1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1988 NCAA Division I-AA season
Regular season
Number of teams	88
Duration	August–November
Payton Award	Dave Meggett (RB, Towson State)
Playoff
Duration	November 26–December 17
Championship date	December 17, 1988
Championship site	Holt Arena Pocatello, Idaho
Champion	Furman
NCAA Division I-AA football seasons
«1987 1989»

The 1988 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 1988, and concluded with the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 17, 1988, at Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho. The Furman Paladins won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Georgia Southern Eagles by a score of 17−12.^[1]