COLLEGE FOOTBALL RECORDS

FCS Champions

Season	Date	Champion	Coach	Result	Opponent	Location
2025	Jan. 5, 2026	Montana State	Brent Vigen	35-34 (OT)	Illinois State	Nashville, Tenn.	Watch the full game
2024	Jan. 6, 2025	North Dakota State	Tim Polasek	35-32	Montana State	Frisco, Texas	Watch the full game
2023	Jan. 7, 2024	South Dakota State	Jimmy Rogers	23-3	Montana	Frisco, Texas	Watch the full game
2022	Jan. 8, 2023	South Dakota State	John Stiegelmeier	45-21	North Dakota State	Frisco, Texas	Watch the full game
2021	Jan. 8, 2022	North Dakota State	Matt Entz	38-10	Montana State	Frisco, Texas	Watch the full game
2020	May 16, 2021	Sam Houston	K.C. Keeler	23-21	South Dakota State	Frisco, Texas	Watch the full game
2019	Jan. 11, 2020	North Dakota State	Matt Entz	28-20	James Madison	Frisco, Texas	Watch the full game
2018	Jan. 5, 2019	North Dakota State	Chris Klieman	38-24	Eastern Washington	Frisco, Texas	Watch the full game
2017	Jan. 6, 2018	North Dakota State	Chris Klieman	17-13	James Madison	Frisco, Texas	Watch the full game
2016	Jan. 7, 2017	James Madison	Mike Houston	28-14	Youngstown State	Frisco, Texas	Watch the full game
2015	Jan. 9, 2016	North Dakota State	Chris Klieman	37-10	Jacksonville State	Frisco, Texas	Watch the full game
2014	Jan. 10, 2015	North Dakota State	Chris Klieman	29-27	Illinois State	Frisco, Texas	Watch the full game
2013	Jan. 4, 2014	North Dakota State	Craig Bohl	35-7	Towson	Frisco, Texas	Watch the full game
2012	Jan. 5, 2013	North Dakota State	Craig Bohl	39-13	Sam Houston State	Frisco, Texas	Watch the full game
2011	Jan. 7, 2012	North Dakota State	Craig Bohl	17-6	Sam Houston State	Frisco, Texas	Watch the full game
2010	Jan. 7, 2011	Eastern Washington	Beau Baldwin	20-19	Delaware	Frisco, Texas	Watch the full game
2009	Dec. 18, 2009	Villanova	Andy Talley	23-21	Montana	Chattanooga, Tenn.	Watch the full game
2008	Dec. 19, 2008	Richmond	Mike London	24-7	Montana	Chattanooga, Tenn.	Watch the full game
2007	Dec. 14, 2007	Appalachian State	Jerry Moore	49-21	Delaware	Chattanooga, Tenn.	Watch the full game
2006	Dec. 15, 2006	Appalachian State	Jerry Moore	28-17	Massachusetts	Chattanooga, Tenn.	Watch the full game
2005	Dec. 16, 2005	Appalachian State	Jerry Moore	21-16	UNI	Chattanooga, Tenn.	Watch the full game
2004	Dec. 17, 2004	James Madison	Mickey Matthews	31-21	Montana	Chattanooga, Tenn.	Watch the full game
2003	Dec. 19, 2003	Delaware	K.C. Keeler	40-0	Colgate	Chattanooga, Tenn.	Watch the full game
2002	Dec. 20, 2002	Western Kentucky	Jack Harbaugh	34-14	McNeese State	Chattanooga, Tenn.	Watch the full game
2001	Dec. 21, 2001	Montana	Joe Glenn	13-6	Furman	Chattanooga, Tenn.	Watch the full game
2000	Dec. 16, 2000	Georgia Southern	Paul Johnson	27-25	Montana	Chattanooga, Tenn.	Watch the full game
1999	Dec. 18, 1999	Georgia Southern	Paul Johnson	59-24	Youngstown State	Chattanooga, Tenn.	Watch the full game
1998	Dec. 19, 1998	Massachusetts	Mark Whipple	55-43	Georgia Southern	Chattanooga, Tenn.
1997	Dec. 20, 1997	Youngstown State	Jim Tressel	10-9	McNeese State	Chattanooga, Tenn.
1996	Dec. 21, 1996	Marshall	Bob Pruett	49-29	Montana	Huntington, W.Va.
1995	Dec. 16, 1995	Montana	Don Read	22-20	Marshall	Huntington, W.Va.
1994	Dec. 17, 1994	Youngstown State	Jim Tressel	28-14	Boise State	Huntington, W.Va.
1993	Dec. 18, 1993	Youngstown State	Jim Tressel	17-5	Marshall	Huntington, W.Va.
1992	Dec. 19, 1992	Marshall	Jim Donnan	31-28	Youngstown State	Huntington, W.Va.
1991	Dec. 21, 1991	Youngstown State	Jim Tressel	25-17	Marshall	Statesboro, Ga.
1990	Dec. 15, 1990	Georgia Southern	Tim Stowers	36-13	Nevada	Statesboro, Ga.
1989	Dec. 16, 1989	Georgia Southern	Erk Russell	37-34	Stephen F. Austin *	Statesboro, Ga.
1988	Dec. 17, 1988	Furman	Jimmy Satterfield	17-12	Georgia Southern	Pocatello, Idaho
1987	Dec. 19, 1987	Louisiana-Monroe	Pat Collins	43-42	Marshall	Pocatello, Idaho
1986	Dec. 19, 1986	Georgia Southern	Erk Russell	48-21	Arkansas State	Tacoma, Wash.
1985	Dec. 21, 1985	Georgia Southern	Erk Russell	44-42	Furman	Tacoma, Wash.
1984	Dec. 15, 1984	Montana State	Dave Arnold	19-6	Louisiana Tech	Charleston, S.C.
1983	Dec. 17, 1983	Southern Illinois	Rey Dempsey	43-7	Western Carolina	Charleston, S.C.
1982	Dec. 18, 1982	Eastern Kentucky	Roy Kidd	17-14	Delaware	Wichita Falls, Texas
1981	Dec. 19, 1981	Idaho State	Dave Kragthorpe	34-23	Eastern Kentucky	Wichita Falls, Texas
1980	Dec. 20, 1980	Boise State	Jim Criner	31-29	Eastern Kentucky	Sacramento, Calif.
1979	Dec. 15, 1979	Eastern Kentucky	Roy Kidd	30-7	Lehigh	Orlando, Fla.
1978	Dec. 16, 1978	Florida A&M	Rudy Hubbard	35-28	Massachusetts	Wichita Falls, Texas

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