Frisco vs. Chattanooga
by , 02-21-2010 at 08:14 PM (1011 Views)
I really have no issues of either city gaining the D-I title game for the future. But for fun, I took a look at all the D-I and D-II (looked at both as a number of the D-II teams that played in the D-II title games now are members of FCS) title games played in the state of Texas and compared the attendence of those games vs. those in Chatty. The attendance averages are as follows: Texas--9,261 & Chatty--17,215.
Of course, none of the Texas cities were in the immediate Dallas-Fort Worth area like Frisco is but some of the matchups could be real possibilities for the future in the D-I title game. The Texas cities that have hosted title games in the past include Wichita Falls, McAllen, and Longview.
Past Texas Championship Games
Division II
1976 Montana State defeated Akron 24-13 Wichita Falls, Tex. 13,200
1977 Lehigh defeated Jacksonville State 33-0 Wichita Falls, Tex. 14,114
1978 Eastern Illinois defeated Delaware 10-9 Longview, Tex. 5,500
1981 Southwest Texas State defeated North Dakota State 42-13 McAllen, Tex. 9,415
1982 Southwest Texas State defeated California-Davis 34-9 McAllen, Tex. 8,000
1983 North Dakota State defeated Central State (Ohio) 41-21 McAllen, Tex. 5,275
1984 Troy State defeated North Dakota State 18-17 McAllen, Tex. 4,500
1985 North Dakota State defeated North Alabama 35-7 McAllen, Tex. 6,000
Division I
1978 Florida A&M defeated Massachusetts 35–28 Wichita Falls, Texas 13,604
1981 Idaho State defeated Eastern Kentucky 34–23 Wichita Falls, Texas 11,003
1982 Eastern Kentucky defeated Delaware 17–14 Wichita Falls, Texas 11,257
Past Chattanooga D-I Championship Games
1997 Youngstown State defeated McNeese State 10–9 14,771
1998 Massachusetts defeated Georgia Southern 55–43 17,501
1999 Georgia Southern defeated Youngstown State 59–24 20,052
2000 Georgia Southern defeated Montana 27–25 17,156
2001 Montana defeated Furman 13–6 12,698
2002 Western Kentucky defeated McNeese State 34–14 12,360
2003 Delaware defeated Colgate 40–0 14,281
2004 James Madison defeated Montana 31–21 16,771
2005 Appalachian State defeated Northern Iowa 21–16 20,236
2006 Appalachian State defeated Massachusetts 28–17 22,808
2007 Appalachian State defeated Delaware 49–21 23,010
2008 Richmond defeated Montana 24–7 17,823
2009 Villanova defeated Montana 23–21 14,328








