Luke Lehnen repeats as the Gagliardi Trophy winner and then leads North Central College back to the top in the Stagg Bowl.

Mount Union has won 13 D-III championships in 23 title game appearances, both of which are records. North Central — which captured its first title in 2019, the first championship-game berth in program history — beat the Purple Raiders 28-21 in the 2022 title game.

Mount Union football has won 13 NCAA titles, but the Purple Raiders will have their hands full with North Central, the hottest program in D3 football.

Mount Union and North Central will meet in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl for the second time in three years Sunday night in Houston.

Luke Lehnen finishes with five total touchdowns as North Central College defeats Mount Union to win the Division III national football title.

Mount Union's Tyler Echeverry ran 29 yards untouched to open the scoring — the first time North Central has trailed all season. Lehnen, who went 57-2 over his college career, threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Myles Walton to make it 7-7 with 4:35 left in the first quarter.

Luke Lehnen throws four touchdown passes and runs for a TD to lead North Central football to a win over Mount Union in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl.