2001 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 2001 Orange Bowl.

2001 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
I-AA National Championship Game
Furman Paladins Montana Grizzlies
(12–2) (14–1)
SoCon Big Sky
6 13
Head coach: 
Bobby Johnson		 Head coach: 
Joe Glenn
TSNSeed
43
TSNSeed
11
1234 Total
Furman 0006 6
Montana 01003 13
DateDecember 21, 2001
Season2001
StadiumFinley Stadium
LocationChattanooga, Tennessee
RefereeRoss Smith (Southland)[1]
Attendance12,698[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN[3]
AnnouncersRon Franklin (play-by-play), Mike Gottfried (color)[1]
NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
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The 2001 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Montana Grizzlies and the Furman Paladins. The game was played on December 21, 2001, at Finley Stadium, home field of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The culminating game of the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Montana, 13–6.[4]

  1. ^ a b "#23 - Montana Wins the 2001 National Championship—Big Sky 50 Greatest Moments". Big Sky Conference. December 5, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2019 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference GFTbox was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "In The Spotlight". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 21, 2001. p. B-5. Retrieved February 5, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "I-AA Championship: Montana 13, Furman 6". upi.com. UPI. December 21, 2001. Retrieved February 5, 2019.