2021 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game

Not to be confused with 2021 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game or 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship.

2021 NCAA Division II Football Championship
Valdosta State Blazers Ferris State Bulldogs
(12–1) (13–0)
GSC GLIAC
17 58
Head coach: 
Gary Goff		 Head coach: 
Tony Annese
Seed
2
Seed
1
1234 Total
Valdosta State 17000 17
Ferris State 2021170 58
DateDecember 18, 2021
Season2021
StadiumMcKinney ISD Stadium
LocationMcKinney, Texas[1]
RefereeGreg Gompf
Attendance3,933
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPNU[1]
NCAA Division II Football Championship
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The 2021 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game that determined a national champion in NCAA Division II for the 2021 season. It was played at McKinney ISD Stadium in McKinney, Texas, on December 18, 2021, with kickoff at 9:00 p.m. EST (8:00 p.m. local CST), and television coverage on ESPNU.[1][2]

The championship featured the top-seeded Ferris State Bulldogs from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference easily defeating the second-seed Valdosta State from the Gulf South Conference, 58–17. The win gave Ferris State their football program's first national championship.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b c Raffel, John (December 11, 2021). "On to Texas: Bulldogs advance to national title game". Big Rapids News. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference espnu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Jason, Hutton (December 19, 2021). "Ferris State routs Valdosta State to win first National Championship". WXMI. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  4. ^ Crawford, Kirkland (December 19, 2021). "Ferris State football wins Division II national title by trampling Valdosta State, 58-17". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved December 20, 2021.