The Concordia (MI) Cardinals are No. 5 in the 2021 College Football America Yearbook’s NAIA Preseason Top 30.
The Cardinals are the highest-ranked Mid-States Football Association program in the CFA preseason Top 30. The Cardinals play in the Mideast League of the MSFA.
The Cardinals went 6-1 overall and 4-0 in MSFA Mideast League play in 2020, winning the league title. The Cardinals played in the spring, like the rest of the league. The Cardinals reached the playoffs and defeated Georgetown (KY) in the first round, 21-7. Then, in the second round, the Cardinals fell to eventual national champion Lindsey Wilson, 49-27.
Concordia (MI) played one of the best games in the MSFA Mideast League last season, facing Marian and winning, 16-14. The pair are likely to be serious contenders in the Mideast League once again in 2021.
The Cardinals will open the season on Sept. 11 at St. Ambrose. The following week, the Cardinals hope the home portion of their schedule against Roosevelt.
The NAIA section of the College Football America 2021 Yearbook features 16 pages of content including:
- National NAIA preview;
- NAIA preseason Starting Lineup;
- Update on each NAIA conference;
- Capsules for every NAIA team, including 2020 results and 2021 schedules;
- Six color action, coach and stadium photos.
The College Football America 2021 Yearbook features more than 900 college football teams from the United States and Canada in more than 250 striking, full-color pages. That includes every team from the NCAA (FBS, FCS, Division II and Division III), NAIA, NJCAA, CCCAA and U Sports (Canada). It also includes updates on club football, one-year postgraduate prep/sports academies and Mexican college football, along with dozens of action shots and stadium photos taken by the CFA staff.
The print edition is available online via Amazon.com and other major retailers such as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million.
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