| 2015 NCAA Division II Football Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 19, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Children's Mercy Park | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Kansas City, Kansas | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Edwin Lee | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 16,181 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN2 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 2015 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game that determined a national champion in NCAA Division II for the 2015 season. It was played at Children's Mercy ParkinKansas City, Kansas, on December 19, 2015,[1] with kickoff at 3:00 p.m. EST (2:00 p.m. local CST), and television coverage on ESPN2.
The participants of the 2015 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game were the finalists of the 2015 Division II Playoffs, which began with four 7-team brackets to determine super region champions, who then qualified for the national semifinals.[2] The game featured the winners of those national semifinal games: No. 1 seed Shepherd and No. 1 seed Northwest Missouri State. This was the first meeting between the teams.[3] This was the Bearcats' ninth championship game appearance, having won 4, while the Rams were making their first appearance.[4]
| Semifinals December 12 Hosted by team with asterisk | National Championship December 19 Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City, KS | ||||||||
| 1 | Shepherd* | 34 | |||||||
| 6 | Grand Valley State | 32 | |||||||
| 1 | Shepherd | 7 | |||||||
| 1 | Northwest Missouri State | 34 | |||||||
| 1 | West Georgia | 23 | |||||||
| 1 | Northwest Missouri State* | 38 | |||||||
2015 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game
| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 1 Northwest Missouri State | 7 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 34 |
| No. 1 Shepherd | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
atChildren's Mercy Park • Kansas City, Kansas
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| Statistics | NWMS | SHEP |
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| First downs | 20 | 7 |
| Plays–yards | 70–462 | 44–97 |
| Rushes–yards | 42–184 | 28–(–39) |
| Passing yards | 278 | 136 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 21–28–0 | 11–16–1 |
| Time of possession | 34:14 | 25:46 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Northwest Missouri State | Passing | Brady Bolles | 20/27, 223 yards, 1 TD |
| Rushing | Phil Jackson | 21 carries, 109 yards | |
| Receiving | Jordan Grove | 5 receptions, 104 yards | |
| Shepherd | Passing | Jeff Ziemba | 11/16, 136 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Allen Cross | 11 carries, 27 yards | |
| Receiving | Billy Brown | 6 receptions, 95 yards, 1 TD |
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