1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1980 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1980
Playoff
Duration	December 13–20, 1980
Championship site	Charles C. Hughes Stadium, Sacramento, California
Champion	Boise State Broncos
Division I-AA football season
«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 Football Championship Subdivision level. The third season of Division I-AA football began in August 1980 and four teams were selected for the postseason, with the national semifinals played on December 13. The national championship game was the Camellia Bowl on December 20 at Charles C. Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California.^[1]^[2]

In a game with multiple lead changes, the Boise State Broncos won their 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]

Conference changes and new programs

School	1979 Conference	1980 Conference
Akron	Mid-Continent (D-II)	Ohio Valley (I-AA)
Delaware	D-II Independent	I-AA Independent
James Madison	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
Maryland Eastern Shore	MEAC	Dropped Program
Nicholls State	D-II Independent	I-AA Independent
Southeastern Louisiana	D-II Independent	I-AA Independent

Conference standings

1980 Big Sky football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#7 Boise State $^	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
Idaho	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Nevada	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
Idaho State	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Weber State	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Montana State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Northern Arizona	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Montana	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Boise State earned automatic berth in I-AA playoffs. Idaho State and Weber State met twice in league play with each game counting as a half game. Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA poll (released before championship playoffs)

Template:1980 MEAC football standings

Template:1980 Ohio Valley football standings

Template:1980 SWAC football standings

1980 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#9 Boston University $	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#10 UMass	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
#10 Connecticut	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
New Hampshire	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Maine	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Rhode Island	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

1980 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Lehigh ^		–		9	–	1	–	2
Delaware		–		9	–	2	–	0
Northwestern State		–		8	–	3	–	0
Portland State		–		8	–	3	–	0
SE Louisiana		–		8	–	2	–	0
Bucknell		–		6	–	4	–	0
James Madison		–		4	–	6	–	0
Lafayette		–		3	–	7	–	0
Nicholls State		–		2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant

Conference champions

Conference champions
Big Sky Conference – Boise State Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – South Carolina State Ohio Valley Conference – Western Kentucky Southwestern Athletic Conference – Grambling State and Jackson State Yankee Conference – Boston University

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

During its first three seasons, Division I-AA selected only four teams for postseason play.

Semifinals December 13 Campus Sites		Championship Game December 20 Camellia Bowl Hughes Stadium Sacramento, CA


Eastern Kentucky	23

Lehigh*	20
		Eastern Kentucky	29

		Boise State	31
Grambling State	9

Boise State*	14

* Denotes host institution

References

↑ "Boise State moves into I-AA finals". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. December 14, 1980. p. 7B.
↑ "Camellia: Who vs. who?". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. December 20, 1980. p. 24.
↑ "1980 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
↑ "Broncos squeak by Colonels, take title". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. December 21, 1980. p. B2.

1980 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants

Boise State Eastern Kentucky Grambling State Lehigh

Champion – Boise State Broncos

NCAA football seasons

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NCAA University Division/ Division I	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977

NCAA Division I-A/FBS	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

NCAA Division I-AA/FCS	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

NCAA Division II	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

NCAA Division III	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

1980–81 NCAA Division I championships

Baseball Basketball Cross Country Fencing Football (I-A) Football (I-AA) Golf Gymnastics Ice Hockey Lacrosse Rifle Skiing Soccer Swimming and Diving Tennis Indoor Track and Field Outdoor Track and Field Volleyball Water Polo Wrestling

† Inaugural championship – Until 1981–82, all championships for men only

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