1997 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game
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| I-AA National Championship Game | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 20, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Finley Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Chattanooga, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Ron Buckner (SoCon) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 14,771 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1997 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Youngstown State Penguins and the McNeese State Cowboys. The game was played on December 20, 1997, and was the first I-AA title game contested at Finley Stadium, home field of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The culminating game of the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Youngstown State, 10–9.