NAIA Football National Championship

NAIA Football National Championship

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Football National Championship is decided by a post-season playoff system featuring the best NAIA college football teams in the United States. Under sponsorship of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the championship game has been played annually since 1956.[1] In 1970, NAIA football was divided into two divisions, Division I and Division II, with a championship game played in each division. In 1997, NAIA football was again consolidated into one division. The game is currently played at at Barron Stadium in Rome, Georgia. [2]

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Champions by year

Over the years, the NAIA championship games were played under a variety of names:

  • Aluminum Bowl (1956)
  • Holiday Bowl (19571960, not to be confused with the NCAA Division I bowl of the same name)
  • Camellia Bowl (19611963)
  • Championship Bowl (19641976 and 19801996, Division I games only)
  • Apple Bowl (1977, Division I game only)
  • Palm Bowl (19781979, Division I games only)
Date Champion Score Defeated Site
December 22, 1956 Montana State
St. Joseph's
001 Little Rock, Arkansas
December 21, 1957 Pittsburg State 2726 Hillsdale Saint Petersburg, Florida
December 20, 1958 Northeastern State 1913 Arizona State College at Flagstaff Saint Petersburg, Florida
December 19, 1959 Texas A&I 207 Lenoir-Rhyne Saint Petersburg, Florida
December 10, 1960 Lenoir-Rhyne 1514 Humboldt State Saint Petersburg, Florida
December 9, 1961 Pittsburg State 127 Linfield Sacramento, California
1962 Central State 2813 Lenoir-Rhyne Sacramento, California
December 14, 1963 St. Johns 3327 Prairie View A&M Sacramento, California
1964 Concordia-Moorhead
Sam Houston State
771 Augusta, Georgia
December 11, 1965 St. Johns 330 Linfield Augusta, Georgia
1966 Waynesburg 4221 WisconsinWhitewater Tulsa, Oklahoma
December 9, 1967 Fairmont State 2821 Eastern Washington Morgantown, West Virginia
December 14, 1968 Troy State 4335 Texas A&I Montgomery, Alabama
December 13, 1969 Texas A&I 327 Concordia-Moorhead Kingsville, Texas
December 12, 1970I Texas A&I 487 Wofford Greenville, South Carolina
1970II Westminster 2116 Anderson New Castle, Pennsylvania
December 11, 1971I Livingston 1412 Arkansas Tech Birmingham, Alabama
1971II California Lutheran 3014 Westminster Thousand Oaks, California
1972-I East Texas State 2118 Carson-Newman Commerce, Texas
1972II Missouri Southern 2114 Northwestern (IA) Joplin, Missouri
December 8, 1973I Abilene Christian 4214 Elon Shreveport, Louisiana
1973II Northwestern (IA) 103 Glenville State Huntington, West Virginia
December 14, 1974I Texas A&I 3423 Henderson State Kingsville, Texas
1974II Texas Lutheran 420 Missouri Valley Seguin, Texas
December 13, 1975I Texas A&I 370 Salem Kingsville, Texas
1975II Texas Lutheran 348 California Lutheran Thousand Oaks, California
December 11, 1976I Texas A&I 260 Central Arkansas Kingsville, Texas
1976II Westminster 2013 Redlands Redlands, California
1977-I Abilene Christian 247 Southwestern Oklahoma Seattle, Washington
1977II Westminster 179 California Lutheran Thousand Oaks, California
December 16, 1978I Angelo State 3414 Elon McAllen, Texas
1978II Concordia-Moorhead 70 Findlay Findlay, Ohio
December 15, 1979I Texas A&I 2014 University of Central Oklahoma McAllen, Texas
1979II Findlay 516 Northwestern (IA) Findlay, Ohio
December 20, 1980I Elon 1710 Northeastern State Burlington, North Carolina
1980II Pacific Lutheran University 3810 Wilmington Tacoma, Washington
December 19, 1981I Elon 30 Pittsburg State Burlington, North Carolina
1981II Austin College
Concordia-Moorhead
24241 Sherman, Texas
1982-I University of Central Oklahoma (then known as Central State) 1411 Mesa State Edmond, Oklahoma
1982II Linfield 3315 William Jewell McMinnville, Oregon
December 17, 1983I Carson-Newman 3628 Mesa State Grand Junction, Colorado
1983II Northwestern (IA) 2521 Pacific Lutheran Tacoma, Washington
December 15, 1984I Carson-Newman
Central Arkansas
19191 Conway, Arkansas
1984II Linfield 3322 Northwestern (IA) McMinnville, Oregon
December 21, 1985I Hillsdale
Central Arkansas
10101 Conway, Arkansas
1985II University of WisconsinLa Crosse 247 Pacific Lutheran Tacoma, Washington
December 20, 1986I Carson-Newman 170 Cameron Jefferson City, Tennessee
1986II Linfield 170 Baker McMinnville, Oregon
December 19, 1987I Cameron 302 Carson-Newman Lawton, Oklahoma
1987II Pacific Lutheran
Vacant
2 Tacoma, Washington
December 17, 1988I Carson-Newman 5621 Adams State Jefferson City, Tennessee
1988II Westminster 2114 WisconsinLa Crosse New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
December 16, 1989I Carson-Newman 3420 Emporia State Jefferson City, Tennessee
1989II Westminster 5130 WisconsinLa Crosse Canton, Ohio
December 8, 1990I Central State (Ohio) 3816 Mesa State Grand Junction, Colorado
1990II Peru State 177 Westminster Omaha, Nebraska
December 14, 1991I Central Arkansas 1916 Central State(Ohio) Wilberforce, Ohio
1991II Georgetown 2820 Pacific Lutheran Georgetown, Kentucky
December 12, 1992I Central State (Ohio) 1916 Gardner-Webb Boiling Springs, North Carolina
1992II Findlay 2613 Linfield Portland, Oregon
December 11, 1993I East Central 4935 Glenville State Ada, Oklahoma
1993II Pacific Lutheran 5020 Westminster Portland, Oregon
December 10, 1994I Northeastern State 1312 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Pine Bluff, Arkansas
1994II Westminster 277 Pacific Lutheran Portland, Oregon
December 2, 1995I Central State (Ohio) 377 Northeastern State Tahlequah, Oklahoma
1995II Central Washington
Findlay
2121 1 Tacoma, Washington
December 7, 1996I Southwestern Oklahoma 3331 Montana Tech Weatherford, Oklahoma
1996II Sioux Falls 4725 Western Washington University Savannah, Tennessee
1997 Findlay 147 Willamette Savannah, Tennessee
1998 Azusa Pacific 1714 Olivet Nazarene Savannah, Tennessee
1999 Northwestern Oklahoma State 3426 Georgetown Savannah, Tennessee
2000 Georgetown 200 Northwestern Oklahoma State Savannah, Tennessee
2001 Georgetown 4927 Sioux Falls Savannah, Tennessee
2002 Carroll 287 Georgetown Savannah, Tennessee
2003 Carroll 4128 Northwestern Oklahoma State Savannah, Tennessee
2004 Carroll 1513 Saint Francis (IN) Savannah, Tennessee
2005 Carroll 2710 Saint Francis (IN) Savannah, Tennessee
2006 Sioux Falls 2319 Saint Francis (IN) Savannah, Tennessee
2007 Carroll 179 Sioux Falls Savannah, Tennessee
2008 Sioux Falls 237 Carroll Rome, Georgia
2009 Sioux Falls 2522 Lindenwood Rome, Georgia
2010 Carroll 107 Sioux Falls Rome, Georgia

1 Game ended in a tie and teams are co champions.

2 Pacific Lutheran (WA) and the University of WisconsinStevens Point played to a 1616 tie in the championship game. WisconsinStevens Point forfeited its entire 1987 schedule because of the use of an ineligible student-athlete. Pacific Lutheran is considered a co-champion with the other position vacated.

Championships by school

Team Championships Winning years
Texas A&I 7 1959, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979
Carroll 6 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010
Westminster 6 1970, 1976, 1977, 1988, 1989, 1994
Carson-Newman 5 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989
Findlay 4 1979, 1992, 1995, 1997
Sioux Falls 4 1996, 2006, 2008, 2009
Central Arkansas 3 1984, 1985, 1991
Central State 3 1990, 1992, 1995
Concordia-Moorhead 3 1964, 1978, 1981
Georgetown 3 1991, 2000, 2001
Linfield 3 1982, 1984, 1986
Pacific Lutheran 3 1980, 1987, 1993
Abilene Christian 2 1973, 1977
Central State 2 1962, 1982
Elon 2 1980, 1981
Northeastern State 2 1958, 1994
Northwestern (IA) 2 1973, 1983
Pittsburg State 2 1957, 1961
St. John's 2 1963, 1965
Texas Lutheran 2 1974, 1975
Angelo State 1 1978
Austin 1 1981
Azusa Pacific 1 1998
California Lutheran 1 1971
Cameron 1 1987
Central Washington 1 1995
East Central 1 1993
East Texas State 1 1972
Fairmont State 1 1967
Hillsdale 1 1985
Lenoir-Rhyne 1 1960
Livingston 1 1971
Missouri Southern 1 1972
Montana State 1 1956
Northwestern Oklahoma 1 1999
Peru State 1 1990
Sam Houston State 1 1964
St. Joseph's 1 1956
Southwestern Oklahoma 1 1996
Waynesburg 1 1966
WisconsinLa Crosse 1 1985
Vacated 1 1987

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