2013 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game
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| Date | December 21, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Braly Municipal Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Florence, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | David Siegle | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 6,543 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Tom Hart (play-by-play), John Congemi (analyst), Quint Kessenich (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2013 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game that determined a national champion in NCAA Division II for the 2013 season. It was played at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, on December 21, 2013, with kickoff at noon EST (11:00 a.m. local CST), and television coverage on ESPN2.[1]
Teams[edit]
The participants of the 2013 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game were the finalists of the 2013 Division II Playoffs, which began with teams seeded 3–6 in each super region playing in the first round, the winners of which faced teams seeded 1–2 in the second round. From there, the bracket was a sixteen-team single-elimination tournament.[1] The game featured the No. 1 seed Lenoir–Rhyne Bears and the No. 1 seed Northwest Missouri State Bearcats. This was the eighth championship game appearance for the Bearcats and the first championship game appearance for the Bears.[2]
National semifinals[edit]
| Semifinals December 14 Hosted by team with asterisk | National Championship December 21 Braly Municipal Stadium, Florence, AL | ||||||||
| 3 | West Chester | 14 | |||||||
| 1 | Lenoir–Rhyne* | 42 | |||||||
| 1 | Lenoir–Rhyne | 28 | |||||||
| 1 | Northwest Missouri State | 43 | |||||||
| 1 | Northwest Missouri State* | 27 | |||||||
| 4 | Grand Valley State | 10 | |||||||
Game summary[edit]
| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 1 Lenoir–Rhyne | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| No. 1 Northwest Missouri State | 17 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 43 |
at Braly Municipal Stadium • Florence, Alabama
- Date: Saturday, December 21, 2013
- Game time: Noon EST (11:00 a.m. CST)
- Game weather: Overcast • Temperature: 67 °F (19 °C)
- Game attendance: 6,543
- Referee: David Siegle
- TV announcers (ESPN2): Tom Hart (play-by-play), John Congemi (analyst), Quint Kessenich (sideline)
- Sources:[3]
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Statistics[edit]
| Statistics | LR | NWMS |
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| First downs | 24 | 19 |
| Plays–yards | 65–376 | 62–416 |
| Rushes–yards | 59–273 | 37–139 |
| Passing yards | 103 | 277 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 4–6–0 | 15–25–0 |
| Time of possession | 31:17 | 28:43 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Lenoir–Rhyne | Passing | Josh Justice | 3/3, 69 yards, 1 TD |
| Rushing | Jarrod Spears | 13 carries, 108 yards | |
| Receiving | Greyson Wells | 2 receptions, 93 yards, 2 TD | |
| Northwest Missouri State | Passing | Trevor Adams | 15/25, 277 yards, 3 TD |
| Rushing | Billy Creason | 13 carries, 76 yards, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Reuben Thomas | 5 receptions, 92 yards, 2 TD |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "2013 NCAA Division II FOOTBALLCHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
- ^ "DII Football Championship History | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
- ^ "Northwest Missouri State University - Boxscore for Football vs Lenoir-Rhyne - National Championship on 12/21/2013". bearcatsports.com. Retrieved May 25, 2020.