FCS wins vs. FBS teams: All-time victories, upsets, wins vs. ranked teams

There’s a rich history of FCS (and I-AA) schools upsetting FBS or I-A teams. Since NCAA Division I football was divided into I-A and I-AA for the 1978 season, there have been some monumental upsets. There were four such upsets in 2023. Check out all 2024 matchups here.

This complete list goes back to 1978 and also includes the upsets since 2006, when I-A became the FBS and I-AA became the FCS. In 2022, Eastern Kentucky beat Bowling Green 59-57 in a seven-overtime thriller, the second-longest FCS game ever. 

Along with all these games, six FCS/I-AA classified teams have upset ranked FBS/I-A teams: Cincinnati surprised No. 20 Penn State in 1983 (see below), Appalachian State beat No. 5 Michigan in 2007, James Madison defeated No. 13 Virginia Tech in 2010, Eastern Washington knocked off No. 25 Oregon State in 2013, North Dakota State shocked No. 13 Iowa in 2016 and Montana beat No. 20 Washington in 2021. These six games are in bold below.

FCS wins vs. FBS teams: All-time victories, upsets

2024 season

Date	FCS team	Score	FBS team
Aug. 24	Montana State	35-31	New Mexico

2023 season

Date	FCS team	Score	FBS team
Sept. 9	Southern Illinois	14-11	Northern Illinois
Sept. 9	Fordham	40-37	Buffalo
Sept. 9	Idaho	33-6	Nevada
Sept. 16	Sacramento State	30-23	Stanford

2022 season

Date	FCS team	Score	FBS team
Sept. 2	William & Mary	41-24	Charlotte
Sept. 3	Delaware	14-7	Navy
Sept. 10	Eastern Kentucky	59-57 (7 OT)	Bowling Green
Sept. 10	Holy Cross	37-31	Buffalo
Sept. 10	UIW	55-41	Nevada
Sept. 10	Weber State	35-7	Utah State
Sept. 17	Southern Illinois	31-24	Northwestern
Sept. 24	Sacramento State	41-10	Colorado State

2021 season

Date	FCS team	Score	FBS team
Sept. 2	UC Davis	19-17	Tulsa
Sept. 2	Eastern Washington	35-33 (2OT)	UNLV
Sept. 3	South Dakota State	42-23	Colorado State
Sept. 4	Holy Cross	38-28	UConn
Sept. 4	Montana	13-7	No. 20 Washington
Sept. 4	East Tennessee State	23-3	Vanderbilt
Sept. 11	Duquesne	28-26	Ohio
Sept. 11	Jacksonville State	20-17	Florida State
Sept. 18	UIW	42-34	Texas State
Sept. 18	Northern Arizona	21-19	Arizona
Nov. 6	Rhode Island	35-22	UMass
Nov. 13	Maine	35-10	UMass

2020-21 season

Date	FCS team	Score	FBS team
Oct. 23	Jacksonville State	19-10	FIU
Feb. 21	Tarleton State	43-17	New Mexico State

2019 season

Date	FCS team	Score	FBS team
Aug. 29	Central Arkansas	35-28	Western Kentucky
Sept. 7	Southern Illinois	45-20	UMass
Sept. 14	The Citadel	27-24 OT	Georgia Tech

2018 season

Date	FCS team	Score	FBS team
Aug. 30	UC Davis	44-38	San Jose State
Sept. 1	Nicholls State	26-23 OT	Kansas
Sept. 1	Northern Arizona	30-10	UTEP
Sept. 1	Villanova	19-17	Temple
Sept. 2	North Carolina A&T	28-23	East Carolina
Sept. 8	Maine	31-28	Western Kentucky
Sept. 22	Illinois State	35-19	Colorado State

2017 season

Date	FCS Team	Score	FBS Team
Aug. 31	Tennessee State	17-10	Georgia State
Sept. 2	Howard	43-40	UNLV
Sept. 2	James Madison	34-14	East Carolina
Sept. 2	Liberty	48-45	Baylor
Sept. 9	New Hampshire	22-12	Georgia Southern
Sept. 9	South Dakota	35-27	Bowling Green
Sept. 16	Idaho State	30-28	Nevada
Sept. 16	North Carolina A&T	35-31	Charlotte
Sept. 23	Western Illinois	52-10	Coastal Carolina

2016 season

Date	FCS Team	Score	FBS Team
Sept. 2	Albany	22-16	Buffalo
Sept. 3	Eastern Washington	45-42	Washington State
Sept. 3	Northern Iowa	25-20	Iowa State
Sept. 3	Richmond	37-20	Virginia
Sept. 10	Eastern Illinois	21-17	Miami (OH)
Sept. 10	Illinois State	9-7	Northwestern
Sept. 10	North Carolina A&T	39-36 4OT	Kent State
Sept. 17	North Dakota State	23-21	No. 13 Iowa
Sept. 24	Central Arkansas	28-23	Arkansas State
Sept. 24	Western Illinois	28-23	Northern Illinois

After beating AP No. 13 Iowa, North Dakota State received 74 votes in the AP Poll, barely missing out on a top 25 ranking. The Bison ranked 27th that week. The 74 votes are the most ever earned by an FCS program in the AP Top Poll. NDSU would reach the FCS semifinals.

2015 season

Date	FCS Team	Score	FBS Team
Sept. 4	Fordham	37-35	Army
Sept. 5	North Dakota	24-13	Wyoming
Sept. 5	Portland State	24-17	Washington State
Sept. 5	South Dakota State	41-38	Kansas
Sept. 19	Furman	16-15	UCF
Sept. 26	James Madison	48-45	SMU
Oct. 3	Liberty	41-33	Georgia State
Oct. 10	Portland State	66-7	North Texas
Nov. 21	The Citadel	23-22	South Carolina

Portland State’s 59-point win over North Texas is the largest by an FCS team against an FBS program.

2014 season

Date	FCS Team	Score	FBS Team
Aug. 30	Bethune-Cookman	14-12	Florida International
Aug. 30	North Dakota State	34-14	Iowa State
Sept. 6	Eastern Kentucky	17-10	Miami (OH)
Sept. 13	Abilene Christian	38-35	Troy
Sept. 13	Indiana State	27-20	Ball State
Sept. 20	Northwestern State	30-27	Louisiana Tech
Sept. 27	Yale	49-43 OT	Army
Oct. 11	Liberty	55-48 OT	Appalachian State

2013 season

Date	FCS Team	Score	FBS Team
Aug. 29	Southern Utah	22-21	South Alabama
Aug. 29	Towson	33-18	Connecticut
Aug. 30	North Dakota State	24-21	Kansas State
Aug. 30	Samford	31-21	Georgia State
Aug. 31	Eastern Illinois	40-19	San Diego State
Aug. 31	Eastern Washington	49-46	No. 25 Oregon State
Aug. 31	McNeese State	53-21	South Florida
Aug. 31	Northern Iowa	28-20	Iowa State
Sept. 7	Chattanooga	42-14	Georgia State
Sept. 7	Maine	24-14	UMass
Sept. 7	Nicholls State	27-23	Western Michigan
Sept. 14	Bethune-Cookman	34-13	Florida International
Sept. 14	Fordham	30-29	Temple
Sept. 21	Jacksonville State	32-26 OT	Georgia State
Nov. 9	Old Dominion	59-38	Idaho
Nov. 23	Georgia Southern	26-20	Florida

2012 season

Date	FCS Team	Score	FBS Team
Aug. 30	Eastern Washington	20-3	Idaho
Aug. 30	McNeese State	27-21	Middle Tennessee
Sept. 1	Tennessee-Martin	20-17	Memphis
Sept. 1	Youngstown State	31-17	Pitt
Sept. 8	Illinois State	31-14	Eastern Michigan
Sept. 8	North Dakota State	22-7	Colorado State
Sept. 8	Northern Arizona	17-14	UNLV
Sept. 8	Sacramento State	30-28	Colorado
Sept. 15	Cal Poly	24-22	Wyoming
Sept. 29	Stony Brook	23-3	Army

2011 season

Date	FCS Team	Score	FBS Team
Sept. 3	Richmond	23-21	Duke
Sept. 3	Sacramento State	29-28	Oregon State
Sept. 17	Indiana State	44-16	Western Kentucky
Sept. 24	North Dakota State	37-24	Minnesota
Sept. 24	Sam Houston State	48-45 OT	New Mexico
Sept. 24	Southern Utah	41-16	UNLV

2010 season

Date	FCS Team	Score	FBS Team
Sept. 4	Jacksonville State	49-48 2OT	Ole Miss
Sept. 4	North Dakota State	6-3	Kansas
Sept. 11	James Madison	21-16	No. 13 Virginia Tech
Sept. 11	Gardner-Webb	38-37 OT	Akron
Sept. 11	Liberty	27-23	Ball State
Sept. 11	South Dakota	41-38	Minnesota
Oct. 2	UC Davis	14-13	San Jose State

2009 season

Date	FCS Team	Score	FBS Team
Sept. 3	Villanova	27-24	Temple
Sept. 5	Richmond	24-16	Duke
Sept. 5	William & Mary	26-14	Virginia
Sept. 12	New Hampshire	23-16	Ball State
Sept. 19	Central Arkansas	28-7	Western Kentucky

2008 season

Date	FCS Team	Score	FBS Team
Aug. 30	Cal Poly	29-27	San Diego State
Sept. 6	New Hampshire	28-10	Army

2007 season

Date	FCS Team	Score	FBS Team
Sept. 1	Appalachian State	34-32	No. 5 Michigan
Sept. 1	Nicholls State	16-14	Rice
Sept. 8	Northern Iowa	24-13	Iowa State
Sept. 8	Southern Illinois	34-31	Northern Illinois
Sept. 15	McNeese State	38-17	Louisiana-Lafayette
Sept. 15	New Hampshire	48-35	Marshall
Sept. 22	North Dakota State	44-14	Central Michigan
Oct. 20	North Dakota State	27-21	Minnesota
Oct. 27	Delaware	59-52	Navy

Appalachian State’s stunning win against No. 5 Michigan meant the Wolverines dropped out of the next AP Poll — the first time a program dropped from the top 5 to out of the poll because of one game. This result also led to the “Appalachian State rule,” meaning AP poll voters were now allowed to rank FCS teams. Appalachian State would go on to win its third consecutive national title this season.

2006 season

Date	FCS Team	Score	FBS Team
Sept. 2	Montana State	19-10	Colorado
Sept. 2	Portland State	17-6	New Mexico
Sept. 2	Richmond	13-0	Duke
Sept. 9	New Hampshire	34-17	Northwestern
Sept. 16	Southern Illinois	35-28	Indiana
Sept. 23	North Dakota State	29-24	Ball State
Oct. 28	Cal Poly	16-14	San Diego State

2005 season

This is was the last season of I-AA and I-A before the designations changed to FCS (from I-AA) and FBS (I-A).

Date	I-AA Team	Score	I-A Team
Sept. 1	Northwestern State	27-23	Louisiana-Monroe
Sept. 17	UC Davis	20-17	Stanford

2004 season

Date	I-AA Team	Score	I-A Team
Sept. 4	Florida Atlantic	35-28 OT	Hawaii
Sept. 11	Florida Atlantic	20-13	North Texas
Sept. 11	New Hampshire	35-24	Rutgers
Sept. 18	Florida Atlantic	27-20	Middle Tennessee
Sept. 18	Maine	9-7	Mississippi State
Sept. 25	Eastern Illinois	31-28	Eastern Michigan

NOTE: Florida Atlantic was transitioning from I-AA to I-A.

2003 season

DATE	I-AA Team	Score	I-A Team
Aug. 28	Florida Atlantic	20-19	Middle Tennessee
Sept. 4	Western Illinois	34-12	Eastern Michigan
Sept. 6	Cal Poly	34-13	UTEP
Sept. 6	Eastern Washington	8-5	Idaho
Sept. 6	Stephen F. Austin	23-21	Louisiana-Monroe
Sept. 6	Villanova	23-20	Temple
Sept. 13	Colgate	38-15	Buffalo
Sept. 20	Northwestern State	14-10	Louisiana-Monroe
Sept. 27	Montana	41-28	Idaho
Oct. 25	Delaware	21-17	Navy

2002 season

DATE	I-AA Team	Score	I-A Team
Aug. 29	Lehigh	37-26	Buffalo
Aug. 31	Villanova	37-19	Rutgers
Sept. 7	Holy Cross	30-21	Army
Sept. 7	Northeastern	31-0	Ohio
Sept. 14	McNeese State	24-19	Louisiana-Monroe
Sept. 21	Western Illinois	29-26	Northern Illinois
Sept. 28	Southeast Missouri State	24-14	Middle Tennessee
Oct. 5	Montana	38-31	Idaho

2001 season

DATE	I-AA Team	Score	I-A Team
Sept. 1	Sam Houston State	20-9	Louisiana-Monroe
Sept. 8	Eastern Washington	35-17	UConn
Sept. 22	Indiana State	21-14	Eastern Michigan
Sept. 22	Jacksonville State	31-28	Arkansas State
Sept. 22	Northern Iowa	42-39	Ball State
Sept. 22	Northwestern State	27-24	TCU
Nov. 22	Nicholls State	28-22	Arkansas State
Nov. 24	Montana	33-27	Idaho

2000 season

DATE	I-AA Team	Score	I-A Team
Aug. 31	Appalachian State	20-16	Wake Forest
Sept. 2	Sam Houston State	21-14	Louisiana-Lafayette
Sept. 9	Montana	45-38	Idaho
Sept. 9	Portland State	45-20	Hawaii
Sept. 9	Western Illinois	24-14	Ball State
Sept. 16	Stephen F. Austin	34-31	Louisiana Tech
Sept. 16	Youngstown State	26-20	Kent State
Sept. 23	Northeastern	35-27	UConn
Sept. 23	Northwestern State	23-21	Louisiana-Lafayette
Sept. 30	Richmond	30-27	Arkansas State
Sept. 30	Southwest Texas State	27-7	Louisiana-Monroe
Nov. 11	Jacksonville State	28-14	Louisiana-Lafayette
Nov. 11	Rhode Island	26-21	UConn
Nov. 18	Idaho State	27-24	Utah State
Nov. 18	South Florida	59-0	Austin Peay
Nov. 18	Wofford	24-6	Louisiana-Monroe

1999 season

Date	I-AA Team	Score	I-A Team
Sept. 2	Western Illinois	27-21	Northern Illinois
Sept. 11	Northern Iowa	36-21	Ohio
Sept. 11	Troy State	31-24	Cincinnati
Sept. 18	UConn	23-0	Buffalo
Oct. 30	Furman	28-3	North Carolina
Nov. 6	Hofstra	20-13	Buffalo

1998 season

Date	I-AA Team	Score	I-A Team
Sept. 3	Northern Iowa	13-10	Eastern Michigan
Sept. 12	Northwestern State	24-22	SW Louisiana
Sept. 12	Youngstown State	24-10	Kent State
Sept. 19	Eastern Illinois	24-10	Northern Illinois
Oct. 3	Appalachian State	30-27	Wake Forest
Oct. 3	William & Mary	45-38	Temple

1997 season

Date	I-AA Team	Score I-A team
Aug. 30	Cal State Northridge*	63-23	Boise State
Sept. 6	Youngstown State	44-23	Kent State
Oct. 4	Cal Poly	38-35	New Mexico State
Nov. 1	Eastern Washington	24-21	Idaho

*Win vacated

1996 season

Date	1-AA Team	Score	I-A Team
Aug. 29	Eastern Illinois	28-20	Western Michigan
Sept. 7	Montana	35-14	Oregon State
Sept. 7	Western Illinois	17-0	Northern Illinois
Sept. 14	Eastern Washington	27-21	Boise State
Sept. 21	Cal State Northridge	33-0	New Mexico State
Sept. 28	Northwestern State	20-16	Boise State
Sept. 28	Texas State	27-21	Idaho

1995 season

DATE	1-AA Team	Score	I-A Team
Aug. 31	Appalachian State	24-22	Wake Forest
Sept. 9	Boise State	38-14	Utah State
Oct. 7	Troy State	20-10	Northeast Louisiana
Oct. 14	UAB	19-14	North Texas
Oct. 21	Northwestern State	42-39	Northeast Louisiana
Oct. 28	UCF	34-14	Northeast Louisiana
Nov. 4	Youngstown State	24-10	Akron

1994 season

Date	1-AA Team	Score	I-A Team
Sept. 3	Northern Iowa	28-14	Iowa State
Sept. 17	Boise State	37-27	Nevada
Sept. 17	Idaho	48-38	UNLV
Sept. 17	Troy State	39-20	Louisiana-Lafayette
Oct. 15	UCF	33-16	Northeast Louisiana
Oct. 15	Youngstown State	28-14	Kent State
Oct. 22	Jacksonville State	32-28	Northeast Louisiana
Nov. 5	Eastern Washington	49-31	Utah State
Nov. 12	Boston University	21-12	Army

1993 season

Date	I-AA Team	Score	I-A Team
Sept. 2	Youngstown State	17-13	Western Michigan
Oct. 9	Cal State Northridge	24-18	UNLV
Oct. 23	Weber State	47-30	Nevada
Nov. 6	Northeast Louisiana	42-10	Arkansas State
Nov. 20	UCF	38-16	Louisiana Tech
Nov. 20	Youngstown State	19-0	Akron

1992 season

Date	1-AA Team	Score	I-A Team
Sept. 5	The Citadel	10-3	Arkansas
Sept. 12	Idaho	37-34	Colorado State
Sept. 19	Boise State	17-7	Pacific
Sept. 26	The Citadel	15-14	Army
Sept. 26	Northern Iowa	27-10	Iowa State
Oct. 3	Middle Tennessee State	21-13	Northern Illinois
Oct. 3	Northwestern State	24-18	Arkansas State
Oc. 31	Weber State	23-21	Nevada
Nov. 7	Youngstown State	28-20	Ohio

NOTE: Youngstown State tied Akron, 10-10

1991 season

DATE	1-AA Team	Score	I-A Team
Aug. 31	Northeast Louisiana	21-10	Louisiana-Lafayette
Sept. 7	Nevada	50-8	UNLV
Sept. 14	Boise State	48-14	Long Beach State
Sept. 14	Illinois State	25-3	Akron
Sept. 21	William & Mary	26-21	Navy
Oct. 5	Appalachian State	17-3	Wake Forest
Oct. 12	The Citadel	20-14	Army
Oct. 26	Delaware	29-25	Navy

1990 season

Date	1-AA Team	Score	I-A Team
Sept. 1	Southwest Missouri State	31-24	UNLV
Sept. 1	Montana	22-15	Oregon State
Sept. 22	Youngstown State	24-14	Eastern Michigan
Sept. 29	Youngstown State	28-23	Akron
Oct. 6	North Texas	14-7	SMU
Oct. 20	The Citadel	38-35	South Carolina
Oct. 20	Nevada	26-14	UNLV
Oct. 27	James Madison	16-7	Navy
Nov. 3	Youngstown State	27-0	Ohio

1989 season

Date	I-AA team	Score	I-A team
Sept. 9	Appalachian State	15-10	Wake Forest
Sept. 9	Arkansas State	17-13	Memphis
Sept. 9	Lamar	21-19	UTEP
Sept. 16	Northern Iowa	10-8	Kansas State
Sept. 23	The Citadel	14-10	Navy
Sept. 23	Youngstown State	20-17	Akron
Oct. 14	Eastern Illinois	21-17	Akron
Oct. 14	Liberty	25-24	Eastern Michigan
Oct. 21	Youngstown State	30-3	Central Michigan
Oct. 28	James Madison	24-20	Navy
Nov. 11	Morehead State	13-10	Cincinnati
Nov. 11	Nevada	45-7	UNLV
Nov. 18	Delaware	10-9	Navy

1988 season

DATE	I-AA team	Score	I-A team
Sept. 3	Boise State	29-10	Long Beach State
Sept. 3	North Texas	29-24	Texas Tech
Sept. 10	Marshall	31-14	Ohio
Sept. 17	Idaho	36-26	Pacific
Sept. 17	McNeese State	46-19	Toledo
Sept. 24	The Citadel	42-35	Navy
Oct. 1	Louisiana Tech	31-28	Kansas State
Oct. 8	Arkansas State	13-12	Akron
Nov. 19	Arkansas State	38-21	Louisiana-Lafayette
Nov. 19	North Texas	33-17	Rice

NOTE: Appalachian State tied Wake Forest, 34-34.

1987 season

DATE	I-AA team	Score	I-A team
Sept. 5	Austin Peay State	26-22	Kansas State
Sept. 12	Holy Cross	34-24	Army
Sept. 12	Illinois State	20-6	Western Michigan
Sept. 12	Lamar	39-35	Northern Illinois
Sept. 12	William & Mary	27-12	Navy
Sept. 12	Youngstown State	20-17	Bowling Green
Sept. 19	Lehigh	24-9	Navy
Sept. 26	Louisiana Tech	16-11	Kansas
Oct. 10	Marshall	34-31	Louisville
Oct. 17	Colgate	22-20	Army
Oct. 17	Delaware State	52-26	Akron
Nov. 7	East Tennessee State	29-14	North Carolina State
Nov. 7	Indiana State	40-16	Cincinnati
Nov. 7	Northeast Louisiana	34-24	Southern Miss
Nov. 7	Northern Arizona	24-20	Tulsa
Nov. 21	Indiana State	24-23	Ball State
Nov. 21	Youngstown State	10-6	Akron

NOTE: Arkansas State tied Memphis State, 21-21

1986 season

DATE	I-AA team	Score	I-A team
Aug. 30	Louisiana Tech	22-17	Tulsa
Aug. 30	Nevada	49-3	Cal State Fullerton
Sept. 13	Akron	17-7	Kent State
Sept. 13	Arkansas State	30-10	Memphis State
Sept. 13	Marshall	21-7	Ohio
Sept. 13	Northern Iowa	17-0	Kansas State
Sept. 20	Idaho	25-17	Cal State Fullerton
Sept. 20	Morehead State	36-35	Wichita State
Sept. 20	Southwest Texas State	31-6	Rice
Sept. 27	Western Illinois	10-0	Northern Illinois
Oct. 18	Holy Cross	17-14	Army
Oct. 18	North Texas	24-20	TCU
Oct. 18	Penn	30-26	Navy
Nov. 1	William & Mary	41-37	Virginia
Nov. 8	Illinois State	17-10	Wichita State
Nov. 15	Delaware	27-14	Navy

NOTE: Arkansas State tied Mississippi 10-10 and Furman tied Georgia Tech 17-17.

1985 season

Date	I-AA team	Score	I-A team
Aug. 31	Southwest Missouri State	31-24	Drake
Sept. 7	Southwest Missouri State	40-28	Southern Illinois
Sept. 7	Montana	31-30	Cal State Fullerton
Sept. 7	Richmond	24-14	Virginia
Sept. 14	Akron	24-0	Kent State
Sept. 14	Delaware	16-13	Navy
Sept. 14	Louisiana Tech	24-23	Southwestern Louisiana
Sept. 14	Marshall	31-7	Ohio
Sept. 14	Nevada	30-3	Cal State Fullerton
Sept. 14	Northern Iowa	10-6	Kansas State
Sept. 21	Akron	16-12	Eastern Michigan
Sept. 21	Louisiana Tech	20-10	West Texas State
Sept. 28	Furman	42-20	North Carolina State
Sept. 28	Grambling	23-6	Oregon State
Sept. 28	North Texas	22-10	Kansas State
Oct. 5	Texas-Arlington	31-3	Wichita State
Oct. 12	Eastern Illinois	21-14	Illinois State
Oct. 19	Eastern Washington	30-23	Long Beach State
Nov. 2	Delaware	17-10	Temple
Nov. 2	Northern Iowa	15-3	Illinois State
Nov. 9	Arkansas State	41-12	Southern Illinois
Nov. 9	Nevada	48-7	UNLV
Nov. 16	Eastern Kentucky	45-21	Louisville
Nov. 16	McNeese State	14-3	Southwestern Louisiana
Nov. 16	Western Illinois	14-7	Southern Illinois

NOTE: Murray State tied Memphis State, 10-10

1984 season

DATE	I-AA team	Score	I-A team
Sept. 1	Chattanooga	9-7	Southwest Louisiana
Sept. 1	UMass	26-10	Ball State
Sept. 1	Murray State	26-23	Louisville
Sept. 1	Youngstown State	31-7	Eastern Michigan
Sept. 15	Furman	34-30	North Carolina State
Sept. 15	Northeast Louisiana	7-6	Southwestern Louisiana
Sept. 15	Marshall	24-17	Eastern Michigan
Sept. 15	Youngstown State	27-23	Cincinnati
Sept. 29	Idaho	41-22	Oregon State
Oct. 6	Indiana State	34-6	Ball State
Oct. 13	Texas-Arlington	17-15	Wichita State
Oct. 13	Indiana State	44-21	Louisville
Oct. 20	Delaware	34-19	Temple
Nov. 3	Northwestern State	22-0	Southern Miss
Nov. 10	McNeese State	30-17	Southwestern Louisiana
Nov. 10	Tennessee State	24-15	Louisville
Nov. 17	Montana State	35-31	Fresno State

1983 season

DATE	I-AA team	Score	I-A team
Sept. 3	Akron	13-6	Kent State
Sept. 3	Appalachian State	27-25	Wake Forest
Sept. 10	Akron	13-0	Eastern Michigan
Sept. 10	Colgate	15-13	Army
Sept. 10	Cincinnati	14-3	No. 20 Penn State
Sept. 10	Idaho State	12-10	UTEP
Sept. 10	Northeast Louisiana	31-6	Southwestern Louisiana
Sept. 17	Chattanooga	38-14	Southwestern Louisiana
Sept. 17	Delaware	30-13	William & Mary
Sept. 17	Furman	17-14	Georgia Tech
Oct. 1	Harvard	24-21	Army
Oct. 1	North Texas	18-8	New Mexico
Oct. 8	Indiana State	35-14	Ball State
Oct. 8	Boston University	26-17	Richmond
Oct. 8	Texas-Arlington	34-24	Wichita State
Oct. 15	Indiana State	24-22	Wichita State
Oct. 29	Eastern Washington	20-17	Long Beach State
Oct. 29	Idaho	31-19	Pacific
Oct. 29	Idaho State	43-10	Cal State Fullerton
Nov. 5	Nevada	34-24	Pacific
Nov. 12	Colgate	43-14	Richmond

NOTE: Cincinnati was temporarily classified as a I-AA team, upsetting defending national champion Penn State. This is technically the first time a I-AA/FCS program upset a ranked I-A/FBS team. Cincinnati also tied Kentucky, 13-13.

NOTE: Arkansas State tied Memphis State, 14-14

1982 season

DATE	I-AA team	Score	I-A team
Sept. 4	Eastern Illinois	27-14	Illinois State
Sept. 4	Marshall	30-21	Kent State
Sept. 11	Akron	14-7	Eastern Michigan
Sept. 11	Boise State	20-9	Cal State Fullerton
Sept. 11	Idaho State	41-21	Drake
Sept. 18	Idaho	36-17	Pacific
Sept. 18	James Madison	21-17	Virginia
Sept. 18	Louisiana Tech	49-12	Eastern Michigan
Sept. 18	Northeast Louisiana	38-15	North Texas State
Sept. 18	Western Illinois	29-13	Illinois State
Sept. 25	Arkansas State	35-30	Southern Illinois
Sept. 25	Boise State	22-15	Pacific
Oct. 9	Arkansas State	20-13	Southwestern Louisiana
Oct. 16	Furman	28-23	South Carolina
Oct. 16	Nevada	40-26	Fresno State
Oct. 16	Texas-Arlington	30-29	Southwestern Louisiana
Oct. 23	James Madison	24-18	William & Mary
Oct. 23	Nevada	17-7	Cal State Fullerton
Oct. 23	VMI	14-0	Richmond
Oct. 30	Delaware	62-21	William & Mary
Oct. 30	Eastern Illinois	20-7	Southern Illinois
Nov. 6	Brown	23-22	William & Mary
Nov. 13	Boise State	30-10	Utah State
Nov. 13	Colgate	24-17	Temple
Nov. 13	Louisiana Tech	13-6	Southern Miss

1981 season

Date	I-AA team	Score	I-A Team
Sept. 5	Youngstown State	19-13	Cincinnati
Sept. 12	Akron	14-7	Eastern Michigan
Sept. 19	Delaware	13-7	Temple
Sept. 19	UMass	13-10	Holy Cross
Sept. 19	Montana State	30-26	Fresno State
Sept. 19	Tennessee State	17-14	Southern Illinois
Sept. 26	Delaware	61-8	Princeton
Sept. 26	Lafayette	28-13	Columbia
Sept. 26	Lehigh	58-0	Penn
Sept. 26	UMass	10-8	Dartmouth
Oct. 3	Middle Tennessee State	23-10	Western Carolina
Oct. 3	Stephen F. Austin	13-10	Lamar
Oct. 17	Connecticut	44-24	Holy Cross
Oct. 17	Tennessee State	42-30	Louisville
Nov. 7	Delaware	40-6	Penn
Nov. 14	Idaho State	50-24	Utah State
Nov. 21	James Madison	17-14	East Tennessee State
Nov. 21	Nevada	36-34	Cal State Fullerton
Nov. 21	Northwestern State	41-9	Northeast Louisiana

1980 season

Date	I-AA team	Score	I-A team
Sept. 6	Boise State	28-7	Utah
Sept. 6	Wofford	16-9	East Tennessee State
Sept. 13	Northwestern State	38-31	Texas-Arlington
Sept. 13	Tennessee Tech	26-10	Western Carolina
Sept. 20	Delaware	28-7	Temple
Sept. 20	UMass	24-12	Villanova
Sept. 20	Murray State	13-9	Louisville
Sept. 20	Southeastern Louisiana	7-3	East Tennessee State
Sept. 26	Lehigh	35-6	Penn
Sept. 27	Bucknell	28-20	Brown
Sept. 27	New Hampshire	24-7	Dartmouth
Sept. 27	Northwestern State	13-10	McNeese State
Sept. 27	Southeastern Louisiana	28-21	Illinois State
Oct. 4	Connecticut	24-21	Colgate
Oct. 4	Eastern Illinois	31-14	Illinois State
Oct. 4	Tennessee State	35-18	Long Beach State
Oct. 11	Akron	21-10	Eastern Michigan
Oct. 18	Boise State	26-11	Cal State Fullerton
Oct. 18	Connecticut	18-17	Holy Cross
Oct. 18	Eastern Kentucky	25-6	East Tennessee State
Oct. 18	Lafayette	3-0	Penn
Oct. 25	Delaware	7-3	William & Mary
Oct. 25	Southeastern Louisiana	55-30	Northeast Louisiana
Nov. 1	Boston University	38-22	VMI
Nov. 1	Bucknell	33-16	Cornell
Nov. 1	Delaware	17-7	Villanova
Nov. 1	Western Illinois	27-0	Illinois State
Nov. 8	UMass	17-13	Holy Cross
Nov. 15	Eastern Kentucky	28-16	East Carolina

NOTE: Lehigh tied Army 24-24 and Wofford tied Furman 14-14

1979 season

DATE	I-AA team	Score	I-A team
Sept. 8	Eastern Kentucky	17-14	Kent State
Sept. 8	Presbyterian	21-13	The Citadel
Sept. 8	Youngstown State	33-27	Illinois State
Sept. 15	Akron	15-13	Kent State
Sept. 15	New Hampshire	26-17	Holy Cross
Sept. 15	Presbyterian	17-10	Furman
Sept. 22	Boise State	22-3	Cal State Fullerton
Sept. 22	Idaho	17-13	Pacific
Sept. 29	Eastern Illinois	22-14	Southern Illinois
Sept. 29	Lafayette	14-7	Columbia
Sept. 29	Lehigh	31-7	Penn
Sept. 29	UMass	20-7	Harvard
Oct. 6	Boston University	14-10	Harvard
Oct. 6	Bucknell	10-0	Cornell
Oct. 6	Florida A&M	16-13	Miami (FL)
Oct. 6	Nicholls State	23-16	Northeast Louisiana
Oct. 6	Wofford	27-17	Furman
Oct. 6	Youngstown State	27-22	Villanova
Oct. 13	Akron	24-12	Eastern Michigan
Oct. 13	Delaware	21-20	Villanova
Oct. 13	Eastern Kentucky	33-7	Cal State Fullerton
Oct. 19	Lafayette	9-7	Penn
Oct. 27	Delaware	40-0	William & Mary
Nov. 3	Boston University	16-7	Holy Cross
Nov. 10	Boston University	16-12	Connecticut
Nov. 10	Eastern Illinois	24-0	Illinois State
Nov. 17	Delaware	24-16	Colgate

NOTE: New Hampshire tied Connecticut 3-3

1978 season

DATE	I-AA Team	Score	I-A Team
Sept. 9	Boise State	42-12	Cal State Fullerton
Sept. 9	Tennessee Tech	22-20	Western Carolina
Sept. 16	Boise State	19-13	Long Beach State
Sept. 16	East Tennessee State	21-14	Western Carolina
Sept. 16	Nevada	23-14	UNLV
Sept. 16	Western Kentucky	28-6	Illinois State
Sept. 23	Alcorn State	24-16	Central Michigan
Sept. 23	Lehigh	38-7	Colgate
Sept. 30	Rhode Island	17-3	Brown
Oct. 7	Boston University	20-17	Dartmouth
Oct. 14	Boise State	30-15	San Jose State
Oct. 14	Nevada	37-14	Cal State Fullerton
Oct. 21	Lafayette	20-19	Penn
Oct. 21	Lehigh	14-10	VMI
Oct. 28	East Tennessee State	35-34	Appalachian State
Oct. 28	Western Illinois	26-20	Illinois State
Nov. 4	Boston University	15-7	Holy Cross
Nov. 4	Eastern Illinois	42-7	Illinois State
Nov. 11	Bucknell	7-0	Colgate
Nov. 11	Delaware	23-22	Villanova
Nov. 11	UMass	33-8	Holy Cross
Nov. 11	Montana State	35-14	Fresno State
Nov. 11	Weber State	44-25	Utah State
Nov. 18	Delaware	38-29	Colgate
Nov. 18	Tennessee State	27-23	Chattanooga
Nov. 25	UMass	27-0	Boston College

NOTE: Dayton tied Miami (OH) 10-10