• Source: 1987 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

    • The 1987 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Northeast Louisiana Indians (now the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks) and the Marshall Thundering Herd. The game was played on December 19, 1987, at the Minidome (now known as Holt Arena) in Pocatello, Idaho. The culminating game of the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Northeast Louisiana, 43–42.


    Teams


    The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1987 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket.


    = Northeast Louisiana Indians

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    Northeast Louisiana finished their regular season with a 9–2 record (6–0 in conference); one of their losses was to the Ragin' Cajuns of the then University of Southwestern Louisiana, a Division I-A program. Ranked third in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll and seeded second in the tournament, the Indians defeated North Texas State, Eastern Kentucky, and third-seed Northern Iowa to reach the final. This was the first appearance for Northeast Louisiana in a Division I-AA championship game.


    = Marshall Thundering Herd

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    Marshall finished their regular season with a 7–4 record (4–2 in conference); one of their losses was to Ohio of Division I-A. Ranked 14th in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll and unseeded in the tournament, the Thundering Herd defeated James Madison, Weber State, and top-seed Appalachian State to reach the final. This was also the first appearance for Marshall in a Division I-AA championship game.


    Game summary




    = Scoring summary

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    = Game statistics

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    References




    Further reading


    "1987 National Championship Team to be Inducted into ULM Hall of Fame". ulmwarhawks.com. March 26, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
    Hunsucker, Adam (September 27, 2017). "The Team of Destiny: An oral history of ULM's national title". The News-Star. Monroe, Louisiana. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
    Letlow, Paul (September 30, 2017). "1987 National Championship Reunion". ulmwarhawks.com. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
    Woodrum, Woody (October 26, 2006). "1987 Herd Team Returns For Homecoming Game". 247Sports.com. Retrieved April 30, 2019.


    External links


    National Champions plaque on display at Malone Stadium via Yelp

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