2022 Northwestern Red Raiders football | |
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NAIA champion | |
NAIA Championship Game, W 35–25 vs. Keiser | |
Conference | Great Plains Athletic Conference |
Record | 13–1 (9–1 GPAC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Jake Menage (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Billy Kirch (7th season) |
Home stadium | Korver Field at De Valois Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Morningside $^ | 10 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Northwestern (IA) ^ | 9 | – | 1 | 13 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Midland | 7 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Dordt | 7 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hastings | 6 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Concordia (NE) | 4 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Doane | 4 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jamestown | 3 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mount Marty | 2 | – | 8 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dakota Wesleyan | 2 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Briar Cliff | 1 | – | 9 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 Northwestern Red Raiders football represented Northwestern College as a member of the Great Plains Athletic Conference during the 2022 NAIA football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Matt McCarty, the Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 13–1 with a mark of 9–1 in conference play, placing second in the GPAC.
Northwestern (IA) beat Dickinson State in the first round, Marian (IN) in the quarterfinals, and Indiana Wesleyan in the seminfinals before playing in the 2022 NAIA Football National Championship where they played Keiser and won 35–25 to secure the school's third-overall title. Northwestern (IA) played home games at Korver Field at De Valois Stadium in Orange City, Iowa.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 3 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 1 Morningside | No. 3 |
| L 29–30 | 9,024 | [1] |
September 10 | 1:00 p.m. | Dakota Wesleyan | No. 4 |
| W 54–7 | 0 | [2] |
September 17 | 1:00 p.m. | at Jamestown | No. 4 |
| W 48–3 | 0 | [3] |
September 24 | 1:00 p.m. | Concordia (NE) | No. 4 |
| W 34–10 | 0 | [4] |
October 1 | 1:30 p.m. | Mount Marty ![]() | No. 4 |
| W 52–8 | 0 | [5] |
October 15 | 1:00 p.m. | Dordt | No. 4 |
| W 23–0 | 0 | [6] |
October 22 | 12:00 p.m. | at Doane | No. 4 |
| W 59–10 | 600 | [7] |
October 29 | 1:00 p.m. | Briar Cliff | No. 4 |
| W 56–7 | 0 | [8] |
November 5 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 15 Midland | No. 3 |
| W 42–10 | 0 | [9] |
November 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at Hastings | No. 3 |
| W 41–10 | 0 | [10] |
November 19 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 17 Dickinson State * | No. 3 |
| W 49–7 | 0 | [11] |
November 26 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 7 Marian (IN) * | No. 3 |
| W 52–27 | 0 | [12] |
December 3 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 5 Indiana Wesleyan * | No. 3 |
| W 38–7 | 0 | [13] |
December 17 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 12 Keiser * | No. 3 |
| W 35–25 | 0 | [14] |
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Northwestern Red Raiders | ||||
Name | Position | Consecutive season at Northwestern (IA) in current position | Previous position | NWC profile |
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Matt McCarty | Head coach | 7th | Northwestern (IA) – Assistant head coach / defensive coordinator (2012–2015) | [16] |
Jake Menage | Offensive coordinator | 1st | Northern Illinois – Wide receivers / tight ends (2019–2021) | [17] |
Billy Kirch | Defensive coordinator / safeties | 7th | Northwestern (IA) – Safeties (2015) | [18] |
Brett Moser | Defensive line | 1st | Northwestern (IA) – Graduate assistant (2021) | [19] |
Brad Zeutenhorst | Linebackers | 26th | N/A | [20] |
Ross Fernstrum | Defensive line | 11th | N/A | [21] |
Brice Byker | Wide receivers | 8th | N/A | [22] |
Gabe Davis | Tight ends | 6th | LeMars Community High School – Assistant (2003–2015) | [23] |
Benji Kasel | Running backs | 3rd | West Sioux High School – Assistant (2016–2019) | [24] |
Levi Letsche | Offensive line | 2nd | N/A | [25] |
Sam Rall | Quarterbacks | 3rd | Northwestern (IA) – Graduate assistant (2016) | [26] |
Reference: [27] |
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