2020 College Football Playoff National Championship
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.
| 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6th College Football Playoff National Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | LSU by 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Lauren Daigle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Chris Coyte (Pac-12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Clemson University Tiger Band Louisiana State University Tiger Marching Band | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 76,885 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 14.3 (25.59 million viewers) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN Deportes ESPN Brasil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | ESPN Brasil: Rômulo Mendonça (play-by-play) Weinny Eirado (analyst) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. 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.