1984 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

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1984 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
I-AA National Championship Game
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Montana State Bobcats
(10–4)(11–2)
Southland Big Sky
619
Head coach: 
A. L. Williams 		Head coach: 
Dave Arnold
NCAA Seed
9–
NCAA Seed
2 (tie)3
1234Total
Louisiana Tech00066
Montana State9100019
DateDecember 15, 1984
Season 1984
Stadium Johnson Hagood Stadium
Location Charleston, South Carolina
Referee Courtney Mauzy (ACC) [1]
Attendance9,125 [2]
United States TV coverage
Network Satellite Program Network [3]
Announcers Bill Flemming (play-by-play), Steve Davis (color) [1]
NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
 < 1983 1985 > 

The 1984 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Montana State Bobcats and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. The game was played on December 15, 1984, at Johnson Hagood Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina. The culminating game of the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Montana State, 19–6. [2]

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The championship game was televised on the Satellite Program Network (SPN), [3] as the NCAA paid SPN to broadcast some playoff contests following a Supreme Court ruling ( NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma ) that halted the NCAA's practice of negotiating television contracts for its members. [4]

Teams

The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1984 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 12-team bracket. [5]

Montana State Bobcats

Montana State finished their regular season with a 9–2 record (6–1 in conference); two wins came over Division II opponents (Mesa State and Portland State) and one win came over a Division I-A program (Fresno State). [6] Tied for second in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll [7] and seeded third in the tournament, the Bobcats received a first-round bye then defeated Arkansas State and second-seed Rhode Island to reach the final. This was the first appearance for Montana State in a Division I-AA championship game.

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs

Louisiana Tech finished their regular season with a 7–4 record (5–1 in conference); three of their losses were to Division I-A programs (Southwestern Louisiana, Southern Miss, and Ole Miss). [8] Ranked ninth in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll [7] and unseeded in the tournament, the Bulldogs defeated Mississippi Valley State, top-seed Alcorn State, and Middle Tennessee State to reach the final. This was also the first appearance for Louisiana Tech in a Division I-AA championship game.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP La. TechMSU
111:596151:01MSU33-yard field goal by Mark Carter03
14310:41MSUJoe Bignell 17-yard touchdown reception from Kelly Bradley, Carter kick no good (wide left)09
24:545802:10MSUBignell 33-yard touchdown reception from Bradley, Carter kick good016
20:06MSU48-yard field goal by Carter019
40:48La. TechMichael Sherman 10-yard touchdown reception from Kyle Gandy, 2-point pass incomplete619
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.619

[9] [1]

Game statistics

1234Total
Bulldogs00066
Bobcats9100019
Johnson Hagood Stadium, site of the 1984 Division I-AA championship game CitadelStadium.jpg
Johnson Hagood Stadium, site of the 1984 Division I-AA championship game
StatisticsLa. TechMSU
First downs1920
Plays–yards74–26282–340
Rushes–yards36–(-25)25–6
Passing yards287334
Passing: comp–att–int24–38–432–57–1
Time of possession29:5130:08
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Louisiana TechPassingKyle Gandy24–38, 287 yds, 1 TD, 4 INT
RushingGerry Jones4 car, 16 yds
ReceivingMichael Sherman4 rec, 77 yds, 1 TD
Montana StatePassingKelly Bradley32–57, 334 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
RushingJesse Jones4 car, 13 yds
ReceivingJoe Bignell10 rec, 130 yds, 2 TD

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  4. ↑ Nance, Roscoe (December 1, 1984). "I-AA playoffs spell trouble M-O-N-E-Y". The Clarion-Ledger . Jackson, Mississippi. p. 2D. Retrieved April 22, 2019– via newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "ISU gets first round bye". Palladium-Item . Richmond, Indiana. AP. November 19, 1984. p. A7. Retrieved May 5, 2019– via newspapers.com.
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  7. 1 2 "NCAA Division I-AA Final Poll". The Courier-Journal . Louisville, Kentucky. November 19, 1984. p. D2. Retrieved May 5, 2019– via newspapers.com.
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  9. 1 2 "NCAA Div. I-AA Playoffs". Daily Press . Newport News, Virginia. December 16, 1984. p. B4. Retrieved May 6, 2019– via newspapers.com.

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