1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1995 NCAA Division I-AA season
Regular season
Number of teams118
DurationAugust–November
Payton AwardDave Dickenson (QB, Montana)
Buchanan AwardDexter Coakley (LB, Appalachian State)
Playoff
DurationNovember 25–December 16
Championship dateDecember 16, 1995
Championship siteMarshall University Stadium
Huntington, West Virginia
ChampionMontana
NCAA Division I-AA football seasons

The 1995 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-AA level, began in August 1995, and concluded with the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 16, 1995, at Marshall University Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. The Montana Grizzlies won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd by a score of 22−20.[1]

Conference changes and new programs

One team upgraded to Division I-A and two new programs upgraded from Division II.

School 1994 Conference 1995 Conference
Hampton CIAA (II) MEAC (I-AA)[2]
North Texas Southland (I-AA) I-A Independent
Wofford D-II Independent I-AA Independent

Conference standings

1995 American West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Sacramento State $ 3 – 0 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
Cal Poly 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Cal State Northridge 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Southern Utah 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1995 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Montana $^ 6 – 1 – 0 13 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Idaho ^ 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
No. 21 Boise State 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
No. 22 Northern Arizona 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Weber State 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Idaho State 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Montana State 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Eastern Washington 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1995 Gateway Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Eastern Illinois +^ 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 18 Northern Iowa +^ 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 5 – 0
No. 24 Indiana State 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Illinois State 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Southern Illinois 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Western Illinois 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Southwest Missouri State 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1995 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton $ 5 – 1 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
Penn 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Cornell 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Dartmouth 4 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Columbia 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
Brown 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Yale 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Harvard 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1995 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Duquesne $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Georgetown 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Marist 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Canisius 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
St. John's 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Iona 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Saint Peter's 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Siena 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1995 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 16 Florida A&M $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Delaware State 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
South Carolina State 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Howard 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
North Carolina A&T 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Bethune–Cookman 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Morgan State 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1995 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Murray State $^ 8 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 10 Eastern Kentucky ^ 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 25 Middle Tennessee 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Southeast Missouri State 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Tennessee–Martin 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Austin Peay 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Tennessee Tech 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Morehead State 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Tennessee State 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1995 Patriot League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lehigh $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Bucknell 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Lafayette 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
Fordham 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
Holy Cross 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Colgate 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1995 Pioneer Football League standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Drake $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
Dayton 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
San Diego 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Evansville 1 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Valparaiso 1 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Butler 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1995 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Appalachian State $^ 8 – 0 – 0 12 – 1 – 0
No. 6 Marshall ^ 7 – 1 – 0 12 – 3 – 0
No. 15 Georgia Southern ^ 5 – 3 – 0 9 – 4 – 0
Furman 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
East Tennessee State 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
VMI 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Chattanooga 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Western Carolina 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
The Citadel 0 – 8 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1995 Southland Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 McNeese State $^ 5 – 0 – 0 13 – 1 – 0
No. 5 Stephen F. Austin ^ 4 – 1 – 0 11 – 2 – 0
Northwestern State 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Sam Houston State 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Southwest Texas State 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Nicholls State 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1995 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 14 Jackson State $^   7 – 0     9 – 3  
No. 11 Southern   6 – 1     11 – 1  
Alabama State   5 – 2     8 – 3  
Grambling State   4 – 3     5 – 6  
Alcorn State   3 – 4     4 – 7  
Mississippi Valley State   2 – 5     2 – 9  
Texas Southern   1 – 6     2 – 8  
Prairie View A&M   0 – 7     0 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network Poll
1995 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New England Division
Rhode Island x 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
No. 23 Connecticut 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
New Hampshire 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
UMass 3 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Boston University 1 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Maine 1 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Mid-Atlantic Division
No. 7 Delaware x$^ 8 – 0 – 0 11 – 2 – 0
No. 13 James Madison ^ 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
No. 19 William & Mary 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
No. 20 Richmond 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 1
Northeastern 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Villanova 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1995 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Troy State ^   –   11 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Hofstra ^   –   10 – 1 – 0
Saint Mary's   –   8 – 2 – 0
Wagner   –   8 – 2 – 0
Hampton   –   8 – 3 – 0
Liberty   –   8 – 3 – 0
Monmouth   –   7 – 3 – 0
Samford   –   7 – 4 – 0
Robert Morris   –   6 – 4 – 0
Towson   –   6 – 4 – 0
UCF   –   6 – 5 – 0
UAB   –   5 – 6 – 0
Wofford   –   4 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   3 – 8 – 0
Youngstown State   –   3 – 8 – 0
Central Connecticut State   –   2 – 8 – 0
Western Kentucky   –   2 – 8 – 0
Davidson   –   1 – 8 – 1
Charleston Southern   –   1 – 10 – 0
Saint Francis   –   0 – 10 – 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Conference champions

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

American West Conference – Sacramento State
Big Sky Conference – Montana
Gateway Football Conference – Eastern Illinois and Northern Iowa
Ivy League – Princeton
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Duquesne
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Florida A&M
Ohio Valley Conference – Murray State
Patriot League – Lehigh
Pioneer Football League – Drake
Southern Conference – Appalachian State
Southland Conference – McNeese State
Southwestern Athletic Conference – Jackson State
Yankee Conference – Delaware

Postseason

The site of the title game, Marshall University Stadium, had been determined in March 1994.[3]

NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket

First Round
November 25
Campus sites 		Quarterfinals
December 2
Campus sites 		Semifinals
December 9
Campus sites 		National Championship Game
December 16
Marshall University Stadium
Huntington, West Virginia
            
15 Idaho 3
1 McNeese State* 33
1 McNeese State* 52
8 Delaware 18
11 Hofstra 17
8 Delaware* 33
1 McNeese State* 13
5 Marshall 25
16 Northern Iowa 35
4 Murray State* 34
16 Northern Iowa 24
5 Marshall* 41
12 Jackson State 8
5 Marshall* 38
5 Marshall 20
6 Montana 22
13 James Madison 24
2 Appalachian State* 31
2 Appalachian State* 17
7 Stephen F. Austin 27
9 Eastern Illinois 29
7 Stephen F. Austin* 34
7 Stephen F. Austin 14
6 Montana* 70
14 Georgia Southern 24
3 Troy State* 21
14 Georgia Southern 0
6 Montana* 45
10 Eastern Kentucky 0
6 Montana* 48

* Denotes host institution
Source:[4]

References

  1. ^ "1995 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  2. ^ Jennifer L. Williams (August 18, 1995). "HU football out of race for MEAC title". Daily Press. p. C1. Retrieved January 20, 2019. Although Hampton was a member of the MEAC, it was ineligible for the conference title in 1995, and its four games against MEAC opponents did not count in the MEAC standings.
  3. ^ "Marshall to host next two I-AA football finals". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. AP. March 18, 1994. p. C3. Retrieved April 17, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Division I-AA championship". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. November 20, 1995. p. B3. Retrieved February 9, 2019 – via newspapers.com.