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First Round:
#1 ranked Marian shut out Grand View 31-0 after blowing out to a 24-0 halftime lead on three touchdown passes by Adam Wiese. Marian held grand View to only 30 yards total offense.
#2 Carroll did even better, blowing out Valley City 47-0 on three TD passes by Dane Broadhead and two short TD runs by Chance DeMarais. The third quarter score was the final.
#3 Georgetown also held service in beating Benedictine 21-7. Neal Pawsat came back from an early pick 6 to throw for 267 yards and two scores.
#4 Mid-America Nazarene, which is in Kansas beat Southern Nazarene, from Oklahoma in a wild 40-28 offensive duel. Brady Wardlaw threw for four scores but also had a pick 6. Tyler Herl of Southern had three TD passes of his own. But two first quarter rushing touchdowns for the home team held up.
#5 St. Xavier (Illinois) had no problems with Bethel (Tennessee), gaining 665 yards- 408 through the air- in a 51-17 win. Jimmy Coy threw for four scores and Cordarious Mann ran for two more.
#6 Morningside was beaten by visiting St. Francis (Illinois), 17-21 despite having the lead three times. EJ White threw his second touchdown pass to Lexus Jackson on a 70 yard play with 6:56 left on the clock.
#7 Missouri Valley went down to St. Francis (Indiana) 14-28, who broke a tie with two fourth quarter scores. Antoin Campbell scored twice for the winners.
#8 Azusa Pacific exploded by Ottawa 49-26 thanks to three touchdowns in both the first and third quarters. A 21-0 lead became 20-13 and then 49-20. AP ran for 371 yards and had 587 yards total offense. Terrell Watson ran for three touchdowns and Dave Trifeletti for two more.
Second Round
#1 Marian destroyed St. Francis 49-7, scoring twice in each of the last three quarters. They had 454 yard total offense and were aided by six turnovers. Adam Wiese passed for three scores and Trevian Lake ran for three. St. Francis avoided the shut out by scoring with 1:38 left.
#2 Carroll took the whole game to overcome an early deficit vs. Azusa Pacific, scoring with 1:51 left and on a one yard plunge by Chance Demarais to advance, 17-14.
#3 Georgetown, after going in at halftime with a 3-0 lead, scored 23 of 37 second half points to beat St. Francis, 26-14. Neal Pawsat had three more TD passes.
#4 Mid-America Nazarene went down to visiting St. Xavier, 14-29. Mid-America was leading 14-13 when the Saints came back with two touchdowns and a field goal unanswered, the last score a pick 6 from 42 yards out. Jimmy Coy had three TD passes.
Remaining games, (12/3/11)
St. Xavier (Illinois) 12-1 (612-243) at Marian (Indiana) 12-0 (498-66)
Georgetown (Kentucky) 12-0 (424-149) at Carroll (Montana) 12-1 (442-194)
Comment: St. Xavier’s one loss was at Marian on November 5th , 9-27. Neither has ever won the title. Carroll is the defending champion and has won the NAIA six times since 2002. Their opponent, Georgetown, won D2 in 1991 and the overall title in 2000-2001.
UPDATE:
St. Xavier beat Marian 30-27 in a back and fourth game that came down to a final stand after top-ranked Marian had a first and goal from the St. Xavier one in the final minute. A bobbled snap and a false start and they had the ball ten yards back. On third down Marian quarterback Adam Wiese fired the ball into the end zone where it was intercepted by Clayton Fejedelin of St. Xavier to clinch the win. Jimmy Coy was 25 of 33 for 287 yards and three scores for the winners.
Carroll had no problem with Georgetown 35-3, out-rushing them 273-60 and getting touchdowns from five different players. They will now go for their seventh NAIA title in 10 seasons.
The National Championship Game will be played in Rome, Georgia on Saturday, December 17 at 4:30. The game will be televised by CBS.
STILL ANOTHER UPDATE:
This one was advertised as being on the “CBS network”. That proved to be “CBSHD”, (channel 815 in Syracuse) or “CSPRT, (channel 242), both were pay networks and I didn’t buy the game. To this day I’ve seen dozens of NCAA Divisions 1AA/FCS, Division 2 and Division 3 championship games but never an NAIA game. You’d think they’d want it on free TV to give their schools the kind of national stage the NCAA gets. Of course, since the NCAA has held championships for nearly four decades, the whole reason for having an NAIA is obsolete. Maybe someday all their schools will join the NCAA an we’ll get to see them take on Whitewater, Mount Union, Pittsburg State, North Dakota State and the others.
From the articles on the game, it was a good one. St. Xavier upset Carroll, who was going for it’s 7th title in a decade, to win their first, 27-24. Quarterback Jimmy Coy completed 28 of 43 passes for 216 yards and ran for 78 more on 16 carries, accounting for one touchdown by each mode. Carroll had given up only 17 points in three games in reaching the final but St. Xavier matched that in the first half, driving 81 yards on the opening possession but settling for a field goal and then driving 95 yards for a touchdown to take a 10-0 lead. Carroll finally responded with a 20 yard TD pass from Dane Broadhead to Matt Ritter with 5:17 left in the half. Xavier responded with a 43 yard kickoff return that set up an 11 yard TD pass from Coy to Sane Zachery with 1:22 left. Carroll had time to drive downfield and Brodhead found Anthony Clarke with a 26 yarder to make it 14-17 with 43 seconds left.
The fireworks continued as Jared Mayerrik returned the second half kickoff 94 yards for a Carroll score that put them up 20-17 but the extra point was missed. A 67 yard drive by Xavier ended with K.J. Franklin’s 4 yard run to put the Cougars in front to stay at 24-20. They spent the rest of the game holding Carroll off. It came right down to the final possession when the Saints, (that’s Carroll, not St. Xavier), had a first down on the Cougars, (that’s St. Xavier) 9 yard line but four passes fell incomplete. If they hadn’t missed that extra point, they could have kicked a field goal and decided it in overtime.
#1 ranked Marian shut out Grand View 31-0 after blowing out to a 24-0 halftime lead on three touchdown passes by Adam Wiese. Marian held grand View to only 30 yards total offense.
#2 Carroll did even better, blowing out Valley City 47-0 on three TD passes by Dane Broadhead and two short TD runs by Chance DeMarais. The third quarter score was the final.
#3 Georgetown also held service in beating Benedictine 21-7. Neal Pawsat came back from an early pick 6 to throw for 267 yards and two scores.
#4 Mid-America Nazarene, which is in Kansas beat Southern Nazarene, from Oklahoma in a wild 40-28 offensive duel. Brady Wardlaw threw for four scores but also had a pick 6. Tyler Herl of Southern had three TD passes of his own. But two first quarter rushing touchdowns for the home team held up.
#5 St. Xavier (Illinois) had no problems with Bethel (Tennessee), gaining 665 yards- 408 through the air- in a 51-17 win. Jimmy Coy threw for four scores and Cordarious Mann ran for two more.
#6 Morningside was beaten by visiting St. Francis (Illinois), 17-21 despite having the lead three times. EJ White threw his second touchdown pass to Lexus Jackson on a 70 yard play with 6:56 left on the clock.
#7 Missouri Valley went down to St. Francis (Indiana) 14-28, who broke a tie with two fourth quarter scores. Antoin Campbell scored twice for the winners.
#8 Azusa Pacific exploded by Ottawa 49-26 thanks to three touchdowns in both the first and third quarters. A 21-0 lead became 20-13 and then 49-20. AP ran for 371 yards and had 587 yards total offense. Terrell Watson ran for three touchdowns and Dave Trifeletti for two more.
Second Round
#1 Marian destroyed St. Francis 49-7, scoring twice in each of the last three quarters. They had 454 yard total offense and were aided by six turnovers. Adam Wiese passed for three scores and Trevian Lake ran for three. St. Francis avoided the shut out by scoring with 1:38 left.
#2 Carroll took the whole game to overcome an early deficit vs. Azusa Pacific, scoring with 1:51 left and on a one yard plunge by Chance Demarais to advance, 17-14.
#3 Georgetown, after going in at halftime with a 3-0 lead, scored 23 of 37 second half points to beat St. Francis, 26-14. Neal Pawsat had three more TD passes.
#4 Mid-America Nazarene went down to visiting St. Xavier, 14-29. Mid-America was leading 14-13 when the Saints came back with two touchdowns and a field goal unanswered, the last score a pick 6 from 42 yards out. Jimmy Coy had three TD passes.
Remaining games, (12/3/11)
St. Xavier (Illinois) 12-1 (612-243) at Marian (Indiana) 12-0 (498-66)
Georgetown (Kentucky) 12-0 (424-149) at Carroll (Montana) 12-1 (442-194)
Comment: St. Xavier’s one loss was at Marian on November 5th , 9-27. Neither has ever won the title. Carroll is the defending champion and has won the NAIA six times since 2002. Their opponent, Georgetown, won D2 in 1991 and the overall title in 2000-2001.
UPDATE:
St. Xavier beat Marian 30-27 in a back and fourth game that came down to a final stand after top-ranked Marian had a first and goal from the St. Xavier one in the final minute. A bobbled snap and a false start and they had the ball ten yards back. On third down Marian quarterback Adam Wiese fired the ball into the end zone where it was intercepted by Clayton Fejedelin of St. Xavier to clinch the win. Jimmy Coy was 25 of 33 for 287 yards and three scores for the winners.
Carroll had no problem with Georgetown 35-3, out-rushing them 273-60 and getting touchdowns from five different players. They will now go for their seventh NAIA title in 10 seasons.
The National Championship Game will be played in Rome, Georgia on Saturday, December 17 at 4:30. The game will be televised by CBS.
STILL ANOTHER UPDATE:
This one was advertised as being on the “CBS network”. That proved to be “CBSHD”, (channel 815 in Syracuse) or “CSPRT, (channel 242), both were pay networks and I didn’t buy the game. To this day I’ve seen dozens of NCAA Divisions 1AA/FCS, Division 2 and Division 3 championship games but never an NAIA game. You’d think they’d want it on free TV to give their schools the kind of national stage the NCAA gets. Of course, since the NCAA has held championships for nearly four decades, the whole reason for having an NAIA is obsolete. Maybe someday all their schools will join the NCAA an we’ll get to see them take on Whitewater, Mount Union, Pittsburg State, North Dakota State and the others.
From the articles on the game, it was a good one. St. Xavier upset Carroll, who was going for it’s 7th title in a decade, to win their first, 27-24. Quarterback Jimmy Coy completed 28 of 43 passes for 216 yards and ran for 78 more on 16 carries, accounting for one touchdown by each mode. Carroll had given up only 17 points in three games in reaching the final but St. Xavier matched that in the first half, driving 81 yards on the opening possession but settling for a field goal and then driving 95 yards for a touchdown to take a 10-0 lead. Carroll finally responded with a 20 yard TD pass from Dane Broadhead to Matt Ritter with 5:17 left in the half. Xavier responded with a 43 yard kickoff return that set up an 11 yard TD pass from Coy to Sane Zachery with 1:22 left. Carroll had time to drive downfield and Brodhead found Anthony Clarke with a 26 yarder to make it 14-17 with 43 seconds left.
The fireworks continued as Jared Mayerrik returned the second half kickoff 94 yards for a Carroll score that put them up 20-17 but the extra point was missed. A 67 yard drive by Xavier ended with K.J. Franklin’s 4 yard run to put the Cougars in front to stay at 24-20. They spent the rest of the game holding Carroll off. It came right down to the final possession when the Saints, (that’s Carroll, not St. Xavier), had a first down on the Cougars, (that’s St. Xavier) 9 yard line but four passes fell incomplete. If they hadn’t missed that extra point, they could have kicked a field goal and decided it in overtime.
