The 2015 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game was a postseason

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game that determined a national champion in

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for the 2015 season. It was played at

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, on December 19, 2015, with kickoff at 3:00 p.m. EST (2:00 p.m. local CST), and television coverage on

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Teams

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

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to determine super region champions, who then qualified for the national semifinals. The game featured the winners of those national semifinal games: No. 1 seed

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and No. 1 seed Northwest Missouri State. This was the first meeting between the teams. This was the Bearcats' ninth championship game appearance, having won 4, while the Rams were making their first appearance.

National semifinals

Game summary

Statistics

References

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