2023 NCAA Division II Football Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 16, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | McKinney ISD Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | McKinney, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 12,552 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Network | ESPNU | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2023 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game was a college football game played on December 16, 2023, at McKinney ISD Stadium in McKinney, Texas. The game determined the national champion of NCAA Division II for the 2023 season. The game was scheduled to begin at 12:00 p.m. CST and was broadcast by ESPNU.
The game featured the two finalists of the 28-team playoff bracket, which began on November 18, 2022. The three-seed Harding Bisons from the Great American Conference (GAC) defeated the top-seeded Colorado Mines Orediggers from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), 38–7. The win gave the Harding football program its first national championship.[1][2][3]