2023 NAIA football national championship information
College football game
2023 NAIA Football National Championship
Northwestern Red Raiders
Keiser Seahawks
(14–0)
(11–2)
GPAC
TSC
21
31
Head coach: Matt McCarty
Head coach: Doug Socha
Seed
1
Seed
3
1
2
3
4
Total
Northwestern
0
7
0
14
21
Keiser
7
10
7
7
31
Date
December 18, 2023
Season
2023
Stadium
Durham County Memorial Stadium
Location
Durham, North Carolina
MVP
Jaden Meizinger (RB, Keiser) (Offensive) Maddox Aprile (DL, Keiser) (Defensive)
Referee
Brad Bunting
Attendance
1,183
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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).
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