The 2024 Ferris State Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Ferris State University as a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) during the 2024 NCAA Division II football season. In their 13th season under head coach Tony Annese, the Bulldogs compiled a 14âÂÂ1 record and were ranked No. 1 in the D2Football.com poll at the end of the regular season. After losing the season opener on the road against , the Bulldogs finished the season with 14 consecutive victories and won the GLIAC championship and the NCAA Division II national championship. Ferris State participated in the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs, beating in the second round, defending national champion Harding in the quarterfinals, Slippery Rock in the semifinals, and Valdosta State in the NCAA Division II national championship game.
The Bulldogs set a new program single-game scoring record with 84 points against . They also scored 78 points (the most ever by Ferris State in a playoff game) and tallied 688 yards of total offense against in a second-round playoff game.
Key players include junior quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, junior running back Kannon Katzer, senior slot receiver Emari O'Brien, and junior linebacker Iosefa Saipaia.
In the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference preseason media poll released on August 1, 2024, Ferris State was projected to finish first in the conference.