2010 NAIA football national championship
| 2010 Russell Athletic NAIA Football National Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 18, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Barron Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Rome, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Gary Wagner, Carroll (Offense) Eric Anderson, Sioux Falls (Defense) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Les Anderson Scott Richardson Jim Scifres Jim Rogers Gary Schildmeyer Brett Henninger Kirt Shay | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 6,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS College Sports Network | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2010 NAIA football national championship was played on December 18, 2010, as the 55th Annual Russell Athletic NAIA Football National Championship.
The championship game was played at Barron Stadium in Rome, Georgia. The Carroll Fighting Saints won the championship over the Sioux Falls Cougars by a score of 10–7. With their 6th championship, Carroll moved to within one of the all-time NAIA records of seven held by Texas A&I. The win also snapped Sioux Falls' 42-game winning streak; their last loss was at Carroll's hands in the 2007 NAIA championship game.
Sixteen teams from across the United States participated in a single-elimination tournament.