2022 Northwestern Red Raiders football team

2022 Northwestern Red Raiders football
NAIA champion
ConferenceGreat Plains Athletic Conference
Record13–1 (9–1 GPAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJake Menage (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBilly Kirch (7th season)
Home stadiumKorver Field at De Valois Stadium
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

The 2022 Northwestern Red Raiders football team 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.