The No. 3-ranked Northwestern College football team (12-1, 9-1 GPAC) makes their second appearance in three seasons in the NAIA Football FCS National Championship game against the No. 12-ranked Seahawks of Keiser University (Fla.) (9-3, 6-0 SUN). The title game is set for December 17 down in Durham, North Carolina with kick off is at 11:00 am central time.
NWC heads to the NAIA FCS National Championship game for the second time in three seasons, and seventh time in program history. The meeting with Keiser will be the first-ever Sun Conference clash for the Red Raiders. The last time the Red Raiders hosted a semifinal game, they went on to win the national championship.
Northwestern was perfect in front of the home crowd this season (8-0). They enter as winners of 12-straight, after the one-point loss to Morningside to open the season back on September 3rd.
The Raiders have the lowest number of turnovers this season (11) since the 2010 season when they had just 15, and last season just 19. Northwestern has outscored opponents 577-136 in their 13 games this season.
