2025 Stagg Bowl

2025 NCAA Division III Football Championship
Stagg Bowl LI
Mount Union Purple Raiders North Central Cardinals (13–0) (13–0) OAC CCIW 25 41 Head coach:  Geoff Dartt Head coach:  Brad Spencer
1 2 3 4 Total Mount Union 7 3 7 8 25 North Central 7 7 7 20 41
Date	January 5, 2025
Season	2024
Stadium	Shell Energy Stadium
Location	Houston, Texas
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN/ESPN+
International TV coverage
Network	Canada: TSN+

The 2025 NCAA Division III Football Championship Game, more commonly referred to as the 2025 Stagg Bowl or Stagg Bowl LI, was a postseason college football played on January 5, 2025, at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston, Texas. It determined a national champion in NCAA Division III for the 2024 season. The game began at 8:00 p.m. EST, and aired on ESPN and ESPN+. The game featured the two finalists of the 40-team single elimination playoff bracket, Mount Union and North Central; North Central won 41–25 to claim their third national championship.

Teams

The participants of the 2024 NCAA Division III Football Championship Game are the finalists of the 2024 Division III Playoffs, a 40-team single elimination brackets tournament which began on November 16. The winners of each of the four 8-team regions qualified for the national semifinals.

National semifinals

	Semifinals December 21 Asterisk denotes host					National Championship January 5, 2025 Shell Energy Stadium, Houston, Texas
		Susquehanna	0
	*	North Central	66
						North Central		41
						Mount Union		25
		Johns Hopkins	37
	*	Mount Union	45

Game summary

2024 Stagg Bowl

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Mount Union	7	3	7	8	25
North Central	7	7	7	20	41

at Shell Energy Stadium • Houston, Texas

• Date: Sunday, January 5, 2025
• Game time: 8:00 p.m. EST
• TV: ESPN/ESPN+

Statistics

Statistics	MTU	NCC
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Mount Union	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
North Central	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving