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1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1988
image	File:NCAA primary logo 1980.svg
number_of_teams	88
regular_season	August–November
playoffs	November 26–December 17
nc_date	[December 17, 1988](1988-ncaa-division-i-aa-football-championship-game)
championship	Holt Arena
Pocatello, Idaho
champions	[Furman](1988-furman-paladins-football-team)
payton	Dave Meggett (RB, Towson State)

Pocatello, Idaho

The 1988 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 1988, and concluded with the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 17, 1988, at Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho. The Furman Paladins won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Georgia Southern Eagles by a score of 17−12.

Conference changes and new programs

School	1987 Conference	1988 Conference
Liberty	D-II Independent	I-AA Independent
Tennessee State	I-AA Independent	Ohio Valley
Villanova	I-AA Independent	Yankee
Youngstown State	Ohio Valley	I-AA Independent

Conference standings

Conference champions

Conference Champions

Postseason

The top four teams were seeded, and thus assured of home games in the first round.

NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket

November 26 Campus sites December 3 Campus sites December 10 Campus sites December 17 Holt Arena Pocatello, Idaho

|RD1-team01=Montana |RD1-score01=19 |RD1-team02=(1) Idaho* |RD1-score02=38

|RD1-team03=Northwestern State |RD1-score03=22 |RD1-team04=Boise State* |RD1-score04=13

|RD1-team05=Delaware |RD1-score05=7 |RD1-team06=(4) Furman* |RD1-score06=21

|RD1-team07=North Texas |RD1-score07=0 |RD1-team08=Marshall* |RD1-score08=7

|RD1-team09=The Citadel |RD1-score09=20 |RD1-team10=(2) Georgia Southern* |RD1-score10=38

|RD1-team11=Jackson State |RD1-score11=0 |RD1-team12=Stephen F. Austin* |RD1-score12=24

|RD1-team13=Western Kentucky |RD1-score13=35 |RD1-team14=(3) Western Illinois* |RD1-score14=32

|RD1-team15=UMass |RD1-score15=17 |RD1-team16=Eastern Kentucky* |RD1-score16=28

|RD2-team01=(1) Idaho* |RD2-score01=38 |RD2-team02=Northwestern State |RD2-score02=30

|RD2-team03=(4) Furman |RD2-score03=13 |RD2-team04=Marshall* |RD2-score04=9

|RD2-team05=(2) Georgia Southern* |RD2-score05=27 |RD2-team06=Stephen F. Austin |RD2-score06=6

|RD2-team07=Western Kentucky |RD2-score07=24 |RD2-team08=Eastern Kentucky* |RD2-score08=41

|RD3-team01=(1) Idaho |RD3-score01=7 |RD3-team02=(4) Furman* |RD3-score02=38

|RD3-team03=(2) Georgia Southern* |RD3-score03=21 |RD3-team04=Eastern Kentucky |RD3-score04=17

|RD4-team01=(4) Furman |RD4-score01=17 |RD4-team02=(2) Georgia Southern |RD4-score02=12

Next to team name denotes host institution Source:

References

"1988 NCAA Division I Football Championship".
Hardesty, Abe. (November 21, 1988). "Citadel, Furman get I-AA berths". [[The Greenville News]].

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