Английская Википедия:2020–21 NAIA Football National Championship

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox college football game The 2020–21 NAIA Football National Championship was a four-round, sixteen team tournament played between April 17 and May 10, 2021. The tournament concluded with a single game, played as the 65th Annual NAIA Football National Championship.

The championship game was played at Eddie Robinson Stadium in Grambling, Louisiana, between the 11–1 No. 6 Northwestern Red Raiders, representing Northwestern College from Orange City, Iowa, and the undefeated No. 3 Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders, representing Lindsey Wilson College from Columbia, Kentucky. This was the second time the championship game was played at this venue with the previous year's game also taking place there. The game was played on May 10, 2021, with kickoff at 6:00 p.m. EST (5:00 p.m. local CST).

Teams

Northwestern (IA)

The Northwestern Red Raiders, led by 5th-year head coach Matt McCarty, entered the national championship game as the No. 6 seed. They were seeking to win their third national championship overall and first non-NAIA Division II national championship, having won in 1973 and 1983. They entered the game 11–1, 8–1 in GPAC play.

style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle colspan=3|2020 Northwestern (IA) Football
Sep. 12	at No. 1 Шаблон:Cfb link*	L 31–45
Sep. 19	Шаблон:Cfb link*	W 50–16
Sep. 3	at No. 18 Шаблон:Cfb link*	W 49–7
Oct. 17	Шаблон:Cfb link*	W 31–17
Oct. 24	at Шаблон:Cfb link*	W 35–14
Oct. 31	Шаблон:Cfb link*	W 43–14
Nov. 7	at Шаблон:Cfb link*	W 62–10
Nov. 14	Шаблон:Cfb link*	W 38–21
Nov. 23	Шаблон:Cfb link*	W 49–0
NAIA Playoffs (No. 6 seed)
Apr. 17	No. 10 Шаблон:Cfb link	W 31–7
Apr. 24	at No. 2 Шаблон:Cfb link	W 27–24
May 10	at No. 1 Шаблон:Cfb link	W 44–41

Lindsey Wilson

Шаблон:Main The Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders, led by 11th-year head coach Chris Oliver, entered the national championship game as the No. 3 seed and were looking to win the program's first-ever NAIA National Championship. They entered the game 10–0, 7–0 in MSC Bluegrass Division play.

style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle colspan=3|2020 Lindsey Wilson Football
Feb. 12	Шаблон:Cfb link*	W 49–0
Feb. 26	No. 17 Шаблон:Cfb link*	W 45–10
Mar. 5	at No. 19 Шаблон:Cfb link*	W 35–14
Mar. 12	at Шаблон:Cfb link*	W 56–22
Mar. 19	Шаблон:Cfb link*	W 52–20
Apr. 1	at Шаблон:Cfb link*	W 49–21
Apr. 9	Шаблон:Cfb link*	W 49–7
NAIA Playoffs (No. 3 seed)
Apr. 17	No. 14 Шаблон:Cfb link	W 42–10
Apr. 24	No. 5 Шаблон:Cfb link	W 49–27
May 1	No. 4 Шаблон:Cfb link	W 38–14

Series history

This game was both team's first time playing each other.

Game summary

Statistics

Statistics	style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle|NWC	style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle|LWC
First downs	16	17
Total yards	231	347
Rushes–yards	32–74	40–190
Passing yards	157	157
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	22–32–0	18–24–0
Time of possession	28:50	31:10

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
rowspan=3 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle|Northwestern (IA)	Passing	Blake Fryar	22/32, 157 yards, 2 TD
Rushing	Blake Fryar	18 carries, 38 yards
Receiving	Cade Moser	6 receptions, 54 yards
rowspan=3 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle|Lindsey Wilson	Passing	Cameron Dukes	18/24, 157 yards
Rushing	Darius Clark	4 carries, 70 yards
Receiving	Jaylen Boyd	4 receptions, 50 yards

Postseason playoffs

A total of sixteen teams were selected to participate in the single-elimination tournament from across the country, with invitations that were revealed on Sunday, November 17, 2019. The field included twelve conference champions who received automatic bids. The field was then filled with at-large selections that were awarded to the highest ranked teams that were not conference champions. First-round seedings were based on the final regular-season edition of the 2020 NAIA Coaches' Poll, with certain minor modifications given based on travel and geographic considerations. Each subsequent round also saw minor modifications based on travel and the geography of the remaining teams.

Quarterfinal pairings were announced by the NAIA on November 23, after the first round results were known.

Semifinal pairings were announced by the NAIA on November 30, soon after completion of the day's quarterfinal games.