2013 NAIA football national championship

2013 Russell Athletic NAIA Football National Championship
2013 Russell Athletic NAIA Football National Championship
Grand View Vikings	Cumberlands Patriots
(13–0)	(13–0)
35	23
Head coach: ; Mike Woodley	Head coach: ; John Bland
	Coaches
	2
	Coaches
	1
Date	December 21, 2013
Season	2013
Stadium	Barron Stadium
Location	Rome, Georgia
Attendance	5,295
NAIA Football National Championship
< 2012	2014 >

The 2013 NAIA football national championship was a four-round sixteen team tournament played between November 23 through December 21 of 2013. The tournament concluded on December 21 with a single game played as the 58th Annual Russell Athletic NAIA Football National Championship. The game matched two undefeated teams: #1 Cumberlands Patriots (13-0) against #2 Grand View Vikings.^[1]

The championship game was played at Barron Stadium in Rome, Georgia. A total of sixteen teams participated in the single-elimination tournament from across the country. Placement in the tournament was based on the final edition of the 2013 NAIA Coaches' Poll. This year's field included the top 16 teams from the final poll.^[2]

Tournament bracket

1st Round November 23			Quarterfinals November 30			Semifinals December 7			Championship December 21

1	Cumberlands (KY) (10–0)	56

16	St. Ambrose (IA) (7–3)	28
			1	Cumberlands (KY) (11–0)	28

			6	Saint Francis (IN) (9–2)	14
6	Saint Francis (IN) (8–2)	20

9	Faulkner (AL) (9–2)	13
						1	Cumberlands (KY) (12–0)	34*

						3	Carroll (MT) (12–1)	27
3	Carroll (MT) (10–1)	38

13(T)	Georgetown (KY) (7–3)	28
			3	Carroll (MT) (11–1)	27

			7	Missouri Valley (MO) (9–2)	3
7	Missouri Valley (MO) (8–2)	38

12	Northwestern (IA) (8–2)	13
									1	Cumberlands (KY) (13–0)	23

									2	Grand View (IA) (13–0)	35
2	Grand View (IA) (10–0)	38

15	Ottawa (KS) (8–3)	13
			2	Grand View (IA) (11–0)	44

			11	11 Tabor (KS) (10–2)	24
8	Benedictine (KS) (10–1)	13

11	Tabor (KS) (9–2)	14
						2	Grand View (IA) (12–0)	35

						5	Morningside (IA) (11–1)	0
4	Baker (KS) (10–1)	10

13(T)	Sterling (KS) (9–2)	7
			4	Baker (KS) (11–1)	28

			5	Morningside (IA) (10–1)	36
5	Morningside (IA) (9–1)	40

10	Rocky Mountain (MT) (8–3)	21

* denotes OT.

References

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