2000 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

American college football game the Division I-AA (now FCS) championship game the Division I-A (now FBS) championship game 2000 BCS National Championship Game August 2023 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship I-AA National Championship Game 2000 NCAA Division I-AA 2000 December 16 Georgia Southern University Georgia Southern Eagles 12–2 SoCon Paul Johnson 5 3 13 7 0 7 University of Montana Montana Grizzlies 13–1 Big Sky Joe Glenn 1 1 3 0 6 16 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee F. Williamshttps://s3.amazonaws.com/gatadb/gamereports/2000/20001216_montana_complete.pdf Scoring Summary (Final) Georgia Southern vs Montana December 16, 2000 April 20, 2019 AWS 17,156 ESPN Rich Waltz (play-by-play), Rod Gilmore (color),https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28124335/div_iaa_game_looking_better_vs_a/ Div. I-AA game looking better vs. a so-so NFL slate Prentis Rogers The Atlanta Journal-Constitution H2 December 16, 2000 February 7, 2019 newspapers.com Dave Ryan (sideline)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zLQ9YL6JOw 2000 I-AA National Championship - Georgia Southern vs Montana August 25, 2013 YouTube February 7, 2019 1999 2001 The 2000 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Georgia Southern Eagles and the Montana Grizzlies. The game was played on December 16, 2000, at Finley Stadium, home field of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The culminating game of the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Georgia Southern, 27–25.https://missoulian.com/georgia-southern-montana-final/article_590d357d-a962-5ff5-a66d-8757c7562ef6.html Georgia Southern 27, Montana 25 (final) Missoulian Missoula, Montana December 16, 2000 February 7, 2019 Teams The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 2000 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28119230/division_iaa_football_playoff_bracket/ Division I-AA Football Playoff Bracket The Montana Standard Butte, Montana B4 November 20, 2000 February 6, 2019 newspapers.com Montana Grizzlies 2000 Montana Grizzlies football team Montana finished their regular season with a 10–1 record (8–0 in conference); their only loss had been to Hofstra, 10–9, in the season opener. Seeded first in the playoffs, the Grizzlies defeated 16-seed Eastern Illinois, eight-seed Richmond, and 13-seed Appalachian State to reach the final. This was the third appearance for Montana in a Division I-AA championship game, having won in 1995 and having lost in 1996. Georgia Southern Eagles 2000 Georgia Southern Eagles football team Georgia Southern finished their regular season with a 9–2 record (7–1 in conference); one of their losses had been to Georgia of Division I-A. The Eagles, seeded third, defeated 14-seed McNeese State, 11-seed Hofstra, and second-seed Delaware to reach the final. This was the eighth appearance for Georgia Southern in a Division I-AA championship game, having five prior wins (1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1999) and two prior losses (1988, 1998). Game summary Scoring summary GSU MONT 1 13:19 GSU 4 80 1:41 Other GSU offense fumbled, recovered in the end zone by James McCoy, Scott Shelton kick good 7 0 1 2:57 GSU 5 60 2:22 RecTD Chris Johnson J. R. Revere 49 run by Shelton failed (after bobbled snap on kick attempt) 13 0 1 1:36 MONT 5 23 1:36 FG 38 Chris Snyder 13 3 2 0:33 GSU 8 69 3:01 RushTD Adrian Peterson 1 good Shelton 20 3 3 3:41 MONT 11 79 3:38 RecTD Etu Molden John Edwards 17 no good Snyder 20 9 4 14:36 MONT 4 73 1:30 RushTD Vince Huntsberger 65 no good (wide left) Snyder 20 15 4 11:53 MONT 5 18 2:00 RushTD Yo Humphrey 2 pass good (Humphrey from Edwards) 20 23 4 11:29 GSU 1 57 0:13 RushTD Peterson 57 good Shelton 27 23 4 0:15 MONT SafetyOther GSU punter Shelton stepped out of end zone (safety) 27 25 27 25 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28124609/grizzly_summary_box_score/ Grizzly Summary (box score) Missoulian Missoula, Montana C2 December 17, 2000 February 7, 2019 newspapers.comhttp://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/files/09fbguide/64-69playoffs.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=4000 FCS Playoff History 2009 Southern Conference soconsports.com February 7, 201968 Game statistics No. 3 Eagles 13 7 0 7 No. 1 Grizzlies 3 0 6 16 thumb|right|upright|Georgia Southern running back Adrian Peterson Georgia Southern Eagles GSU Montana Grizzlies MONT 14 59–390 51–277 113 5–8–0 27:39 28 88–487 36–211 276 29–52–2 32:21 Georgia Southern Eagles Georgia Southern Montana Grizzlies Montana J. 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Revere 5–8, 113 yds, 1 TD Adrian Peterson 23 car, 148 yds, 2 TD Chris Johnson 4 rec, 110 yds, 1 TD John Edwards 24–42, 211 yds, 1 INT, 1 TD Yo Humphrey 26 car, 119 yds, 1 TD Jimmy Farris 7 rec, 82 yds References Further reading https://gseagles.com/news/2014/8/21/FB_0821140054.aspx National Championship Rewind: 2000 gseagles.com August 21, 2014 February 7, 2019 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28124111/iaa_top_25/ I-AA Top 25 The Sports Network The Southern Illinoisan Carbondale, Illinois 2D November 21, 2000 February 7, 2019 newspapers.com External links 2000 I-AA National Championship - Georgia Southern vs Montana via YouTube Championship Game Category:20th century in Chattanooga, Tennessee Category:NCAA Division I Football Championship Games Category:Georgia Southern Eagles football games Category:Montana Grizzlies football games Category:College football in Tennessee Category:American football competitions in Chattanooga, Tennessee NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game