1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season

The 1982 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 1982 and concluded with the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 18, 1982, at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, Texas. The Eastern Kentucky Colonels won their second I-AA championship, defeating the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens in the Pioneer Bowl, 17−14.[1][2][3]

1982 NCAA Division I-AA season
Regular season
DurationAugust–November
Playoff
DurationNovember 27–December 18
Championship dateDecember 18, 1982
Championship siteMemorial Stadium
Wichita Falls, Texas
ChampionEastern Kentucky
NCAA Division I-AA football seasons

Conference changes and new programs

Before the 1982 season, three conferences, and all of their members, were shifted from Division I-A to Division I-AA:

  • Ivy League — Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale
  • Southern Conference — Appalachian State, Chattanooga, East Tennessee State, Furman, Marshall, The Citadel, VMI, and Western Carolina
  • Southland Conference — Arkansas State, Lamar, Louisiana Tech, McNeese State, and Texas–Arlington

Most of the Missouri Valley Conference football schools were also reclassified. This began the few years where the MVC hosted both 1-A and 1-AA teams. Drake, Illinois State, Indiana State, Southern Illinois, and West Texas State did not meet 1-A standards and were reclassified to 1-AA. New Mexico State, Tulsa, and Wichita State remained in 1-A.

School1981 Conference1982 Conference
Alabama StateD-II IndependentSWAC (I-AA)
ColgateI-A IndependentI-AA Independent
Holy CrossI-A IndependentI-AA Independent
Indiana StateI-A MVCI-AA MVC
RichmondI-A IndependentI-AA Independent
Western KentuckyOhio ValleyI-AA Independent
William & MaryI-A IndependentI-AA Independent

Conference standings
1982 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 19 Montana $^ 5 –2 –0  6 –6 –0
No. 11 Idaho ^ 5 –2 –0  9 –4 –0
Montana State 5 –2 –0  6 –5 –0
No. 15 Boise State 4 –3 –0  8 –3 –0
Nevada 3 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
Northern Arizona 3 –4 –0  4 –7 –0
Weber State 2 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Idaho State 1 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Poll
1982 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Harvard + 5 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Penn + 5 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Dartmouth + 5 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Princeton 3 –4 –0  3 –7 –0
Yale 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Brown 3 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
Cornell 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Columbia 1 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1982 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 South Carolina State $^ 4 –1 –0  9 –3 –0
Florida A&M 4 –1 –0  6 –5 –0
Bethune–Cookman 3 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Howard 2 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Delaware State 2 –3 –0  4 –7 –0
North Carolina A&T 0 –5 –0  2 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1981 Association of Mid-Continent Universities football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Eastern Illinois +^ 2 –0 –1  11 –1 –1
Northern Iowa + 2 –0 –1  4 –6 –1
Southwest Missouri State 1 –2 –0  5 –6 –0
Western Illinois 0 –3 –0  2 –8 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1982 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Eastern Kentucky $^ 7 –0 –0  13 –0 –0
Akron 5 –2 –0  6 –5 –0
Middle Tennessee 4 –3 –0  8 –3 –0
Youngstown State 4 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Morehead State 2 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Murray State 2 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Austin Peay 2 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Tennessee Tech 1 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1982 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 6 Furman $^  6 –1     9 –3  
No. 17 Chattanooga  5 –1     7 –4  
Western Carolina  4 –2     6 –5  
The Citadel  3 –4     5 –6  
Appalachian State  3 –4     4 –7  
VMI  2 –3     5 –6  
East Tennessee State  2 –5     2 –9  
Marshall  1 –6     3 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
1982 Southland Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Louisiana Tech $^ 5 –0 –0  10 –3 –0
No. 12 Northeast Louisiana 4 –1 –0  8 –3 –0
Arkansas State 2 –3 –0  5 –6 –0
McNeese State 2 –3 –0  4 –6 –1
Lamar 1 –4 –0  4 –7 –0
Texas–Arlington 1 –4 –0  3 –8 –0
North Texas State 0 –0 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll
1982 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Jackson State $^ 6 –0 –0  9 –3 –0
Southern 5 –1 –0  8 –3 –0
No. 10 Grambling State 4 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
Alcorn State 3 –3 –0  5 –6 –0
Mississippi Valley State 2 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
Texas Southern 1 –5 –0  1 –9 –1
Prairie View A&M 0 –6 –0  1 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll
1982 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Maine + 3 –2 –0  7 –4 –0
Boston University +^ 3 –2 –0  5 –6 –0
Connecticut + 3 –2 –0  5 –6 –0
UMass + 3 –2 –0  5 –6 –0
Rhode Island 2 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
New Hampshire 1 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
1982 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Delaware ^ 0 –0 –0  12 –2 –0
No. 4 Tennessee State ^ 0 –0 –0  10 –1 –1
No. 13 Holy Cross 0 –0 –0  8 –3 –0
James Madison 0 –0 –0  8 –3 –0
No. 9 Colgate ^ 0 –0 –0  8 –4 –0
No. 20 Lafayette 0 –0 –0  7 –3 –0
Nicholls State 0 –0 –0  7 –4 –0
No. 18 Northwestern State 0 –0 –0  6 –5 –0
Western Kentucky 0 –0 –0  5 –5 –0
SE Louisiana   –    4 –7 –0
Bucknell 0 –0 –0  4 –6 –0
Lehigh 0 –0 –0  4 –6 –0
Southeastern Louisiana 0 –0 –0  4 –7 –0
Northeastern 0 –0 –0  3 –6 –0
William & Mary 0 –0 –0  3 –8 –0
Richmond 0 –0 –0  0 –10 –0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll

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

Big Sky Conference – Montana (tiebreaker over Idaho, Montana State)
Ivy League – Dartmouth, Harvard, and Penn
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – South Carolina State
Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky
Southern Conference – Furman
Southland Conference – Louisiana Tech
Southwestern Athletic Conference – Jackson State
Yankee Conference – Boston University, Connecticut, Maine, and Massachusetts

Postseason

The playoffs expanded from eight to twelve teams this season; four years later, in 1986, the field was expanded to sixteen teams.

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

The top four teams were seeded, and received first-round byes.[4]

First Round
November 27
Campus Sites		 Quarterfinals
December 4
Campus Sites		 Semifinals
December 11
Campus Sites		 National Championship Game
December 18
Memorial Stadium
Wichita Falls, Texas
                           
           
  (1) Eastern Kentucky*   38
  Idaho*   21
    Idaho   30  
  Montana   7     (1) Eastern Kentucky*   13
 
    (4) Tennessee State   7  
  (4) Tennessee State*   20
  Eastern Illinois*   16 Pioneer Bowl
    Eastern Illinois   19  
  Jackson State   13     (1) Eastern Kentucky   17
 
    (3) Delaware   14
  (2) Louisiana Tech*   38
  Furman*   0
    South Carolina State   3  
  South Carolina State   17     (2) Louisiana Tech*   0
 
    (3) Delaware   17  
  (3) Delaware*   20
  Colgate*   21
    Colgate   13  
  Boston U.   7  

* Next to team name denotes host institution[5]

References
  1. "1982 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  2. "Breaks seal Colonels' win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 19, 1982. p. 10F.
  3. "E. Kentucky 17, Delaware 14". Beaver County Times. (Pennsylvania). December 19, 1982. p. C14.
  4. "Blue Hens Get Berth; Earn Opening Bye". The Daily Times. Salisbury, Maryland. AP. November 22, 1982. p. 10. Retrieved February 6, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  5. "Playoffs, NCAA Div. I-AA". Detroit Free Press. November 27, 1982. p. 4D. Retrieved February 9, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
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