2001 Cumberland vs. Jacksonville State football game

Cumberland vs. Jacksonville State
First Female Athlete to Play and Score in NCAA
Cumberland Phoenix Jacksonville State Gamecocks
(0–0) (0–0)
10 72
Head coach: 
Jack Crowe
1234 Total
Cumberland 3070 10
Jacksonville State 2110734 72
DateAugust 30, 2001
Season2001
StadiumBurgess-Snow Stadium
LocationJacksonville, Alabama
Attendance11,312

The 2001 Cumberland vs. Jacksonville State football game was a college football game between the Cumberland Bulldogs and the Jacksonville State Gamecocks played on August 30, 2001. The game was played at Burgess-Snow Stadium in Jacksonville, Alabama. Jacksonville State won the game by a score of 72 to 10. During the game, Ashley Martin became the first woman to play and score in an NCAA football game and the second woman to play and score in a college game in any division.[1]

Game play

Jacksonville State led the game beginning with Lorenzo Banks receiving a 33-yard pass from Reggie Stancil for a touchdown. Steven Lee kicked the first extra point to put the score 7–0. Martin would kick two more extra points in the first quarter alone and the first quarter ended with a score of 21–3. Jacksonville led the remainder of the game. [2]

The game ended in a final score of Jacksonville State 72, Cumberland 10.[3]

Aftermath

Prior to this game, female athletes at Duke and Louisville had come close to playing in a game but did not.[4] In 1997, Liz Heaston became the first female athlete to score in a college football game. In 2003, Katie Hnida became the first female athlete to score in a Division I-A bowl game.

Martin's success as a female athlete is considered a major milestone since the 1972 Title IX amendment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the United States.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Martin first female to play, score in Division I". ESPN.com. August 31, 2001. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  2. ^ "Cumberland Univ. vs Jacksonville State (Aug 30, 2001)". Jacksonville State University. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  3. ^ DeLassus, David. "Jacksonville State Yearly Results (2001)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  4. ^ "Woman Kicks Extra Points". The New York Times. October 20, 1997. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  5. ^ "She Kicks, She Scores!". Toledo Blade. September 6, 2001. Retrieved May 15, 2011.