	21
	William & Mary	28
	McNeese State*	34
					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