3-person, when did it start?

[Schmidt MJ]

I was thinking I read onetime that the NCAA Championship game between Mich St. & Indiana St. was officiated with a 3-man crew. I think this would've been in 1979. It was Larry Bird vs. Magic Johnson. I'm probably wrong but it seems like this came up before and someone said this was the first year it was used at the D-1 level.