1987 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

This article is about the Division I-AA (now FCS) championship game. For the Division I-A (now FBS) champions, see 1987 Miami Hurricanes football team.

1987 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
I-AA National Championship Game
Marshall Thundering Herd Northeast Louisiana Indians
(10–4) (12–2)
SoCon Southland
42 43
Head coach: 
George Chaump		 Head coach: 
Pat Collins
NCAASeed
14–
NCAASeed
32
1234 Total
Marshall 310290 42
Northeast Louisiana 714715 43
DateDecember 19, 1987
Season1987
StadiumMinidome
LocationPocatello, Idaho
Attendance11,513[1]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersDenny Schreiner (play-by-play), Stan White (color)[2]
NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
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The 1987 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Northeast Louisiana Indians (now the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks) and the Marshall Thundering Herd. The game was played on December 19, 1987, at the Minidome (now known as Holt Arena) in Pocatello, Idaho. The culminating game of the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Northeast Louisiana, 43–42.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference BGbox was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ van Thyn, Nico (December 19, 1987). "TV Sports". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. p. 27. Retrieved April 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "NE Louisiana wins I-AA championship". Great Falls Tribune. Great Falls, Montana. AP. December 20, 1987. p. 2H. Retrieved April 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.