2023 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game

2023 NCAA Division II Football Championship
1234 Total
Harding 714107 38
Colorado Mines 7000 7
DateDecember 16, 2023
Season2023
StadiumMcKinney ISD Stadium
LocationMcKinney, Texas
Attendance12,552
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPNU
NCAA Division II Football Championship
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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]

  1. ^ Kyle Newman (December 16, 2023). "Mines blasted in Division II national title for second straight year, as Harding runs over Orediggers". The Denver Post.
  2. ^ "Harding cruises to NCAA Division II football national championship, 38-7". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. December 16, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  3. ^ Tryggestad, Erik (December 21, 2023). "'Great cloud of witnesses' helped propel Harding football to national title". The Christian Chronicle. Retrieved August 1, 2024.