The 2014 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game that determined a national champion in NCAA Division II for the 2014 season. It was played at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas, on December 20, 2014, with kickoff at 4:00 p.m. EST (3:00 p.m. local CST), and television coverage on ESPN2.
Teams The participants of the 2014 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game were the finalists of the 2014 Division II Playoffs, which began with teams seeded 3–6 in each super region playing in the first round, the winners of which faced teams seeded 1–2 in the second round. From there, the bracket was a sixteen-team single-elimination tournament. The game featured the No. 2 seed CSU Pueblo and No. 2 seed Minnesota State. This was the first meeting between the teams and both teams' first championship game appearance.
National semifinals
Game summary
Statistics Statistics CSUP MNST First downs 16 12 Plays–yards 66–327 64–265 Rushes–yards 36–136 31–105 Passing yards 191 160 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 17–30–1 20–33–0 Time of possession 32:11 27:49 Team Category Player StatisticsCSU Pueblo Passing Chris Bonner 17/30, 191 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing Cameron McDondle 28 carries, 113 yards Receiving Paul Browning 5 receptions, 84 yards, 1 TDMinnesota State Passing Ricky Lloyd 15/21, 99 yards Rushing Ricky Lloyd 12 carries, 67 yards Receiving Dorian Buford 5 receptions, 50 yards
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