2002 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

The 2002 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and the McNeese State Cowboys. The game was played on December 20, 2002, at Finley Stadium, home field of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The culminating game of the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Western Kentucky, 34–14.

This article is about the Division I-AA (now FCS) championship game. For the 2002 Division I-A (now FBS) championship game, see 2002 Rose Bowl.

2002 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
I-AA National Championship Game
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers McNeese State Cowboys
(11–3) (12–1)
Gateway Southland
34 14
Head coach: 
Jack Harbaugh		 Head coach: 
Tommy Tate
TSNSeed
15—
TSNSeed
11
1234 Total
Western Kentucky 710710 34
McNeese State 0680 14
DateDecember 20, 2002
Season2002
StadiumFinley Stadium
LocationChattanooga, Tennessee
RefereeA. Bellows
Attendance12,360
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN2
AnnouncersRon Franklin (play-by-play), Mike Gottfried (color), Adrian Karsten (sideline)
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