The 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1999, and concluded with the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 18, 1999, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Georgia Southern Eagles won their fifth I-AA championship, defeating the Youngstown State Penguins by a score of 59−24.
Conference changes and new programs School 1998 Conference 1999 Conference Alabama A&M D-II Independent SWAC (I-AA) Albany Eastern (D-II) Northeast (I-AA) Buffalo I-AA Independent MAC (I-A) Elon D-II Independent I-AA Independent La Salle I-AA Independent MAAC Middle Tennessee State Ohio Valley (I-AA) I-A Independent St. John's (NY) MAAC I-AA Independent Stony Brook Eastern (D-II) Northeast (I-AA) Western Kentucky I-AA Independent Ohio Valley
Conference standings
Conference champions
Conference ChampionsAtlantic 10 Conference – James Madison and Massachusetts Big Sky Conference – Montana Gateway Football Conference – Illinois State Ivy League – Brown and Yale Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Duquesne Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – North Carolina A&T Northeast Conference – Robert Morris Ohio Valley Conference – Tennessee State Patriot League – Colgate and Lehigh Pioneer Football League – Dayton Southern Conference – Appalachian State, Furman, and Georgia Southern Southland Football League – Stephen F. Austin and Troy State Southwestern Athletic Conference – Southern
Postseason NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket
* By team name denotes host institution
* By score denotes overtime
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