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NCAA Division III college football championship game

College football game
2025 NCAA Division III Football Championship
Stagg Bowl LI
Mount Union Purple Raiders North Central Cardinals
(13–0) (13–0)
OAC CCIW
25 41
Head coach: 
Geoff Dartt		 Head coach: 
Brad Spencer
1234 Total
Mount Union 7378 25
North Central 77720 41
DateJanuary 5, 2025
Season2024
StadiumShell Energy Stadium
LocationHouston, Texas
Attendance1,938
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN/ESPN+
International TV coverage
NetworkCanada: TSN+
NCAA Division III Football Championship
 < 2023 2026 > 

The 2025 NCAA Division III Football Championship Game, more commonly referred to as the 2025 Stagg Bowl or Stagg Bowl LI, was a postseason college football played on January 5, 2025, at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston, Texas. It determined a national champion in NCAA Division III for the 2024 season. The game began at 8:00 p.m. EST, and aired on ESPN and ESPN+. The game featured the two finalists of the 40-team single elimination playoff bracket, Mount Union and North Central; North Central won 41–25 to claim their third national championship.

Teams

The participants of the 2024 NCAA Division III Football Championship Game are the finalists of the 2024 Division III Playoffs, a 40-team single elimination brackets tournament which began on November 16. The winners of each of the four 8-team regions qualified for the national semifinals.

National semifinals

Semifinals
December 21
Asterisk denotes host 		National Championship
January 5, 2025
Shell Energy Stadium, Houston, Texas
      
Susquehanna 0
* North Central 66
North Central 41
Mount Union 25
Johns Hopkins 37
* Mount Union 45

Game summary

2024 Stagg Bowl
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Mount Union 7 3 7825
North Central 7 7 72041

at Shell Energy Stadium • Houston, Texas

  • Date: Sunday, January 5, 2025
  • Game time: 8:00 p.m. EST
  • TV: ESPN/ESPN+

Statistics

Statistics MTU NCC
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Time of possession
Team Category Player Statistics
Mount Union Passing
Rushing
Receiving
North Central Passing
Rushing
Receiving

References

  1. "2024 Division III Football Official Bracket". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
  2. "2024 DIII Football Championship". NCAA. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  3. "DIII Championship". ESPN. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
NCAA Division III football
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Stagg Bowl
Records & statistics
Games through 2023 were played in December. Subsequent games have been played in January (*)
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