2008 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game

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2008 NCAA Division I Football Championship
FCS National Championship Game
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Montana Grizzlies Richmond Spiders
(14–1)(12–3)
Big Sky CAA
724
Head coach: 
Bobby Hauck 		Head coach: 
Mike London
TSN Seed
54
TSN Seed
7—
1234Total
Montana00077
Richmond7140324
DateDecember 19, 2008
Season 2008
Stadium Finley Stadium
Location Chattanooga, Tennessee
Favorite Richmond by 1.5 [1]
Referee Cooper Castleberry (Southland) [2]
Attendance17,823 [2]
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN2 [3]
NCAA Division I Football Championship
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The 2008 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Richmond Spiders and the Montana Grizzlies. It was played on December 19, 2008, at Finley Stadium, home field of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The culminating game of the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season, it was won by Richmond, 24–7.

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Teams

The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 2008 FCS Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket.

Richmond Spiders

Richmond finished their regular season with a 9–3 record (6–2 in conference), after starting their season 4–3 through their first seven games. The Spiders defeated Eastern Kentucky, second-seeded Appalachian State, and third-seeded Northern Iowa to reach the final. This was Richmond's first appearance in an FCS/Division I-AA championship game.

Montana Grizzlies

Montana finished their regular season with an 11–1 record (7–1 in conference). As the fourth-seed in the tournament, the Grizzlies defeated Texas State, Weber State (who had given Montana their only defeat during the regular season), and top-seeded James Madison to reach the final. This was Montana's sixth appearance in an FCS/Division I-AA championship game, having previously won in 1995 and 2001, and having lost in 1996, 2000, and 2004.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP MONTRICH
19:0211665:58RICH Eric Ward 23-yard touchdown reception from John Crone, Andrew Howard kick good07
211:293341:14RICH Josh Vaughan 5-yard touchdown run, Howard kick good014
22:1312756:52RICHGarrett Wilkins 13-yard touchdown reception from Ward, Howard kick good021
411:5613694:28MONT Chase Reynolds 4-yard touchdown run, Brody McKnight kick good721
46:544-11:32RICH39-yard field goal by Brian Radford724
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.724

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Game statistics

1234Total
No. 4 Grizzlies00077
Spiders7140324
Montana quarterback Cole Bergquist Cole Bergquist.jpg
Montana quarterback Cole Bergquist
StatisticsMONTRICH
First downs1516
Plays–yards63–30658–327
Rushes–yards25–3939–208
Passing yards267119
Passing: comp–att–int19–38–113–19–0
Time of possession28:5931:01
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
MontanaPassing Cole Bergquist 19–36, 267 yds, 1 INT
Rushing Chase Reynolds 12 car, 47 yds, 1 TD
Receiving Marc Mariani 7 rec, 172 yds
RichmondPassing Eric Ward 12–18, 96 yds, 1 TD
Rushing Josh Vaughan 23 car, 162 yds, 1 TD
ReceivingTre Gray6 rec, 44 yds

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References

  1. ↑ "Richmond Spiders @ Montana Grizzlies". vegasinsider.com. December 19, 2008. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Montana vs Richmond". caasports.com. December 19, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  3. ↑ "On The Air". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . December 19, 2008. p. D2. Retrieved January 7, 2019– via newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Montana vs. Richmond - Play-By-Play". ESPN . December 19, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Montana vs. Richmond - Game Summary". ESPN . December 19, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Richmond vs. Montana (box score)". Great Falls Tribune . Great Falls, Montana. December 20, 2008. p. 20. Retrieved January 7, 2019– via newspapers.com.

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