Stagg Bowl 2024 features Mount Union football vs North Central

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Mount Union football fans will have to wait until 2025 to see the Purple Raiders in action again.

Mount Union advanced to the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl last weekend by beating Johns Hopkins 45-37 in Alliance. That win propelled the Purple Raiders to their 23rd NCAA Football Division III title game.

The Purple Raiders went 10-0 in the regular season this year and have played two close games and one road game in the playoffs to reach the championship game.

Since 1993, Mount Union has won the title a staggering 13 times. Here’s what you need to know about the 2024 Stagg Bowl:

Who is playing Mount Union football in the Stagg Bowl?

The Purple Raiders will face North Central (IL) for the NCAA Division III national title. This is the fifth year in a row that North Central has been in the title game.

The Cardinals have won two titles, including one in 2022 against Mount Union.

Where will the 2024 Stagg Bowl take place?

This year’s game will take place at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston, Texas. The stadium, which has a capacity of 20,656, is home to the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer and the Houston Dash of the National Women’s Soccer League.

Next year, the game will be played at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton.

What TV channel is the Stagg Bowl on? What time does the Mount Union football game start?

The game will be televised on ESPN and is scheduled to begin at 7:03 p.m. on Sunday, January 5.

How to buy Stagg Bowl tickets

Tickets can be purchased at SeatGeek.

When was the last time Mount Union won the national title?

The Purple Raiders haven’t won the title since 2017, when they beat Mary Hardin-Baylor 12-0.

What years has Mount Union football won the Stagg Bowl?

Mount Union has won the Stagg Bowl in 2017, 2015, 2012, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1998, 1997, 1996 and 1993.

Stagg Bowl winners

Here are the teams that have won the Stagg Bowl this century:

  • 2023: Cortland
  • 2022: North Central (IL)
  • 2021: Mary Hardin-Baylor
  • 2020: Match canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
  • 2019: North Central (IL)
  • 2018: Mary Hardin-Baylor
  • 2017: Mount Union
  • 2016: Mary Hardin-Baylor
  • 2015: Mount Union
  • 2014: Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • 2013: Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • 2012: Mount Union
  • 2011: Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • 2010: Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • 2009: Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • 2008: Mount Union
  • 2007: Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • 2006: Mount Union
  • 2005: Mount Union
  • 2004: Linfield
  • 2003: Saint John’s (MN)
  • 2002: Mount Union
  • 2001: Mount Union
  • 2000: Mount Union