1988_NCAA_Division_I-AA_Football_Championship_Game

1988 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

1988 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

Postseason college football game between the Georgia Southern Eagles and the Furman Paladins

This article is about the Division I-AA (now FCS) championship game. For the Division I-A (now FBS) champions, see 1988 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team.

The 1988 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Georgia Southern Eagles and the Furman Paladins. The game was played on December 17, 1988, at Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho. The culminating game of the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Furman, 17–12.[4]

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Teams

The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1988 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket.[5]

Georgia Southern Eagles

Main article: 1988 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

Georgia Southern finished their regular season with a 9–2 record; one of their losses was to Florida State of Division I-A.[6] Ranked second in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll[7] and seeded second in the tournament, the Eagles defeated The Citadel, Stephen F. Austin, and Eastern Kentucky to reach the final. This was the third appearance for Georgia Southern in a Division I-AA championship game, having won in 1985 and 1986.

Furman Paladins

Main article: 1988 Furman Paladins football team

Furman also finished their regular season with a 9–2 record (6–1 in conference); one of their losses was to Clemson of Division I-A.[8] Ranked fourth in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll[7] and seeded fourth in the tournament, the Paladins defeated Delaware, Marshall, and top-seed Idaho to reach the final. This was the second appearance for Furman in a Division I-AA championship game, having lost to Georgia Southern in 1985.

Game summary

Scoring summary

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Game statistics

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Holt Arena, site of the 1988 Division I-AA championship game
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References

  1. [1]
    "America's Line". New York Daily News. December 17, 1988. p. 32. Retrieved April 27, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  2. [2]
    "NCAA Official Scoring Summary" (PDF). December 17, 1988. Retrieved April 27, 2019 – via Amazon Web Services.
  3. [3]
    "1988 I-AA National Championship - Furman vs Ga. Southern". Retrieved April 27, 2019 – via YouTube.
  4. [4]
    "Furman Edges Ga. Southern for Div. I-AA Title". Deseret News. Salt Lake City. December 18, 1988. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  5. [5]
    Hardesty, Abe (November 21, 1988). "Citadel, Furman get I-AA berths". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. p. 5D. Retrieved April 27, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  6. [6]
    "Georgia Southern Eagles 1988 Schedule". cfbinfo.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Final I-AA poll". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. November 21, 1988. p. 5D. Retrieved April 27, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  8. [8]
    "Furman Paladins 1988 Schedule". cfbinfo.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2019.

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