| Year Game Played: | 2013 |
| Game Name: | NCAA Division II Football Championship |
| Visitor Name Short: | Lenoir–Rhyne |
| Visitor Nickname: | Bears |
| Home Nickname: | Bearcats |
| Visitor School: | Lenoir–Rhyne University |
| Home Name Short: | Northwest Missouri State |
| Football Season: | 2013 |
| Home School: | Northwest Missouri State University |
| Visitor Record: | 13–1 |
| Home Record: | 14–0 |
| Visitor Conference: | SAC |
| Home Conference: | MIAA |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Home 1Q: | 17 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 14 |
| Home 2Q: | 5 |
| Home 3Q: | 7 |
| Home 4Q: | 14 |
| Visitor Coach: | Mike Houston |
| Home Coach: | Adam Dorrel |
| Visitor Seed: | 1 |
| Home Seed: | 1 |
| Date Game Played: | December 21 |
| Stadium: | Braly Municipal Stadium |
| City: | Florence, Alabama |
| Referee: | David Siegle |
| Attendance: | 6,543 |
| Us Network: | ESPN2 |
| Us Announcers: | Tom Hart (play-by-play), John Congemi (analyst), Quint Kessenich (sideline) |
| Different Previous: | 2012 |
| Different Next: | 2014 |
The 2013 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game that determined a national champion in NCAA Division II for the 2013 season. It was played at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, on December 21, 2013, with kickoff at noon EST (11:00 a.m. local CST), and television coverage on ESPN2.[1]
The participants of the 2013 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game were the finalists of the 2013 Division II Playoffs, which began with teams seeded 3–6 in each super region playing in the first round, the winners of which faced teams seeded 1–2 in the second round. From there, the bracket was a sixteen-team single-elimination tournament.[1] The game featured the No. 1 seed Lenoir–Rhyne Bears and the No. 1 seed Northwest Missouri State Bearcats. This was the eighth championship game appearance for the Bearcats and the first championship game appearance for the Bears.[2]
| Statistics | LR | NWMS |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 19 |
| Plays–yards | 65–376 | 62–416 |
| Rushes–yards | 59–273 | 37–139 |
| Passing yards | 103 | 277 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 4–6–0 | 15–25–0 |
| Time of possession | 31:17 | 28:43 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenoir–Rhyne | Passing | Josh Justice | 3/3, 69 yards, 1 TD |
| Rushing | Jarrod Spears | 13 carries, 108 yards | |
| Receiving | Greyson Wells | 2 receptions, 93 yards, 2 TD | |
| Northwest Missouri State | Passing | Trevor Adams | 15/25, 277 yards, 3 TD |
| Rushing | Billy Creason | 13 carries, 76 yards, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Reuben Thomas | 5 receptions, 92 yards, 2 TD |