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American college football season
The 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season , part of
college football in the United States organized by the
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the
Division I-AA level, began in August 1997, and concluded with the
1997 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 20, 1997, at
Finley Stadium in
Chattanooga, Tennessee . The
Youngstown State Penguins won their fourth I-AA championship, defeating the
McNeese State Cowboys by a score of 10−9.
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Conference changes and new programs
Prior to the 1997 season, the
Atlantic 10 Conference began to sponsor football at the Division I-AA level by taking over the football-only
Yankee Conference , which had been a charter member of the subdivision. All 12 members (
Boston University ,
Connecticut ,
Delaware ,
James Madison ,
Maine ,
Massachusetts ,
New Hampshire ,
Northeastern ,
Rhode Island ,
Richmond ,
Villanova , and
William & Mary ) moved into the new conference.
Conference standings
Conference champions
Postseason
NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket
The NCAA departed from standard
bracket structure—where, for example, the fourth and fifth seeds could meet in the second round—in order to place teams from the same conference in different halves of the bracket.
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* Denotes host institution
Source:
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References
Champion – Youngstown State Penguins