2021 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game

The 2021 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game is a postseason college football game that will determine a national champion in NCAA Division II for the 2021 season. It will be played at McKinney ISD Stadium in McKinney, Texas, on December 18, 2021, with kickoff at 9:00 p.m. EST (8:00 p.m. local CST), and television coverage on ESPNU.[1]

Not to be confused with 2021 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game or 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship.
2021 NCAA Division II Football Championship
Valdosta State Blazers Ferris State Bulldogs
(12–1) (13–0)
Gulf South Great Lakes
Head coach: 
Gary Goff		 Head coach: 
Tony Annese
Seed
2
Seed
1
DateDecember 18, 2021
Season2021
StadiumMcKinney ISD Stadium
LocationMcKinney, Texas [1]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPNU [1]

Teams

The participants of the 2021 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game were the finalists of the 2021 Division II Playoffs, which began with four 7-team brackets to determine super region champions, who then qualified for the national semifinals. The 2021 game will feature the winners of those national semifinal games: No. 2 seed Valdosta State and No. 1 seed Ferris State[2][3]. This will be the second meeting between the two teams. The first meeting was for the 2018 Championship game, which Valdosta State defeated Ferris State by two points, 49–47.[2] This will Ferris State's second championship game appearance, and Valdosta State's fifth; the Blazers were 4–1 in previous appearances.

National semifinals

Super region champions were seeded 1 to 4 for the national semifinals.

Semifinals
December 11
Hosted by higher seeded team 		National Championship
December 18
McKinney ISD Stadium, McKinney, TX
      
1 Ferris State 55
4 Shepherd 7
1 Ferris State
2 Valdosta State
2 Valdosta State 34
3 Colorado Mines 31

Game summary
2021 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game
1 2 Total
No. 2 Valdosta State 0
No. 1 Ferris State 0

at McKinney ISD Stadium • McKinney, Texas

  • Date: Saturday, December 18, 2018
  • Game time: 9:00 p.m. EST (8:00 p.m. CST)
  • TV: ESPNU
  • Sources
Game information
First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Statistics
StatisticsVALFSU
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Valdosta StatePassing
Rushing
Receiving
Ferris StatePassing
Rushing
Receiving

References
  1. John Raffel (December 11, 2021). "On to Texas: Bulldogs advance to national title game". Big Rapids News. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  2. Brendan Savage (December 11, 2021). "Ferris State to play for Division II national football championship". Booth Newspapers. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  3. Jack Doles (December 11, 2021). "Ferris State headed to NCAA D-II championship game". WOOD-TV. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
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