2013 NCAA Division II football season | |
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Regular season | August 31 – November 16, 2013 |
Playoffs | November 23 – December 21, 2013 |
National Championship | Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL, December 21, 2013 |
Champion | Northwest Missouri State (4) |
Harlon Hill Trophy | Franklyn Quiteh, Bloomsburg (RB) |
The 2013 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began on August 31, 2013, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 21, 2013, at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama. This was the final championship played in Florence, after twenty-eight straight finals, before the game moves to Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas. The Northwest Missouri State Bearcats defeated the Lenoir–Rhyne Bears, 43–28, to win their fourth national title. [1]
The 2013 Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to running back Franklyn Quiteh from Bloomsburg.
Black Hills State, Lindenwood, Malone, McKendree, South Dakota Mines, and Walsh completed their transitions to Division II and became eligible for the postseason.
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Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Winston-Salem State (10–2, 7–0)
Great American Conference – Henderson State (11–1, 10–0) Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Ohio Dominican (10–1, 9–0) Great Lakes Valley Conference – Indianapolis (10–2, 7–0) Great Northwest Athletic Conference – Azusa Pacific (10–2, 9–1) Gulf South Conference – North Alabama (10–3, 5–1) and West Alabama (8–3, 5–1) Lone Star Conference – Eastern New Mexico (7–3, 5–1) and Tarleton State (7–3, 5–1) Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association – Northwest Missouri State (14–0, 10–0) Mountain East Conference – Shepherd (11–1, 9–0) Northeast-10 Conference – American International (9–3, 8–1) and Stonehill (8–3, 8–1) Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota State (11–1, 10–0) Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Bloomsburg (10–2, 6–1) Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – CSU Pueblo (11–1, 9–0) South Atlantic Conference – Lenoir-Rhyne (13–1, 7–0) Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Albany State (5–4, 4–0) |
2013 NCAA Division II Football Championship | |
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Teams | 24 |
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The 2013 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs involved 24 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football. [2] The tournament began on November 23, 2013 and concluded on December 21, 2013 with the 2013 NCAA Division II National Football Championship game at Braly Municipal Stadium near the campus of the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama. [3]
Two teams in each super regional earned first-round byes. The first-round winners advanced to face a bye team in their super regional. Second-round winners met in the quarterfinals and quarterfinal winners advanced to play in the semifinals. First-round, second-round, quarterfinal and semifinal games were played on the campus of one of the competing institutions as determined by the NCAA Division II Football Committee. The home team at the championship was determined by the Division II Football Committee and the Shoals National Championship Committee.
First Round November 23 Campus Sites | Second Round November 30 Campus Sites | Quarterfinals December 7 Campus Sites | Semifinals December 14 Campus Sites | National Championship Game December 21 Braly Municipal Stadium, Florence, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Shepherd * | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Winston-Salem State | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Winston-Salem State * | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Slippery Rock | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Shepherd* | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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3 | West Chester | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Bloomsburg* | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | West Chester | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | West Chester* | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | American International | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
SR1 | West Chester | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
SR2 | Lenoir-Rhyne* | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Lenoir–Rhyne* | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Carson-Newman | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Carson–Newman* | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Newberry | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Lenoir-Rhyne* | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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3 | North Alabama | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | UNC Pembroke* | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | North Alabama | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | North Alabama* | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Tuskegee | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
SR2 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
SR3 | Northwest Missouri State | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Northwest Missouri State * | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Minnesota-Duluth | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Minnesota–Duluth * | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Emporia State | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Northwest Missouri State* | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 | St. Cloud State | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota State* | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | St. Cloud State | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Henderson State* | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | St. Cloud State | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
SR3 | Northwest Missouri State* | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
SR4 | Grand Valley State | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | CSU Pueblo* | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Grand Valley State | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Grand Valley State * | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Saginaw Valley State | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Grand Valley State* | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 | West Texas A&M | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Ohio Dominican* | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | West Texas A&M | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Indianapolis* | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | West Texas A&M | 27 |
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Date | December 21, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Braly Municipal Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Florence, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 6,543 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Network | ESPN2 | ||||||||||||||||||
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