1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season explained

Year:	1995
Number Of Teams:	118
Regular Season:	August–November
Playoffs:	November 25–December 16
Nc Date:	December 16, 1995
Championship:	Marshall University Stadium Huntington, West Virginia
Champions:	Montana
Payton:	Dave Dickenson (QB, Montana)
Buchanan:	Dexter Coakley (LB, Appalachian State)

The 1995 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 1995, and concluded with the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 16, 1995, at Marshall University Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. The Montana Grizzlies won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd by a score of 22−20.^[1]

Conference changes and new programs

One team upgraded to Division I-A and two new programs upgraded from Division II.

School	1994 Conference	1995 Conference
	CIAA (II)	MEAC (I-AA)^[2]
	Southland (I-AA)	I-A Independent
		I-AA Independent

Conference champions

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

Postseason

The site of the title game, Marshall University Stadium, had been determined in March 1994.^[3]

NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket

* Denotes host institution
Source:^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1995 NCAA Division I Football Championship . NCAA.org . December 29, 2013 . 15.
2. News: Jennifer L. Williams . HU football out of race for MEAC title . 20 January 2019 . Daily Press . 18 Aug 1995 . C1. Although Hampton was a member of the MEAC, it was ineligible for the conference title in 1995, and its four games against MEAC opponents did not count in the MEAC standings.
3. News: Marshall to host next two I-AA football finals . . . . C3 . March 18, 1994 . April 17, 2019 . newspapers.com.
4. News: Division I-AA championship . . . B3 . November 20, 1995 . February 9, 2019 . newspapers.com.