2011 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 2011 BCS National Championship Game.

2011 NCAA Division I Football Championship
FCS National Championship Game
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens Eastern Washington Eagles
(12–2) (12–2)
CAA Big Sky
19 20
Head coach: 
K. C. Keeler		 Head coach: 
Beau Baldwin
TSNSeed
53
TSNSeed
15
1234 Total
Delaware 6670 19
Eastern Washington 00614 20
DateJanuary 7, 2011
Season2010
StadiumPizza Hut Park
LocationFrisco, Texas
MVPBo Levi Mitchell (QB, Eastern Washington)[1]
FavoriteDelaware by 8.5[2]
RefereeRodney Burnette (SoCon)[3]
Attendance13,027[3]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN2
NCAA Division I Football Championship
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The 2011 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens and the Eastern Washington Eagles. It was played on January 7, 2011, at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. The culminating game of the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season, it was won by Eastern Washington, 20–19.

This was the first FCS (formerly Division I-AA) title game played in Frisco, after the prior 13 editions had been contested at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. With the tournament field expanded from 16 to 20 teams, this was also the first time for the title game to be contested in January, several weeks after the semifinals. Played on a Friday night with a kickoff shortly after 6:00 p.m. CST, it was broadcast on ESPN2.

  1. ^ "Outstanding players of FCS championship game". ESPN. AP. January 5, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "Eastern Washington Eagles @ Delaware Blue Hens". vegasinsider.com. January 7, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Delaware vs Eastern Washington". caasports.com. January 7, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2019.