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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |