1981 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game
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The 1981 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Eastern Kentucky Colonels and the Idaho State Bengals. The game was played on December 19, 1981, at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, Texas. The culminating game of the 1981 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Idaho State, 34–23.[3]
This article is about the Division I-AA (now FCS) championship game. For the Division I-A (now FBS) champions, see 1981 Clemson Tigers football team.
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I-AA National Championship Game Pioneer Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 19, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Wichita Falls, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 11,002[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Network | ABC Sports | ||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Bill Flemming (play-by-play), Frank Broyles (color)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The game was also known as the Pioneer Bowl,[4] a name that had been used starting in 1971 for various NCAA playoff games held in Wichita Falls. The Colonels were making their third consecutive appearance in the I-AA championship game.