2013 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 2013 BCS National Championship Game.

2013 NCAA Division I Football Championship
FCS National Championship Game
North Dakota State Bison Sam Houston State Bearkats
(13–1) (11–3)
MVFC Southland
39 13
Head coach: 
Craig Bohl		 Head coach: 
Willie Fritz
TSNSeed
11
TSNSeed
5—
1234 Total
North Dakota State 371514 39
Sam Houston State 01003 13
DateJanuary 5, 2013
Season2012
StadiumFC Dallas Stadium[1]
LocationFrisco, Texas
MVPBrock Jensen (QB, North Dakota State)[2]
FavoriteNorth Dakota State by 1.5[3]
RefereeGregg Wilson (Big Sky)[1]
Attendance21,411[1]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN2[4]
AnnouncersDave Neal (play-by-play), Jay Walker (color), Cara Capuano (sideline)[4]
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The 2013 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 5, 2013, at FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco, Texas. The culminating game of the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season, it was won by North Dakota State, 39–13.

With sponsorship by Enterprise Rent-A-Car, the game was officially known as the NCAA FCS Championship presented by Enterprise Rent-A-Car.[4] The contest was a rematch of the prior season's championship game, which was also won by North Dakota State.

  1. ^ a b c "Boxscore for Football vs Sam Houston State". gobison.com. January 5, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "Outstanding players of FCS championship game". ESPN. AP. January 5, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "Sam Houston State Bearkats @ North Dakota State Bison". vegasinsider.com. January 5, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "College Football NCAA FCS Division I North Dakota State vs Sam Houston State". January 5, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2019 – via YouTube.