| 2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| FCS National Championship Game | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 7, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Pizza Hut Park[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Frisco, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Travis Beck (LB, North Dakota State)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Sam Houston State by 3[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Tony Marcella (CAA)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 20,586[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN2[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave Neal (play-by-play), David Diaz-Infante (color), Allison Williams (sideline)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the North Dakota State Bison and the Sam Houston State Bearkats. It was played on January 7, 2012, at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. The culminating game of the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season, it was won by North Dakota State, 17–6.
With sponsorship by Enterprise Rent-A-Car, the game was officially known as the NCAA FCS Championship presented by Enterprise Rent-A-Car.[4] This was the final day that the name of the venue was officially Pizza Hut Park,[5] although ESPN2 referred to it as FC Dallas Stadium during its broadcast.[4]
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "North Dakota State Bison @ Sam Houston State Bearkats". vegasinsider.com. January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
- ^ a b c d "College Football NCAA Division I, Final North Dakota State vs Sam Houston State". January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2019 – via YouTube.
- ^ Wilonsky, Robert (December 21, 2011). "Pizza Hut Pulls Its Slice Out of Pizza Hut Park". Dallas Observer. Unfair Park blog. Archived from the original on March 24, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2011.