2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game information
Postseason college football game
This article is about the FCS (Division I-AA) championship game. For the FBS (Division I-A) championship game, see 2012 BCS National Championship Game.
College football game
2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship
FCS National Championship Game
Sam Houston State Bearkats
North Dakota State Bison
(11–0)
(10–1)
Southland
MVFC
6
17
Head coach: Willie Fritz
Head coach: Craig Bohl
TSN
Seed
1
1
TSN
Seed
4
2
1
2
3
4
Total
Sam Houston State
0
6
0
0
6
North Dakota State
3
0
7
7
17
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]
NCAA Division I Football Championship
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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]
^ abcCite error: The named reference BisonBox was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Outstanding players of FCS championship game". ESPN. AP. January 5, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
^"North Dakota State Bison @ Sam Houston State Bearkats". vegasinsider.com. January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
^ abcd"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.
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