NAIA Football National Championship

NAIA Football National Championship
In operation	1956–present
Preceded by	Small college polls & NAIA Division II Championship
Number of playoff teams	16
Television partner(s)	ESPN3
Most playoff championships	Texas A&I (7)
Current champion	Saint Francis (IN) (1)
Website	NAIA Football

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 Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach, Florida.^[2]

Texas A&I (now known as Texas A&M–Kingsville) have been the most prolific program with seven NAIA championships. Carroll (MT) are the most successful team still playing at the NAIA level, with 6 national titles.

Saint Francis (IN) are the current champions, having defeated Baker in the 2016 championship, 38-17.

Game name

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

Aluminum Bowl (1956)
Holiday Bowl (1957–1960)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Camellia Bowl (1961–1963)
Champion Bowl (1964–1976 and 1980–1996, Division I games only)
Apple Bowl (1977, Division I game only)
Palm Bowl (1978–1979, Division I games only)

The separate NAIA Division II Football National Championship was played between 1970 and 1996, when there were two divisions at the NAIA level.

Results

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Site
1956	Montana State Saint Joseph's (IN)	0–0^{[lower-alpha 2]}		Little Rock, Arkansas
1957	Pittsburg State	27–26	Hillsdale	Saint Petersburg, Florida
1958	Northeastern State	19–13	Arizona State-Flagstaff	Saint Petersburg, Florida
1959	Texas A&I	20–7	Lenoir-Rhyne	Saint Petersburg, Florida
1960	Lenoir-Rhyne	15–14	Humboldt State	Saint Petersburg, Florida
1961	Pittsburg State	12–7	Linfield	Sacramento, California
1962	Central State	28–13	Lenoir-Rhyne	Sacramento, California
1963	Saint John’s	33–27	Prairie View A&M	Sacramento, California
1964	Concordia-Moorhead Sam Houston State	7–7^{[lower-alpha 2]}		Augusta, Georgia
1965	Saint John’s	33–0	Linfield	Augusta, Georgia
1966	Waynesburg	42–21	Wisconsin–Whitewater	Tulsa, Oklahoma
1967	Fairmont State	28–21	Eastern Washington	Morgantown, West Virginia
1968	Troy State	43–35	Texas A&I	Montgomery, Alabama
1969	Texas A&I	32–7	Concordia-Moorhead	Kingsville, Texas
1970	Texas A&I	48–7	Wofford	Greenville, South Carolina
1971	Livingston	14–12	Arkansas Tech	Birmingham, Alabama
1972	East Texas State	21–18	Carson-Newman	Commerce, Texas
1973	Abilene Christian	42–14	Elon	Shreveport, Louisiana
1974	Texas A&I	34–23	Henderson State	Kingsville, Texas
1975	Texas A&I	37–0	Salem	Kingsville, Texas
1976	Texas A&I	26–0	Central Arkansas	Kingsville, Texas
1977	Abilene Christian	24–7	Southwestern Oklahoma	Seattle, Washington
1978	Angelo State	34–14	Elon	McAllen, Texas
1979	Texas A&I	20–14	Central State (OK)	McAllen, Texas
1980	Elon	17–10	Northeastern State	Burlington, North Carolina
1981	Elon	3–0	Pittsburg State	Burlington, North Carolina
1982	Central State (OK)	14–11	Mesa State	Edmond, Oklahoma
1983	Carson-Newman	36–28	Mesa State	Grand Junction, Colorado
1984	Carson-Newman Central Arkansas	19–19^{[lower-alpha 2]}		Conway, Arkansas
1985	Hillsdale Central Arkansas	10–10^{[lower-alpha 2]}		Conway, Arkansas
1986	Carson-Newman	17–0	Cameron	Jefferson City, Tennessee
1987	Cameron	30–2	Carson-Newman	Lawton, Oklahoma
1988	Carson-Newman	56–21	Adams State	Jefferson City, Tennessee
1989	Carson-Newman	34–20	Emporia State	Jefferson City, Tennessee
1990	Central State (OH)	38–16	Mesa State	Grand Junction, Colorado
1991	Central Arkansas	19–16	Central State (OH)	Wilberforce, Ohio
1992	Central State (OH)	19–16	Gardner-Webb	Boiling Springs, North Carolina
1993	East Central	49–35	Glenville State	Ada, Oklahoma
1994	Northeastern State	13–12	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Pine Bluff, Arkansas
1995	Central State (OH)	37–7	Northeastern State	Tahlequah, Oklahoma
1996	Southwestern Oklahoma	33–31	Montana Tech	Weatherford, Oklahoma
1997	Findlay	14–7	Willamette	Savannah, Tennessee
1998	Azusa Pacific	17–14	Olivet Nazarene	Savannah, Tennessee
1999	Northwestern Oklahoma State	34–26	Georgetown (KY)	Savannah, Tennessee
2000	Georgetown (KY)	20–0	Northwestern Oklahoma State	Savannah, Tennessee
2001	Georgetown (KY)	49–27	Sioux Falls	Savannah, Tennessee
2002	Carroll	28–7	Georgetown (KY)	Savannah, Tennessee
2003	Carroll	41–28	Northwestern Oklahoma State	Savannah, Tennessee
2004	Carroll	15–13	Saint Francis (IN)	Savannah, Tennessee
2005	Carroll	27–10	Saint Francis (IN)	Savannah, Tennessee
2006	Sioux Falls	23–19	Saint Francis (IN)	Savannah, Tennessee
2007	Carroll	17–9	Sioux Falls	Savannah, Tennessee
2008	Sioux Falls	23–7	Carroll	Rome, Georgia
2009	Sioux Falls	25–22	Lindenwood	Rome, Georgia
2010	Carroll	10–7	Sioux Falls	Rome, Georgia
2011	Saint Xavier	24–20	Carroll	Rome, Georgia
2012	Marian	30–27 (OT)	Morningside	Rome, Georgia
2013	Grand View	35–23	University of the Cumberlands	Rome, Georgia
2014	Southern Oregon	55–31	Marian	Daytona Beach, Florida
2015	Marian	31–14	Southern Oregon	Daytona Beach, Florida
2016	Saint Francis (IN)	38–17	Baker	Daytona Beach, Florida

↑ Not to be confused with the NCAA Division I bowl of the same name.
1 2 3 4 Game ended in a tie, and both teams are co-champions.

Championships by school

Division II titles are not included in this list.

Team	Championships	Winning years
Texas A&I (Texas A&M–Kingsville)	7	1959, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979
Carroll	6	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010
Carson-Newman	5	1983, 1984^{[lower-alpha 1]}, 1986, 1988, 1989
Central Arkansas	3	1984^{[lower-alpha 1]}, 1985^{[lower-alpha 1]}, 1991
Central State (OH)	3	1990, 1992, 1995
Sioux Falls	3	2006, 2008, 2009
Pittsburg State	2	1957, 1961
Saint John's (MN)	2	1963, 1965
Abilene Christian	2	1973, 1977
Elon	2	1980, 1981
Central State (OK) (Central Oklahoma)	2	1962, 1982
Northeastern State	2	1958, 1994
Georgetown (KY)	2	2000, 2001
Marian	2	2012, 2015
Montana State	1	1956^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Saint Joseph's (IN)	1	1956^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Lenoir-Rhyne	1	1960
Concordia–Moorhead	1	1964^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Sam Houston State	1	1964^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Waynesburg	1	1966
Fairmont State	1	1967
Troy State	1	1968
Livingston	1	1971
East Texas State (Texas A&M–Commerce)	1	1972
Angelo State	1	1978
Hillsdale	1	1985^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Cameron	1	1987
East Central (OK)	1	1993
Southwestern Oklahoma	1	1996
Findlay (OH)	1	1997
Azusa Pacific	1	1998
Northwestern Oklahoma	1	1999
Saint Xavier	1	2011
Grand View	1	2013
Southern Oregon	1	2014
Saint Francis (IN)	1	2016

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Shared title

References

↑ "NAIA Football Championship History". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
↑ http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27900&ATCLID=205337130

NAIA football

Seasons

1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970–1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Division I	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Division II	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

Championships

1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970–1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Division I	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Division II	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

Records & statistics

Systems used to determine college football national championships
NCAA Division I-A/FBS	Various polling systems (1869–present) Bowl Coalition (1992–1994) Bowl Alliance (1995–1997) Bowl Championship Series (1998–2013) College Football Playoff (2014–present)
NCAA Division I-AA/FCS	NCAA Division I Football Championship (1978–present)
Other divisions	NCAA Division II Football Championship (1973–present) NCAA Division III Football Championship (1973–present) NAIA Football National Championship (1956–present) NAIA Division II Football National Championship (1970–1996) NCCAA Victory Bowl (1997–present)
Additional Systems	Black college football national championship

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

NAIA

Sports
and
championships

Division I	Basketball Men Women
Division II	Basketball Men Women
Single division	Baseball World Series) Competitive cheer & dance Championship Cross country Men Women Football Championship Golf Men Women Soccer Men Women Softball Championship Swimming & Diving Men Women Tennis Men Women Track & Field Men's Indoor and Outdoor Women's Indoor and Outdoor Volleyball Women Wrestling Men
Invitation/ Emerging	Bowling Men Women Lacrosse Men Women Volleyball Men
Discontinued	Bowling Football Division I Division II Gymnastics Women Ice Hockey Men Water Polo

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NAIA Football National Championship

Game name

Results

Championships by school

See also

References