The 2013 NAIA Football National Championship was a four-round sixteen team tournament played between November 23 through December 21 of 2013. The tournament concluded on December 21 with a single game played as the 58th Annual Russell Athletic NAIA Football National Championship. The game matched two undefeated teams: #1 Cumberlands Patriots (13-0) against #2 Grand View Vikings.[1]
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| Date | December 21, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Barron Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Rome, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||
The championship game was played at Barron Stadium in Rome, Georgia. A total of sixteen teams participated in the single-elimination tournament from across the country. Placement in the tournament was based on the final edition of the 2013 NAIA Coaches' Poll. This year's field included the top 16 teams from the final poll.[2]
Tournament bracket edit
| 1st Round November 23 | Quarterfinals November 30 | Semifinals December 7 | Championship December 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cumberlands (KY) (10–0) | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | St. Ambrose (IA) (7–3) | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cumberlands (KY) (11–0) | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Saint Francis (IN) (9–2) | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Saint Francis (IN) (8–2) | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Faulkner (AL) (9–2) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cumberlands (KY) (12–0) | 34* | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Carroll (MT) (12–1) | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Carroll (MT) (10–1) | 38 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13(T) | Georgetown (KY) (7–3) | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Carroll (MT) (11–1) | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Missouri Valley (MO) (9–2) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Missouri Valley (MO) (8–2) | 38 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Northwestern (IA) (8–2) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cumberlands (KY) (13–0) | 23 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Grand View (IA) (13–0) | 35 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Grand View (IA) (10–0) | 38 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Ottawa (KS) (8–3) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Grand View (IA) (11–0) | 44 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 11 Tabor (KS) (10–2) | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Benedictine (KS) (10–1) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Tabor (KS) (9–2) | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Grand View (IA) (12–0) | 35 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Morningside (IA) (11–1) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Baker (KS) (10–1) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13(T) | Sterling (KS) (9–2) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Baker (KS) (11–1) | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Morningside (IA) (10–1) | 36 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Morningside (IA) (9–1) | 40 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Rocky Mountain (MT) (8–3) | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
- * denotes OT.
References edit
- ^ "Cumberlands (KY) vs Grand View (IA)". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 21, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- ^ "NAIA Football National Championships results". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved December 22, 2013.