BILOXI – After two days of patiently waiting on an official announcement, Northwest Mississippi Community College received word on Thursday, Nov. 19 from the NJCAA on its football postseason destination.
 
The top-ranked Rangers (10-1) will face 2nd-ranked Rochester (Minn.) (11-0) in Mississippi Bowl VIII on Sunday, Dec. 6 in Biloxi for the 2015 NJCAA National Championship. It'll be the first-ever meeting between the two teams with the game kicking off at 2 p.m. at Biloxi Indian Stadium.

Northwest has won a pair of NJCAA Football National Championships in 1982 and 1992 (runner-up 1991) and is playing in its fourth title game. The Rangers are 4-4-1 all-time in bowl games with its last win coming in the 2012 Brazos Valley Bowl (W, 47-36 Kilgore College).

Rochester is 5-18 all-time in bowl games with its last win coming in the 2008 North Star Bowl (W, 19-13 Lackawanna). The Yellowjackets have won a pair of NJCAA Division III National Championships, the most recent in 2007 under former Northwest head coach Brad LaPlante.

The game will be streamed live at www.njcaatv.com and live stats will also be available [here].  
 
More info can be found at www.mississippibowl.com, including ticket information and a list of events.