2006 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game
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The 2006 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the UMass Minutemen and the Appalachian State Mountaineers. The game was played on December 15, 2006, at Finley Stadium, home field of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. This was the first season that the NCAA football classification formerly known as Division I-AA operated as the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The culminating game of the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season, it was won by Appalachian State, 28–17.
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FCS National Championship Game | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 15, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Finley Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Chattanooga, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||||
National anthem | Trace Adkins[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | J. Sullivan[2] (Gateway)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 22,808[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Network | ESPN2[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Rod Gilmore (color), Trevor Matich (color), Dave Ryan (sideline)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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With sponsorship by Enterprise Rent-A-Car, the game was officially known as the NCAA Division I Championship presented by Enterprise Rent-A-Car.[1]