2000 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

The game was played on December 16, 2000, at Finley Stadium, home field of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

The culminating game of the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Georgia Southern, 27–25.

Seeded first in the playoffs, the Grizzlies defeated 16-seed Eastern Illinois, eight-seed Richmond, and 13-seed Appalachian State to reach the final.

This was the third appearance for Montana in a Division I-AA championship game, having won in 1995 and having lost in 1996.

The Eagles, seeded third, defeated 14-seed McNeese State, 11-seed Hofstra, and second-seed Delaware to reach the final.