North Central Cardinals Win NCAA Division III Football National Championship

Cardinals make program history for single-season victories

Finishing off one of the most historically dominant campaigns in the 49-year history of the NCAA's split into three divisions, the North Central College football team claimed their second Division III national title in three seasons with a 28-21 victory over the University of Mount Union (Ohio) at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

The Cardinals completed an unblemished 15-0 season, establishing a new program record for single-season victories while also setting a new all-time Division III standard for rushing yards in a single season (5,325). The team's record-setting season captured the attention of many across the nation and was featured across multiple media outlets throughout the postseason. 

Check out the media coverage the Cardinals have secured throughout their postseason run:

Cardinals vs. University of Mount Union 

• FOX 32 Chicago (12-12-22 at 9:10 p.m.)
• FOX 32 Chicago (12-13-22 at 2:10 a.m.)
• FOX 32 Chicago (12-13-22 at 6:51 a.m.)
• FOX 32 Chicago (12-13-22 at 5:05 p.m.)
• WQRF-TV (12-13-22 at 10:35 p.m.)
• WYZZ-TV (12-13-22 at 10:35 p.m.)
• WGN-TV (12-13-22 at 10:35 p.m.)
• NBC 5 Chicago (12-13-22 at 1:01 a.m.)
• ABC 7 Chicago (12-13-22 at 1:32 a.m.)
• WGN-AM Radio (12-14-22 at 4:24 a.m.)
• NBC 5 Chicago (12-14-22 at 4:24 a.m.)
• ABC 7 Chicago (12-14-22 at 4:51 a.m.)
• 850 WFTL (12-14-22 at 10:47 p.m.)
• NBC 5 Chicago (12-15-22 at 4:25 a.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (12-15-22 at 4:57 a.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (12-15-22 at 5:14 a.m.)
• FOX 32 Chicago (12-15-22 at 5:31 a.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (12-15-22 at 5:44 a.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (12-15-22 at 5:54 a.m.)
• FOX 32 Chicago (12-15-22 at 6 a.m.)
• FOX 32 Chicago (12-15-22 at 6:05 a.m.)
• NBC 5 Chicago (12-15-22 at 6:12 a.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (12-15-22 at 6:15 a.m.)
• ABC 7 Chicago (12-15-22 at 6:42 a.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (12-15-22 at 6:57 a.m.)
• FOX 32 Chicago (12-15-22 at 7:05 a.m.)
• ABC 7 Chicago (12-15-22 at 8:25 a.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (12-15-22 at 11:09 a.m.)
• ABC 7 Chicago (12-15-22 at 11:15 a.m.)
• NBC 5 Chicago (12-15-22 at 4:11 p.m.)
• FOX 32 Chicago (12-15-22 at 4:35 p.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (12-15-22 at 6:15 p.m.)
• NBC 5 Chicago (12-15-22 at 6:17 p.m.)
• NBC 5 Chicago (12-15-22 at 10:20 p.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (12-15-22 at 10:25 p.m.)
• NBC 5 Chicago (12-16-22 at 12:56 a.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (12-16-22 at 1:31 a.m.)
• NBC 5 Chicago (12-16-22 at 4:05 a.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (12-16-22 at 4:49 a.m.)
• AM 560 The Answer (12-16-22 at 5:05 a.m.)
• AM 560 The Answer (12-16-22 at 5:30 a.m.)
• FOX 32 Chicago (12-16-22 at 5:30 a.m.)
• AM 560 The Answer (12-16-22 at 5:35 a.m.)
• FOX 32 Chicago (12-16-22 at 9:05 a.m.)
• FOX 32 Chicago (12-16-22 at 7:41 a.m.)
• FOX 32 Chicago (12-16-22 at 6:35 a.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (12-16-22 at 5:46 a.m.)
• AM 560 The Answer (12-16-22 at 6 a.m.)
• WBBM-AM Radio (12-16-22 at 10:15 a.m.)
• WBBM-AM Radio (12-16-22 at 10:45 a.m.)
• WBBM-AM Radio (12-16-22 at 11:15 a.m.)
• AM 560 The Answer (12-16-22 at 11:30 a.m.)
• WGN-AM Radio (12-16-22 at 1:04 p.m.)
• WGN-AM Radio (12-16-22 at 2:26 p.m.)
• WGN-AM Radio (12-16-22 at 3:04 p.m.)
• 90.3 WCPN Radio (12-16-22 at 3:45 p.m.)
• WGN-AM Radio (12-16-22 at 4:37 p.m.)
• WGN-TV (12-16-22 at 4:46 p.m.)
• FOX 32 Chicago (12-16-22 at 5:05 p.m.)
• WGN-AM Radio (12-16-22 at 5:05 p.m.)
• ABC 7 Chicago (12-16-22 at 5:14 p.m.)
• NBC 5 Chicago (12-16-22 at 5:24 p.m.)
• WJW-CLE-TV (12-16-22 at 5:25 p.m.)
• WKYC-CLE-TV (12-16-22 at 5:25 p.m.)
• WGN-AM Radio (12-16-22 at 5:34 p.m.)
• WGN-TV (12-16-22 at 5:49 p.m.)
• WGN-AM Radio (12-16-22 at 6:04 p.m.)
• FOX 32 Chicago (12-16-22 at 5:55 p.m.)
• NBC 5 Chicago (12-16-22 at 6:22 p.m.)
• WGN-AM Radio (12-16-22 at 8:47 p.m.)
• FOX 32 Chicago (12-16-22 at 9:05 p.m.)
• FOX 32 Chicago (12-16-22 at 9:20 p.m.)
• WYFX-TV (12-16-22 at 9:48 p.m.)
• WJW-CLE-TV (12-16-22 at 9:54 p.m.)
• WYTV-TV (12-16-22 at 10:05 p.m.)
• WKBN-TV (12-16-22 at 10:20 p.m.)
• NBC 5 Chicago (12-16-22 at 10:23 p.m.)
• ABC 7 Chicago (12-16-22 at 10:23 p.m.)
• WKTC-CLE-TV (12-16-22 at 10:25 p.m.)
• WICD-TV (12-16-22 at 10:26 p.m.)
• WYZZ-TV (12-16-22 at 10:40 p.m.)
• WGN-TV (12-16-22 at 10:40 p.m.)
• WQRF-TV (12-16-22 at 10:40 p.m.)
• WGN-AM Radio (12-17-22 at 12:05 a.m.)
• ABC 7 Chicago (12-17-22 at 1:31 a.m.)
• WGN-AM Radio (12-17-22 at 2:05 a.m.)
• WGN-AM Radio (12-17-22 at 3:05 a.m.)
• WGN-AM Radio (12-17-22 at 4:05 a.m.)
• WKTC-CLE-TV (12-17-22 at 4:45 a.m.)
• WGN-AM Radio (12-17-22 at 5:05 a.m.)
• WKBN-TV (12-17-22 at 5:21 a.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (12-17-22 at 5:47 a.m.)
• WKYC-TV (12-17-22 at 5:48 a.m.)
• NBC 5 Chicago (12-17-22 at 5:55 a.m.)
• ABC 7 Chicago (12-17-22 at 6:23 a.m.)
• NBC 5 Chicago (12-17-22 at 6:52 a.m.)
• WBBM-AM Radio (12-17-22 at 6:45 a.m.)
• WBBM-AM Radio (12-17-22 at 7:15 a.m.)
• WBBM-AM Radio (12-17-22 at 7:46 a.m.)
• WBBM-AM Radio (12-17-22 at 8:15 a.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (12-17-22 at 8:17 a.m.)
• WBBM-AM Radio (12-17-22 at 8:43 a.m.)
• WKYC-TV (12-17-22 at 8:47 a.m.)
• WBBM-AM Radio (12-17-22 at 9:15 a.m.)
• NBC 5 Chicago (12-17-22 at 9:43 a.m.)
• NBC 5 Chicago (12-17-22 at 5:26 p.m.)
• WBBM-AM Radio (12-17-22 at 5:35 p.m.)
• WREX-TV (12-17-22 at 6:25 p.m.)
• WBBM-AM Radio (12-17-22 at 6:40 p.m.)
• WBBM-AM Radio (12-17-22 at 8:50 p.m.)
• WBBM-AM Radio (12-17-22 at 10:26 p.m.)
• WBBM-AM Radio (12-18-22 at 2:25 a.m.)
• WBBM-AM Radio (12-18-22 at 4:25 a.m.)
• ABC 7 Chicago (12-18-22 at 6:26 a.m.)
• ABC 7 Chicago (12-18-22 at 9:11 a.m.)
• AM 560 The Answer (12-19-22 at 9:30 a.m.)
• AM 560 The Answer (12-19-22 at 2:15 p.m.?)
• WQRF-TV (12-19-22 at 9:44 p.m.)
• WCCU-TV (12-19-22 at 9:50 p.m.)
• WICD-TV (12-19-22 at 10:51 p.m.)
• AM 560 The Answer (12-19-22 at 5:35 a.m.)
• AM 560 The Answer (12-19-22 at 5:05 a.m.)

Cardinals vs. University of Mary Hardin-Baylor 

• KCEN-WAC-TV (12-4-22 at 5:21 p.m.)
• KWTX-WAC-TV (12-4-22 at 10:45 p.m.)
• KCEN-WAC-TV (12-4-22 at 11:10 p.m.)
• KCEN-WAC-TV (12-5-22 at 3:56 a.m.)
• KAGS-WAC-TV (12-5-22 at 4:48 a.m.)
• KCEN-WAC-TV (12-5-22 at 4:51 a.m.)
• KAGS-WAC-TV (12-5-22 at 5:52 a.m.)
• KCEN-WAC-TV (12-5-22 at 5:52 a.m.)
• AM 560 The Answer Radio (12-5-22 at 8:35 a.m.)
• KWTX-WAC-TV (12-5-22 at 10:12 p.m.)
• KXXV-WAC-TV (12-5-22 at 10:21 p.m.)
• KXXV-WAC-TV (12-6-22 at 12:29 a.m.)
• KWTX-WAC-TX (12-6-22 at 5:51 a.m.)
• KWTX-WAC-TV (12-6-22 at 6:51 a.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (12-7-22 at 4:37 p.m.)
• WYZZ-TV (12-8-22 at 10:35 p.m.)
• WGN-TV (12-8-22 at 10:35 p.m.)
• WQRF-TV (12-8-22 at 10:35 p.m.)
• WGN-AM Radio (12-9-22 at 2:39 p.m.)
• WGN-AM Radio (12-9-22 at 5:35 p.m.)
• WGN-TV (12-9-22 at 6:54 p.m.)
• ABC 7 Chicago (12-9-22 at 10:26 p.m.)
• ABC 7 Chicago (12-9-22 at 1:28 a.m.)
• KWTX-WAC-TV (12-10-22 at 8:52 a.m.)
• WBBM-AM Radio (12-10-22 at 10:46 a.m.)
• WBAL Radio (12-10-22 at 3:50 p.m.)
• WTOP-DC Radio (12-10-22 at 3:54 p.m.)
• WGN-TV (12-10-22 at 5:56 p.m.)
• KCEN-WAC-TV (12-10-22 at 6:20 p.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (12-10-22 at 6:24 p.m.)
• KWWL-TV (12-10-22 at 6:25 p.m.)
• WTOP-DC-TV (12-10-22 at 6:26 p.m.)
• WBAL-AM Radio (12-10-22 at 6:26 p.m.)
• KWKT-WAC-TV (12-10-22 at 9:29 p.m.)
• KWKT-WAC-TV (12-10-22 at 9:48 p.m.)
• KCEN-WAC-TV (12-10-22 at 10:22 p.m.)
• ABC 7 Chicago (12-10-22 at 10:30 p.m.)
• WGN-TV (12-10-22 at 10:35 p.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (12-10-22 at 10:43 p.m.)
• NBC 5 Chicago (12-11-22 at 11:39 p.m.)
• KCEN-WAC-TV (12-12-22 at 3:56 a.m.)
• KCEN-WAC-TV (12-12-22 at 4:50 a.m.)
• KAGS-TV (12-12-22 at 4:50 a.m.)
• KAGS-TV (1212-22 at 5:52 a.m.)
• KCEN-WAC-TV (12-22-22 at 5:52 a.m.)
• WTAM-AM Radio (12-12-22 at 3:45 p.m.)
• FOX 32 Chicago (12-12-22 at 5:27 p.m.)
• KWTX-WAC-TV (12-12-22 at 6:10 p.m.)
• KCEN-WAC-TV (12-12-22 at 6:22 p.m.)

Cardinals vs. Ithaca College 

• WSR-TV (12-1-22 at 5:20 p.m.)
• WWTI-TV (12-1-22 at 5:25 p.m.)
• WSYR-TV (12-1-22 at 10:27 p.m.)
• WWTI-TV (12-1-22 10:27 p.m.)
• NewsTalk Radio (12-2-22 at 5:24 a.m.)
• WHAM Radio (12-2-22 at 5:55 a.m.)
• NewsTalk Radio (12-2-22 at 5:56 a.m.)
• WHAM Radio (12-2-22 at 6:25 a.m.)
• NewsTalk Radio (12-2-22 at 6:52 a.m.)
• NewsTalk Radio (12-2-22 at 7:25 a.m.)
• AM 560 The Answer Radio (12-2-22 at 7:30 a.m.)
• WWTI-TV (12-2-22 at 5:20 p.m.)
• WGN-TV (12-3-22 at10:43 p.m.)
• WGN-TV (12-4-22 at 7:12 a.m.)

Cardinals vs. Carnegie Mellon University

• CBS 2 Chicago (11-26-22 at 10:47 p.m.)
• WGN-TV (11-26-22 at 10:56 p.m.)

Cardinals vs. Lake Forest College

• WBBM-AM (11-18-22 at 3:18 p.m.)
• WGN-TV (11-19-22 at 9:51 p.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (11-19-22 at 10:37 p.m.)
• WGN-TV (11-19-22 at 10:56 p.m.)
• ABC 7 Chicago (11-19-22 at 11 p.m.)
• WBBM-AM (11-20-22 at 7:50 a.m.)

Cardinals vs. Augustana University

• ABC 7 Chicago (11-12-22 at 10:30 p.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (11-12-22 at 10:37 p.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (11-13-22 at 5:20 a.m.)
• CBS 2 Chicago (11-13-22 at 6:15 a.m.)