1980 NCAA Division I-AA season | |
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Regular season | |
Number of teams | 45 |
Duration | August–November |
Playoff | |
Duration | December 13–December 20 |
Championship date | December 20, 1980 |
Championship site | Hughes Stadium, Sacramento, California |
Champion | Boise State |
NCAA Division I-AA football seasons | |
«1979 1981» |
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-AA level. The third season of I-AA football began in August 1980 and four teams were selected for the postseason, with the national semifinals played on December 13. The 1980 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was the Camellia Bowl played on December 20 at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California.[1][2]
In a game with multiple lead changes, the Boise State Broncos won their first (and 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]