Victory Bowl

The Victory Bowl is the annual championship game for football-playing members of the National Christian College Athletic Association whose teams do 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. Such matchups have happened ten times.

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)

Thus far, the 48 participants in the game have included 30 members of the NAIA, one member of NCAA Division I-AA (today's FCS), 6 members of Division II, and 11 members of Division III.

The first four Victory Bowls (1997 through 2000) were held at a neutral site, Canton, Ohio. The other games have been held at the home field of one of the participating teams, except for the 2013 contest, for which Rome, Georgia, served as a neutral site.

In 2016, the Victory Bowl title was awarded by default, when just one available team submitted its qualifications for the game. In 2023 and 2024, the game was cancelled and the NCCAA championship not awarded when no qualifying teams were available for the Victory Bowl.

In addition to the game, other Victory Bowl activities typically include community service projects that involve players and coaches from both teams.^[1]

History

Date	Winning team		Losing team		Stadium
November 29, 1997	Olivet Nazarene (NAIA)	56	MidAmerica Nazarene (NAIA)	42	Fawcett Stadium
November 28, 1998	Geneva (NAIA)	27	Maranatha Baptist Bible (NAIA)	6	Fawcett Stadium
November 27, 1999	Geneva (NAIA)	31	MidAmerica Nazarene (NAIA)	26	Fawcett Stadium
November 18, 2000	Northwestern (MN) (NAIA)	35	Greenville (NCAA DIII)	27	Fawcett Stadium
November 17, 2001	Gardner–Webb (NCAA D I-AA)	54	Trinity International (NAIA)	14	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium
November 22, 2002	Geneva (NAIA)	19	Northwestern (MN) (NAIA)	9	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
November 21, 2003	Geneva (NAIA)	37	North Greenville (NCAA DII)	14	Reeves Field
November 20, 2004	Olivet Nazarene (NAIA)	24	Northwestern (MN) (NAIA)	14	Reynolds Field
November 19, 2005	Olivet Nazarene (NAIA)	29	Northwestern (MN) (NAIA)	13	Ward Field
November 18, 2006	North Greenville (NCAA DII)	56	Malone (NAIA)	28	Younts Stadium
November 17, 2007	Malone (NAIA)	45	Geneva (NCAA DIII)	17	Reeves Field
November 21, 2008	Northwestern (MN) (NCAA DIII)	49	Malone (NAIA)	44	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
November 21, 2009	Geneva (NCAA DIII)	29	Greenville (NCAA DIII)	28	Francis Field
November 20, 2010	North Greenville (NCAA DII)	42	Campbellsville (NAIA)	16	Younts Stadium
November 19, 2011	Campbellsville (NAIA)	21	Greenville (NCAA DIII)	7	Finley Stadium
November 17, 2012	Greenville (NCAA DIII)	28	Northwestern (MN) (NCAA DIII)	27	Francis Field
November 23, 2013	Azusa Pacific (NCAA DII)	67	Greenville (NCAA DIII)	0	Barron Stadium
November 22, 2014	North Greenville (NCAA DII)	42	Shorter (NCAA DII)	16	Barron Stadium
November 21, 2015	SAGU (NAIA)	10	Northwestern (MN) (NCAA DIII)	7	Lumpkins Stadium[2]
December 3, 2016	Warner (NAIA)	-	No opponent[a]	-	-
November 18, 2017	Campbellsville (NAIA)	41	SAGU (NAIA)	28	Finley Stadium
November 30, 2018	Olivet Nazarene (NAIA)	38	Ottawa–Arizona (NAIA)	35	Spirit Field
November 23, 2019	Olivet Nazarene (NAIA)	69	Greenville (NCAA DIII)	8	Francis Field
2020	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]				None
November 20, 2021	SAGU (NAIA)	31	Sterling (NAIA)	14	Lumpkins Stadium
November 18, 2022	Olivet Nazarene (NAIA)	21	SAGU (NAIA)	16	Lumpkins Stadium
2023	Canceled due to lack of qualifying teams[5]				None
2024

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Notes

1. The Victory Bowl was scratched and the Royals were awarded the title as the NCCAA was unable to find an opponent for Warner.^[3]