1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1991 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1991
Playoff
Duration	November 30 – December 21, 1991
Championship site	Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, GA
Champion	Youngstown State Penguins
Payton Award	Jamie Martin – QB (Weber State)
Division I-AA football season
«1990 1992»

The 1991 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, began in August 1991, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 21, 1991, at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The Youngstown State Penguins won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd by a final score of 25−17.^[1]

Notable changes

Conference changes

School	1990 Conference	1991 Conference
Southeast Missouri State	MIAA (D-II)	Ohio Valley (I-AA)

Conference standings

1991 Big Sky football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Nevada $^	8	–	0	–	0	12	–	1	–	0
Weber State ^	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Montana	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Eastern Washington	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Idaho	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Boise State	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Idaho State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Northern Arizona	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Montana State	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Nevada earned automatic berth and Weber State earned at-large berth in I-AA playoffs.

Template:1991 Ivy League football standings

Template:1991 Gateway football standings

Template:1991 MEAC football standings

Template:1991 Ohio Valley football standings

Template:1991 Patriot League football standings

1991 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Appalachian State $^		6	–	1		8	–	4
Marshall ^		5	–	2		11	–	4
The Citadel		5	–	2		7	–	4
Furman		4	–	3		7	–	4
Chattanooga		4	–	3		7	–	4
VMI		2	–	5		4	–	7
Western Carolina		2	–	5		2	–	9
East Tennessee State		0	–	7		1	–	10

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

1991 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#19 McNeese State $^	4	–	1	–	2	6	–	4	–	2
#12 Sam Houston State ^	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	1
#18 Northeast Louisiana	4	–	2	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Southwest Texas State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Northwestern State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Nicholls State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
North Texas	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
Stephen F. Austin	1	–	5	–	1	2	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll

1991 SWAC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Alabama State $	6	–	0	–	1	11	–	0	–	1
Alcorn State	4	–	2	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Southern	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Texas Southern	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Mississippi Valley State	3	–	3	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Jackson State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Grambling State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Prairie View A&M	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions

1991 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#6 Delaware +^	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#7 Villanova +^	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#17 New Hampshire +^	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Rhode Island	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
UMass	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Boston University	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Maine	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Connecticut	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Richmond	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

Template:1991 Division I-AA independent football standings

Conference champions

Conference Champions
Big Sky Conference – Nevada Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference – Northern Iowa Ivy League – Dartmouth Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – North Carolina A&T Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky Patriot League – Holy Cross Southern Conference – Appalachian State Southland Conference – McNeese State Southwestern Athletic Conference – Alabama State Yankee Conference – Delaware, New Hampshire, and Villanova

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

First Round November 30 Campus Sites		Quarterfinals December 7 Campus Sites		Semifinals December 14 Campus Sites		National Championship Game December 21 Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA


McNeese State	16

Nevada*	22
		Nevada*	28

		Youngstown State	30
Villanova	16

Youngstown State*	17
				Youngstown State*	10

				Samford	0
James Madison	42**

Delaware*	38
		James Madison*	21

		Samford	24
Samford	29

New Hampshire*	13
						Youngstown State	25

						Marshall	17
Appalachian State	3

Eastern Kentucky*	14
		Eastern Kentucky*	23

		Middle Tennessee State	13
Sam Houston State	19

Middle Tennessee State*	20*
				Eastern Kentucky	7

				Marshall*	14
Weber State	21

Northern Iowa*	38
		Northern Iowa	13

		Marshall*	41
Western Illinois	17

Marshall*	20*

* Next to team name denotes host institution

* Next to score denotes host overtime period

References

↑ "1991 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved December 28, 2013.

1991 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants

Appalachian State Delaware Eastern Kentucky James Madison Marshall McNeese State Middle Tennessee Nevada New Hampshire Northern Iowa Sam Houston State Samford Villanova Weber State Western Illinois Youngstown State

Champion – Youngstown State Penguins

NCAA football seasons

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