The 2022 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game was a college football game played on December 17, 2022, at McKinney ISD Stadium in McKinney, Texas. The game determined the national champion of NCAA Division II for the 2022 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 19, 2022. The top-seeded Ferris State Bulldogs from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) defeated the second seed Colorado Mines Orediggers from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), 41–14. The win gave the Ferris football program its second national championship.

Teams The participants of the 2022 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game were the finalists of the 2022 Division II Playoffs, which began on November 19 with four 7-team brackets to determine super region champions, who then qualified for the national semifinals.

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

Game summary

Statistics

+Team statistical comparisonStatisticColorado MinesFerris StateFirst downs 15 21First downs rushing 2 11First downs passing 10 9First downs penalty 3 1Third down efficiency 1–11 7–15Fourth down efficiency 1–2 0–0Total plays–net yards 57–261 69–485Rushing attempts–net yards 19–4 50–214Yards per rush 0.2 4.3Yards passing 208 218Pass completions–attempts 22–38 15–19Interceptions thrown 2 0Punt returns–total yards 1–4 2–11Kickoff returns–total yards 4–45 1–14Punts–average yardage 7–34.86 5–37.2Fumbles–lost 1–0 4–1Penalties–yards 6–50 10–83Time of possession 23:43 36:17

+Colorado Mines statisticsOrediggers passing John Matocha 22/38 208 2–2 Team 22/38 208 2–2Orediggers rushing Michael Zeman 8 26 0 John Matocha 11 −22 0 Team 19 4 0Orediggers receiving Josh Johnston 6 85 1 Tristan Smith 6 42 0 Max McLeod 4 30 0 Michael Zeman 3 26 1 Mason Karp 3 25 0 Team 22 208 2

+Ferris State statisticsBulldogs passing Mylik Mitchell 14/18 170 0–0 Brady Rose 1/1 48 0–0 Team 15/19 218 0–0Bulldogs rushing Marcus Taylor 13 103 0 Brady Rose 6 39 0 CJ Jefferson 4 24 1 Carson Gulker 8 18 3 Mylik Mitchell 12 12 0 Emari O'Brien 1 9 0 Zamir Lundy-Knighten 1 8 0 Evan Cummins 1 4 0 James Coby 0 3 0 Team 4 −6 0 Team 50 214 4Bulldogs receiving Brady Rose 5 83 0 CJ Jefferson 6 71 0 Marcus Taylor 1 33 0 Dezmin Lyburtus 3 31 0 Team 15 218 '0

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