2009 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game

This article is about the FCS (Division I-AA) championship game. For the FBS (Division I-A) championship game, see 2009 BCS National Championship Game.

2009 NCAA Division I Football Championship
FCS National Championship Game
Montana Grizzlies Villanova Wildcats
(11–0) (10–1)
Big Sky CAA
21 23
Head coach: 
Bobby Hauck		 Head coach: 
Andy Talley
TSNSeed
11
TSNSeed
22
1234 Total
Montana 7707 21
Villanova 3677 23
DateDecember 18, 2009
Season2009
StadiumFinley Stadium
LocationChattanooga, Tennessee
MVPMatt Szczur (WR, Villanova)[1]
FavoriteVillanova by 2[2]
RefereeMatt Young (OVC)[3]
Attendance14,328[3]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN2
NCAA Division I Football Championship
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The 2009 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Villanova Wildcats and the Montana Grizzlies. It was played on December 18, 2009, at Finley Stadium, home field of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The culminating game of the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season, it was won by Villanova, 23–21.

  1. ^ "Outstanding players of FCS championship game". ESPN. AP. January 5, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "Villanova Wildcats @ Montana Grizzlies". vegasinsider.com. December 18, 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NovaBox was invoked but never defined (see the help page).