The 2013 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 31, 2013, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 21, 2013, at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama. This was the final championship played in Florence, after twenty-eight straight finals, before the game moves to Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas. The Northwest Missouri State Bearcats defeated the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears, 43-28, to win their fourth national title.[1]
The 2013 Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to running back Franklyn Quiteh from Bloomsburg.
Conference standings
Conference summaries
Conference Champions |
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Winston-Salem State (10–2, 7–0)
Great American Conference – Henderson State (11–1, 10–0)
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Ohio Dominican (10–1, 9–0)
Great Lakes Valley Conference – Indianapolis (10–2, 7–0)
Great Northwest Athletic Conference – Azusa Pacific (10–2, 9–1)
Gulf South Conference – North Alabama (10–3, 5–1) and West Alabama (8–3, 5–1)
Lone Star Conference – Eastern New Mexico (7–3, 5–1) and Tarleton State (7–3, 5–1)
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Northwest Missouri State (14–0, 10–0)
Mountain East Conference – Shepherd (11–1, 9–0)
Northeast-10 Conference – American International College (9–3, 8–1) and Stonehill College (8–3, 8–1)
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota State-Mankato (11–1, 10–0)
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Bloomsburg (10–2, 6–1)
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Colorado State-Pueblo (11–1, 9–0)
South Atlantic Conference – Lenoir-Rhyne (13–1, 7–0)
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Albany State (5–4, 4–0) |
2013 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs
The 2013 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs involved 24 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football.[2]
The tournament began on November 23, 2013 and concluded on December 21, 2013 with the 2013 NCAA Division II National Football Championship game at Braly Municipal Stadium near the campus of the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama.[3]
Participants
Schools
Bids by conference
Playoff format
Two teams in each super regional earned first-round byes. The first-round winners advanced to face a bye team in their super regional. Second-round winners met in the quarterfinals and quarterfinal winners advanced to play in the semifinals.
First-round, second-round, quarterfinal and semifinal games were played on the campus of one of the competing institutions as determined by the NCAA Division II Football Committee. The home team at the championship was determined by the Division II Football Committee and the Shoals National Championship Committee.
National television coverage
The championship game was played at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama and broadcast live on ESPN2 on December 21.
The semifinal games were broadcast on ESPN, ESPN360, and CBS College Sports on December 14.
Final standings
Brackets and Individual game results
Super Regional 1
Round 1
Slippery Rock vs. Winston-Salem State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Slippery Rock |
6 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
20 |
Winston-Salem State |
6 |
14 |
7 |
0 |
27 |
American International College vs. West Chester
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
American International College |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
West Chester |
7 |
14 |
10 |
7 |
38 |
Round 2
Winston-Salem State vs. Shepherd
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Winston-Salem State |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Shepherd |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
West Chester vs. Bloomsburg
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
West Chester |
17 |
3 |
14 |
6 |
40 |
Bloomsburg |
3 |
14 |
0 |
21 |
38 |
Super Regional finals
West Chester vs. Shepherd
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
West Chester |
7 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
28 |
Shepherd |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Super Regional 2
Round 1
Newberry College vs. Carson-Newman
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Newberry College |
0 |
14 |
0 |
13 |
27 |
Carson-Newman |
14 |
10 |
6 |
7 |
37 |
Tuskegee vs. North Alabama
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Tuskegee |
10 |
7 |
10 |
0 |
27 |
North Alabama |
7 |
17 |
6 |
0 |
30 |
Round 2
Carson-Newman vs. Lenoir-Rhyne
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Carson-Newman |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
7 |
3 |
10 |
7 |
27 |
North Alabama vs. North Carolina-Pembroke
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
North Alabama |
0 |
10 |
13 |
14 |
37 |
North Carolina-Pembroke |
6 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
13 |
Super Regional finals
North Alabama vs. Lenoir-Rhyne
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
North Alabama |
7 |
7 |
7 |
18 |
39 |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
14 |
14 |
7 |
7 |
42 |
Super Regional 3
Round 1
Emporia State vs. Minnesota-Duluth
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Emporia State |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
Minnesota-Duluth |
13 |
28 |
14 |
0 |
55 |
St. Cloud State vs. Henderson State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
St. Cloud State |
7 |
20 |
7 |
6 |
40 |
Henderson State |
7 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
35 |
Round 2
Minnesota-Duluth vs. Northwest Missouri State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Minnesota-Duluth |
0 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
21 |
Northwest Missouri State |
0 |
10 |
21 |
14 |
45 |
St. Cloud State vs. Minnesota State-Mankato
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
St. Cloud State |
14 |
20 |
14 |
6 |
54 |
Miinnesota State-Mankato |
7 |
7 |
27 |
7 |
48 |
Super Regional finals
St. Cloud State vs. Northwest Missouri State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
St. Cloud State |
0 |
0 |
14 |
7 |
21 |
Northwest Missouri State |
7 |
21 |
10 |
21 |
59 |
Super Regional 4
Round 1
Saginaw Valley State vs. Grand Valley State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Saginaw Valley State |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
Grand Valley |
6 |
10 |
3 |
21 |
40 |
West Texas A&M vs. Indianapolis
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
West Texas A&M |
7 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
27 |
Indianapolis |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
Round 2
Grand Valley State vs. Colorado State-Pueblo
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Grand Valley State |
6 |
21 |
7 |
0 |
34 |
Colorado State-Pueblo |
16 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
30 |
West Texas A&M vs. Ohio Dominican
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
West Texas A&M |
0 |
7 |
6 |
21 |
34 |
Ohio Dominican |
7 |
0 |
6 |
14 |
27 |
Super Regional finals
West Texas A&M vs. Grand Valley State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
West Texas A&M |
14 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
Grand Valley State |
7 |
7 |
21 |
0 |
35 |
Semifinals and championship
Semifinals
Grand Valley State vs. Northwest Missouri State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Grand Valley State |
6 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
13 |
Northwest Missouri State |
7 |
3 |
10 |
7 |
27 |
West Chester vs. Lenoir-Rhyne
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
West Chester |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
6 |
20 |
8 |
8 |
42 |
Championship
The 2013 NCAA Division II National Football Championship game was held on December 21, 2013 at Braly Municipal Stadium near the campus of the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama.
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