2019 College Football Playoff National Championship
The 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship was a college football bowl game played on January 7, 2019, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The fifth College Football Playoff National Championship, the game determined a national champion in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision for the 2018 season. It was the final game of the 2018-19 College Football Playoff (CFP) and, aside from any all star games that followed, was the culminating game of the 2018–19 bowl season. Sponsored by telecommunications company AT&T, the game was officially known as the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T.
| 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 5th College Football Playoff National Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 7, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Levi's Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Santa Clara, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offensive: #16 QB Trevor Lawrence, Fr. Clemson Defensive: #1 CB Trayvon Mullen, Jr. Clemson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Alabama by 5.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Andy Grammer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Mike Cannon (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Clemson University Tiger Band Million Dollar Band | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 74,814 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN and ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chris Fowler (play-by-play) Kirk Herbstreit (analyst) Tom Rinaldi and Maria Taylor (sideline) (ESPN) Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe and Ian Fitzsimmons (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 14.6 (25.28 million viewers) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN Deportes ESPN Deportes Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Lalo Varela and Pablo Viruega (ESPN Deportes) Kenneth Garay and Alex Pombo (ESPN Deportes Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Clemson Tigers defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide by a score of 44–16 to win the championship with an undefeated 15–0 record. Clemson became the first such undefeated team in the CFP era to win the title, and the first to finish 15–0 in a single season since the 1897 Penn Quakers. The 28-point loss was the largest margin of defeat for Alabama during the Nick Saban era (since 2007) and since Alabama's 31-point loss in the 1998 Music City Bowl.