1994 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1994 NCAA Division I-AA season
Regular season
Duration	August – November 1994
Payton Award	Steve McNair – QB (Alcorn State)
Playoff
Duration	November 26 – December 17, 1994
Championship date	December 17, 1994
Championship site	Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Huntington, WV
Champion	Youngstown State Penguins
NCAA Division I-AA football seasons
«1993 1995»

The 1994 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level, began in August 1994, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 17, 1994, at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. The Youngstown State Penguins won their third I-AA championship, defeating the Boise State Broncos by a final score of 28−14

Conference changes and new programs

School	1993 Conference	1994 Conference
California–Davis	American West	D-II Independent
Duquesne	I-AA Independent	MAAC
Marist	I-AA Independent	MAAC
Northeast Louisiana	Southland	I-A Independent
Robert Morris	New Program	I-AA Independent

Conference standings

1994 Southern Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T No. 2 Marshall $^ 7 – 1 – 0 12 – 2 – 0 No. 17 Appalachian State ^ 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 4 – 0 Georgia Southern 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0 Western Carolina 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0 The Citadel 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0 East Tennessee State 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0 Furman 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0 Chattanooga 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0 VMI 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

1994 Southland Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T No. 18 North Texas $^ 5 – 0 – 1 7 – 4 – 1 No. 5 McNeese State ^ 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 3 – 0 No. 21 Stephen F. Austin 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 2 Northwestern State 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0 Sam Houston State 1 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0 Nicholls State 1 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0 Southwest Texas State 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

1994 Yankee Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T New England Division No. 12 New Hampshire x$^ 8 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0 No. 9 Boston University ^ 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0 Connecticut 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0 UMass 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0 Rhode Island 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0 Maine 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0 Mid-Atlantic Division No. 13 James Madison x^ 6 – 2 – 0 10 – 3 – 0 No. 19 William & Mary x 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0 Delaware 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 1 Villanova 2 – 6 – 0 5 – 6 – 0 Northeastern 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0 Richmond 1 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Conference champions

See also: List of NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football seasons

Conference Champions

American West Conference – Cal Poly Big Sky Conference – Boise State Gateway Football Conference – Northern Iowa Ivy League – Penn Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Marist and St. John's Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – South Carolina State Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky Patriot League – Lafayette Pioneer Football League – Butler and Dayton Southern Conference – Marshall Southland Conference – North Texas Southwestern Athletic Conference – Alcorn State and Grambling State Yankee Conference – New Hampshire

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

	First Round November 26 Campus Sites				Quarterfinals December 3 Campus Sites				Semifinals December 10 Campus Sites				National Championship Game December 17 Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV
	Alcorn State	20
	Youngstown State*	63
					Youngstown State*	18
					Eastern Kentucky	15
	Boston U.	23
	Eastern Kentucky*	30
									Youngstown State*	28
									Montana	9
	Idaho	21
	McNeese State*	38**
					McNeese State	28
					Montana*	30
	Northern Iowa	21
	Montana*	23
													Youngstown State	28
													Boise State	14
	Middle Tennessee State	14
	Marshall*	49
					Marshall*	28*
					James Madison	21
	Troy State	26
	James Madison*	45
									Marshall	24
									Boise State*	28
	North Texas	20
	Boise State*	24
					Boise State*	17
					Appalachian State	14
	Appalachian State	17*
	New Hampshire*	10

* By team name denotes host institution * By score denotes overtime periods