| 2023 NAIA Football National Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 18, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Durham County Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Durham, North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Jaden Meizinger (RB, Keiser) (Offensive) Maddox Aprile (DL, Keiser) (Defensive) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Brad Bunting | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 1,183 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2023 NAIA football national championship was a five-round, twenty team tournament played between November 18 and December 18, 2023. The tournament concluded with a single game, played as the 68th Annual NAIA Football National Championship.
The championship game was played at Durham County Memorial Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, between the undefeated 14–0 No. 1 Northwestern Red Raiders, representing Northwestern College from Orange City, Iowa, and the 11–2 No. 3 Keiser Seahawks, representing Keiser University from West Palm Beach, Florida. The game was played on December 18, 2023, with kickoff at 12:00 p.m. EST (11:00 a.m. local CST).