2009 NAIA football national championship

2009 NAIA Football National Championship
Lindenwood Lions Sioux Falls Cougars (13–0) (14–0) 22 25 Head coach:  Patrick Ross Head coach:  Kalen DeBoer Coaches 3 Coaches 1
1 2 3 4 Total Lindenwood 0 14 8 0 22 Sioux Falls 5 3 14 3 25
Date	December 19, 2009
Season	2009
Stadium	Barron Stadium
Location	Rome, Georgia
MVP	Braden Wieking, Sioux Falls (Offense) Dominic Studzinski, Sioux Falls (Defense)
Referee	Stan Self Todd Parker Dustin Rudolf Stacy Hardin Chad Wakefield Mike Lawler Hood Baldwin(Dan Wroe's shoes)
Attendance	5,000

The 2009 NAIA football national championship was played on December 19, 2009 at Barron Stadium in Rome, Georgia. The championship was won by the Sioux Falls Cougars over the Lindenwood Lions by a score of 25–22.

Tournament bracket

	1st Round November 21					Quarterfinals November 28					Semifinals December 5					Championship December 19
	1	Sioux Falls (SD) (11–0)	63
	14	Minot State (8–2)	21
						1	Sioux Falls (SD)	49
						7	Morningside (IA)	21
	7	Morningside (IA) (9–1)	24
	11	Missouri Valley (8–2)	6
											1	Sioux Falls (SD)	48
											4	Saint Xavier (IL)	6
	4	Saint Xavier (IL) (11–0)	52
	9	McKendree (IL) (9–1)	28
						4	Saint Xavier (IL)	52
						6	Lambuth (TN)	10
	6	Lambuth (TN) (11–0)	38
	10	Cumberlands (KY) (9–1)	7
																1	Sioux Falls (SD)	25
																3	Lindenwood (MO)	22
	2	Carroll (MT) (11–0)	59
	17	Dickinson State (7–3)	7
						2	Carroll (MT)	34
						8	MidAmerica Nazarene	13
	8	MidAmerica Nazarene (9–1)	40
	12	McPherson (KS) (9–1)	24
											2	Carroll (MT)	35
											3	Lindenwood (MO)	42
	3	Lindenwood (MO) (10–0)	49
	20	Langston (OK) (7–3)	14
						3	Lindenwood (MO)	64
						5	Ottawa (KS)	26
	5	Ottawa (KS) (10–0)	40
	13	Hastings (NE) (9–2)	34

•  * denotes OT.