NCAA Division I - Football Championship Subdivision Champions 1978 - present

Listed here are the winners of each NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game (which beginning in 2007 are called the "NCAA Division I Football Championship") since the first game which was played in 1978, along with the losing team and the final score. Helmets shown for each winning team are generally a currently-used one (or most-recently used one that I have been able to add to the web site), rather than the one used during the year indicated.

1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
FLORIDA A&M EASTERN KENTUCKY BOISE STATE IDAHO STATE EASTERN KENTUCKY
d.Massachusetts 35-28 d.Lehigh 30-7 d.Eastern Kentucky 31-29 d.Eastern Kentucky 34-23 d.Delaware 17-14
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MONTANA STATE GEORGIA SOUTHERN GEORGIA SOUTHERN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
d.Western Carolina 43-7 d.Louisiana Tech 19-6 d.Furman 44-42 d.Arkansas State 48-21 d.Marshall 43-42
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
FURMAN GEORGIA SOUTHERN GEORGIA SOUTHERN YOUNGSTOWN STATE MARSHALL
d.Georgia Southern 17-12 d.Stephen F Austin 37-34 d.Nevada 36-13 d.Marshall 25-17 d.Youngstown State 31-28
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
YOUNGSTOWN STATE YOUNGSTOWN STATE MONTANA MARSHALL YOUNGSTOWN STATE
d.Marshall 17-5 d.Boise State 37-14 d.Marshall 22-20 d.Montana 49-29 d.McNeese State 10-9
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
MASSACHUSETTS GEORGIA SOUTHERN GEORGIA SOUTHERN MONTANA WESTERN KENTUCKY
d.Georgia Southern 55-43 d.Youngstown State 59-24 d.Montana 27-25 d.Furman 13-6 d.McNeese State 34-14
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
DELAWARE JAMES MADISON APPALACHIAN STATE APPALACHIAN STATE APPALACHIAN STATE
d.Colgate 40-0 d.Montana 31-21 d.Northern Iowa 21-16 d.Massachusetts 28-17 d.Delaware 49-21
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
RICHMOND VILLANOVA EASTERN WASHINGTON NORTH DAKOTA STATE NORTH DAKOTA STATE
d.Montana 24-7 d.Montana 23-21 d.Delaware 20-19 d.Sam Houston State 17-6 d.Sam Houston State 39-13
2013 2014 2015 2016
NORTH DAKOTA STATE NORTH DAKOTA STATE NORTH DAKOTA STATE JAMES MADISON
d.Towson 35-7 d.Illinois State 29-27 d.Jacksonville State 37-10 d.Youngstown State 28-14