| Game Name: | NAIA Football National Championship |
| Title Sponsor: | Russell Athletic |
| Date Game Played: | December 18 |
| Year Game Played: | 2010 |
| Football Season: | 2010 |
| Stadium: | Barron Stadium |
| City: | Rome, Georgia |
| Visitor School: | Carroll College (Montana) |
| Visitor Name Short: | Carroll |
| Visitor Nickname: | Fighting Saints |
| Visitor Record: | 13–0 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 2 |
| Visitor Coach: | Mike Van Diest |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 3 |
| Home School: | University of Sioux Falls |
| Home Name Short: | Sioux Falls |
| Home Nickname: | Cougars |
| Home Record: | 13–0 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 1 |
| Home Coach: | Jed Stugart |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 7 |
| Home 3Q: | 0 |
| Home 4Q: | 0 |
| Mvp: | Gary Wagner, Carroll (Offense) Eric Anderson, Sioux Falls (Defense) |
| Referee: | Les Anderson Scott Richardson Jim Scifres Jim Rogers Gary Schildmeyer Brett Henninger Kirt Shay |
| Attendance: | 6,000 |
| Us Network: | CBS College Sports Network |
The 2010 NAIA football national championship was played on December 18, 2010, as the 55th Annual Russell Athletic NAIA Football National Championship.
The championship game was played at Barron Stadium in Rome, Georgia. The Carroll Fighting Saints won the championship over the Sioux Falls Cougars by a score of 10–7.[1] With their 6th championship, Carroll moved to within one of the all-time NAIA records of seven held by Texas A&I. The win also snapped Sioux Falls' 42-game winning streak; their last loss was at Carroll's hands in the 2007 NAIA championship game.[2]
Sixteen teams from across the United States participated in a single-elimination tournament.
Defensively, Ottawa's Eric Wilson returned a 98-yard interception for a touchdown but the final score would fall 15 points short to end at 35–20.[4]
McKendree scored five touchdowns and claimed victory in the end with a final score of 38–14.[6]