2011 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game
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The 2011 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens and the Eastern Washington Eagles. It was played on January 7, 2011, at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. The culminating game of the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season, it was won by Eastern Washington, 20–19.
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Date | January 7, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Pizza Hut Park | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Frisco, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Bo Levi Mitchell (QB, Eastern Washington)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Delaware by 8.5[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Rodney Burnette (SoCon)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 13,027[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Network | ESPN2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This was the first FCS (formerly Division I-AA) title game played in Frisco, after the prior 13 editions had been contested at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. With the tournament field expanded from 16 to 20 teams, this was also the first time for the title game to be contested in January, several weeks after the semifinals. Played on a Friday night with a kickoff shortly after 6:00 p.m. CST, it was broadcast on ESPN2.