1999-00 NCAA Football Championships Records
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DIVISION I-AA 13 1 Fo o t b a l l DIVISION I-AA 1999 Championship Hi g h l i g h t s Eagles Use Ground in Runaway Win: Georgia Southern rambled for 638 yards on the ground and a 59-24 victory over Youngstown State in the championship December 18 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Adrian Peterson was the lead rambler, as he rushed for a championship game-record 247 yards and scored three touchdowns. Georgia Southern scored 28 unanswered points in the second quarter in becoming the first team to win five titles. Bennie Cunningham finished with 129 yards and Greg Hill had 111 for Georgia Southern, which finished the season with a 13-2 record. The Eagles set a championship-game mark for points and a new record for rushing yards in all playoff games. Adrian Brown scored two touchdowns for Youngstown State and rushed for 160 yards on 22 car- ries. The Penguins concluded their season with a 12-3 mark. Georgia Southern’s Adrian Peterson eyes INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS another opening on his way to gaining a (Minimum 2 Games Played) championship-game record 247 rushing yards. RU S H I N G Yd s . / Yd s . / Name, Team G At t . Yd s . TD At t . Ga m e Adrian Peterson, Ga. Southern .. 4 10 5 89 7 12 8. 5 22 4 . 3 Marcel Shipp, Massachusetts .. 2 64 27 4 4 4. 3 13 7 . 0 Adrian Brown, Youngstown St... 4 93 49 7 4 5. 3 12 4 . 3 Greg Hill, Ga. Southern.. 4 72 44 5 6 6. 2 11 1 . 3 Jimmy Jones, Hofstra.. 2 39 18 9 1 4. 8 94 . 5 PA S S I N G Yd s . / Name, Team G At t . Co m p . Pc t . TD In t . Yd s . Ga m e Todd Bankhead, Massachusetts.. 2 74 49 .6 6 2 3 1 60 3 30 1 . 5 Giovanni Carmazzi, Hofstra.. 2 65 50 .7 6 9 4 0 54 9 27 4 . 5 Dusty Burk, Illinois St. .. 3 86 64 .7 4 4 7 3 70 6 23 5 . 3 Jeff Ryan, Youngstown St... 4 68 44 .6 4 7 6 2 81 2 20 3 . 0 JaJuan Seider, Florida A&M .. 3 82 56 .6 8 3 4 2 53 6 17 8 . 7 RE C E I V I N G Yd s . / Yd s . / Name, Team G Re c . Yd s . TD Re c . Ga m e Adrian Zullo, Massachusetts .. 2 16 22 3 1 13 . 9 11 1 . 5 Demetris Bendross, Florida A&M .. 3 22 31 6 3 14 . 4 10 5 . 3 Elliott Giles, Youngstown St. .. 4 13 40 3 2 31 . 0 10 0 . 8 Steve Jackson, Hofstra.. 2 18 19 1 2 10 . 6 95 . 5 Cainon Lamb, Florida A&M .. 3 18 22 7 2 12 . 6 75 . 7 Second Quarter WASHINGTON-GRIZZLY STADIUM, MISSOULA, Re s u l t s N.C. A&T—Darren Dawkins 39 field goal (13 yards in 6 MONTANA; NOVEMBER 27 plays, 14:13 left) Youngstown St. Mo n t a n a Tennessee St.—Avion Black 97 kickoff return (Good- First Downs .. 21 28 FIRST ROUND owens kick) (13:58 left) Rushing Yardage.. 19 6 71 N.C. A&T—Adrian Parks 7 run (Dawkins kick) (79 yards ADELPHIA COLISEUM, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE; Passing Yardage .. 28 1 42 0 in 5 plays, 5:24 left) Passes (Comp.-Att.-Int.) .. 12 - 2 2 - 1 40 - 5 6 - 1 NOVEMBER 27 Third Quarter Punts (Number-Average).. 3- 4 0 . 3 3- 3 0 . 3 N.C. A&T Tennessee St. N.C. A&T—Marcus Bryson 15 pass from Jason Battle Fumbles (Number-Lost) .. 0- 0 0- 0 First Downs .. 18 11 (Dawkins kick) (31 yards in 2 plays, 1:07 left) Penalties (Number-Yards) .. 4- 3 0 5- 4 0 Rushing Yardage.. 20 6 51 Fourth Quarter Youngstown St... 10 3 10 7— 3 0 N.C. A&T—Temell Purkett blocked punt recovery in end Passing Yardage .. 72 11 7 Mo n t a n a. 0 6 14 7— 2 7 zone (Dawkins kick) (14:23 left) Passes (Comp.-Att.-Int.) .. 8- 1 6 - 0 13 - 3 0 - 2 Individual Leaders First Quarter Punts (Number-Average).. 9- 3 8 . 6 7- 3 2 . 7 Rushing—N.C. A&T: Maurice Smith, 80 yards on 6 car- Youngstown St.—Mark Griffith 35 field goal (40 yards Fumbles (Number-Lost) .. 1- 0 1- 1 ries; Tennessee St.: Amariah Robb, 60 yards on 16 car- in 8 plays, 10:34 left) Penalties (Number-Yards) .. 13 - 1 1 0 9- 9 0 ri e s . Youngstown St.—Jeff Ryan 1 run (Griffith kick) (81 yards N.C. A&T.. 0 10 7 7— 2 4 Passing—N.C. A&T: Battle, 8 of 15 for 72 yards; in 7 plays, 3:19 left) Tennessee St. .. 3 7 0 0— 1 0 Tennessee St.: Chris Perkins, 12 of 24 for 110 yards. Second Quarter Receiving—N.C. A&T: Bryson, 2 catches for 31 yards, Montana—Kris Heppner 25 field goal (62 yards in 11 First Quarter and Romando North, 2 catches for 18 yards; plays, 2:38 left) Tennessee St.—Seth Goodowens 39 field goal (9 yards Tennessee St.: Corey Sullivan, 4 catches for 41 yards, Youngstown St.—Griffith 27 field goal (65 yards in 8 in 5 plays, 13:16 left) and Julius Hull, 4 catches for 39 yards. plays, 0:59 left) 13 2 DIVISION I-AA Montana—Heppner 46 field goal (38 yards in 6 plays, Third Quarter Illinois St.—Aveion Cason 16 run (Strader kick) (32 yards 0:00 left) Florida A&M—Seider 5 run (Kenneth Williams run) (73 in 3 plays, 5:44 left) Third Quarter yards in 11 plays, 10:34 left) Illinois St.—Cason 3 run (Strader kick) (32 yards in 5 Youngstown St.—Griffith 40 field goal (57 yards in 13 Appalachian St.—Stuart Jones 41 field goal (27 yards in plays, 2:34 left) plays, 8:50 left) 8 plays, 6:42 left) Third Quarter Montana—Yo Humphery 1 run (Heppner kick) (77 yards Appalachian St.—Wilcox 4 pass from Daniel Jeremiah Illinois St.—Troy Hunter 26 pass from Burk (Strader kick) (kick failed) (32 yards in 6 plays, 2:26 left) in 10 plays, 5:51 left) (40 yards in 4 plays, 12:40 left) Florida A&M—Demetris Bendross 29 pass from Seider Youngstown St.—Elliott Giles 82 pass from Ryan (Griffith (Edwards kick) (72 yards in 5 plays, 0:30 left) Illinois St.—Ryan Szokola 48 punt return (Strader kick) kick) (86 yards in 3 plays, 4:09 left) Fourth Quarter (11:04 left) Montana—Jimmy Farris 2 pass from Drew Miller Appalachian St.—Luke Manuel 20 pass from David Illinois St.—Steve Kostro 43 pass from Burk (Strader kick) (Heppner kick) (68 yards in 4 plays, 3:11 left) Reaves (Jeremiah run) (42 yards in 3 plays, 10:59 left) (54 yards in 6 plays, 6:53 left) Fourth Quarter Appalachian St.—Karim Razzak 19 pass from Reaves Colgate—Ryan Ojeda 20 pass from Tom McCune (Erich Montana—Humphery 1 run (Heppner kick) (70 yards in (pass failed) (68 yards in 7 plays, 7:37 left) Kutschke kick) (80 yards in 8 plays, 2:22 left) 10 plays, 8:59 left) Florida A&M—Seider 15 run (Edwards kick) (80 yards in Fourth Quarter Youngtown St.—Ryan 18 run (Griffith kick) (75 yards in 7 plays, 5:46 left) Colgate—Randall Joseph 77 run (kick failed) (77 yards in 10 plays, 5:39 left) Florida A&M—Edwards 25 field goal (33 yards in 8 1 play, 6:14 left) Individual Leaders plays, 0:53 left) Illinois St.—Cason 21 run (Strader kick) (65 yards in 10 Rushing—Youngstown St.: Adrian Brown, 103 yards on Individual Leaders plays, 0:34 left) 26 carries; Montana: Humphery, 86 yards on 20 car- Rushing—Florida A&M: Williams, 85 yards on 16 car- Individual Leaders ri e s . ries; Appalachian St.: Wilcox, 65 yards on 1 carry. Rushing—Colgate: Joseph, 176 yards on 17 carries; Passing—Florida A&M: Seider, 33 of 43 for 313 yards; Passing—Youngstown St.: Ryan, 12 of 22 for 281 yards; Illinois St.: Cason, 156 yards on 21 carries. Appalachian St.: Reaves, 15 of 34 for 134 yards. Montana: Miller, 40 of 56 for 420 yards. Receiving—Florida A&M: Lamb, 10 catches for 118 Passing—Colgate: McCune, 8 of 15 for 107 yards; Receiving—Youngstown St.: Giles, 6 catches for 214 yards, and Bendross, 10 catches for 95 yards; Illinois St.: Burk, 12 of 17 for 165 yards. yards, and Jared Zwick, 2 catches for 18 yards; Appalachian St.: Wilcox, 5 catches for 42 yards, and Receiving—Colgate: Ojeda, 4 catches for 50 yards, and Montana: Tanner Hancock, 9 catches for 111 yards, Rashad Slade, 3 catches for 36 yards. Tom Morin, 3 catches for 35 yards; Illinois St.: Rickey and Jeremy Watkins, 8 catches for 74 yards. Garrett, 3 catches for 26 yards, and Cason, 3 catches HOFSTRA STADIUM, HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK; for 15 yards. SCRUSHY FIELD, TROY, ALABAMA; NOVEMBER 27 NOVEMBER 27 Le h i g h Ho f s t r a PALADIN STADIUM, GREENVILLE, SOUTH James Madison Troy St. First Downs .. 20 24 CAROLINA; NOVEMBER 27 First Downs .. 13 19 Rushing Yardage.. 54 15 9 Ma s s a c h u s e t t s Fu r m a n Rushing Yardage.. 55 18 7 Passing Yardage .