Overview
- Wisconsin-River Falls defeated defending champion North Central 24-14 in the Stagg Bowl in Canton, Ohio, to claim its first national championship.
- The result ended North Central's 29-game winning streak and paused a run that included six consecutive trips to the title game.
- Quarterback Kaleb Blaha went 27 of 41 for 291 yards and rushed for 126 yards, adding second-half touchdown runs of 7 and 12 yards that put the game out of reach.
- Blaha finished the season with 6,189 total yards, surpassing Joe Burrow's NCAA all-divisions single-season total offense record from 2019.
- Key takeaways fueled the win, including Taylor Sussner's end-zone interception to close the first half, Jack Olson's fourth-quarter pick off a deflection, and Gage Timm's recovery of a first-half fumble near the Falcons' goal line.