FCS Championship History

 

Year	Champion	Coach	Score	Runner-Up	Site
2010	Eastern Washington	Beau Baldwin	20-19	Delaware	Frisco, Texas
2009	Villanova	Andy Talley	23-21	Montana	Chattanooga, Tenn.
2008	Richmond	Mike London	24-7	Montana	Chattanooga, Tenn.
2007	Apalachian State	Jerry Moore	49-21	Delaware	Chattanooga, Tenn.
2006	Apalachian State	Jerry Moore	28-17	Massachusetts	Chattanooga, Tenn.
2005	Apalachian State	Jerry Moore	21-16	UNI	Chattanooga, Tenn.
2004	James Madison	Mickey Matthews	31-21	Montana	Chattanooga, Tenn.
2003	Delaware	K.C. Keeler	40-0	Colgate	Chattanooga, Tenn.
2002	Western Kentucky	Jack Harbaugh	34-14	McNeese State	Chattanooga, Tenn.
2001	Montana	Joe Glenn	13-6	Furman	Chattanooga, Tenn.
2000	Georgia Southern	Paul Johnson	27-25	Montana	Chattanooga, Tenn.
1999	Georgia Southern	Paul Johnson	59-24	Youngstown State	Chattanooga, Tenn.
1998	Massachusetts	Mark Whipple	55-43	Georgia Southern	Chattanooga, Tenn.
1997	Youngstown State	Jim Tressel	10-9	McNeese State	Chattanooga, Tenn.
1996	Marshall	Bob Pruett	49-29	Montana	Huntington, W.Va.
1995	Montana	Don read	22-20	Marshall	Huntington, W.Va.
1994	Youngstown State	Jim Tressel	28-14	Boise State	Huntington, W.Va.
1993	Youngstown State	Jim Tressel	17-5	Marshall	Huntington, W.Va.
1992	Marshall	Jim Donnan	31-28	Youngstown State	Huntington, W.Va.
1991	Youngstown State	Jim Tressel	25-17	Marshall	Statesboro, Ga.
1990	Georgia Southern	Tim Stowers	36-13	Nevada	Statesboro, Ga.
1989	Georgia Southern	Erk Russell	37-34	*Stephen F. Austin	Statesboro, Ga.
1988	Furman	Jimmy Satterfield	17-12	Georgia Southern	Pocatello, Idaho
1987	Louisiana-Monroe	Pat Collins	43-42	Marshall	Pocatello, Idaho
1986	Georgia Southern	Erk Russell	48-21	Arkansas State	Tacoma, Wash.
1985	Georgia Southern	Erk Russell	44-42	Furman	Tacoma, Wash.
1984	Montana State	Dave Arnold	19-6	Louisiana Tech	Charleston, S.C.
1983	Southern Illinois	Rey Dempsey	43-7	Western Carolina	Charleston, S.C.
1982	Eastern Kentucky	Roy Kidd	17-14	Delaware	Wichita Falls, Texas
1981	Idaho State	Dave Kragthorpe	34-23	Eastern Kentucky	Wichita Falls, Texas
1980	Boise State	Jim Criner	31-29	Eastern Kentucky	Sacramento, Calif.
1979	Eastern Kentucky	Roy Kidd	30-7	Lehigh	Orlando, Fla.
1978	Florida A&M	Ruby Hubbard	35-28	Massachusetts	Wichita Falls, Texas

*Stephen F. Austin's participation in 1989 championship vacated