2014 NAIA football national championship explained

Game Name:NAIA Football National Championship
Title Sponsor:Russell Athletic
Date Game Played:December 19
Year Game Played:2014
Football Season:2014
Stadium:Municipal Stadium
City:Daytona Beach, Florida
Home School:Marian University
Home Name Short:Marian
Home Nickname:Knights
Home Record:11 - 2
Home Rank Coaches:7
Home Coach:Mark Henninger
Home 1Q:7
Home 2Q:3
Home 3Q:14
Home 4Q:7
Visitor School:Southern Oregon
Visitor Name Short:Southern Oregon
Visitor Nickname:Raiders
Visitor Record:12 - 2
Visitor Rank Coaches:8
Visitor Coach:Craig Howard
Visitor 1Q:24
Visitor 2Q:14
Visitor 3Q:0
Visitor 4Q:17
Attendance:1,941

The 2014 NAIA football national championship was a four round sixteen team tournament played between November 22 through December 19 of 2014. The tournament concluded on December 19 with a single game played as the 59th Annual Russell Athletic NAIA Football National Championship. The game matched #8 Southern Oregon (12–2) against #7 Marian (11–2).[1]

The championship game was played at Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach, Florida. 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 2014 NAIA Coaches' Poll. This year's field included all but one of the top 17 teams from the final poll.

This was a new venue for the championship game, which had been contested for the past six years at Barron Stadium in Rome, Georgia.

Tournament bracket

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Southern Oregon vs Marian (IN). National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 19, 2014. October 27, 2015.