1997 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

This article is about the Division I-AA (now FCS) championship game. For the Division I-A (now FBS) championship game, see 1997 Sugar Bowl.

1997 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
I-AA National Championship Game
Youngstown State Penguins McNeese State Cowboys
(12–2) (13–1)
Gateway Southland
10 9
Head coach: 
Jim Tressel		 Head coach: 
Bobby Keasler
TSNSeed
48
TSNSeed
76
1234Total
Youngstown State 030710
McNeese State 30609
DateDecember 20, 1997
Season1997
StadiumFinley Stadium
LocationChattanooga, Tennessee
RefereeRon Buckner (SoCon)
Attendance14,771
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN

The 1997 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Youngstown State Penguins and the McNeese State Cowboys. The game was played on December 20, 1997, and was the first I-AA title game contested at Finley Stadium, home field of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The culminating game of the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Youngstown State, 10–9.

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