Game Time...In another match-up between top 10 teams, No.6 Northwestern plays at No.2 Grand View with a berth into the NAIA Football Championship Series semifinals at stake on Saturday, April 24. Kickoff for Saturday's national quarterfinal at Duke Williams Stadium is set for noon.
NAIA Football Championship Series - Quarterfinal Game Info
- No.6 Northwestern (9-1) vs No.2 Grand View (7-0)
- Saturday, April 24 Noon
- Duke Williams Stadium / Des Moines, Iowa
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- Radio: Sioux County Radio, 93.9 FM
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- Fan attendance is at 50% @ Duke William Stadium
The Rivalry...This is will be the first ever match-up played between the two storied programs.
How They Qualified...Northwestern received the first of four at-large bids into the 16-team championship field, determined this year by a NAIA Football national selection committee (teams earning an at-large bid must ranked within the top 20). Grand View received one of the 12 automatic qualifier bids into the FCS field by way of winning the 6-team, Heart of America Athletic Conference North Division.
Format... 16 teams comprise the single-elimination Football Championship Series tournament field. The eight winners from last weekend are paired against one another in four quarterfinal match-ups this week (April 24), followed by the semifinals on May 1. The championship game will take place in Ruston, La., at Eddie G. Robinson Stadium on Monday, May 10.
2020 NAIA Football Championship Series - First Round Scores | NAIA Press Release
Saturday, April 17 | Campus Sites
Game 1 – No. 1 Morningside def. No. 16 Carroll (Mont.), 55-0
Game 2 – No.2 Grand View def. No. 13 Dordt (Iowa), 38-10
Game 3 – No. 3 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) def. No. 14 Bethel (Kan.), 42-10
Game 4 – No. 4 Keiser (Fla.) def. No. 15 Arizona Christian, 63-21
Game 5 – No. 5 Concordia (Mich.) def. No. 12 Georgetown (Ky.), 21-7
Game 6 – No. 6 Northwestern def. No. 11 Dickinson State (N.D.), 31-7
Game 7 – No. 7 Baker (Kan.) def. No. 10 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), 59-54
Game 8 – No. 8 Reinhardt (Ga.) def. Marian (Ind.), 40-29
2020 NAIA Football Championship Series - Quarterfinals
Saturday, April 17 | Campus Sites
Game 1 – No. 1 Morningside (9-0) vs. No. 7 Baker (Kan.) (7-0), 11am
Game 2 – No.2 Grand View (7-0) vs. No. 6 Northwestern (9-1), Noon
Game 3 – No. 3 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)(8-0) vs No. 5 Concordia (Mich.)(6-0), 12:30pm
Game 4 – No. 4 Keiser (Fla.)(8-0) vs No. 8 Reinhardt (Ga.)(9-0), 11:30am
NAIA Postseason History...Northwestern is making its fourth straight and 22nd overall appearance in the football championship series, tied for the second most among this year's field (Carroll-Montana has 23). The Raiders four consecutive appearances is tied for the longest streak in program history (1982-85). Head Coach
Matt McCarty's squad is one of 10 teams that return from the 2019 FCS field. This will be the 14th time the Raiders have played in the quarterfinals and second under coach McCarty (lost to USF in 2017). Northwestern has a 7-6 record in the quarterfinals with its last win in 2000 against St.Ambrose (21-14).
Grand View has qualified for postseason play every season since 2013, a streak of eight consecutive years, and have made it to postseason a total of nine times. They are now 9-7 all-time in the FCS, winning the title in 2013 (def. Cumberlands), and hold a 2-2 record in the quarterfinals.
2020: (1-0) def. Dordt 38-10
2019: (2-1) def. Concordia (Mich.) 31-30, def. College of Idaho 14-6, lost to Morningside 21-16
2018: (0-1) lost to University of Saint Francis, 14-0
2017: (0-1) lost to Saint Xavier, 39-23
2016: (0-1) lost to Lindsey Wilson, 34-27 (OT)
2015: (1-1) def. Lindsey Wilson 16-13, lost to Marian 30-3
2014: (1-1) def. Langston 38-3, lost to Marian 34-6
2013: (4-0) def. Ottawa 38-13, def. Tabor 44-24, def. Morningside 35-0, def. Cumberlands 35-23
2011: (0-1) lost to Marian 31-0
Scouting Reports...
#2 Grand View Vikings
Record: 3-0 (1st HAAC-North), 7-0
def. Dordt last week, 38-10
Head Coach: Jon Woodley (2nd year as head coach, 13th overall as coach)
Qualified by: HAAC North Champion
NAIA FCS Appearances: 9
Consecutive FCS: 8th
Record in 1st Round: 5-4
Best Finish: champions in 2013
Last Win in Quarterfinals: vs College of Idaho in 2019
Schedule:
@ Evangel W 35-13
Benedictine W 41-7
@ Central Methodist W 57-7
@ William Penn* W 55-0
Graceland* W 70-0
Culver Stockton* W 44-28
Dordt W 38-10
Team Stats (NSAA / NAIA rank)
Off PPG - 48.6 (1st / 2nd) Def. PPG - 9.3 (1st / 3rd) Punt Return / Attempt - 12 (2nd / 18th)
Off YPG - 457 (1st / 8th) Def. YPG - 173 (1st / 1st) Kick Return / Attempt - 23.7 (1st /18th)
Rush YPG - 242 (2nd / 8th) Rush Def - 78 (3rd / 3rd) Punt / Attempt - 32.8 (9th)
Pass YPG - 214 (5th / 32nd) Pass Def - 96 (1st / 1st) PAT - 41/43
3rd Down % - 46.5 (1st / 9th) 3rd Down - 18% (1st /1st) FG - 7/8
Sack Given Up - 3 (1st / 3rd Sacks by - 14 (7th / 46th)
TO Margin - +10 (21/11)
Statistical Leaders: (* denotes returning starter)
Rushing:
*DeVon Pressley – 74/612, 8 TD (1st team all-conf)
Avery Gates – 56/287, 2 TD (conf. freshman of year, all-conf)
Passing:
*Johnny Sullivan – 106/158, 1,373yds, 23 TD, 6 INT (1st team all-conference)
Receiving:
*Anthony Turner – 30 catch, 533yds, 10 TD (2020 HAAC Player of Year, 2x 1st team all-conf)
Brandon Martin – 17/245yds, 3 TD (1st team all-conf)
Bennett Spry – 17/214yds, 2 TD (all-conf)
Interceptions:
*Brenden Flowers – 3 (1st all-conf)
Tackles:
Nate Wieland - 41 (HAAC Def. Player of Year, 1st team all-conf)
*Pat Canby - 34
*Drew Boffelli - 27 (1st team all-conf)
QB Sacks:
Kiaeem Mosley - 3 (all-conf)
Kicking:
*Nathan Hamilton – 40/42 PAT, 7/8 FG (1st team all-conf)
Offensive Line:
Clayton Mitchell - 1st team all-conference
Mitchell Smith - 1st team all-conference
#6 Northwestern Red Raiders
Record: 9-1 (2
nd in GPAC)
Head Coach:
Matt McCarty (5
th year)
Qualified by: At-Large bid #1
NAIA FCS Appearances: 22
Consecutive FCS: 4th
Record in 1st Round: 15-7
Best Finish: Champions 1973, 1983
Last Win in Quarterfinals: 2000 vs St. Ambrose
Schedule:
@ #1 Morningside* L 45-31
Dakota Wesleyan* W 50-16
@ #18 Dordt* W 48-33
Concordia* W 31-17
@ Doane* W 35-14
Midland* W 43-14
@ Hastings* W 62-10
Briar Cliff* W 38-21
U. of Jamestown* W 49-0
#11 Dickinson State W 31-7
Team Stats (NSAA / NAIA rank)
Off PPG - 41.8 (3rd / 10th) Def. PPG - 18.4 (3rd / 18th) Punt Return / Attempt - 10 (5th)
Off YPG - 516 (3rd / 3rd ) Def. YPG - 307 (2nd / 28th) Kick Return / Attempt - 20 (5th)
Rush YPG - 197 (2nd / 13th) Rush Def - 130 (4th / 36th) Punt / Attempt - 39 (1st)
Pass YPG - 318 (2nd / 4th ) Pass Def - 177 (2nd / 22nd) PAT - 49/53
3rd Down % - 49 (1st / 5th) 3rd Down - 39% (8th) FG - 12/15
Sack Given Up - 12 (3rd) Sacks by - 19 (5th / 25th)
TO Margin - -6 (19/25)
Statistical Leaders (GPAC rank-if top 10 / NAIA)
Rushing:
Konner McQuillan – 121/592yds (5th), 7 TD (2nd team all-conference)
Tyson Kooima – 94/531yds, 7 TD
Logan Meyer – 58/420yds, 5 TD
Passing:
Tyson Kooima 172/267, 3,013yds (1st / 1st), 26 TD, 8 INT
(2x GPAC Offensive Player of the Year; 4x all-conf)
Receiving:
Shane Solberg – 62 (3rd/4th)/1,379yds (1st / 1st), 16 TD (3x all-conference)
Michael Storey – 40/635yds (5th), 2 TD (HM all-conference)
Konner McQuillan – 23/175yds, TD
Cade Moser – 19/439yds (10th), 4 TD
Interceptions:
Jake Lynott - 4 (1st team all-conference)
Noah Van't Hof -5
Tackles:
Noah Van't Hof - 86 (1st) (1st team all-conference)
Parker Fryar - 74 (8th) (2nd team all-conference)
Trevor Rozeboom - 63
Brett Moser - 59 (2nd team all-conference)
Tanner Oleson - 48
QB Sacks:
Brett Moser – 7 (4th / 8th)
Jessen Reinking – 3
Kicking:
Eli Stader – 12/15 FG, 49/53 PAT (1st team all-conference)
Offensive Line:
Jack Johnson - 2nd team all-conference
Darlin Marquez - 2nd team all-conference
