Thursday, December 17, 2020

RFC Throwback Thursday: The Inaugural NCAA Division I-AA (FCS) National Championship Game-1978

 


(Video courtesy of the NCAA/ABC Sports)

This week's installment of RFC Throwback Thursday turns the clock back to December 16, 1978. That was when the Florida A&M University (FAMU) Rattlers faced off against the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Minutemen for the inaugural NCAA Division I-AA (now FCS) national championship, which was then known as the Pioneer Bowl, and played in Wichita Falls, Texas. FAMU outlasted UMass 35-28 to win the first-ever I-AA national championship, the MEAC's only title to this day. Now, sit back and enjoy yet another great moment in non-Power Five Conference college football history.

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