2020 College Football Playoff National Championship information
College football championship game
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College football game
2020 College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T
6th College Football Playoff National Championship
Clemson Tigers
LSU Tigers
(14–0)
(14–0)
ACC
SEC
25
42
Head coach: Dabo Swinney
Head coach: Ed Orgeron
AP
Coaches
CFP
3
3
3
AP
Coaches
CFP
1
1
1
1
2
3
4
Total
Clemson
7
10
8
0
25
LSU
7
21
7
7
42
Date
January 13, 2020
Season
2019
Stadium
Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana
MVP
Offensive: #9 QB Joe Burrow, Sr. LSU Defensive: #8 LB Patrick Queen, Jr. LSU[1]
Favorite
LSU by 5[2]
National anthem
Lauren Daigle[3]
Referee
Chris Coyte (Pac-12)[4]
Halftime show
Clemson University Tiger Band Louisiana State University Tiger Marching Band[5]
Attendance
76,885[6]
United States TV coverage
Network
ESPN and ESPN Radio
Announcers
ESPN: Chris Fowler (play-by-play) Kirk Herbstreit (analyst) Maria Taylor and Tom Rinaldi (sidelines) Adam Amin, Dan Orlovsky, Pat McAfee, Steve Levy (Field Pass) ESPN Radio: Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe and Ian Fitzsimmons
The 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship was a college football bowl game played on January 13, 2020 (which was the latest calendar date for the game until 2025), at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The sixth College Football Playoff National Championship, the game determined a national champion in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision for the 2019 season. The game began at 8:00 p.m. EST (7:00 p.m. local CST) and was televised by ESPN. It was the final game of the 2019–20 College Football Playoff and, aside from the all-star games that followed, was the culminating game of the 2019–20 bowl season. Sponsored by telecommunications company AT&T, the game was officially known as the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T.
The championship featured the winner of the Peach Bowl, the top-seeded LSU Tigers from the Southeastern Conference defeating the winner of the Fiesta Bowl, the third seed and defending national champion Clemson Tigers from the Atlantic Coast Conference by a score of 42–25 to win their first national championship since 2007.[8] The win for LSU snapped Clemson's 29 game-winning streak and gave them their fourth national championship, their first in the College Football Playoff era, and becoming just the 2nd team to complete a perfect 15-0 season after Clemson doing the feat the season earlier. The next two teams that would accomplish this feat were Georgia in 2022, and Michigan in 2023. Clemson appeared in their fourth overall CFP National Championship game, tying them with Alabama for the most appearances by any team. LSU became the first team to win the national championship in their home state since the 2008 Florida Gators squad.
^Zucker, Joseph (January 14, 2020). "Joe Burrow, Patrick Queen Win 2020 College Football National Championship MVPs". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
^"Clemson vs. LSU – Game Summary – January 13, 2020". ESPN. Archived from the original on January 12, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
^Longs, Herb (November 23, 2019). "Lauren Daigle To Sing National Anthem At College Football Playoff National Championship". thechristianbeat.org. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
^Farner, Keith (January 13, 2020). "Pac-12 national championship officiating crew known for controversial past". saturdaydownsouth.com. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
^Boettger, Eli (January 13, 2020). "CFP halftime show 2020 start time, acts: Who is performing at the national championship game?". Sporting News. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
^@BKubena (January 14, 2020). "Official attendance: 76,885" (Tweet). Retrieved January 13, 2020 – via Twitter.
^Lyons, Dan (January 15, 2020). "Where LSU vs. Clemson TV Ratings Rank Among All National Championship Games". thespun.com. The Spun. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
^"New Orleans 2020". collegefootballplayoff.com. Archived from the original on December 28, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
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