2001 Cumberland vs. Jacksonville State football game

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 a 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

• List of historically significant college football games
• Women's American football

References