2023 Stagg Bowl
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| 2023 NCAA Division III Football Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Stagg Bowl L | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 15, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Salem Football Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Salem, Virginia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 3,381 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPNU | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2023 NCAA Division III Football Championship Game, more commonly referred to as the 2023 Stagg Bowl or Stagg Bowl L, was a postseason college football game scheduled played on December 15, 2023, at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. It determined a national champion in NCAA Division III for the 2023 season. The game began at 7:00 p.m. EST, and aired on ESPNU. The game featured the two finalists of the 32-team single elimination playoff bracket, Cortland and North Central; Cortland won 38–37 to claim their first national championship.
National semifinals
The participants of the 2023 NCAA Division III Football Championship Game were the finalists of the 2023 Division III Playoffs, a 32-team single elimination brackets tournament which began on November 18. The winners of each of the four 8-team regions qualified for the national semifinals.[1]
| Semifinals December 9 Asterisk denotes host | National Championship December 15 Salem Football Stadium, Salem, VA | ||||||||
| Cortland | 49 | ||||||||
| * | Randolph–Macon | 14 | |||||||
| Cortland | 38 | ||||||||
| North Central | 37 | ||||||||
| North Central | 34 | ||||||||
| * | Wartburg | 27 | |||||||