2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 2000 NCAA logo.svg 121 August–November November 25–December 16 December 16, 2000 Finley StadiumChattanooga, Tennessee Georgia Southern Louis Ivory (RB, Furman)Walter Payton Award -- History (1987–2014) The Sports Network 2015-01-06 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/payton_history.htm 2024-08-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20150106170518/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/payton_history.htm 2015-01-06 dead Edgerton Hartwell (LB, Western Illinois)Buck Buchanan Award -- History (1995–2014) The Sports Network 2015-01-06 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/buchanan_history.htm 2024-08-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20150107030851/http://www.sportsnetwork.com:80/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/buchanan_history.htm 2015-01-07 dead The 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I-AA level, began in August 2000, and concluded with the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 16, 2000, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Georgia Southern Eagles won their sixth I-AA championship, defeating the Montana Grizzlies by a score of 27–25.2000 NCAA Division I Football Championship http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2012/d1/2012FCSfbchamp.pdf NCAA.org December 29, 2013 16 Conference changes and new programs School 1999 Conference 2000 Conference Connecticut Atlantic 10 (I-AA) I-A Independent Georgetown MAAC I-AA Independent St. John's (NY) I-AA Independent Northeast Conference standings Conference champions List of NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football seasons Conference championsAtlantic 10 Conference – Delaware and Richmond Big Sky Conference – Montana Gateway Football Conference – Western Illinois Ivy League – Penn Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Duquesne Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Florida A&M Northeast Conference – Robert Morris Ohio Valley Conference – Western Kentucky Patriot League – Lehigh Pioneer Football League – Dayton and Valparaiso Southern Conference – Georgia Southern Southland Football League – Troy State Southwestern Athletic Conference – Grambling State Postseason NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket First RoundNovember 25Campus sites QuarterfinalsDecember 2Campus sites SemifinalsDecember 9Campus sites National Championship Game December 16Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN Montana* 45 1 16 Eastern Illinois 13 Richmond* 10 8 9 Youngstown State 3 Western Kentucky* 27 5 12 Florida A&M 0 Troy State* 30 4 13 Appalachian State 33 Georgia Southern* 42 3 14 McNeese State 17 Furman* 24 6 11 Hofstra 31 Western Illinois* 7 7 10 Lehigh 37 Delaware* 49 2 15 Portland State 14 Montana* 34 1 8 Richmond 20 Western Kentucky* 14 5 13 Appalachian State 17 Georgia Southern* 48 3 11 Hofstra 20 Lehigh 22 10 2 Delaware* 47 Montana* 19* 1 13 Appalachian State 16 Georgia Southern 27 3 2 Delaware* 18 Montana 25 1 3 Georgia Southern 27 * By team name denotes host institution * By score denotes overtime Source: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 References