2012 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 2012 BCS National Championship Game.

2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship
FCS National Championship Game
Sam Houston State Bearkats North Dakota State Bison
(11–0) (10–1)
Southland MVFC
6 17
Head coach: 
Willie Fritz		 Head coach: 
Craig Bohl
TSNSeed
11
TSNSeed
42
1234 Total
Sam Houston State 0600 6
North Dakota State 3077 17
DateJanuary 7, 2012
Season2011
StadiumPizza Hut Park[1]
LocationFrisco, Texas
MVPTravis Beck (LB, North Dakota State)[2]
FavoriteSam Houston State by 3[3]
RefereeTony Marcella (CAA)[1]
Attendance20,586[1]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN2[4]
AnnouncersDave Neal (play-by-play), David Diaz-Infante (color), Allison Williams (sideline)[4]
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The 2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the North Dakota State Bison and the Sam Houston State Bearkats. It was played on January 7, 2012, at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. The culminating game of the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season, it was won by North Dakota State, 17–6.

With sponsorship by Enterprise Rent-A-Car, the game was officially known as the NCAA FCS Championship presented by Enterprise Rent-A-Car.[4] This was the final day that the name of the venue was officially Pizza Hut Park,[5] although ESPN2 referred to it as FC Dallas Stadium during its broadcast.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference BisonBox was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Outstanding players of FCS championship game". ESPN. AP. January 5, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "North Dakota State Bison @ Sam Houston State Bearkats". vegasinsider.com. January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d "College Football NCAA Division I, Final North Dakota State vs Sam Houston State". January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2019 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ Wilonsky, Robert (December 21, 2011). "Pizza Hut Pulls Its Slice Out of Pizza Hut Park". Dallas Observer. Unfair Park blog. Archived from the original on March 24, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2011.