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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 27, 2002

NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game Tickets on Sale Monday

CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE ­ The 2002 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-AA Football Championship Game will once again be held at Finley Stadium Davenport Field in Chattanooga, Tennessee and kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Friday, December 20.

Individual game tickets for the I-AA Football Championship will go on sale Monday, September 30 at 9:30 a.m. Tickets can be purchased at the McKenzie Arena on the campus of UT-Chattanooga or by calling 423-266-6627. UTC Mocs season football tickets also include a ticket to the Championship Game.

Chattanooga has hosted the game since 1997 and the history is listed below:

 Saturday, December 20, 1997 Saturday, December 19, 1998
 McNeese St. vs. Youngstown St. Georgia Southern vs. Massachusetts 
 Attendance: 14,771  Attendance: 17,501
   
 Saturday, December 18, 1999  Saturday, December 16, 2000
 Georgia Southern vs. Youngstown St.  Georgia Southern vs. Montana
 Attendance: 20,052  Attendance: 17,156
   
 Friday, December 21, 2001  
 Furman vs. Montana  
 Attendance: 12,698  
   

For More Information Contact:

M. Scott Smith, Vice President
423-756-8689
scott@chattanoogasports.org