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| Date | December 21, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | McKinney ISD Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | McKinney, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN2/ESPN+ | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | Canada: TSN+ | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game was a college football game to be played on December 21, 2024, at McKinney ISD Stadium in McKinney, Texas. The game determined the national champion of NCAA Division II for the 2024 season. The game was scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN2 and ESPN+.
The game featured the two finalists of the 28-team playoff bracket, which began on November 23, 2024. The two-seed Ferris State Bulldogs from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) defeated the top-seeded Valdosta State Blazers from the Gulf South Conference (GSC), 49–14. The win gave the Ferris State football program its third national championship.
Teams
The participants of the 2024 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game were the finalists of the 2024 Division II Playoffs, which began on November 23 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.
| Semifinals December 14, 2024 Hosted by higher seeded team USA: ESPN+ Canada: TSN+ | Championship December 21, 2024 McKinney ISD Stadium McKinney, Texas USA: ESPN2/ESPN+ Canada: TSN+ | ||||||||
| 1 | Valdosta State | 35 | |||||||
| 4 | Minnesota State | 21 | |||||||
| 1 | Valdosta State | ||||||||
| 2 | Ferris State | ||||||||
| 3 | Slippery Rock | 38 | |||||||
| 2 | Ferris State | 48 | |||||||
Game summary
2024 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 2 Ferris State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 1 Valdosta State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at McKinney ISD Stadium • McKinney, Texas
Statistics
| Statistics | FSU | VSU |
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| Plays–yards | – | – |
| Rushes–yards | – | – |
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| Passing: comp–att–int | –– | –– |
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| Ferris State | Passing | ||
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| Valdosta State | Passing | ||
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- 2024 NCAA Division II football season
- NCAA Division II Football Championship Games
- Ferris State Bulldogs football games
- Valdosta State Blazers football games
- American football competitions in Texas
- 2024 in sports in Texas
- December 2024 sports events in the United States
- McKinney, Texas
- Sports in Collin County, Texas