What was your first FCS game?

[PantherRob82]

My first UNI game was in 1989 at the age of 7.

The first one I really remember was in the early 90s for homecoming vs Illinois State.

[grizband]

Surprisingly, mine was a Cat game back in the mid 1990s. My best friends dad was the architect of the new stadium, and we were over there checking it out.

[PantherRob82]

Surprisingly, mine was a Cat game back in the mid 1990s. My best friends dad was the architect of the new stadium, and we were over there checking it out.

interesting. did you ever think of becoming a bobcat?

[CoastalFan2005]

My very first game was Coastal's very first game - 2003, home vs. Newberry. The goalposts came down. xthumbsupx

I think that was the most electric atmosphere I've ever felt - even rivaling the JMU game of 2005.

[PantherRob82]

My very first game was Coastal's very first game - 2003, home vs. Newberry. The goalposts came down. xthumbsupx

I think that was the most electric atmosphere I've ever felt - even rivaling the JMU game of 2005.

Who's Newberry? That must've been frustrating to replace the goal posts after the first game. xlolx

[poly51]

My first I-AA/FCS game was when Cal Poly moved up to I-AA in 1994 against D-II Humbolt State. Cal Poly lost 19-23. My first all I-AA game was Cal Poly against St Mary's also in 1994. 34-24 CP.

My first Cal Poly game was Sept 22, 1951 against Sul Ross State from Texas. Cal Poly lost 24-47. I was 9 years old.

[PantherRob82]

My first I-AA/FCS game was when Cal Poly moved up to I-AA in 1994 against D-II Humbolt State. Cal Poly lost 19-23. My first all I-AA game was Cal Poly against St Mary's also in 1994. 34-24 CP.

My first Cal Poly game was Sept 22, 1951 against Sul Ross State from Texas. Cal Poly lost 24-47. I was 9 years old.

Wow, you've been around for a lot of games. Were you at the one where we kicked the rediculous FG in OT to win?

[aggie6thman]

My first UC Davis game (and FCS for that matter) was our 2004 home opener against South Dakota State. I drove up with one of my friends and watched us pummel the Bunnies 52-0. That was a great way to start it all off.

[PantherRob82]

My first UC Davis game (and FCS for that matter) was our 2004 home opener against South Dakota State. I drove up with one of my friends and watched us pummel the Bunnies 52-0. That was a great way to start it all off.

who were you a fan of before Davis?

[LeopardFan04]

The first home game my freshman year...I believe it was against Towson (2000)...It was ugly...

We won the following week on Family Weekend though over Princeton in a thriller...

[crunifan]

My first UNI game was in the fall of 2004, my freshman year at UNI. I've only missed three home games since then and I'm now a Panther fan for life!

[PantherRob82]

My first UNI game was in the fall of 2004, my freshman year at UNI. I've only missed three home games since then and I'm now a Panther fan for life!

xbowx xbowx xbowx

[Mountaineer]

I've been around ASU all my life (family has lived in Boone 50+ years - relatives work for the university), but I had never been to a game until I set foot on campus as a student. :o Chalk it up to a single-parent (female) household. xlolx :p

First game was the season opener, Fall of 2001. A spanking of Liberty 46-26. xthumbsupx

First game while attending UNI - Sept 18, 2004 against Stephen F. Austin. xrotatehx

[PantherRob82]

I've been around ASU all my life (family has lived in Boone 50+ years - relatives work for the university), but I had never been to a game until I set foot on campus as a student. :o Chalk it up to a single-parent (female) household. xlolx :p

First game was the season opener, Fall of 2001. A spanking of Liberty 46-26. xthumbsupx

First game while attending UNI - Sept 18, 2004 against Stephen F. Austin. xrotatehx

What brought you to UNI? When was your last year here?

[Mountaineer]

What brought you to UNI? When was your last year here?

A woman. xlolx :o xlolx

Last year of classes was 2006 (May). I still have a pesky thesis to write before I can graduate. xthumbsupx

[PantherRob82]

A woman. xlolx :o xlolx

Last year of classes was 2006 (May). I still have a pesky thesis to write before I can graduate. xthumbsupx

You still in the area or back in NC? Was the woman here, or did she come here for school?

[AggieFinn]

UC Davis vs. Portland State in P-town's old Civic Stadium back in the early 90's I believe. Khari Jones was QB for the Ags, great student athlete.

http://athletics.ucdavis.edu/FOOTBALL/Alumni/images/jones.jpg

[The Gadfly]

The Citadel v somebody when the pound puppies had stars on their helmets and Bobby Ross was coaching. I think they were playing ASU or ECU. It was back in the 70's.

[CoastalFan2005]

Who's Newberry? That must've been frustrating to replace the goal posts after the first game. xlolx

Newberry's a DII school from somewhere around Columbia, SC - I've heard it described as the Island of Misfit Toys for college athletes.

CCU's obviously bettered its schedule since 2003. xnodx

[Grizalltheway]

The Griz game a few years back against Suc (I mean Sac) State in which they got in trouble for spraying pam on their uniforms xlolx but still got pummeled by us.

[JaxSinfonian]

1994, the season opener my freshman year, against Sam Houston State. A 17-10 loss for the Gamecocks.

[813Jag]

10/14/78 at a ripe two years old. Southern vs. Jackson State. I've been a Jag fan since birth, literally. I was born two days before a Southern/Jackson State game.

[OL FU]

Furman's first year in I-AA

Sept 18, 1982 Furman 27 Appalachian St 21

sounds like a good score for this year tooxthumbsupx

[CCU97]

I went to a Furman game back in the early 80's I was young and didn't know what I was doing....lol This year will be my first trip back inside that stadium since.....Should be lots of fun!

[AppMan]

The Citadel v somebody when the pound puppies had stars on their helmets and Bobby Ross was coaching. I think they were playing ASU or ECU. It was back in the 70's.

That would have not been a 1-aa or FCS game because the SoCon wasn't reclassified until 1983.

Technically, the only people that have seen a FCS game were those fans who attended playoff games last season.

[PantherRob82]

Newberry's a DII school from somewhere around Columbia, SC - I've heard it described as the Island of Misfit Toys for college athletes.



xlolx xlolx xlolx

[PantherRob82]

The Griz game a few years back against Suc (I mean Sac) State in which they got in trouble for spraying pam on their uniforms xlolx but still got pummeled by us.

yeah, i've heard that story from my uncle who's a Griz fan.

[PantherRob82]

That would have not been a 1-aa or FCS game because the SoCon wasn't reclassified until 1983.

Technically, the only people that have seen a FCS game were those fans who attended playoff games last season.

ok, the subdivision formerly known as I-AA. :D

[mcveyrl]

Mine was ETSU v. Marshall in the Craptacular Mini-Dome (although I thought it was cool at the time) in 1996. Marshall won 34-10 and Moss caught a 72 yard bomb for a TD.

[henfan]

I atttended my first Delaware game before the NCAA created the I-A, I-AA, D-II, etc. nomenclature. Anyone remember the Small College Division?

[andy7171]

November of 1988, I was being recruited by Richmond, we saw them play JMU. Willie Lanier ran ALL OVER the Spiders that afternoon.

Richmonds campus is beautiful, I really wanted to go there.

[Ivytalk]

Penn-Dartmouth in about 1968 at Franklin Field. I saw it with my old Boy Scout troop. Bernie Zbrzeznj (pronounced "zuh-brez-nee") was the Penn QB.

[CID1990]

UNC vs. Furman in Chapel Hill, I think sometime in the late 70's. I also attended a couple App State games as a kid when we would go up to Boone to a cabin we have in Valle Crucis.

Also, I went to the NAIA national championship game back in the late 70's or early 80's when Elon played against some team from PA. Not FCS, but they are FCS now.

[mountaineertider]

Georgia Southern v. App State 2005.

I had a scholarship interview that day, and decided to take in my first App game.

[Pard4Life]

Oh this takes me back... Penn vs. Lafayette.. I cried the entire time... it was 2001.. xrolleyesx

[Pard94]

I must have been about 16 or 17...late 80's...watched Holy Cross and Grdie Lockbaum run wild all over Villanova. Awesome.

[GoldandBlack]

Strictly defined as FCS vs. FCS, Wofford vs. VMI, Sept. 6, 1997-

the first game Wofford played as a then-I-AA member up from NCAA Div. II.

Prior to that, I had only attended NAIA, Div. II or I-A games.

[HIU 93]

One thing I know for sure- y'all are YOUNG! Some of y'all still have milk on your chins!xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx

I began attending NC A&T games as a wee lad before the NCAA created I-AA/FCS.

[SU Jag]

I cant even remember my first SU gamexsmhx It had to be 86 or 87 though.

[ButlerGSU]

Georgia Southern University vs. Savannah State University.

I had just transferred to GSU from Emmanuel College. The game itself was a blood bath but we had a great time tailgating. So much so, I was hooked and have never looked back.

[HiHiYikas]

My First FCS game was October of last year, when ASU beat Furman (Semantics, I know, but it was a very good game).

I saw plenty of I-AA games before that, dating back to when I was 7 or 8 years old. My family has been in the Foothills of the NC High Country for 5 or 6 generations, and three of those generations have sent students to ASTC/ASU.

I wish I could specifically remember the date of my first game and the opponent. If I had to narrow it down, I'd say it was probably 9/13/1986, (ASU 40, ETSU 14), 9/20/1986 (ASU 33, Citadel 10), I'm pretty sure I was at the 1988 ASU-ETSU game (ASU won 51-3), because the things my 9 year-old brain chose to remember were, (1) the opposing team was nicknamed the pirates, (2) Either they (ETSU) are the worst team ever, or we're (ASU) the best, and (3) those cheerleaders sure have to do a lot of pushups at a 51-3 victory.

[813Jag]

One thing I know for sure- y'all are YOUNG! Some of y'all still have milk on your chins!xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx

I began attending NC A&T games as a wee lad before the NCAA created I-AA/FCS.
I remember the first time we played the Pirates and I can't forget the last time we played xbawlingx

[Marcus Garvey]

Lehigh - Eastern Kentucky in the 1980 playoffs

[DrG]

I opened our new stadium in 1965: UMass vs. AIC. Today, the stadium is showing its age; I'm not. ;)

[poly51]

Wow, you've been around for a lot of games. Were you at the one where we kicked the rediculous FG in OT to win?

Yes, I was there. 3 overtimes if remember correctly. I have only missed about 4 hame games since 1972.

[OleGriz]

My first game was back in '93 when the Griz hosted then D-II South Dakota State. Back then you could just walk up to the ticket window and get a general admission ticket before most games and the stadium was about half its current capacity. As far as I know the game was Dave Dickenson's first start at QB, which for the first 3 quarters did not go very well. At the start of the 4th quarter, SDSU was leading 31-7 and many Griz fans were making their way to the exits. My family decided to stay to the end, and were rewarded by witnessing a massive scoring barrage. When the dust settled, the Griz emerged with a 52-48 victory.

[bandl]

First game of which I knew a I-AA team was playing (because honestly I didn't even know there was I-AA at that time, I thought Division I was all the same) was Morgan State at JMU in 1995. I think the score was 76-7 in favor of JMU. So that's not a 'real' game IMO, nothing to get all excited about I-AA for.

Thus, it would have to be JMU @ Mary & Bill. JMU won 24-17. xnodx

[bison95]

Bison V Jacks 2004?

[dbackjon]

First NAU game: 9/10/2003 - NAU 53, Southern Utah 3

I went to a SIU game sometime in the late 70's when my sister went there, but not sure who they played.

[Franks Tanks]

Since my High School played most of our games on Saturday i wasnt able to get to many games. My first FCS game was one that I played in, Lafayette at Towson in 99', we lost so that sucked.

[BEAR]

My first FCS game was Sept. 16 at Estes Stadium when UCA played Missouri State. We won 16-14. But I would never have believed that 3 TD passes in the end zone would have been dropped by our sure handed receivers. The MS Bears played with heart but the "momentum" of the game was in UCAs favor. Can't wait to see the rematch in Mo.! xthumbsupx xlolx

[Johnny5]

I'll go with the first one I remember: 10/11 Buffalo+ W, 52-17 in 1997. I was at one before that when Nick Cochran was our Qb, but I don't remember what game.

[RockyMtnGriz]

1983 - Griz/Cat game in Bozeman at the Litter Box. Griz lost 28-8. Wasn't attending either school at the time. Attending school at Rocky in Billings a the time. Just remember it was really cold.

[dbackjon]

1983 - Griz/Cat game in Bozeman at the Litter Box. Griz lost 28-8. Wasn't attending either school at the time. Attending school at Rocky in Billings a the time. Just remember it was really cold.

My old roommate's new roommate (follow that?) played football at RMC. He is also a Griz fan - and since my old roomie and I are both NAU alums, that makes for some heated debates!

[DallasNeck]

First game was my Freshman year in 2001 versus Western Kentucky the year they entered the Gateway. Close game but we won.

[AshevilleApp]

1990 (Freshman at App State) - DJ Campbell was the QB and J.K. Reaves touched the ball (a ton). The App State offense was terrible so I also remember some booming Harold Alexander punts to pin the opposition.

[Go...gate]

I atttended my first Delaware game before the NCAA created the I-A, I-AA, D-II, etc. nomenclature. Anyone remember the Small College Division?

Sure do! Back in the days of the Middle Atlantic Conference (which included Delaware, Gettysburg, Temple, et al.) and the Middle Three (Lehigh, Lafayette, Rutgers).

[Seahawks Fan]

Went to Newark, De. back in 1989 when my daughter was a freshman Blue Hen. Opponent was Navy and I'm pretty sure Delaware won. Quite a different scene than Division III.

[No_Skill]

That would be NDSU's first Division I game.

2004 season opener against Valparaiso

NDSU 52 Valpo 0 xthumbsupx

[th0m]

It was in 2003:

JMU 48, Liberty 6; @ Bridgeforth.

Was also my first ever football game in general (needless to say, as a European, I didn't quite understand the whole game yet!)

[Husky Alum]

I don't remember exactly, but it was either Yale-UConn or Yale-Lehigh in September of 1976 - yes, I know it pre-dates FCS, but...

[PantherRob82]

I atttended my first Delaware game before the NCAA created the I-A, I-AA, D-II, etc. nomenclature. Anyone remember the Small College Division?

Very old school. :D

[PantherRob82]

November of 1988, I was being recruited by Richmond, we saw them play JMU. Willie Lanier ran ALL OVER the Spiders that afternoon.

Richmonds campus is beautiful, I really wanted to go there.

but ended up at Towson?

[89Hen]

I'd really be guessing because I went to a lot of UD games in the 70's before I-AA... by the time the Hens joined I-AA (1980) I didn't go to as many games because my siblings were all gone from home and I played hockey all fall... and then of course in 1985 I started going all the time when I was in school there. I probably went to a game in 1980 or 81, but I can't say which ones. :o

[PantherRob82]

Yes, I was there. 3 overtimes if remember correctly. I have only missed about 4 hame games since 1972.

3 sounds right. very cool. Still can't believe no one has given him a shot in the NFL. He bounces around as a backup free agent every year.

[melloAggiesousa]

UC Davis v. Sacramento State at Hughes Stadium, 1980. My first game as an Aggie Bandsman; we high-stepped around the field and into the endzone, turned left and did our pre-game show. It was 105 degrees, we wore wool uniforms and stood on the sunny side of the stadium; we lost two of our eighty to heat prostration.

And we won the game. Part of the 17 year win streak against the Hornets. I can't remember...was Ken O'Brien the quarterback that day?

[The Gadfly]

That would have not been a 1-aa or FCS game because the SoCon wasn't reclassified until 1983.

Technically, the only people that have seen a FCS game were those fans who attended playoff games last season.

True, very true. That was actually the 1st game ever I can remember and it was agaist Appy.

The first that sticks in brain, when my Pop took me to El Cid games, was the one at Furman when the pound puppies won the SoCon Championship. That place went crazy!

[furpal87]

I think it was about 1978 or 79, when my Dad was scouting the northeast for the Browns. I went to a BU-Mass game in the pouring rain. Someone won 7-0. We were scouting the original slash, Jim Jensen from BU. I think they were FCS level then, if not that then 1982 when I was on my campus tour of Furman, seeing Furman pound VMI 38-3.

[Go...gate]

Very old school. :D

Old School is where the action is!! :)

[Go...gate]

Penn-Dartmouth in about 1968 at Franklin Field. I saw it with my old Boy Scout troop. Bernie Zbrzeznj (pronounced "zuh-brez-nee") was the Penn QB.

That was a pretty good Penn team with the Elliot Berry, one of college football's first soccer-style kickers. Saw them beat Princeton in '68.

[Poly Pigskin]

3 sounds right. very cool. Still can't believe no one has given him a shot in the NFL. He bounces around as a backup free agent every year.

That game was my first I-AA football experience. I was a freshman in the marching band and we all started laughing when the field goal unit ran out. We weren't laughing after he drilled it. xbawlingx

[BrevardMountaineer03]

My first ASU game was ASU vs. Liberty at the Rock in 2001(?) App scored 2 touchdowns in the first 5 minutes. Atmosphere was great!

[NDSUFREAK]

My first game was in 2004 and it was also the first FCS game in NDSU history against Valpo. Ever since I have never missed a home game.

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

Looking at old schedules, my first UNH game would have been in 1968 vs. Dartmouth which obviously pre-dates I-AA. Pretty sure UNH went I-AA in 1978 and it's difficult to pinpoint the true FCS vs. FCS game that I might have attended that year. The early season 1978 games that I probably attended would have been against a I-A in Holy Cross (at that time) and a D-II in West Chester. Mine probably was either UConn (I-AA at that time) or UMass.

[GaSouthern]

First game attended was GSU vs. FU at home in 2001; GSU won 20-10!

[FL connection]

UNI vs. South Dakota or SDSU in 1973 at O.R. Latham Stadium.........a longtime ago. connection out!!

[ngineer]

My first was as a freshman at Lehigh--of course, FCS or I-AA didn't exist back then...1970.

[PantherRob82]

Old School is where the action is!! :)

I know I'm looking forward to visiting the Ivies and PL schools some day.

[pantherclaw]

My first UNI game was in the fall of 2004, my freshman year at UNI. I've only missed three home games since then and I'm now a Panther fan for life!

Same here, first FCS and UNI game was the UNI-ISU game labor day weekend fall of '04. missed only one home game (last years family day vs. SDSU due to death in the family) since then, though i have an unfair advantage as im in the band so have to be there. but would be there anyway if i wasen't.

[PantherRob82]

UNI vs. South Dakota or SDSU in 1973 at O.R. Latham Stadium.........a longtime ago. connection out!!

How was OR Latham?

[Gil Dobie]

In person, 1978 NDSU vs NAU.

TV 1970 NDSU vs Montana

[GreatAppSt]

ARMYxnodx

[gvilleapp]

My first college football game was my freshman year at App, 1978 and we beat Wofford 35-14 to open the season.

My first I-AA would have probably been 1982 when App beat Citadel 48-22in Boone. Sometimes seems like not much has changed, then I remember those two trophies. I remember geing upset when the SoCon was forced down to I-AA. It probably made sense for most of the members, but I think in ASU's case it stunted our growth and we didn't progress the way we could have with the right leadership. I think finally the leadership in place to take our program to the next level.

[spelunker64]

NDSU hasn't played a FCS game yet, they start this fall right???

I-AA and DII on the other hand...

[McTailGator]

My first UNI game was in 1989 at the age of 7.

The first one I really remember was in the early 90s for homecoming vs Illinois State.


McNeese's first year as a member of FCS (then I-AA) was in 1982, my first year in College. I forget who we played.

But my first McNeese game I ever attended was in 1976 when McNeese was a member if the then Division I-A along with all the original Southland conference members.

McNeese went to the Independance Bowl that year and beat Tulsa.

[ngineer]

I atttended my first Delaware game before the NCAA created the I-A, I-AA, D-II, etc. nomenclature. Anyone remember the Small College Division?

Unfortunately, yes...(class of 1974)..;)

[slycat]

Texas St vs Angelo St (DII) in 2003 my first year of college

[douglasdmb]

Western Illinois at Mizzou in the late 90s, early 2000s.

[EKU05]

Mine was EKU vs. EIU in 2001...the opposing QB that day was some guy named Tony Romo. Whatever happened to him anyway?

[appsfan]

My first I-AA (FCS) game was Appalachian vs East Tennessee State at Boone for Homecoming in October 1982.

[AppMan]

UNC vs. Furman in Chapel Hill, I think sometime in the late 70's. I also attended a couple App State games as a kid when we would go up to Boone to a cabin we have in Valle Crucis.

Also, I went to the NAIA national championship game back in the late 70's or early 80's when Elon played against some team from PA. Not FCS, but they are FCS now.

I attended the 1980 NAIA National Championship game. The Fighting Christians beat Northwestern State (Oaklahoma) for the title. Man, it was cold that day!

[AppMan]

True, very true. That was actually the 1st game ever I can remember and it was agaist Appy.

The first that sticks in brain, when my Pop took me to El Cid games, was the one at Furman when the pound puppies won the SoCon Championship. That place went crazy!

Those Cadets get quite excited when the Dogs put up a win because it means the student body gets a little extra leave time for the weekend. I imagine they got the entire weekend off for winning the champioship.

[AndrewFU21]

My uncle used to be a football coach up at ASU, and growing up we always made a trip to Boone to see a game every year. I'm not sure what my first game was, but it must of been sometime in the early-mid '90's. I probably would have considered myself an App fan back then, before I knew any better:p .

My first game at Paladin Stadium was the JMU game in the 2004 Quarterfinals, while visiting campus as a high school senior. As disappointing as that game was, it got me hooked on FU football. I ended up coming to Furman the next fall and haven't missed a home game since.

[Fresno St. Alum]

First FCS game or half of one was Fresno St. vs Montana, Fresno St. won 52-37. Montana played well. It was in the early 90's. First ever game was Fresno St. vs Louisiana Tech in 1985. Fresno won 34-10. La Tech had just moved from I-AA a year or two before.

[Eyes of Old Main]

I can't remember exactly, but I think it was the 1983 championship game between Western Carolina and Southern Illinois. I would have been 9 at that game. I might have been to a game or two before that, but I don't remember. Whatever it was, it would have been a Western Carolina game.

[Peems]

my first game was when i was five years old. Cat/Griz, griz win. It was a beautiful day for Nov. and the griz were clicking. I remember being young i didn't really know who to cheer for, but my entire family sans my mother are griz so the choice was made for me. Between my pops and I we havent missed a home game since 1994 xnodx

[Petrie Dish]

Southern Illinois at UNI in 2003. Not bad for my first game.xrotatehx

[NDSUFREAK]

Welcome to the board, Petrie!

[ucdtim17]

'02 Causeway Classic at Hughes I think? good times

[CopperCat]

My first game was sometime during the season of 1995. I don't remember who it was, but I do remember that I went to Cat-Griz that year in Bozeman. I was more interested in things other than the game, but I remember everyone being disappointed when we lost that game.

But at least I can say that I've seen an MSU win against UM in Bobcat Stadium. Some people aren't so lucky.

[already123]

mine was one od the biggest "uspets" in FCS history..in my opinion

2003
NAU v McNeese 1st round of the playoffs. McNeese is ranked number one in the country with its only loss coming from FBS Kansas State (the year they won the Big 12). NAU comes into McNeese and beats the mess out of them in "the swamp" 35-3 with then true frosh Jason Murrietta ( i think we have heard of him before...). Jason goes nuts and throws 5 TD passes as NAU rolls. Classic!

Anyone else remember that one?

[CopperCat]

mine was one od the biggest "uspets" in FCS history..in my opinion

2003
NAU v McNeese 1st round of the playoffs. McNeese is ranked number one in the country with its only loss coming from FBS Kansas State (the year they won the Big 12). NAU comes into McNeese and beats the mess out of them in "the swamp" 35-3 with then true frosh Jason Murrietta ( i think we have heard of him before...). Jason goes nuts and throws 5 TD passes as NAU rolls. Classic!

Anyone else remember that one?

I remember that one very well.xeekx xthumbsupx

[grayghost06]

Mine was an incredibly exciting, come from behind, see-saw victory over App St. in 1982 ( 39-35). At that point in JMUs brief football history, that was arguably our biggest win ever. We were D-III as recently as 1979. The games claim as our " biggest win ever" lasted all of ONE week as JMU went down to Charlottesville the following week and upset UVA 21-17.

[PantherRob82]

Southern Illinois at UNI in 2003. Not bad for my first game.xrotatehx

that was a crazy game. welcome.

[DuckDuckGriz]

1994. Montana vs. McNeese State.

First round playoffs in a blizzard at Washington-Grizzly Stadium where it was so loud your chest was vibrating.

Andy Larson connects on a last second FG after an incredible drive to give the GRIZ a 30-28 win.

Did celebratory snow angels in the old grass endzones at WGS and have been hooked ever since.

[bigd]

My first FCS game was Sac State vs. Cal Poly in 2000, and Sac State won 37-18.

My first UC Davis game was actually last year where Davis dominated Central Arkansas 33-13.

[bulldog10jw]

Yale 17 Brown 0 - 1959

[catamount man]

Newberry's a DII school from somewhere around Columbia, SC - I've heard it described as the Island of Misfit Toys for college athletes.

CCU's obviously bettered its schedule since 2003. xnodx

Uh, how about NEWBERRY, SC. (40 miles west of Columbia)

[appfan2008]

asu's first home game of the 04 season
cant remember who it was but it was my freshman year and i was in the marching band back then

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate at Dartmouth, 2003

Pounded the Green 31-9, although their kicker did manage to drill a 50+ yd FG. It was the start of something special, we could tell...

[BillLuc1982]

YSU 27
Ohio University 0

1990

[Walkon79]

Wasn't FCS then, or even 1AA, but I watched Jan Stenerud kick his 59 yarder, which was a collegiate record for many years. Also watched Don Hass rush for over 300 on one game!! I was about 6 or 7 at the time.

[SoCon48]

Technically, no one's first true FCS game occurred before the 2006 National Championship game because that's when the name change from I-AA to FCS took place.

:)

[PantherRob82]

Technically, no one's first true FCS game occurred before the 2006 National Championship game because that's when the name change from I-AA to FCS took place.

:)

people are so technical. xlolx

I-AA is the new FCS. This level at whatever name i what I'm thinking of.

[SoCon48]

people are so technical. xlolx

I-AA is the new FCS. This level at whatever name i what I'm thinking of.


I know, I was just playing the devil's advocate.

[PantherRob82]

I know, I was just playing the devil's advocate.

I know. :D

It was more for future replies to the post.

[McNeese75]

The first McNeese game in the fall of 1971. Cowboys went undefeated that year during the regular season and lost to a Jefferson St.Joe Gilliam led Tennessee A&I team in the Grantland Rice Bowl.

[CID1990]

I attended the 1980 NAIA National Championship game. The Fighting Christians beat Northwestern State (Oaklahoma) for the title. Man, it was cold that day!

Yeah, the one I went to was either the year before or the year after that. The team they played was from PA, and their mascot was the "gorillas". I'll never forget that.

[proasu89]

ok, the subdivision formerly known as I-AA. :D

HMMMMM, that's sounds familiar. Where have I heard that said over and over and over and overxlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx.

My first game between two FCS foes was my first at ASU. Fall of 85 under the lights against EKU, I think. A little too much Wild Turkey to be surexpeacex

[proasu89]

I can't remember exactly, but I think it was the 1983 championship game between Western Carolina and Southern Illinois. I would have been 9 at that game. I might have been to a game or two before that, but I don't remember. Whatever it was, it would have been a Western Carolina game.

:p I'm sorry:p

[Mr. C]

I was watching teams that are now FCS back in the 1970s, schools like Idaho, Montana State and Cal Poly used to play at Fresno State with regularity. Before that, I was listening to the games on the radio on Saturday nights as far back as the 1960s. Fresno State played all sorts of teams from the Big Sky and other places back in the day, Nevada, Boise State, McNeese State. Our only meeting with Montana came in 1989, surprisingly.

My first game with two I-AA teams came Sept. 4, 1993, when North Carolina A&T hosted Appalachian State. I remember driving down to Greensboro in a heavy rain storm and the game was played in the rain and mud at Aggie Stadium. It was one of the worst performances I would ever see by an ASU team. They lost 22-10. But it was the debut on a freshman LB named Dexter Coakley, who was all over the place. It was also the first start and a dreadful one at that by a quarterback named Scott Satterfield, who was forced into the lineup when Matt Stevens broke Andy Arnold's collarbone in the final scrimmage of camp. ASU went on to lose at home the next weekend to Liberty, 20-14, when a cornerback named Will Robinson was burned for a long TD pass late. We started calling him "Warning, Warning, Danger, Danger" Will Robinson, after the character in Lost In Space. The Mountaineers lost four games in a row before Satterfield dug himself out of the dog house and replaced an injured freshman Gerard Hardy to turn a 16-0 third-quarter deficit into a 20-16 victory over East Tennessee State. The Mountaineers lost three more in a row to fall to 1-7 before closing out Jerry Moore's only losing season with three wins for a 4-7 record. That was my full-fledged introduction to I-AA/FCS.

[SuperJon]

Coastal at Elon, 2005.

[andy7171]

but ended up at Towson?
One of several schools never heard from again after National Signing Day. xsmhx

[spelunker64]

Technically, no one's first true FCS game occurred before the 2006 National Championship game because that's when the name change from I-AA to FCS took place.

:)


Thank you Captain Anal, beat you to it though in post 84... :D

[Cobblestone]

The first one I played in. A loss at home to Northeastern.

[PantherRob82]

One of several schools never heard from again after National Signing Day. xsmhx

bummer.

[Go...gate]

I know I'm looking forward to visiting the Ivies and PL schools some day.

It's not just the PL and Ivy - great campuses, history, tradition and game-day atmospheres at so many FCS schools, from Delaware to Citadel, from William & Mary to Maine. If i'm in an FCS town, I always try to visit the campus and stadium. They all have a lot to offer.

[bjtheflamesfan]

August 31, 2002 Liberty vs Western Carolina (we lost 23-3 that day, my how things have changed on the mountain since Coach Rocco came)

[PantherRob82]

If i'm in an FCS town, I always try to visit the campus and stadium. They all have a lot to offer.

same here. xthumbsupx

[HENJOHN]

My first game was a 1968 contest with Delaware versus Hofstra in Tubby Raymond's 2nd season. A 35-0 Blue Hen win that my Dad took me too. Since that game I have missed only 2 Delaware Home games.

[g-webb1994]

Mine was in 1982 when my brothers were freshmen at FU. I was 12, we went up on parent's weekend and saw FU pound Davidson I believe 63-14 or something similar (perhaps a true 'Din fan can find a boxscore?).

Three things stuck out that day in '82:

1. Sitting way up high on the home side, the scenic view, thinking what a cool setting for college football.

2. Even in my youth, realizing what a master Dick Sheridan was, and how he could work magic at a higher level.

3. Furman co-eds in tight mini-skirts.....yummy!xbowx

[buckp]

....But my first McNeese game I ever attended was in 1976 when McNeese was a member if the then Division I-A along with all the original Southland conference members.

McNeese went to the Independance Bowl that year and beat Tulsa.

It wasn't my first game by far, but I remember watching McNeese playing USL in front of a large crowd that year. I don't remember the score, but we did win and went on to the Independance Bowl as McTailGator stated. I do remember that crowd being very, very loud! xnodx

[Eaglesrus]

Well, since several people have pointed out that the change to FCS wasn't until during the playoffs last year I haven't been to one yet:(

As far as 1-AA goes, my first was whenever and against whoever GSU played it's first. I don't remember and I'm too lazy to look it up.