2017 NCAA Division I Football Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||
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FCS National Championship Game | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | January 7, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Toyota Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Frisco, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Khalid Abdullah (RB, James Madison)[1][a] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | James Madison by 9[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Marshall Lewis (Sun Belt)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 14,423 | ||||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Anish Shroff (play-by-play), Ahmad D. Brooks (color), Quint Kessenich (sideline)[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 2017 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game that determined a national champion in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision for the 2016 season. It was played at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, on January 7, 2017, with kickoff at 12:00 noon EST, and was the culminating game of the 2016 FCS Playoffs. With sponsorship from Northwestern Mutual, the game was officially known as the NCAA FCS Football Championship Presented by Northwestern Mutual.
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