Southern Oregon Looks for Repeat Title in NAIA Football Championship Game. Editor's Note: SOU participates in the Frontier Conference in the sport of football and the Cascade Conference for all other sports. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. For the second- consecutive season, No.
Marian (Ind.) and No. Southern Oregon do battle in the NAIA Football National Championship, presented by Waste Pro. Kick off for the 6. EST Saturday at Municipal Stadium. The game will be delivered on ESPN3. Southern Oregon and Marian's meeting Saturday is the first time that the same two teams have met in the championship game since Carroll (Mont.) and former member Sioux Falls (S.
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D.) locked horns in 2. The City of Daytona Beach are the event hosts for a second- straight year. For information on the NAIA's partner hotels and details on the championship week schedule, including online ticket options, visithttp: //bit.
NAIARace. To. Daytona. NAIA Football National Championship – Game Notes• There have been 4. The 2. 01. 5 title game is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. EST, marking the third- straight year that the championship bout will take place on Dec. Saturday's championship game is the 6. NAIA history. The inaugural contest in 1.
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Little Rock, Ark., featured former members Montana State and St. Joseph's (Ind.). The game ended in a 0- 0 tie and a shared national champion.• Seven ties have occurred in the NAIA Football National Championship. The last tie was a 2. Central Washington and Findlay (Ohio) in the 1. Division II title game.• The first NAIA Football National Championship game to go into extra time came in 2. Marian, who was only in its sixth- year of existence, won the game on a Mike Josifovski 2. Josifovski also connected on a 3.
The final score was 3. There have been 1. The last shutout came in 2.
Shepherd makes its first appearance in the Division II championship game, having moved from the NAIA 21 years ago. The Rams have been a perennial playoff. Mustangs. Press releases, scores, statistics, roster, game schedule and coaching staff.
Georgetown (Ky.) blanked Northwestern Oklahoma State, 2. It is also the only shutout since the NAIA moved back to one division in 1. Since the NAIA returned to one division in 1.
Eight games have been decided by seven points- or- less, including four out of the last six contest.• Three of the last four national champions have come from the Mid- States Football Association – Saint Xavier (Ill.) (2. Marian (Ind.) (2. Grand View (Iowa) (2. The lower ranked programs have won eight of the last nine titles.• Marian and Southern Oregon entered the playoffs as the No. No. 7 teams in the final regular- season edition of the NAIA Football Coaches' Top 2. Poll, marking the second- consecutive season that at least one top- five program is not represented in the title game.• Marian and Southern Oregon shared the No.
NAIA Football Coaches' Preseason Top 2. Poll, which marked the first time two teams were tied atop the preseason poll since the NAIA moved to one division in 1.
By Alan Grosbach, Manager of Communications and Sports Information Photo by Al Case, Ashland Daily Photo. NAIA Football Game of the Week – No. 1. In the BCS format, four regular bowl games and the National Championship Game were considered 'BCS bowl games.' The four bowl games were the Rose Bowl Game in.
Both teams return a plethora of experience. Marian's 5. 7- man playoff roster features 3. Southern Oregon's boasts 3. The 8. 6 points scored by Southern Oregon (5. Marian (3. 1) set the national championship single- game record for combined points. The previous standard was set in the 1.
Editor's Note: SOU participates in the Frontier Conference in the sport of football and the Cascade Conference for all other sports. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Southern Oregon Raiders rally to beat Morningside, advance to NAIA football championship game.
Division I title game when East Central (Okla.) downed Glenville State (W. Va.), 4. 9- 3. 5.• Southern Oregon is appearing in the national championship for the second- straight season and second time in program history. The Raiders are looking to become the first team to win back- to- back titles since former member Sioux Falls (S. D.) accomplished the feat in 2. Prior to last year's title run, Southern Oregon had never advanced beyond the quarterfinals.• Southern Oregon downed No.
Kansas Wesleyan, No. Baker (Kan.) and No. Morningside (Iowa) en route to Saturday's title game appearance. The Raiders have won seven- straight games in the Football Championship Series (FCS), including five on the road or at a neutral site.• Southern Oregon boasts an 1.
FCS record, including a 2- 0 mark in the semifinals in six appearances. Additionally, the Raiders have never lost in the first round (6- 0).• Southern Oregon is 3- 0 against Mid- States Football Association opponents in the playoffs – Mc. Kendree (Ill.) (5.
St. Ambrose (Iowa) (4. Marian (5. 5- 3. 1 in 2. The Raiders are led on offense by dual threat quarterback Tanner Trosin. The junior transfer from America River CC (Calif.) leads the team in passing with 2,7. Trosin is completing 6.
Arguably his top performance of the season came in the semifinals against Morningside, as the Folsom, Calif., native set season highs for total yards (4. He accounted for three touchdowns in the game, with none more important than a 4- yard scamper in the game's final minutes for what proved to be the game- winning score.• Wide receiver Matt Retzlaff is the top- target this season for Southern Oregon. The junior, whose brother Ryan Retzlaff won a title last season with Southern Oregon, leads the team in receiving yards with 6. Retzlaff is second on the squad with 4. Defensive back Julius Rucker, who was named the 2. NAIA Football National Championship Outstanding Defensive Player, is back as the leader on defense for Southern Oregon.
He leads the team with 9. Rucker owns one interception on the year, which came on Oct. College of Idaho and was returned 9. Southern Oregon is 6- 2 against ranked opponents this season.• Marian, which has won eight- straight, enters the banner game with a 1.
FCS in five appearances. The Knights have punched a ticket to the title game in three of the last four seasons, highlighted by their previously mentioned national title in 2. The Knights once again showcase one of the NAIA's best defenses, ranking among the top five in rushing defense per game (7. Marian owns three shutouts this season, including a 2. No. 1. 6 St. Francis (Ill.) on Nov. Linebacker Ryan Hartnett leads the team with 1.
Outside of Hartnett, defensive end Dewayne Beckford is possibly the most disruptive force on defense for the Knights. He leads the team with 1. NAIA- best 1. 3 sacks.• Offensively, Marian features a balanced attack led by quarter back Hayden Northern and wide receiver Krishawn Hogan. Northern, who threw for 4. NAIA in total offense (3,4.
Northern has thrown for more than 3. Lindenwood- Belleville (Ill.). He boasts 2. 7 touchdowns and 1. Hogan, who is one of the best athletes in NAIA football, leads the NAIA with 1,6. The junior from Indianapolis, Ind., has been nothing short of dominant this postseason.
Through three FCS games, Hogan owns an unprecedented 1. He also boasts a streak of 1.
Marian is 6- 2 against ranked opponents this season.• The Knights are 0- 2 all- time against Frontier Conference opponents in the playoffs, falling to Carroll (Mont.), 3. Southern Oregon.• Seven teams from the 2. FCS made the playoffs again this season – Campbellsville (Ky.), Grand View, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), Marian, Morningside, Saint Xavier and Southern Oregon.• Morningside extended postseason appearance streak to 1.
NAIA.• Point (Ga.) and Reinhardt (Ga.) were this year's newcomers to the FCS. Both teams lost in the first round.• Saint Francis (Ind.), which lost to Marian in the semifinals, was the only team to enter the playoffs unbeaten.• Ten of the NAIA's 1. FCS, including multiple programs from the Frontier Conference, Great Plains Athletic Conference, Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC), Mid- South Conference West Division (MSCW) and Mid- States Football Association Mideast League. The two conferences that failed to have representation did not have a team in the top 2. Coaches' Top 2. 5 Poll, which is a requirement to qualify for postseason in NAIA football.• The MSCW boasted the most teams in the playoffs with three – Campbellsville, Lindsey Wilson and Reinhardt. All three programs lost in the first round.