1999 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

This article is about the Division I-AA (now FCS) championship game. For the Division I-A (now FBS) championship game, see 1999 BCS National Championship Game.

1999 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
I-AA National Championship Game
Georgia Southern Eagles Youngstown State Penguins
(12–2) (12–2)
SoCon Gateway
59 24
Head coach: 
Paul Johnson		 Head coach: 
Jim Tressel
TSNSeed
22
TSNSeed
99
1234 Total
Georgia Southern 1028714 59
Youngstown State 7737 24
DateDecember 18, 1999
Season1999
StadiumFinley Stadium
LocationChattanooga, Tennessee
RefereeArt Bellows (Atlantic 10)[1]
Attendance20,052[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersRich Waltz (play-by-play), Rod Gilmore (color), Don McPherson (sideline)[1]
NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
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The 1999 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Georgia Southern Eagles and the Youngstown State Penguins. The game was played on December 18, 1999, at Finley Stadium, home field of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The culminating game of the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Georgia Southern, 59–24.[3]

  1. ^ a b "1999 I-AA National Championship - Georgia Southern vs Youngstown State". August 21, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2019 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference TNJbox was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Walker, Teresa M. (December 19, 1999). "Eagles win one for the thumb". The Anniston Star. Anniston, Alabama. AP. Retrieved February 16, 2019 – via newspapers.com.