| Year Game Played: | 2003 |
| Game Name: | NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship |
| Subheader: | I-AA National Championship Game |
| Visitor Name Short: | Colgate |
| Visitor Nickname: | Raiders |
| Home Nickname: | Fightin' Blue Hens |
| Visitor School: | Colgate University |
| Home Name Short: | Delaware |
| Football Season: | 2003 |
| Home School: | University of Delaware |
| Visitor Record: | 15–0 |
| Home Record: | 14–1 |
| Visitor Conference: | Patriot League |
| Home Conference: | Atlantic 10 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 1Q: | 13 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 7 |
| Home 3Q: | 14 |
| Home 4Q: | 6 |
| Visitor Coach: | Dick Biddle |
| Home Coach: | K. C. Keeler |
| Visitor Rank Tsn: | 6 |
| Visitor Seed: | 4 |
| Home Rank Tsn: | 3 |
| Home Seed: | 2 |
| Date Game Played: | December 19 |
| Stadium: | Finley Stadium |
| City: | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| Referee: | Mike Purcell (Ohio Valley) |
| Attendance: | 14,281 |
| Us Network: | ESPN2[1] |
| Us Announcers: | Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Mike Golic (color), Rod Gilmore (color), Rob Stone (sideline) |
| Different Previous: | 2002 |
| Different Next: | 2004 |
The 2003 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens and the Colgate Raiders. The game was played on December 19, 2003, at Finley Stadium, home field of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The culminating game of the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Delaware, 40–0.
The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 2003 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket.
See main article: 2003 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team. Delaware finished their regular season with an 11–1 record (8–1 in conference). Their only loss was to Northeastern, while one of their wins was over Navy of Division I-A. The Fightin' Blue Hens, seeded second in the tournament, defeated Southern Illinois, Northern Iowa, and third-seed Wofford to reach the final. This was the second appearance for Delaware in a Division I-AA championship game, having lost in 1982.
See also: Colgate Raiders football. Colgate finished their regular season with a 12–0 record (7–0 in conference).[2] The Raiders, seeded fourth in the tournament, defeated UMass, Western Illinois, and Florida Atlantic to reach the final. This was the first appearance for Colgate in a Division I-AA championship game.