1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1998 NCAA Division I-AA season
Regular season
Number of teams120
DurationAugust–November
Payton AwardJerry Azumah (RB, New Hampshire)
Buchanan AwardJames Milton (LB, Western Illinois)
Playoff
DurationNovember 28–December 19
Championship dateDecember 19, 1998
Championship siteFinley Stadium
Chattanooga, Tennessee
ChampionUMass
NCAA Division I-AA football seasons

The 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1998, and concluded with the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 19, 1998, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The UMass Minutemen won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Georgia Southern Eagles by a score of 55−43.[1]

  1. ^ "1998 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA.org. p. 16. Retrieved December 29, 2013.