2002 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

This article is about the Division I-AA (now FCS) championship game. For the 2002 Division I-A (now FBS) championship game, see 2002 Rose Bowl.

2002 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
I-AA National Championship Game
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers McNeese State Cowboys
(11–3) (12–1)
Gateway Southland
34 14
Head coach: 
Jack Harbaugh		 Head coach: 
Tommy Tate
TSNSeed
15—
TSNSeed
11
1234 Total
Western Kentucky 710710 34
McNeese State 0680 14
DateDecember 20, 2002
Season2002
StadiumFinley Stadium
LocationChattanooga, Tennessee
RefereeA. Bellows[1]
Attendance12,360[1]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN2[2]
AnnouncersRon Franklin (play-by-play), Mike Gottfried (color), Adrian Karsten (sideline)[2]
NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
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The 2002 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and the McNeese State Cowboys. The game was played on December 20, 2002, at Finley Stadium, home field of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The culminating game of the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Western Kentucky, 34–14.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference WKUbox was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Western Kentucky Vs Mcneese State 2002". June 11, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2019 – via YouTube.