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| 2024 NCAA Division II Football Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 21, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | McKinney ISD Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | McKinney, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN2/ESPN+ | ||||||||||||||||||
| International TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | Canada: TSN+ | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game was a college football game to be played on December 21, 2024, at McKinney ISD Stadium in McKinney, Texas. The game determined the national champion of NCAA Division II for the 2024 season. The game was scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN2 and ESPN+.
The game featured the two finalists of the 28-team playoff bracket, which began on November 23, 2024. The two-seed Ferris State Bulldogs from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) defeated the top-seeded Valdosta State Blazers from the Gulf South Conference (GSC), 49–14. The win gave the Ferris State football program its third national championship.
Teams
[edit]The participants of the 2024 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game were the finalists of the 2024 Division II Playoffs, which began on November 23 with four 7-team brackets to determine super region champions, who then qualified for the national semifinals.
National semifinals
[edit]Super region champions were reseeded 1 to 4 for the national semifinals.
| Semifinals December 14, 2024 Hosted by higher seeded team USA: ESPN+ Canada: TSN+ | Championship December 21, 2024 McKinney ISD Stadium McKinney, Texas USA: ESPN2/ESPN+ Canada: TSN+ | ||||||||
| 1 | Valdosta State | 35 | |||||||
| 4 | Minnesota State | 21 | |||||||
| 1 | Valdosta State | 14 | |||||||
| 2 | Ferris State | 49 | |||||||
| 3 | Slippery Rock | 38 | |||||||
| 2 | Ferris State | 48 | |||||||
Game summary
[edit]| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 2 Ferris State | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 49 |
| No. 1 Valdosta State | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Statistics
[edit]| Statistics | FSU | VSU |
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| First downs | 21 | 19 |
| Plays–yards | 64–468 | 76–389 |
| Rushes–yards | 41–251 | 34–121 |
| Passing yards | 214 | 190 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 14–23–0 | 25–42–0 |
| Time of possession | 29:15 | 30:45 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Ferris State | Passing | Trinidad Chambliss | 11/20, 153 yds, 3 TD |
| Rushing | Kannon Katzer | 14 carries, 97 yds, 0 TD | |
| Receiving | Cam Underwood | 3 receptions, 86 yds, 2 TD | |
| Valdosta State | Passing | Sammy Edwards | 25/42, 190 yds, 2 TD |
| Rushing | Alfonso Franklin | 14 carries, 102 yds, 0 TD | |
| Receiving | Tyler Ajiero | 5 receptions, 57 yds, 1 TD |
References
[edit]- ^ "2024 DII Football Championship". NCAA. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
- ^ "Division II Championship". ESPN. Retrieved December 22, 2024.