2006 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game

Postseason college football game

This article is about the FCS (Division I-AA) championship game. For the FBS (Division I-A) championship game, see 2006 Rose Bowl.

College football game

2006 NCAA Division I Football Championship

FCS National Championship Game

2006 FCS National Championship trophy (center)

| Appalachian State Mountaineers | UMass Minutemen

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(10–1) | (10–1)
SoCon | Atlantic 10
28 | 17
Head coach:
Jerry Moore | Head coach:
Don Brown
| TSN| Seed

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1| 1
| TSN| Seed

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3| 3
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Appalachian State | 7| 7| 0| 14 | 28
UMass | 7| 0| 7| 3 | 17
Date| December 15, 2006
Season| 2006
Stadium| Finley Stadium
Location| Chattanooga, Tennessee
National anthem| Trace Adkins[1]
Referee| J. Sullivan[2] (Gateway)[1]
Attendance| 22,808[2]
United States TV coverage
Network| ESPN2[1]
Announcers| Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Rod Gilmore (color), Trevor Matich (color), Dave Ryan (sideline)[1]
|  NCAA Division I Football Championship

< 2005 | 2007 >

The 2006 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the UMass Minutemen and the Appalachian State Mountaineers. The game was played on December 15, 2006, at Finley Stadium, home field of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. This was the first season that the NCAA football classification formerly known as Division I-AA operated as the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The culminating game of the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season, it was won by Appalachian State, 28–17.

With sponsorship by Enterprise Rent-A-Car, the game was officially known as the NCAA Division I Championship presented by Enterprise Rent-A-Car.[1]

## Teams

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The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 2006 FCS Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket.

### Appalachian State Mountaineers

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Main article: 2006 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

Appalachian State finished their regular season with a 10–1 record (7–0 in conference). Their only loss was to NC State of the FBS, in their first game of the season. The Mountaineers were the first-seed in the tournament and defeated Coastal Carolina, Montana State, and fourth-seed Youngstown State to reach the final. This was Appalachian State's second consecutive appearance in the championship game, having won the title in 2005.

### UMass Minutemen

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Main article: 2006 UMass Minutemen football team

UMass finished their regular season with a 10–1 record (8–0 in conference). Their only loss was to Navy of the FBS, in their second game of the season. The Minutemen were the third-seed in the tournament and defeated Lafayette, New Hampshire, and second-seed Montana to reach the final. This was the third appearance for UMass in a Division I-AA/FCS championship game, having won in 1998 and having lost in 1978.

## Game summary

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### Scoring summary

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Scoring summary

| Quarter  | Time  | Drive | Team  | Scoring information  | Score

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Plays | Yards  | TOP | APP  | MASS
1  | 11:49  | 8  | 80  | 3:11  | MASS  | Matt Lawrence 1-yard touchdown run, Chris Koepplin kick good  | 0  | 7
1  | 1:15  | 4  | 70  | 1:27  | APP  | Kevin Richardson 45-yard touchdown run, Julian Rauch kick good  | 7  | 7
2  | 0:49  | 11  | 78  | 4:19  | APP  | Richardson 6-yard touchdown run, Rauch kick good  | 14  | 7
3  | 4:22  | 11  | 81  | 4:25  | MASS  | Brad Listorti 17-yard touchdown reception from Liam Coen, Koepplin kick good  | 14  | 14
4  | 13:22  | 13  | 71  | 5:50  | APP  | Richardson 4-yard touchdown run, Rauch kick good  | 21  | 14
4  | 8:46  | 10  | 55  | 4:31  | MASS  | 42-yard field goal by Koepplin  | 21  | 17
4  | 1:51  | 14  | 80  | 6:46  | APP  | Richardson 2-yard touchdown run, Rauch kick good  | 28  | 17
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | 28  | 17

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### Game statistics

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| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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No. 1 Mountaineers | 7  | 7  | 0  | 14 | 28
No. 3 Minutemen  | 7  | 0  | 7  | 3 | 17
Appalachian State quarterback Armanti Edwards Statistics  | APP  | MASS

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First downs | 24 | 19
Plays–yards | 72–431 | 65–372
Rushes–yards | 53–285 | 32–151
Passing yards | 146 | 221
Passing: comp–att–int | 12–19–1 | 20–33–2
Time of possession | 33:10 | 26:50
Team | Category | Player | Statistics

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Appalachian State  | Passing | Armanti Edwards | 12–19, 146 yds, 1 INT
Rushing | Kevin Richardson | 30 car, 179 yds, 4 TD
Receiving | Dexter Jackson
William Mayfield | 3 rec, 44 yds
3 rec, 44 yds
UMass  | Passing | Liam Coen | 20–33, 221 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing | Steve Baylark | 24 car, 133 yds
Receiving | Brad Listorti | 5 rec, 78 yds, 1 TD

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## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "2006 FCS Championship - Appalachian State vs. UMass". February 9, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2019 - via YouTube.
2. ^ a b c d "Football vs. Appalachian State (box score)". umassathletics.com. December 15, 2006. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
3. ^ a b "I-AA Championship (box score)". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. December 17, 2006. p. E11. Retrieved January 9, 2019 - via newspapers.com.

## Further reading

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* "No. 3 UMass Falls To No. 1 App State In NCAA Final, 28-17". umassathletics.com. December 15, 2006. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
* "NCAA Division I Football Championship". umassathletics.com. December 16, 2006. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
* "Division I-AA Poll". Missoulian. Missoula, Montana: The Sports Network. AP. November 21, 2006. p. D3. Retrieved February 5, 2019 - via newspapers.com.

## External links

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* Box score at umassathletics.com
* 2006 FCS Championship - Appalachian State vs. UMass via YouTube

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