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2025 FB National Championship Game
16
Keiser KU 12-1
22
Winner Grand View GV 14-0
Keiser KU
12-1
16
Final
22
Grand View GV
14-0
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
KU Keiser 3 0 10 3 16
GV Grand View 0 13 0 9 22

Game Recap: No. 2 Football |

No. 2 Football Falls to No. 1 Grand View in the NAIA National Championship, 22-16

Game Information
NAIA National Championship Game
Score:  No. 1 Grand View 22, No. 2 Keiser 16
Records: Keiser (12-1 - No. 2 seed), Grand View (14-0 - No. 1 seed)
Location: Crowley ISD Stadium – Fort Worth, Texas
Time of Game: 3:20
Weather: Sunny, 73 degrees, wind 17 mph

The No. 2-ranked Keiser football team ended the 2025 season with a 22-16 loss to No. 1 Grand View in the NAIA National Championship in Fort Worth, Texas.

Following a 37-yard field goal by Dorian Hall with two seconds left in regulations, the Seahawks recovered the team's first onside kick since April 27, 2021 (Arizona Christian in the NAIA FCS First Round), giving Keiser the ball on Grand View 42-yard line. With one second on the game clock, Shea Spencer heaved a Hail Mary pass towards the endzone but GVU's Triston Williams batted the ball down to end the game.  
 
The Seahawks registered 337 yards of total offense, including 290 through the air.
 
Shea Spencer ended his Keiser career, completing 29-of-50 passes for 290 yards and one touchdown. The Vero Beach, Florida, native finished the 2025 season as Keiser and the Sun Conference's all-time leading passer with 9,690 yards while collecting a school-best 80 career touchdowns.
 
Spencer's top two receivers in the game were Maurico Porcha and Dallas Desouza. Porcha ended the day with nine catches for 114 yards and one touchdown while Desouza grabbed nine passes for 102 yards.
 
The Keiser defense held Grand View to 350 yards of total offense led by Eli Bertrand and Mailk Razz who each registered seven tackles in the game.
 
The Seahawks finished the 2025 season with a 12-1 record, advancing to the team's fourth straight NAIA National Championship Game.
 
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.Game Notes
  • Weather at kickoff – Sunny, 73 degrees, wind 17 mph
  • Today's captains – Shea Spencer, Dillon Simon, Darrell Livingston
  • Keiser wore their white jersey and light blue pants – third time this season
  • Saturday marked the Seahawk's fourth straight appearance in the NAIA National Championship Game
  • The Seahawks are one of four teams to ever achieve this accomplishment – Sioux City (S.D.) (five straight – 2006-2010); Keiser (four straight – 2022-25); Carroll (Mont.) (four straight – 2002-05); Georgetown (Ky.) (four straight – 1999-02)
  • Keiser won the toss and deferred to the second half, kicking off to Grand View to start the game
  • Saturday marked the first-time all-season Keiser was held under 400 yards of total offense
  • Shea Spencer threw for 290 yards on Saturday, finishing the 2025 season with 3,391 yards passing (the most in program history)
  • With one passing touchdown on Saturday, Spencer finished the season with 27 passing touchdowns (second-most in program history)
  • The Seahawks set the school record for passing yards in a season as the team threw for 3,485 during the 2025 season
  • Despite only 47 yards on the ground versus the Vikings, Keiser ended the season with 2,370 yards rushing, marking the program's seventh straight season of 2,000 yards-or-more on the ground
  • On the year, the Seahawks produced 5,855 yards of total offense – the second-most in school history
  • A pair of Seahawks had 100-yard receiving games on Saturday in Maurico Porcha (114) and Dallas Desouza (102)
  • Keiser ended the year with three receivers over 800 yards on the year for the first time program history as well as the first two 900-yard receivers in school history (Elisha Edwards – 963; Dallas Desouza – 906; Maurico Porcha – 816)
  • With seven tackles on Saturday, Eli Bertrand ended the year with a team-leading 86 total tackles (fourth-best, single-season total in school history)
  • With the loss, Keiser ends the year with a 12-1 mark, tying the school record for wins in a season
  • The loss snapped the Seahawk's 12-game winning streak
  • Keiser played its first game in the state of Texas on Saturday
  • With the loss, Keiser moves to 1-3 in the NAIA National Championship Game
  • Keiser also moves to 15-6 all-time in the NAIA Football Championship Series
  • Keiser is now 33-14 in non-conference action and 27-9 all-time versus ranked opponents
  • Saturday was the fifth time Keiser faced the no. 1 team in the nation (2-3)
  • The Seahawks now hold a 13-2 record as the No. 2 team in the nation all-time
 

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