The 2022 Northwestern Red Raiders football team represented Northwestern College as a member of the Great Plains Athletic Conference during the 2022 NAIA football season.
Led by seventh-year head coach Matt McCarty, the Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 13–1 with a mark of 9–1 in conference play, placing second in the GPAC.
Northwestern (IA) beat Dickinson State in the first round, Marian (IN) in the quarterfinals, and Indiana Wesleyan in the seminfinals before playing in the 2022 NAIA Football National Championship where they played Keiser and won 35–25 to secure the school's third-overall title.
Northwestern (IA) played home games at Korver Field at De Valois Stadium in Orange City, Iowa.
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