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1994 NCAA Division I-AA season
Regular season
Number of teams117
DurationAugust–November
Payton AwardSteve McNair (QB, Alcorn State)
Playoff
DurationNovember 26–December 17
Championship dateDecember 17, 1994
Championship siteMarshall University Stadium
Huntington, West Virginia
ChampionYoungstown State
NCAA Division I-AA football seasons

The 1994 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 1994, and concluded with the 1994 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 17, 1994, at Marshall University Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. The defending champion Youngstown State Penguins won their third I-AA championship, defeating the Boise State Broncos by a score of 28−14.[1] It was the fourth consecutive year that Youngstown State played in the I-AA title game.

Conference changes and new programs

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School 1993 Conference 1994 Conference
California–Davis American West D-II Independent
Duquesne I-AA Independent MAAC
Marist I-AA Independent MAAC
Northeast Louisiana Southland I-A Independent
Robert Morris New program I-AA Independent

Conference standings

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1994 American West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cal Poly $ 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Sacramento State 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Southern Utah 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Cal State Northridge 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1994 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Boise State $^ 6 – 1 – 0 13 – 2 – 0
No. 6 Idaho ^ 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 8 Montana ^ 5 – 2 – 0 11 – 3 – 0
No. 25 Northern Arizona 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Idaho State 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Weber State 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Eastern Washington 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Montana State 0 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1994 Gateway Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Northern Iowa $^ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
No. 24 Western Illinois 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Eastern Illinois 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Illinois State 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
Indiana State 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Southwest Missouri State 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Southern Illinois 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1994 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Penn $ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Brown 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Princeton 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Cornell 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Columbia 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Yale 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Harvard 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1994 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
St. John's + 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Marist + 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Duquesne 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Georgetown 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Iona 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Siena 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Canisius 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Saint Peter's 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1994 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 22 South Carolina State $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Delaware State 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
North Carolina A&T 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Bethune–Cookman 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Florida A&M 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Morgan State 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Howard 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1994 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Eastern Kentucky $^ 8 – 0 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
No. 16 Middle Tennessee ^ 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 1
Southeast Missouri State 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Tennessee State 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Murray State 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Tennessee Tech 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Austin Peay 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Tennessee–Martin 2 – 6 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Morehead State 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1994 Patriot League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lafayette $ 5 – 0 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Lehigh 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
Holy Cross 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Bucknell 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Colgate 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Fordham 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1994 Pioneer Football League standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Dayton +   4 – 1     8 – 2  
Butler +   4 – 1     7 – 3  
Drake   3 – 2     7 – 3  
Valparaiso   2 – 3     7 – 3  
San Diego   2 – 3     6 – 4  
Evansville   0 – 5     4 – 6  
  • + – Conference co-champions
1994 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Marshall $^ 7 – 1 – 0 12 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Appalachian State ^ 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 4 – 0
Georgia Southern 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Western Carolina 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
The Citadel 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
East Tennessee State 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Furman 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Chattanooga 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
VMI 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1994 Southland Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 18 North Texas $^ 5 – 0 – 1 7 – 4 – 1
No. 5 McNeese State ^ 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 3 – 0
No. 21 Stephen F. Austin 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 2
Northwestern State 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Sam Houston State 1 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Nicholls State 1 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Southwest Texas State 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1994 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Grambling State + 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 15 Alcorn State +^ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 1
Southern 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Jackson State 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Alabama State 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Mississippi Valley State 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Texas Southern 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Prairie View A&M 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1994 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New England Division
No. 12 New Hampshire x$^ 8 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 9 Boston University ^ 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Connecticut 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
UMass 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Rhode Island 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Maine 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Mid-Atlantic Division
No. 13 James Madison x^ 6 – 2 – 0 10 – 3 – 0
No. 19 William & Mary x 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Delaware 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 1
Villanova 2 – 6 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Northeastern 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Richmond 1 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1994 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Youngstown State ^   –   11 – 0 – 1
No. 23 Hofstra   –   8 – 1 – 1
Towson   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 10 Troy State ^   –   8 – 4 – 0
Robert Morris   –   7 – 1 – 1
Monmouth   –   7 – 2 – 0
Saint Mary's   –   7 – 3 – 0
UAB   –   7 – 4 – 0
No. 20 UCF   –   7 – 4 – 0
Wagner   –   6 – 5 – 0
Liberty   –   5 – 6 – 0
Western Kentucky   –   5 – 6 – 0
Central Connecticut State   –   4 – 6 – 0
Samford   –   4 – 6 – 1
Davidson   –   3 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   3 – 8 – 0
Saint Francis   –   2 – 7 – 1
Charleston Southern   –   0 – 11 – 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Conference champions

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See also: List of NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football seasons
Conference Champions

American West Conference – Cal Poly
Big Sky Conference – Boise State
Gateway Football Conference – Northern Iowa
Ivy League – Penn
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Marist and St. John's
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – South Carolina State
Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky
Patriot League – Lafayette
Pioneer Football League – Butler and Dayton
Southern Conference – Marshall
Southland Conference – North Texas
Southwestern Athletic Conference – Alcorn State and Grambling State
Yankee Conference – New Hampshire

Postseason

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NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket

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Only the top four teams in the bracket were seeded.[2] The site of the title game, Marshall University Stadium, had been determined in March 1994.[3]

First Round
November 26
Campus sites 		Quarterfinals
December 3
Campus sites 		Semifinals
December 10
Campus sites 		National Championship Game
December 17
Marshall University Stadium
Huntington, West Virginia
        
Alcorn State 20
(1) Youngstown State* 63
(1) Youngstown State* 18
Eastern Kentucky 15
Boston University 23
Eastern Kentucky* 30
(1) Youngstown State* 28
Montana 9
Idaho 21
(4) McNeese State* 38
(4) McNeese State 28
Montana* 30
Northern Iowa 21
Montana* 23
(1) Youngstown State 28
(3) Boise State 14
Middle Tennessee 14
(2) Marshall* 49
(2) Marshall* 28*
James Madison 21
Troy State 26
James Madison* 45
(2) Marshall 24
(3) Boise State* 28
North Texas 20
(3) Boise State* 24
(3) Boise State* 17
Appalachian State 14
Appalachian State 17*
New Hampshire* 10

* By team name denotes host institution
* By score denotes overtime periods
Source:[4]

References

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  1. ^ "1994 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  2. ^ Archbold, Hunt (November 21, 1994). "Trojans invited to dance". Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. p. D1. Retrieved February 9, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Marshall to host next two I-AA football finals". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. AP. March 18, 1994. p. C3. Retrieved April 17, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Newhoff, Doug (November 21, 1994). "Allen sees balanced field of 16 teams". Waterloo Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. p. B3. Retrieved February 9, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
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