Английская Википедия:2023 NAIA Football National Championship

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox college football game The 2023 NAIA Football National Championship was a five-round, twenty team tournament played between November 18 and December 18, 2023. The tournament concluded with a single game, played as the 68th Annual NAIA Football National Championship.

The championship game was played at Durham County Memorial Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, between the undefeated 14–0 No. 1 Northwestern Red Raiders, representing Northwestern College from Orange City, Iowa, and the 11–2 No. 3 Keiser Seahawks, representing Keiser University from West Palm Beach, Florida. The game was played on December 18, 2023, with kickoff at 12:00 p.m. EST (11:00 a.m. local CST).

Teams

Northwestern (IA)

Шаблон:Main The Northwestern Red Raiders, led by 8th-year head coach Matt McCarty, entered the national championship game as the No. 1 seed and defending national champions. They were seeking to win their fourth national championship overall, having won in 1973, 1983, and 2022. They entered the game 14–0, 10–0 in GPAC play.

Keiser

Шаблон:Main The Keiser Seahawks, led by 6th-year head coach Doug Socha, 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 11–2, 7–0 in Sun Conference play.

Series history

No. Date Location Winning team Losing team
1 December 17, 2022 Durham, NC No. 3 Northwestern (IA) 35 No. 12 Keiser 25
Northwestern (IA) leads 1–0

Game summary

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Statistics

Statistics style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle|KU style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle|NWC
First downs 23 21
Total yards 490 338
Rushes–yards 45–373 30–51
Passing yards 117 287
Passing: Comp–Att–Int 10–15–2 15–34–1
Time of possession 28:58 31:02
Team Category Player Statistics
rowspan=3 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle|Keiser Passing Justin Wake 10/15, 117 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Jaden Meizinger 22 carries, 261 yards, 1 TD
Receiving Maurico Porcha 2 receptions, 45 yards, 1 TD
rowspan=3 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle|Northwestern (IA) Passing Jalyn Gramstad 15/34, 287 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Jalyn Gramstad 18 carries, 47 yards
Receiving Michael Storey 6 receptions, 121 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 12, 2023. The field included thirteen 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 2023 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.[3]

Second round pairings were announced by the NAIA on November 18, after the first round results were known.[4]

Quarterfinal pairings were announced by the NAIA on November 25, after the second round results were known.

Semifinal pairings were announced by the NAIA on December 2, soon after completion of the day's quarterfinal games.[5]

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References

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