1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1987 NCAA Division I-AA season
Regular season
Number of teams	87
Duration	August–November
Payton Award	Kenny Gamble (RB, Colgate)
Playoff
Duration	November 28–December 19
Championship date	December 19, 1987
Championship site	Minidome Pocatello, Idaho
Champion	Northeast Louisiana
NCAA Division I-AA football seasons
«1986 1988»

The 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1987, and concluded with the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 19, 1987, at the Minidome in Pocatello, Idaho. The Northeast Louisiana Indians won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd by a score of 43–42.^[1]