2017 College Football Playoff National Championship
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| Date | January 9, 2017 |
| Season | 2016 |
| Stadium | Raymond James Stadium |
| Location | Tampa, Florida |
| National anthem | TBD |
| Referee | TBA |
| Halftime show | TBD |
| Attendance | TBA |
| United States TV coverage | |
| Network | ESPN |
| Announcers |
Chris Fowler (play-by-play) Kirk Herbstreit (analyst) Samantha Ponder (sidelines) Tom Rinaldi (sidelines) |
The 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship is a bowl game that is to be used determine a national champion of NCAA Division I FBS college football for the 2016 season, to be played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on January 9, 2017 between the winners of the Fiesta Bowl and Peach Bowl that will be held on December 31, 2016. It would be the culminating game of the 2016–17 bowl season as the third College Football Playoff National Championship.
Background
Tampa was announced as the host city for the third College Football Playoff National Championship game on December 17, 2013, beating competing bids by Jacksonville, Minneapolis, San Antonio, San Francisco, and South Florida. It will be the first CFP championship game not held at the site of one of the "New Year's Six" bowls.[1]
Teams
The Fiesta Bowl and the Peach Bowl are assigned to be semifinals whose winners would advance to the title match.
2017 College Football Playoff
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Winner
All times in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−05:00)
Host Selection
Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida was chosen along with University of Phoenix Stadium as the host sites in December 2013.
Game summary
Scoring summary
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Statistics
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Broadcasting
The game will be televised nationally by ESPN.
Notes
- December 3–4, 2016 − Selection Weekend
- January 6, 2017 − The National Football Foundation (NFF) to announce the newest College Football Hall of Fame class.
See also
References
- ↑ English, Antonya; Jamison, Peter (December 16, 2013). "Tampa to host 2017 college football national championship". Tampa Bay Times. Tampa, Florida: Times Publishing Company. Retrieved July 29, 2016.