Victory Bowl

Victory Bowl
Victory Bowl
	NCCAA Victory Bowl
Location	Various
Operated	1997–present
Championship affiliation	NCCAA
Conference tie-ins	None
2022 matchup
	Southwestern Assemblies of God vs. Olivet Nazarene (Olivet Nazarene 21–16)

The Victory Bowl is the championship football game between schools that sponsor football and are members of the National Christian College Athletic Association and did not qualify for either the NCAA or NAIA playoffs. It is one of the few post-season bowl games for smaller schools. Because the NCCAA is not exclusive, it is possible that schools from the NAIA and the NCAA may meet each other in this game, as with the 2008 game.^[1]

In addition to the game, other activities include community service projects that involve players and coaches from both teams.^[2]

History

Date	Winning team		Losing team		Stadium
November 29, 1997	Olivet Nazarene	56	MidAmerica Nazarene	42	Fawcett Stadium
November 28, 1998	Geneva	27	Maranatha Baptist Bible	6	Fawcett Stadium
November 27, 1999	Geneva	31	MidAmerica Nazarene	26	Fawcett Stadium
November 18, 2000	Northwestern (MN)	35	Greenville	27	Fawcett Stadium
November 17, 2001	Gardner–Webb	54	Trinity International	14	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium
November 22, 2002	Geneva	19	Northwestern (MN)	9	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
November 21, 2003	Geneva	37	North Greenville	14	Reeves Field
November 20, 2004	Olivet Nazarene	24	Northwestern (MN)	14	Reynolds Field
November 19, 2005	Olivet Nazarene	29	Northwestern (MN)	13	Ward Field
November 18, 2006	North Greenville	56	Malone	28	Younts Stadium
November 17, 2007	Malone	45	Geneva	17	Reeves Field
November 21, 2008	Northwestern (MN)	49	Malone	44	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
November 21, 2009	Geneva	29	Greenville	28	Francis Field
November 20, 2010	North Greenville	42	Campbellsville	16	Younts Stadium
November 19, 2011	Campbellsville	21	Greenville	7	Finley Stadium
November 17, 2012	Greenville	28	Northwestern (MN)	27	Francis Field
November 23, 2013	Azusa Pacific	67	Greenville	0	Barron Stadium
November 22, 2014	North Greenville	42	Shorter	16	Barron Stadium
November 21, 2015	Southwestern Assemblies of God	10	Northwestern (MN)	7	Lumpkins Stadium^[3]
December 3, 2016	Warner	-	No opponent^[a]	-	-
November 18, 2017	Campbellsville	41	Southwestern Assemblies of God	28	Finley Stadium
November 30, 2018	Olivet Nazarene	38	Ottawa–Arizona	35	Spirit Field
November 23, 2019	Olivet Nazarene	69	Greenville	8	Francis Field
2020	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[5]				None
November 20, 2021	Southwestern Assemblies of God	31	Sterling	14	Lumpkins Stadium
November 18, 2022	Olivet Nazarene	21	Southwestern Assemblies of God	16	Lumpkins Stadium
2023	Canceled due to lack of qualifying teams.^[6]				None

^ The NCCAA was unable to find an opponent for Warner, so the Royals were awarded the 2016 title.^[4]

Source:^[7]^[8]

References

^ "NCCAA Victory Bowl XII". Northwestern Athletics. November 16, 2008.
^ Jason Orts (May 27, 2010). "Lining up to play and serve: Victory Bowl participants do more than battle in football game". Waco Today.
^ "Football Victory Bowl (2015)". National Christian College Athletic Association. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
^ "2016 Victory Bowl Invitational Banner Awarded to Warner University". National Christian College Athletic Association. August 8, 2016.
^ "Victory Bowl History". National Christian College Athletic Association. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
^ "2023 NCCAA Victory Bowl". National Christian College Athletic Association. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "Football Victory Bowl". National Christian College Athletic Association. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
^ "Scoreboard". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved November 21, 2015.

External links

Victory Bowl at the NCCAA website
[1] past results pdf

[5] The NCCAA was unable to find an opponent for Warner, so the Royals were awarded the 2016 title.^[4]

[1] "NCCAA Victory Bowl XII". Northwestern Athletics. November 16, 2008.

[2] Jason Orts (May 27, 2010). "Lining up to play and serve: Victory Bowl participants do more than battle in football game". Waco Today.

[3] "Football Victory Bowl (2015)". National Christian College Athletic Association. Retrieved November 16, 2015.

[4] "2016 Victory Bowl Invitational Banner Awarded to Warner University". National Christian College Athletic Association. August 8, 2016.

[6] "Victory Bowl History". National Christian College Athletic Association. Retrieved October 31, 2023.

[7] "2023 NCCAA Victory Bowl". National Christian College Athletic Association. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

[NCCAA_Victory_Bowl-8] "Football Victory Bowl". National Christian College Athletic Association. Retrieved November 13, 2012.

[9] "Scoreboard". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved November 21, 2015.

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v t e Systems used to determine college football national championships
NCAA Division I-A/FBS	Various polling systems (1869–present) Bowl Coalition (1992–1994) Bowl Alliance (1995–1997) Bowl Championship Series (1998–2013) College Football Playoff (2014–present)
NCAA Division I-AA/FCS	NCAA Division I Football Championship (1978–present)
NCAA Division II	NCAA Division II Football Championship (1973–present)
NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III Football Championship (1973–present)
NAIA	NAIA Football National Championship (1956–present) NAIA Division II Football National Championship (1970–1996)
Additional systems	Black college football national championship (1920–present) UPI small college football rankings (1958–1974) AP small college football rankings (1960–1974) NCCAA Victory Bowl (1997–present)