The 1994 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of

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in the United States organized by the

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at the

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level, began in August 1994, and concluded with the

1994 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game The 1994 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Youngstown State Penguins football, Youngstown State Penguins and the Boise State Broncos football, Boise State Broncos. The game was pla ...

on December 17, 1994, at Marshall University Stadium in

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. The defending champion

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won their third I-AA championship, defeating the

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by a score of 28−14. It was the fourth consecutive year that Youngstown State played in the I-AA title game.

Conference changes and new programs

Conference standings

Conference champions

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket

Only the top four teams in the

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were seeded. The site of the title game, Marshall University Stadium, had been determined in March 1994. * ''By team name denotes host institution''
* ''By score denotes overtime periods''
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References

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