2005 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

The 2005 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Northern Iowa Panthers and the Appalachian State Mountaineers. The game was played on December 16, 2005, at Finley Stadium, home field of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. This was the final season that the NCAA football classification now known as the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) operated as Division I-AA. The culminating game of the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Appalachian State, 21–16.

This article is about the Division I-AA (now FCS) championship game. For the Division I-A (now FBS) championship game, see 2005 Orange Bowl.

2005 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
I-AA National Championship Game
2005 I-AA National Championship trophy (left)
Appalachian State Mountaineers Northern Iowa Panthers
(11–3) (11–3)
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21 16
Head coach: 
Jerry Moore		 Head coach: 
Mark Farley
TSNSeed
52
TSNSeed
7—
1234 Total
Appalachian State 0777 21
Northern Iowa 61000 16
DateDecember 16, 2005
Season2005
StadiumFinley Stadium
LocationChattanooga, Tennessee
RefereeBruce Palmer (Big Sky)
Attendance20,236
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN2
AnnouncersDave Pasch (play-by-play), Rod Gilmore (color), Trevor Matich (color), Stacey Dales-Schuman (sideline)
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