Sept 20, 2001

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The NCAA will delay the start of the Division I-AA football playoffs, giving schools an extra week to reschedule games postponed because of last week's terrorist attacks.

First-round playoff games will begin Dec. 1, one week later than originally scheduled, an NCAA committee decided Wednesday.

Schools will have the option of rescheduling games on Nov. 24, the original starting date for the playoffs.

The quarterfinals will be played Dec. 8 and the semifinals on Dec. 15. The championship game will be Dec. 21, in Chattanooga, Tenn.