1978 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game
The 1978 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Florida A&M Rattlers and the UMass Minutemen. The game was played on December 16, 1978, at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, Texas. The culminating game of the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Florida A&M, 35–28.
| 1978 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| I-AA National Championship Game Pioneer Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 16, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Wichita Falls, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 13,604 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ABC Sports | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Bill Flemming (play-by-play), Frank Broyles (color) | ||||||||||||||||||
This was the first season of I-AA play, and the first championship game for the newly formed division. The game was also known as the Pioneer Bowl, a name that had been used starting in 1971 for various NCAA playoff games held in Wichita Falls.
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