The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1998 I-AA Playoffs , which began with a 16-team bracket .[4]
UMass Minutemen
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UMass finished their regular season with an 8–3 record (6–2 in conference); two of their losses had been to rival Connecticut ,[5] McNeese State , 14-seed Lehigh , and second-seed Northwestern State to reach the final. This was the second appearance for UMass in a Division I-AA championship game, having lost to Florida A&M in the 1978 inaugural title game.
Georgia Southern Eagles
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Georgia Southern finished their regular season with an 11–0 record (8–0 in conference).[6] Colgate , eighth-seed Connecticut , and fourth-seed Western Illinois to reach the final. This was the sixth appearance for Georgia Southern in a Division I-AA championship game, having four prior wins (1985, 1986, 1989, 1990) and one prior loss (1988).
Game summary
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Scoring summary
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Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
GSU
UM
1
12:56
7
67
2:04
UM
Marcel Shipp 25-yard touchdown run, Jason Cherry kick good
0
7
1
8:29
UM
Fumble recovery returned 9 yards for touchdown by Kole Ayi , Cherry kick good
0
14
1
7:25
2
48
1:08
GSU
Greg Hill 40-yard touchdown run, Chris Chambers kick good
7
14
1
5:04
1
7
0:07
UM
Adrian Zullo 7-yard touchdown reception from Jamie Holston, Cherry kick good
7
21
2
14:46
11
63
3:34
UM
22-yard field goal by Cherry
7
24
2
10:54
6
36
2:11
GSU
Corey Joyner 6-yard touchdown reception from Greg Hill, Chambers kick good
14
24
2
7:17
11
64
3:37
UM
Todd Bankhead 1-yard touchdown run, Cherry kick good
14
31
2
4:09
5
26
1:35
UM
Shipp 4-yard touchdown run, Cherry kick good
14
38
2
2:01
6
55
2:08
GSU
Adrian Peterson 1-yard touchdown run, Chambers kick good
21
38
3
8:54
13
78
6:06
GSU
Peterson 5-yard touchdown run, Chambers kick no good
27
38
3
0:41
14
98
6:07
GSU
Hill 2-yard touchdown run, 2-point run failed
33
38
4
13:42
5
72
1:59
UM
Kevin Quinlan 2-yard touchdown run, Cherry kick good
33
45
4
11:51
5
42
1:35
UM
Shipp 2-yard touchdown run, Cherry kick good
33
52
4
8:39
12
58
3:12
GSU
38-yard field goal by Chambers
36
52
4
2:21
7
13
3:04
UM
25-yard field goal by Cherry
36
55
4
1:04
8
60
1:17
GSU
J. R. Revere 29-yard touchdown run, Chambers kick good
43
55
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
43
55
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Game statistics
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1
2
3
4
Total
No. 1 Eagles
7
14
12
10
43
No. 11 Minutemen
21
17
0
17
55
Georgia Southern running back Adrian Peterson
Statistics
GSU
UM
First downs
26
23
Plays–yards
86–595
77–462
Rushes–yards
65–457
51–303
Passing yards
138
159
Passing: comp–att–int
10–21–1
18–26–0
Time of possession
30:48
29:12
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Georgia Southern
Passing
Greg Hill
8–16, 111 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
Greg Hill
29 car, 228 yds, 2 TD
Receiving
Corey Joyner
6 rec, 94 yds, 1 TD
UMass
Passing
Todd Bankhead 17–25, 152 yds
Rushing
Marcel Shipp 35 car, 244 yds, 3 TD
Receiving
Jimmy Moore
6 rec, 63 yds
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References
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^ "1998 NCAA Division I-AA Championship Game" (PDF) . December 19, 1998. Retrieved February 20, 2019 – via amazonaws.com.^ a b c "NCAA I-AA Championship" . GATAdb . December 19, 1998. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .^ "UMass Wins I-AA Championship" . CBS News . Retrieved February 20, 2019 .^ "Division I-AA playoffs" . Missoulian Missoula, Montana . November 23, 1998. p. D5. Retrieved February 8, 2019 – via newspapers.com.^ "UMass Minutemen 1998 Schedule" . cfbinfo.com . Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .^ "Georgia Southern Eagles 1998 Schedule" . cfbinfo.com . Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .^ "NCAA box score" . umasshoops.com . Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
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