Year Game Played: | 2007 |
Game Name: | NCAA Division I Football Championship |
Subheader: | FCS National Championship Game |
Visitor Name Short: | Delaware |
Visitor Nickname: | Fightin' Blue Hens |
Home Nickname: | Mountaineers |
Visitor School: | University of Delaware |
Home Name Short: | Appalachian State |
Football Season: | 2007 |
Home School: | Appalachian State University |
Visitor Record: | 11–3 |
Home Record: | 12–2 |
Visitor Conference: | CAA |
Home Conference: | SoCon |
Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
Home 1Q: | 14 |
Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
Home 2Q: | 14 |
Home 3Q: | 7 |
Home 4Q: | 14 |
Visitor Coach: | K. C. Keeler |
Home Coach: | Jerry Moore |
Visitor Rank Tsn: | 13 |
Visitor Seed: | — |
Home Rank Tsn: | 5 |
Home Seed: | — |
Date Game Played: | December 14 |
Stadium: | Finley Stadium |
City: | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
Referee: | Andre Lowe (MEAC)[1] |
Attendance: | 23,010[2] |
Us Network: | ESPN2[3] |
Us Announcers: | Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Chris Spielman (color), Rob Stone (sideline)[4] |
Different Previous: | 2006 |
Different Next: | 2008 |
The 2007 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Appalachian State Mountaineers and the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens. It was played on December 14, 2007, at Finley Stadium, home field of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The culminating game of the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season, it was won by Appalachian State, 49–21.
The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 2007 FCS Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket.
See main article: 2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team. Appalachian State's first game of the 2007 season was a 34–32 upset win over Michigan, who were the No. 5 ranked team in FBS at the time. Appalachian State went on to finish their regular season with a 9–2 record (5–2 in conference). The Mountaineers defeated James Madison, Eastern Washington, and Richmond to reach the final. This was Appalachian State's third consecutive appearance in the championship game, having won the title in both 2005 and 2006.
See main article: 2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team. Delaware finished their regular season with an 8–3 record (5–3 in conference). The Fightin' Blue Hens defeated Delaware State, top-seed Northern Iowa, and fourth-seed Southern Illinois to reach the final.