1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1987 NCAA Division I-AA season
Regular season
Number of teams87
DurationAugust–November
Payton AwardKenny Gamble (RB, Colgate)
Playoff
DurationNovember 28–December 19
Championship dateDecember 19, 1987
Championship siteMinidome
Pocatello, Idaho
ChampionNortheast Louisiana
NCAA Division I-AA football seasons

The 1987 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 1987, and concluded with the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 19, 1987, at the Minidome in Pocatello, Idaho. The Northeast Louisiana Indians won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd by a score of 43–42.[1]

  1. ^ "1987 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved December 29, 2013.