1999 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

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1999 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
I-AA National Championship Game
Georgia Southern Eagles Youngstown State Penguins
(12–2)(12–2)
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5924
Head coach: 
Paul Johnson 		Head coach: 
Jim Tressel
TSN Seed
22
TSN Seed
99
1234Total
Georgia Southern102871459
Youngstown State773724
DateDecember 18, 1999
Season 1999
Stadium Finley Stadium
Location Chattanooga, Tennessee
Referee Art Bellows (Atlantic 10) [1]
Attendance20,052 [2]
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN
Announcers Rich Waltz (play-by-play), Rod Gilmore (color), Don McPherson (sideline) [1]
NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
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The 1999 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Georgia Southern Eagles and the Youngstown State Penguins. The game was played on December 18, 1999, at Finley Stadium, home field of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The culminating game of the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Georgia Southern, 59–24. [3]

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Teams

The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1999 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket. [4]

Youngstown State Penguins

Youngstown State finished their regular season with a 9–2 record (5–1 in conference); one of their losses had been to Western Michigan of Division I-A. [5] Seeded ninth in the playoffs, the Penguins defeated eight-seed Montana, 16-seed North Carolina A&T, and 13-seed Florida A&M to reach the final. This was the sixth appearance for Youngstown State in a Division I-AA championship game, having won four titles (1991, 1993, 1994, and 1997) against one loss (1992).

Georgia Southern Eagles

Georgia Southern finished their regular season with a 9–2 record (7–1 in conference); one of their losses had been to Oregon State of Division I-A. The Eagles, seeded second, defeated 15-seed Northern Arizona, 10-seed UMass, and sixth-seed Illinois State to reach the final. This was the seventh appearance for Georgia Southern in a Division I-AA championship game, having four prior wins (1985, 1986, 1989, 1990) and two prior losses (1988, 1998).

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP GSUYSU
110:209444:40GSU25-yard field goal by Chris Chambers30
14:5111765:29YSUAdrian Brown 2-yard touchdown run, Mark Griffith kick good37
12:515722:00GSUGreg Hill 42-yard touchdown run, Chambers kick good107
214:348733:17YSUJeff Ryan 3-yard touchdown run, Griffith kick good1014
210:2511784:09GSU Adrian Peterson 3-yard touchdown run, Chambers kick good1714
29:051570:10GSUBennie Cunningham 57-yard touchdown run, Chambers kick good2414
25:272720:40GSUPeterson 22-yard touchdown run, Chambers kick good3114
22:09GSUPunt returned 72 yards for touchdown by Anthony Williams, Chambers kick good3814
34:475411:15YSU30-yard field goal by Griffith3817
33:055661:42GSUPeterson 1-yard touchdown run, Chambers kick good4517
49:5710904:34GSUMark Myers 5-yard touchdown run, Chambers kick good5217
47:132711:11GSUJ. R. Revere 66-yard touchdown run, Chambers kick good5917
43:488713:25YSUBrown 1-yard touchdown run, Griffith kick good5924
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.5924

[6]

Game statistics

1234Total
No. 2 Eagles102871459
No. 9 Penguins773724
Georgia Southern running back Adrian Peterson Adrian N Peterson.jpg
Georgia Southern running back Adrian Peterson
StatisticsGSUYSU
First downs2417
Plays–yards63–65564–338
Rushes–yards59–63844–163
Passing yards17175
Passing: comp–att–int1–4–011–20–1
Time of possession27:4732:13
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Georgia SouthernPassingGreg Hill1–4, 17 yds
Rushing Adrian Peterson 25 car, 247 yds, 3 TD
ReceivingDedric Parham1 rec, 17 yds
Youngstown StatePassingJeff Ryan11–20, 175 yds, 1 INT
RushingAdrian Brown22 car, 160 yds, 2 TD
ReceivingRenauld Ray4 rec, 90 yds

[2] [7]

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