Northwest Missouri State beats Shepherd 34-7, wins Division II national championship
Highlights
The Bearcats’ top-ranked defense held Shepherd scoreless in the first half
It’s the Bearcats’ fifth national title in program history
The crowd of 16,181 fans at Sporting Park set a Division II championship-game record
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Eight months before the season, in the midst of an offseason workout program, Northwest Missouri State football coach Adam Dorrel shared his expectations for 2015. On paper, he told his players, the Bearcats were a 7-4 football team.
The statement wasn’t a prediction as much as an utterance that he felt reflected reality after the Bearcats had lost 22 seniors.
But it was a bit off. The final tally came in Saturday afternoon: 15-0.
Northwest Missouri State won its fifth Division II national championship in school history Saturday, when it routed Shepherd (W.Va.) 34-7 at Sporting Park. The soccer-turned-football venue set a Division II national championship-game record with a crowd of 16,181 fans — a rather high percentage of them wearing green and white.
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