The 2022 NCAA Division III Football Championship Game, more commonly referred to as the 2022 Stagg Bowl or Stagg Bowl XLIX, was a postseason college football game played on December 16, 2022, at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. It determined a national champion in NCAA Division III for the 2022 season. The game began at 7:00 p.m. EST, and aired on ESPNU. The game featured the two finalists of the 32-team single elimination playoff bracket, North Central and Mount Union; North Central won 28–21 to claim their second national championship.
Teams The participants of the 2022 NCAA Division III Football Championship Game were the finalists of the 2022 Division III Playoffs, a 32-team single elimination brackets tournament which began on November 19. The winners of each of the four 8-team regions qualified for the national semifinals.
National semifinals
Game summary
Statistics
+Team statistical comparisonStatisticMount UnionNorth CentralFirst downs 20 11First downs rushing 8 8First downs passing 9 3First downs penalty 3 0Third down efficiency 6–15 3–10Fourth down efficiency 2–4 2–3Total plays–net yards 72–294 49–374Rushing attempts–net yards 35–60 39–233Yards per rush 1.7 6.0Yards passing 234 141Pass completions–attempts 26–37 4–10Interceptions thrown 0 0Punt returns–total yards 0–0 2–32Kickoff returns–total yards 5–70 2–25Punts–average yardage 5–178 3–94Fumbles–lost 0–0 0–0Penalties–yards 4–30 6–60Time of possession 33:50 26:10
+Mount Union statisticsPurple Raiders passing Braxton Plunk 26–36 234 2–0 TEAM 0–1 0 0–0Purple Raiders rushing Tyler Echeverry 12 38 0 Braxton Plunk 10 16 1 KJ Redmon 8 15 0 Lance Mitchell 4 3 0 TEAM 1 −12 0Purple Raiders receiving Wayne Ruby Jr. 9 109 1 Jaden Manley 4 41 0 KJ Redmon 4 35 0 Chase Lawson 4 23 0 Tyler Echeverry 4 22 0 Edwin Reed 1 4 1
+North Central statisticsCardinals passing Luke Lehnen 4–10 141 3–0Cardinals rushing Ethan Greenfield 25 119 1 Luke Lehnen 10 98 0 Terrence Hill 3 18 0 TEAM 1 −2 0Cardinals receiving Deangelo Hardy 3 107 2 Ethan Greenfield 1 34 1
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