2013 NAIA football season
| 2013 Russell Athletic NAIA Football National Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 21, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Barron Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Rome, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2013 NAIA Football National Championship was a four round sixteen team tournament played between November 23 through December 21 of 2013. The tournament concluded on December 21 with a single game played as the 58th Annual Russell Athletic NAIA Football National Championship. The game matched two undefeated teams: #1 Cumberlands Patriots (13-0) against #2 Grand View Vikings. [1]
The championship game was played at Barron Stadium in Rome, Georgia. A total of sixteen teams participated in the single-elimination tournament from across the country. Placement in the tournament was based on the final edition of the 2013 NAIA Coaches' Poll. This year's field included the top 16 teams from the final poll.[2]
Tournament bracket
| 1st Round November 23 | Quarterfinals November 30 | Semifinals December 7 | Championship December 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cumberlands (KY) (10–0) | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | St. Ambrose (IA) (7–3) | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cumberlands (KY) (11–0) | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Saint Francis (IN) (9–2) | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Saint Francis (IN) (8–2) | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Faulkner (AL) (9–2) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cumberlands (KY) (12–0) | 34* | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Carroll (MT) (12–1) | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Carroll (MT) (10–1) | 38 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13(T) | Georgetown (KY) (7–3) | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Carroll (MT) (11–1) | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Missouri Valley (MO) (9–2) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Missouri Valley (MO) (8–2) | 38 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Northwestern (IA) (8–2) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cumberlands (KY) (13–0) | 23 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Grand View (IA) (13–0) | 35 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Grand View (IA) (10–0) | 38 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Ottawa (KS) (8–3) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Grand View IA) (11–0) | 44 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 11 Tabor (KS) (10–2) | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Benedictine (KS) (10–1) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Tabor (KS) (9–2) | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Grand View (IA) (12–0) | 35 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Morningside (IA) (11–1) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Baker (KS) (10–1) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13(T) | Sterling (KS) (9–2) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Baker (KS) (11–1) | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Morningside (IA) (10–1) | 36 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Morningside (IA) (9–1) | 40 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Rocky Mountain (MT) (8–3) | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
- * denotes OT.
See also
- 2013 NAIA football rankings
- 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season
- 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season
References
- ↑ "Cumberlands (KY) vs Grand View (IA)". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 21, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- ↑ "NAIA Football National Championships results". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
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