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NCAA Division II national football championship

NCAA Division II national football championship

Overview
The NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada...

 Division II
Division II
Division II is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It offers an alternative to both the highly competitive level of intercollegiate sports offered in NCAA Division I and to the non-scholarship level offered in Division III...

 National Football
College football
College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies. It was the venue through which American football first gained popularity in the United States...

 Championship
began in 1973
1973 in sports
1973 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Gustav Thöni, Italy** Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria-American football:* O.J...

. Prior to 1973, four regional bowl game
Bowl game
In the United States, a bowl game is commonly considered to refer to one of a number of post-season college football games. Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating...

s were played in order to provide postseason action for what was then called the NCAA College Division and a poll determined the final champion.

The National Championship game was held at Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital of the U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive Central Valley. With a 2007 estimated population of 460,242, it is the seventh-largest...

 from 1973–1975. It was in Wichita Falls, Texas
Wichita Falls, Texas
Wichita Falls is a city in the state of Texas and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States. Wichita Falls is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay and Wichita counties. According to the U.S...

 in 1976–1977. The game was played in Longview, Texas
Longview, Texas
Longview is a city in Gregg and Harrison Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 73,344 at the 2000 census, but a 2006 estimate placed the city's population at 77,793. Most of the city is located in Gregg County, of which it is the county seat; only a small part extends into the...

 in 1978. For 1979 and 1980, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 521,999 as of July 1, 2008, according to U.S. census estimates, and ranks as...

 hosted the game.
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The NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada...

 Division II
Division II
Division II is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It offers an alternative to both the highly competitive level of intercollegiate sports offered in NCAA Division I and to the non-scholarship level offered in Division III...

 National Football
College football
College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies. It was the venue through which American football first gained popularity in the United States...

 Championship
began in 1973
1973 in sports
1973 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Gustav Thöni, Italy** Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria-American football:* O.J...

. Prior to 1973, four regional bowl game
Bowl game
In the United States, a bowl game is commonly considered to refer to one of a number of post-season college football games. Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating...

s were played in order to provide postseason action for what was then called the NCAA College Division and a poll determined the final champion.

The National Championship game was held at Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital of the U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive Central Valley. With a 2007 estimated population of 460,242, it is the seventh-largest...

 from 1973–1975. It was in Wichita Falls, Texas
Wichita Falls, Texas
Wichita Falls is a city in the state of Texas and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States. Wichita Falls is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay and Wichita counties. According to the U.S...

 in 1976–1977. The game was played in Longview, Texas
Longview, Texas
Longview is a city in Gregg and Harrison Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 73,344 at the 2000 census, but a 2006 estimate placed the city's population at 77,793. Most of the city is located in Gregg County, of which it is the county seat; only a small part extends into the...

 in 1978. For 1979 and 1980, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 521,999 as of July 1, 2008, according to U.S. census estimates, and ranks as...

 hosted the game. McAllen, Texas
McAllen, Texas
McAllen is the largest city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. It is located at the southern tip of Texas in an area known as the Rio Grande Valley and is part of the American Southwest...

 hosted the championship games from 1981–1985. Since 1986 the Division II championship game has been played annually at Braly Municipal Stadium
Braly Municipal Stadium
Tom Braly Municipal Stadium is a stadium in Florence, Alabama. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the University of North Alabama Lions and the Florence High School Falcons...

 near the campus of the University of North Alabama
University of North Alabama
The University of North Alabama is a coeducational university located in Florence, Alabama, and the state's oldest four-year public university....

 in Florence
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

, Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its...

. Since 1998 the games have been broadcast on ESPN
ESPN
ESPN is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day....

.

The current champions are the Bulldogs of Minnesota Duluth
University of Minnesota Duluth
The University of Minnesota Duluth is a regional branch of the University of Minnesota System located in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. As Duluth's public research university, UMD offers 12 bachelor's degrees in 75 majors, graduate programs in 20 fields, a two-year program at the School of Medicine, a...

.

NCAA College Division Wire Service National Champions


From 1964 to 1972, four regional bowl game
Bowl game
In the United States, a bowl game is commonly considered to refer to one of a number of post-season college football games. Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating...

s were played that led up to a wire service poll to determine the final champion of Division II's predecessor, the NCAA College Division.

Those games were:
  • West: Camellia Bowl
    Camellia Bowl
    - 1948, Lafayette, Louisiana :The Camellia Bowl was a post-season major college football bowl game played at McNaspy Stadium in Lafayette, Louisiana, on December 30, 1948 between Hardin-Simmons University and the University of Wichita ....

    , in Sacramento, California
    Sacramento, California
    Sacramento is the capital of the U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive Central Valley. With a 2007 estimated population of 460,242, it is the seventh-largest...

     1964–1972
  • Midwest: Pecan Bowl
    Pecan Bowl
    Pecan Bowl, a postseason college football bowl game, was first played at Abilene, Texas, in December 1964, and was played there each year until 1970, when the location was moved to Arlington, Texas...

     in Abilene, Texas
    Abilene, Texas
    Abilene is a city in Taylor and Jones counties in the central part of the U.S. state of Texas. The population is about 120,000 in 2008. It is the principal city of the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2006 estimated population of 158,063. It is the county seat of Taylor County...

     1964–1967 & Arlington, Texas
    Arlington, Texas
    Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area. According to a U.S Census Bureau release, as of 2007 Arlington had an estimated population of 371,038...

     1968–1970, Pioneer Bowl
    Pioneer Bowl
    The Pioneer Bowl was a bowl game between the highest-placing football teams from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference that was played between 1997 and 2007 and was the only bowl game between historically black colleges and universities...

     in Wichita Falls, Texas
    Wichita Falls, Texas
    Wichita Falls is a city in the state of Texas and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States. Wichita Falls is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay and Wichita counties. According to the U.S...

    , 1971–1972
  • Mideast: Grantland Rice Bowl
    Grantland Rice Bowl
    The Grantland Rice Bowl was an annual college football bowl game, one of four regional NCAA college division championships from 1964 to 1972. It was the Mideast Regional championship, played in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, from 1964 to 1968...

     in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
    Murfreesboro, Tennessee
    Murfreesboro is a city in and the county seat of Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 101,753 according to the United States Census Bureau's 2009 report, up from 81,393 residents certified during the city's 2005 special census. The center of population of Tennessee is...

     1964–1968 & Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    Baton Rouge is the capital city and the second largest city of Louisiana It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish which contains 428,000 residents. The Greater Baton Rouge population is approximately 774,327...

     1969–1972
  • East: Tangerine Bowl
    Capital One Bowl
    The Capital One Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played in Orlando, Florida at the Citrus Bowl, and previously known as the Tangerine Bowl and the Florida Citrus Bowl...

     in Orlando, Florida
    Orlando, Florida
    Orlando is a major city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan region...

     1964–1967, Boardwalk Bowl
    Boardwalk Bowl
    The Boardwalk Bowl was a post-season college football game held at the former Atlantic City Convention Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The game featured an annual matchup between Pennsylvania Military College and the United States Merchant Marine Academy, known as the "Little Army–Navy Game"...

     in Atlantic City, New Jersey
    Atlantic City, New Jersey
    Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. Famous for its boardwalk, casino gambling, sandy beaches, shopping centers, view of the Atlantic Ocean, and as the inspiration for the board game Monopoly, Atlantic City is a resort community located on Absecon Island on the...

     1968–1972

Winners of Regional Bowls

Year West Midwest Mideast East
1964 Montana State Northern Iowa Middle Tennessee State East Carolina
1965 Los Angeles State North Dakota State Ball State East Carolina
1966 San Diego State North Dakota Tennessee State Morgan State
1967 San Diego State Texas-Arlington Eastern Kentucky Tennessee-Martin
1968 Humboldt State North Dakota State Louisiana Tech Delaware
1969 North Dakota State Arkansas State East Tennessee State Delaware
1970 North Dakota State Arkansas State Tennessee State Delaware
1971 Boise State Louisiana Tech Tennessee State Delaware
1972 North Dakota Tennessee State Louisiana Tech Massachusetts

National champions by polling

Year Champion
1958
1958 in sports
1958 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* NFL Championship – December 28 the Baltimore Colts won 23-17 over the New York Giants in overtime. The game is later called the "Greatest game ever played"....

 
Southern Mississippi
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
The Southern Miss Golden Eagles represent The University of Southern Mississippi in Division I athletics. The teams compete in Conference USA....

1959
1959 in sports
1959 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* NFL Championship – Baltimore Colts won 31-16 over the New York Giants-England:* FA Cup – Nottingham Forest won 2-1 over Luton Town...

 
Bowling Green
Bowling Green Falcons football
The Bowling Green Falcons football team is the interscholastic football team at Bowling Green State University. Bowling Green competes as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the East Division. The Falcons have won ten conference championships....

1960
1960 in sports
1960 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* The men's Olympic Gold Medal:** Downhill: Jean Vuarnet, France** Slalom: Ernst Hinterseer, Austria** Giant Slalom: Roger Staub, Switzerland** The women's Olympic Gold Medal:...

 
Ohio
Ohio Bobcats football
The Ohio Bobcats football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports program of Ohio University. The team represents the university as a member of the Mid-American Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, playing at the Division 1 Bowl Subdivision level...

1961
1961 in sports
1961 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* AFL Championship – Houston Oilers won 10-3 over the San Diego Chargers* NFL Championship – Green Bay Packers won 37-0 over the New York Giants...

 
Pittsburg State
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg State University, also called Pitt State or PSU, is a public university with approximately 7,100 students located in Pittsburg, Kansas. A large percentage of the student population consists of residents within the Pittsburg region; the gender proportion is relatively equal. Almost 89% of...

1962
1962 in sports
1962 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* FIS Alpine World Ski Championships –** Men's combined champion: Karl Schranz, Austria** Women's combined champion: Marielle Goitschel, France-American football:...

 
Southern Mississippi
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
The Southern Miss Golden Eagles represent The University of Southern Mississippi in Division I athletics. The teams compete in Conference USA....

 (UPI), Florida A&M
Florida A&M University
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU, is an historically black university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, the state capital, and is one of eleven member institutions of the State University System of Florida.In the September 2006...

 (AP)
1963
1963 in sports
1963 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* January 29 - First inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced* AFL Eastern Division Playoff – Boston Patriots win 26-8 over the Buffalo Bills...

 
Delaware (UPI), Northern Illinois
Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University is a public university located in DeKalb, Illinois, United States. It was founded on May 22, 1895 by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld as a satellite campus for what is now Illinois State University. The DeKalb campus was originally called Northern Illinois State...

 (AP)
1964
1964 in sports
1964 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Men's Olympic Gold Medal:** Downhill: Egon Zimmermann, Austria** Slalom: Josef Stiegler, Austria** Giant Slalom: Francois Bonlieu, France* Women's Olympic Gold Medal:...

 
Los Angeles State
California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Los Angeles is a public university, part of the California State University system...

 (UPI), Wittenberg (AP)
1965
1965 in sports
1965 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* AFL Championship Buffalo Bills won 23-0 over the San Diego Chargers* NFL Championship – Green Bay Packers won 23-12 over the Cleveland Browns in 1966-England:...

 
North Dakota State
North Dakota State Bison football
The North Dakota State Bison football team is a Division I Football Championship Subdivision program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Prior to the 2008 season the Bison were members of the Great West Football Conference. The Bison were a Division II program in the North...

1966
1966 in sports
1966 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* FIS Alpine World Ski Championships –** Men's combined champion: Jean-Claude Killy, France** Women's combined champion: Marielle Goitschel, France-American football:...

 
San Diego State
1967
1967 in sports
1967 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* The first Alpine Skiing World Cup is organised for the three ski events: Downhill, Slalom and Giant Slalom:** Men's overall champion: Jean-Claude Killy, France...

 
San Diego State
1968
1968 in sports
1968 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup:** Men's overall champion: Jean-Claude Killy, France** Women's overall champion: Nancy Greene, Canada-American football:...

 
San Diego State (UPI), North Dakota State
North Dakota State Bison football
The North Dakota State Bison football team is a Division I Football Championship Subdivision program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Prior to the 2008 season the Bison were members of the Great West Football Conference. The Bison were a Division II program in the North...

 (AP)
1969
1969 in sports
1969 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup:** Men's overall champion: Karl Schranz, Austria** Women's overall champion: Gertrud Gabl, Austria-American football:...

 
North Dakota State
North Dakota State Bison football
The North Dakota State Bison football team is a Division I Football Championship Subdivision program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Prior to the 2008 season the Bison were members of the Great West Football Conference. The Bison were a Division II program in the North...

1970
1970 in sports
1970 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion – Karl Schranz, Austria** Women's overall season champion – Michèle Jacot, France-American football:...

 
Arkansas State
Arkansas State Red Wolves
The Arkansas State University Red Wolves is the name given to Arkansas State University's athletic teams. The university is affiliated with the Sun Belt Conference in sports and maintains NCAA Division I status....

1971
1971 in sports
1971 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Gustav Thöni, Italy** Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria-American football:...

 
Delaware
1972
1972 in sports
1972 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Gustav Thöni, Italy** Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria-American football:...

 
Delaware
1973
1973 in sports
1973 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Gustav Thöni, Italy** Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria-American football:* O.J...

 
Tennessee State
Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University is a land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee...

1974
1974 in sports
1974 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Piero Gros, Italy** Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria-American football:...

 
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University, located in Ruston, Louisiana is a coeducational public institution of higher learning with an enrollment of 10,950 students in the 08-09 year. Louisiana Tech was first instituted as the Industrial Institute and College of Louisiana in 1894, then as Louisiana Polytechnic...

 (UPI), Central Michigan
Central Michigan Chippewas football
The Central Michigan Chippewas football team is a college football program in Division I FBS, representing Central Michigan University. They are a top 25 program in terms of all-time winning percentage...

 (AP)

National Championship games


A playoff series was started in 1973 to determine the Division II champion.
Year Champion Runner-up Score Location
1973
1973 in sports
1973 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Gustav Thöni, Italy** Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria-American football:* O.J...

 
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University, located in Ruston, Louisiana is a coeducational public institution of higher learning with an enrollment of 10,950 students in the 08-09 year. Louisiana Tech was first instituted as the Industrial Institute and College of Louisiana in 1894, then as Louisiana Polytechnic...

 
Western Kentucky
Western Kentucky University
Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. It was formally founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier....

 
34–0 Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital of the U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive Central Valley. With a 2007 estimated population of 460,242, it is the seventh-largest...

1974
1974 in sports
1974 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Piero Gros, Italy** Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria-American football:...

 
Central Michigan
Central Michigan Chippewas football
The Central Michigan Chippewas football team is a college football program in Division I FBS, representing Central Michigan University. They are a top 25 program in terms of all-time winning percentage...

 
Delaware  54–14 Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital of the U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive Central Valley. With a 2007 estimated population of 460,242, it is the seventh-largest...

1975
1975 in sports
1975 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Gustav Thöni, Italy** Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria-American football:...

 
Northern Michigan
Northern Michigan University
Northern Michigan University is a 4 year college public university established in 1899 located in Marquette, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. With a population of nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, Northern Michigan University is the Upper Peninsula's largest university.-History...

 
Western Kentucky
Western Kentucky University
Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. It was formally founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier....

 
16–14 Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital of the U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive Central Valley. With a 2007 estimated population of 460,242, it is the seventh-largest...

1976
1976 in sports
1976 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Ingemar Stenmark, Sweden** Women's overall season champion: Rosi Mittermaier, West Germany-American football:...

 
Montana State
Montana State University - Bozeman
Montana State University - Bozeman is a public university located in Bozeman, Montana. It is the main campus in the Montana State University System and the state's land-grant university...

 
Akron
Akron Zips football
The University of Akron Zips are a college football program representing the University of Akron that competes in NCAA Division I FBS Mid-American Conference football...

 
24–13 Wichita Falls, Texas
Wichita Falls, Texas
Wichita Falls is a city in the state of Texas and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States. Wichita Falls is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay and Wichita counties. According to the U.S...

1977
1977 in sports
1977 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Ingemar Stenmark, Sweden** Women's overall season champion: Lise-Marie Morerod, Switzerland-American football:...

 
Lehigh
Lehigh Mountain Hawks
The Lehigh Mountain Hawks are the athletic teams representing Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Mountain Hawks participate in NCAA Division I competition as a member of the Patriot League...

 
Jacksonville State
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville State University is a public university serving Northeast Alabama on a campus with 58 buildings in Jacksonville, Alabama which is in the Appalachian foothills of northeast Alabama. Founded in 1883, as Jacksonville State Normal School, in 1930 the name changed to Jacksonville State...

 
33–0 Wichita Falls, Texas
Wichita Falls, Texas
Wichita Falls is a city in the state of Texas and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States. Wichita Falls is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay and Wichita counties. According to the U.S...

1978
1978 in sports
1978 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Ingemar Stenmark, Sweden** Women's overall season champion: Hanni Wenzel, Liechtenstein-American football:...

 
Eastern Illinois
Eastern Illinois Panthers
The Eastern Illinois Panthers are the men's and women's athletic teams representing Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL. Eastern Illinois University's colors are blue and gray. Eastern Illinois sports teams, except for men's soccer and swimming teams, participate in NCAA Division I in...

 
Delaware  10–9 Longview, Texas
Longview, Texas
Longview is a city in Gregg and Harrison Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 73,344 at the 2000 census, but a 2006 estimate placed the city's population at 77,793. Most of the city is located in Gregg County, of which it is the county seat; only a small part extends into the...

1979
1979 in sports
1979 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Peter Lüscher, Switzerland** Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Austria-American football:...

 
Delaware  Youngstown State
Youngstown State University
Youngstown State University, founded in 1908, is a major, urban research university located in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. As of fall 2009, there were 14,682 students and a student-faculty ratio of 19:1. The fall 2009 enrollment figure is the highest since 1992, when the number of students on...

 
38–21 Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 521,999 as of July 1, 2008, according to U.S. census estimates, and ranks as...

1980
1980 in sports
1980 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup:** Men's overall season champion: Andreas Wenzel, Liechtenstein** Women's overall season champion: Hanni Wenzel, Liechtenstein...

 
Cal Poly
California Polytechnic State University
California Polytechnic State University, also officially recognized as Cal Poly, is a public university located in San Luis Obispo, California...

 
Eastern Illinois
Eastern Illinois Panthers
The Eastern Illinois Panthers are the men's and women's athletic teams representing Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL. Eastern Illinois University's colors are blue and gray. Eastern Illinois sports teams, except for men's soccer and swimming teams, participate in NCAA Division I in...

 
21–13 Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 521,999 as of July 1, 2008, according to U.S. census estimates, and ranks as...

1981
1981 in sports
1981 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup –** Men's overall season champion: Phil Mahre, USA** Women's overall season champion: Marie-Theres Nadig, Switzerland-American football:...

 
Southwest Texas State
Texas State University–San Marcos
Texas State University–San Marcos, often referred to as Texas State University or Texas State , is a doctoral-granting university located in San Marcos, Texas. At the start of the Fall 2009 semester, the university had a record high enrollment of 30,816 students...

 
North Dakota State
North Dakota State Bison football
The North Dakota State Bison football team is a Division I Football Championship Subdivision program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Prior to the 2008 season the Bison were members of the Great West Football Conference. The Bison were a Division II program in the North...

 
42–13 McAllen, Texas
McAllen, Texas
McAllen is the largest city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. It is located at the southern tip of Texas in an area known as the Rio Grande Valley and is part of the American Southwest...

1982
1982 in sports
1982 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup:** Men's overall season champion: Phil Mahre, USA** Women's overall season champion: Erika Hess, Switzerland-American football:...

 
Southwest Texas State
Texas State University–San Marcos
Texas State University–San Marcos, often referred to as Texas State University or Texas State , is a doctoral-granting university located in San Marcos, Texas. At the start of the Fall 2009 semester, the university had a record high enrollment of 30,816 students...

 
UC Davis
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis is a public research university located in Davis, California, and one of ten campuses in the University of California system. Commonly referred to as UC Davis, the school was originally established in 1905 as the University Farm, an extension of UC Berkeley. UC...

 
34–9 McAllen, Texas
McAllen, Texas
McAllen is the largest city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. It is located at the southern tip of Texas in an area known as the Rio Grande Valley and is part of the American Southwest...

1983
1983 in sports
1983 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup:** Men's overall season champion: Phil Mahre, USA** Women's overall season champion: Tamara McKinney, USA-American football:...

 
North Dakota State
North Dakota State Bison football
The North Dakota State Bison football team is a Division I Football Championship Subdivision program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Prior to the 2008 season the Bison were members of the Great West Football Conference. The Bison were a Division II program in the North...

 
Central State
Central State University
Central State University is a historically black university located in Wilberforce, Ohio. It is Ohio's only public HBCU.-History:In a sense Central State University's history began when Wilberforce University was privately established in Tawawa Springs, Ohio, in 1856.In 1887, the Ohio General...

 
41–21 McAllen, Texas
McAllen, Texas
McAllen is the largest city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. It is located at the southern tip of Texas in an area known as the Rio Grande Valley and is part of the American Southwest...

1984
1984 in sports
1984 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine Skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup:** Men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland** Women's overall season champion: Erika Hess, Switzerland...

 
Troy State
Troy Trojans
The Troy Trojans were a Major League Baseball team in the National League for four seasons from 1879 to 1882.Their home games were played at Putnam Grounds , Haymakers' Grounds , and Troy Ball Clubs Grounds , all in the upstate New York city of Troy.Players on the Trojans included Hall of Famers...

 
North Dakota State
North Dakota State Bison football
The North Dakota State Bison football team is a Division I Football Championship Subdivision program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Prior to the 2008 season the Bison were members of the Great West Football Conference. The Bison were a Division II program in the North...

 
18–17 McAllen, Texas
McAllen, Texas
McAllen is the largest city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. It is located at the southern tip of Texas in an area known as the Rio Grande Valley and is part of the American Southwest...

1985
1985 in sports
1985 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup:** Men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg** Women's overall season champion: Michela Figini, Switzerland-American football:...

 
North Dakota State
North Dakota State Bison football
The North Dakota State Bison football team is a Division I Football Championship Subdivision program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Prior to the 2008 season the Bison were members of the Great West Football Conference. The Bison were a Division II program in the North...

 
North Alabama
University of North Alabama
The University of North Alabama is a coeducational university located in Florence, Alabama, and the state's oldest four-year public university....

 
35–7 McAllen, Texas
McAllen, Texas
McAllen is the largest city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. It is located at the southern tip of Texas in an area known as the Rio Grande Valley and is part of the American Southwest...

1986
1986 in sports
1986 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup –** Men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg** Women's overall season champion: Maria Walliser, Switzerland-American football:...

 
North Dakota State
North Dakota State Bison football
The North Dakota State Bison football team is a Division I Football Championship Subdivision program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Prior to the 2008 season the Bison were members of the Great West Football Conference. The Bison were a Division II program in the North...

 
South Dakota
University of South Dakota
The University of South Dakota, the state’s oldest university, was founded in 1862 and classes began in 1882. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, USD is home to South Dakota's only medical school and law school. USD is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents, and its current president is Jim...

 
27–7 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

1987
1987 in sports
1987 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland** Women's overall season champion: Maria Walliser, Switzerland-American football:...

 
Troy State
Troy Trojans
The Troy Trojans were a Major League Baseball team in the National League for four seasons from 1879 to 1882.Their home games were played at Putnam Grounds , Haymakers' Grounds , and Troy Ball Clubs Grounds , all in the upstate New York city of Troy.Players on the Trojans included Hall of Famers...

 
Portland State
Portland State University
Portland State University is a public state urban university located in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1946, it has the largest overall enrollment of any university in the state of Oregon, including undergraduate and graduate students. It is also the only public university in...

 
31–17 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

1988
1988 in sports
1988 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland** Women's overall season champion: Michela Figini, Switzerland-American football:...

 
North Dakota State
North Dakota State Bison football
The North Dakota State Bison football team is a Division I Football Championship Subdivision program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Prior to the 2008 season the Bison were members of the Great West Football Conference. The Bison were a Division II program in the North...

 
Portland State
Portland State University
Portland State University is a public state urban university located in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1946, it has the largest overall enrollment of any university in the state of Oregon, including undergraduate and graduate students. It is also the only public university in...

 
35–21 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

1989
1989 in sports
1989 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg** Women's overall season champion: Vreni Schneider, Switzerland-American football:...

 
Mississippi College
Mississippi College
Mississippi College, also known as MC, is a private, Christian university located in Clinton, Mississippi. Mississippi College comprises the main campus in Clinton, as well as satellite campuses in Brandon and Madison, Mississippi, and the Mississippi College School of Law in Jackson...

Jacksonville State
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville State University is a public university serving Northeast Alabama on a campus with 58 buildings in Jacksonville, Alabama which is in the Appalachian foothills of northeast Alabama. Founded in 1883, as Jacksonville State Normal School, in 1930 the name changed to Jacksonville State...

 
3–0 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

1990
1990 in sports
1990 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland** Women's overall season champion: Petra Kronberger, Austria-American football:...

 
North Dakota State
North Dakota State Bison football
The North Dakota State Bison football team is a Division I Football Championship Subdivision program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Prior to the 2008 season the Bison were members of the Great West Football Conference. The Bison were a Division II program in the North...

 
Indiana (Pa.)
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana University of Pennsylvania is a public university located in the borough of Indiana, Indiana County ,Pennsylvania, USA, northeast of Pittsburgh. It is the largest university in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and is the commonwealth's fifth largest university...

 
51–11 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

1991
1991 in sports
1991 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg** Women's overall season champion: Petra Kronberger, Austria-American football:...

 
Pittsburg State
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg State University, also called Pitt State or PSU, is a public university with approximately 7,100 students located in Pittsburg, Kansas. A large percentage of the student population consists of residents within the Pittsburg region; the gender proportion is relatively equal. Almost 89% of...

 
Jacksonville State
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville State University is a public university serving Northeast Alabama on a campus with 58 buildings in Jacksonville, Alabama which is in the Appalachian foothills of northeast Alabama. Founded in 1883, as Jacksonville State Normal School, in 1930 the name changed to Jacksonville State...

 
23–6 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

1992
1992 in sports
1992 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup* Men's overall season champion: Paul Accola, Switzerland* Women's overall season champion: Petra Kronberger, Austria-American football:...

 
Jacksonville State
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville State University is a public university serving Northeast Alabama on a campus with 58 buildings in Jacksonville, Alabama which is in the Appalachian foothills of northeast Alabama. Founded in 1883, as Jacksonville State Normal School, in 1930 the name changed to Jacksonville State...

 
Pittsburg State
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg State University, also called Pitt State or PSU, is a public university with approximately 7,100 students located in Pittsburg, Kansas. A large percentage of the student population consists of residents within the Pittsburg region; the gender proportion is relatively equal. Almost 89% of...

 
17–13 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

1993
1993 in sports
1993 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg** Women's overall season champion: Anita Wachter, Austria-American football:...

 
North Alabama
University of North Alabama
The University of North Alabama is a coeducational university located in Florence, Alabama, and the state's oldest four-year public university....

 
Indiana (Pa.)
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana University of Pennsylvania is a public university located in the borough of Indiana, Indiana County ,Pennsylvania, USA, northeast of Pittsburgh. It is the largest university in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and is the commonwealth's fifth largest university...

 
41–34 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

1994
1994 in sports
1994 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* January 29 – death of Ulrike Maier , Austrian skier, who broke her neck when she crashed during a World Cup downhill race at Garmisch-Partenkirchen...

 
North Alabama
University of North Alabama
The University of North Alabama is a coeducational university located in Florence, Alabama, and the state's oldest four-year public university....

 
Texas A&M-Kingsville
Texas A&M University–Kingsville
Texas A&M University–Kingsville is a U.S. national university with a multicultural student body that is 62 percent Hispanic and includes students from 35 states and 43 foreign countries...

 
16–10 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

1995
1995 in sports
1995 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Alberto Tomba, Italy** Women's overall season champion: Vreni Schneider, Switzerland-American football:...

 
North Alabama
University of North Alabama
The University of North Alabama is a coeducational university located in Florence, Alabama, and the state's oldest four-year public university....

 
Pittsburg State
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg State University, also called Pitt State or PSU, is a public university with approximately 7,100 students located in Pittsburg, Kansas. A large percentage of the student population consists of residents within the Pittsburg region; the gender proportion is relatively equal. Almost 89% of...

 
27–7 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

1996
1996 in sports
1996 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Lasse Kjus, Norway** Women's overall season champion: Katja Seizinger, Germany-American football:...

 
Northern Colorado
University of Northern Colorado
The University of Northern Colorado, often called UNC or Northern Colorado is a coeducational public institution of higher education and research located in Greeley, Colorado, USA. The Greeley campus is the primary campus though a satellite campus exists in Lowry, Denver, USA...

 
Carson-Newman
Carson-Newman College
Carson-Newman College is a historically Baptist liberal arts college located in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Enrollment as of 2006-2007 was about 2,050. The college's students come from 44 U.S. states and 30 other countries. Studies are offered in approximately 90 different academic programs...

 
23–14 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

1997
1997 in sports
1997 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Luc Alphand, France** Women's overall season champion: Pernilla Wiberg, Sweden-American football:...

 
Northern Colorado
University of Northern Colorado
The University of Northern Colorado, often called UNC or Northern Colorado is a coeducational public institution of higher education and research located in Greeley, Colorado, USA. The Greeley campus is the primary campus though a satellite campus exists in Lowry, Denver, USA...

 
New Haven
University of New Haven
The University of New Haven is a private, comprehensive, coeducational university located in West Haven, Connecticut, which borders the larger city of New Haven and Long Island Sound....

 
51–0 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

1998
1998 in sports
1998 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Hermann Maier, Austria** Women's overall season champion: Katja Seizinger, Germany-American football:...

 
Northwest Missouri State
Northwest Missouri Bearcats football
The Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats football team has appeared in six NCAA Division II national title games since going 0-11 in Mel Tjeerdsma's first season in 1994.The Bearcats have made the playoffs in 13 seasons...

 
Carson-Newman
Carson-Newman College
Carson-Newman College is a historically Baptist liberal arts college located in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Enrollment as of 2006-2007 was about 2,050. The college's students come from 44 U.S. states and 30 other countries. Studies are offered in approximately 90 different academic programs...

 
24–6 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

1999
1999 in sports
1999 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Lasse Kjus, Norway** Women's overall season champion: Alexandra Meissnitzer, Austria-American football:...

 
Northwest Missouri State
Northwest Missouri Bearcats football
The Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats football team has appeared in six NCAA Division II national title games since going 0-11 in Mel Tjeerdsma's first season in 1994.The Bearcats have made the playoffs in 13 seasons...

 
Carson-Newman
Carson-Newman College
Carson-Newman College is a historically Baptist liberal arts college located in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Enrollment as of 2006-2007 was about 2,050. The college's students come from 44 U.S. states and 30 other countries. Studies are offered in approximately 90 different academic programs...

 
58–52 (4OTs
Overtime (sports)
Overtime is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring the game to a decision and avoid declaring the contest a tie or draw...

)
Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

2000
2000 in sports
2000 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Hermann Maier, Austria** Women's overall season champion: Renate Götschl, Austria-American football:...

 
Delta State
Delta State University
Delta State University, also known as DSU, is a regional public university located in Cleveland, Mississippi, in the heart of the Mississippi Delta...

 
Bloomsburg
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, commonly referred to as Bloomsburg, BU, or Bloom is a public university located in Pennsylvania's only incorporated town, Bloomsburg...

 
63–34 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

2001
2001 in sports
2001 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Hermann Maier, Austria** Women's overall season champion: Janica Kostelic, Croatia-American football:...

 
North Dakota
North Dakota Fighting Sioux football
The North Dakota Fighting Sioux are a college football program that competes in the Great West Conference in the NCAA Division I's Football Championship Subdivision as of the 2008-2009 season...

 
Grand Valley State  17–14 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

2002
2002 in sports
2002 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Stephan Eberharter, Austria** Women's overall season champion: Michaela Dorfmeister, Austria-American football:...

 
Grand Valley State  Valdosta State
Valdosta State University
Valdosta State University is a public university located in the city of Valdosta, Georgia, in the United States, and is part of the University System of Georgia....

 
31–24 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

2003
2003 in sports
2003 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season championship: Stephan Eberharter, Austria** Women's overall season championship: Janica Kostelic, Croatia-American football:...

 
Grand Valley State  North Dakota
North Dakota Fighting Sioux football
The North Dakota Fighting Sioux are a college football program that competes in the Great West Conference in the NCAA Division I's Football Championship Subdivision as of the 2008-2009 season...

 
10–3 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

2004
2004 in sports
2004 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* College football Bowl Championship Series :** January 1 – Rose Bowl – USC 28, Michigan 14...

 
Valdosta State
Valdosta State University
Valdosta State University is a public university located in the city of Valdosta, Georgia, in the United States, and is part of the University System of Georgia....

 
Pittsburg State
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg State University, also called Pitt State or PSU, is a public university with approximately 7,100 students located in Pittsburg, Kansas. A large percentage of the student population consists of residents within the Pittsburg region; the gender proportion is relatively equal. Almost 89% of...

 
36–31 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

2005
2005 in sports
2005 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Bode Miller ** Women's overall season champion: Anja Pärson -American football:...

 
Grand Valley State  Northwest Missouri State
Northwest Missouri Bearcats football
The Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats football team has appeared in six NCAA Division II national title games since going 0-11 in Mel Tjeerdsma's first season in 1994.The Bearcats have made the playoffs in 13 seasons...

 
21–17 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

2006
2006 in sports
2006 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* January 2, Fiesta Bowl – Ohio State 34-20 Notre Dame* January 2, Sugar Bowl – West Virginia 38-35 Georgia...

 
Grand Valley State  Northwest Missouri State
Northwest Missouri Bearcats football
The Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats football team has appeared in six NCAA Division II national title games since going 0-11 in Mel Tjeerdsma's first season in 1994.The Bearcats have made the playoffs in 13 seasons...

 
17–14 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

2007
2007 in sports
2007 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* February 4 – Indianapolis Colts beat the Chicago Bears 29-17 to win Super Bowl XLI at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The win was the Colts' first Super Bowl Championship since their 1970-71 team, when...

 
Valdosta State
Valdosta State University
Valdosta State University is a public university located in the city of Valdosta, Georgia, in the United States, and is part of the University System of Georgia....

 
Northwest Missouri State
Northwest Missouri Bearcats football
The Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats football team has appeared in six NCAA Division II national title games since going 0-11 in Mel Tjeerdsma's first season in 1994.The Bearcats have made the playoffs in 13 seasons...

 
25–20 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

2008
2008 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs
The 2008 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs involved 24 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football....

 
Minnesota Duluth
University of Minnesota Duluth
The University of Minnesota Duluth is a regional branch of the University of Minnesota System located in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. As Duluth's public research university, UMD offers 12 bachelor's degrees in 75 majors, graduate programs in 20 fields, a two-year program at the School of Medicine, a...

 
Northwest Missouri State
Northwest Missouri Bearcats football
The Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats football team has appeared in six NCAA Division II national title games since going 0-11 in Mel Tjeerdsma's first season in 1994.The Bearcats have made the playoffs in 13 seasons...

 
21–14 Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....



† Mississippi College's tournament participation, along with its championship, were vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

Most national championships


The teams that have won the most national championships since 1973 are:
Team Championships Winning years
North Dakota State
North Dakota State Bison football
The North Dakota State Bison football team is a Division I Football Championship Subdivision program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Prior to the 2008 season the Bison were members of the Great West Football Conference. The Bison were a Division II program in the North...

*
5 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990
Grand Valley State  4 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
North Alabama
University of North Alabama
The University of North Alabama is a coeducational university located in Florence, Alabama, and the state's oldest four-year public university....

 
3 1993, 1994, 1995
Northern Colorado
University of Northern Colorado
The University of Northern Colorado, often called UNC or Northern Colorado is a coeducational public institution of higher education and research located in Greeley, Colorado, USA. The Greeley campus is the primary campus though a satellite campus exists in Lowry, Denver, USA...

*
2 1996, 1997
Northwest Missouri State
Northwest Missouri State University
Northwest Missouri State University is a state university in Maryville, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as a teachers college, it is a university offering undergraduate and graduate classes. The campus, based on the design for Forest Park at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, is the official Missouri...

 
2 1998, 1999
Troy State
Troy Trojans
The Troy Trojans were a Major League Baseball team in the National League for four seasons from 1879 to 1882.Their home games were played at Putnam Grounds , Haymakers' Grounds , and Troy Ball Clubs Grounds , all in the upstate New York city of Troy.Players on the Trojans included Hall of Famers...

*
2 1984, 1987
Southwest Texas State
Texas State University–San Marcos
Texas State University–San Marcos, often referred to as Texas State University or Texas State , is a doctoral-granting university located in San Marcos, Texas. At the start of the Fall 2009 semester, the university had a record high enrollment of 30,816 students...

 
2 1981, 1982
Valdosta State
Valdosta State University
Valdosta State University is a public university located in the city of Valdosta, Georgia, in the United States, and is part of the University System of Georgia....

 
2 2004, 2007
Cal Poly
California Polytechnic State University
California Polytechnic State University, also officially recognized as Cal Poly, is a public university located in San Luis Obispo, California...

*
1 1980
Central Michigan
Central Michigan Chippewas football
The Central Michigan Chippewas football team is a college football program in Division I FBS, representing Central Michigan University. They are a top 25 program in terms of all-time winning percentage...

*
1 1974
Delta State
Delta State University
Delta State University, also known as DSU, is a regional public university located in Cleveland, Mississippi, in the heart of the Mississippi Delta...

 
1 2000
Delaware* 1 1979
Eastern Illinois
Eastern Illinois Panthers
The Eastern Illinois Panthers are the men's and women's athletic teams representing Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL. Eastern Illinois University's colors are blue and gray. Eastern Illinois sports teams, except for men's soccer and swimming teams, participate in NCAA Division I in...

*
1 1978
Jacksonville State
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville State University is a public university serving Northeast Alabama on a campus with 58 buildings in Jacksonville, Alabama which is in the Appalachian foothills of northeast Alabama. Founded in 1883, as Jacksonville State Normal School, in 1930 the name changed to Jacksonville State...

 
1 1992
Lehigh
Lehigh Mountain Hawks
The Lehigh Mountain Hawks are the athletic teams representing Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Mountain Hawks participate in NCAA Division I competition as a member of the Patriot League...

*
1 1977
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University, located in Ruston, Louisiana is a coeducational public institution of higher learning with an enrollment of 10,950 students in the 08-09 year. Louisiana Tech was first instituted as the Industrial Institute and College of Louisiana in 1894, then as Louisiana Polytechnic...

*
1 1973
Minnesota Duluth
University of Minnesota Duluth
The University of Minnesota Duluth is a regional branch of the University of Minnesota System located in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. As Duluth's public research university, UMD offers 12 bachelor's degrees in 75 majors, graduate programs in 20 fields, a two-year program at the School of Medicine, a...

 
1 2008
Montana State
Montana State University - Bozeman
Montana State University - Bozeman is a public university located in Bozeman, Montana. It is the main campus in the Montana State University System and the state's land-grant university...

 
1 1976
North Dakota
North Dakota Fighting Sioux football
The North Dakota Fighting Sioux are a college football program that competes in the Great West Conference in the NCAA Division I's Football Championship Subdivision as of the 2008-2009 season...

*
1 2001
Northern Michigan
Northern Michigan University
Northern Michigan University is a 4 year college public university established in 1899 located in Marquette, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. With a population of nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, Northern Michigan University is the Upper Peninsula's largest university.-History...

 
1 1975
Pittsburg State
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg State University, also called Pitt State or PSU, is a public university with approximately 7,100 students located in Pittsburg, Kansas. A large percentage of the student population consists of residents within the Pittsburg region; the gender proportion is relatively equal. Almost 89% of...

 
1 1991

  • * Inactive, see Teams that moved to Division I

Teams that moved to Division I


Most of the participants in early national championship games have moved into Division I
Division I
Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....

, the main catalyst for their moves being the creation of Division I-AA, now the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), in 1978
1978 in sports
1978 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Ingemar Stenmark, Sweden** Women's overall season champion: Hanni Wenzel, Liechtenstein-American football:...

. The following Division II title game participants later moved to Division I:
  • Division I FBS (formerly I-A)
    • Akron
      Akron Zips football
      The University of Akron Zips are a college football program representing the University of Akron that competes in NCAA Division I FBS Mid-American Conference football...

       (runner-up 1976)
    • Central Michigan
      Central Michigan Chippewas football
      The Central Michigan Chippewas football team is a college football program in Division I FBS, representing Central Michigan University. They are a top 25 program in terms of all-time winning percentage...

       (champion 1974)
    • Louisiana Tech
      Louisiana Tech University
      Louisiana Tech University, located in Ruston, Louisiana is a coeducational public institution of higher learning with an enrollment of 10,950 students in the 08-09 year. Louisiana Tech was first instituted as the Industrial Institute and College of Louisiana in 1894, then as Louisiana Polytechnic...

       (champion 1973)
    • Troy
      Troy Trojans
      The Troy Trojans were a Major League Baseball team in the National League for four seasons from 1879 to 1882.Their home games were played at Putnam Grounds , Haymakers' Grounds , and Troy Ball Clubs Grounds , all in the upstate New York city of Troy.Players on the Trojans included Hall of Famers...

       (champion 1984, 1987 as Troy State)
    • Western Kentucky
      Western Kentucky University
      Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. It was formally founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier....

       (runner-up 1973, 1975)

  • Division I FCS (formerly I-AA)
    • Cal Poly
      California Polytechnic State University
      California Polytechnic State University, also officially recognized as Cal Poly, is a public university located in San Luis Obispo, California...

       (champion 1980)
    • Delaware (champion 1979; runner-up 1974, 1978)
    • Eastern Illinois
      Eastern Illinois Panthers
      The Eastern Illinois Panthers are the men's and women's athletic teams representing Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL. Eastern Illinois University's colors are blue and gray. Eastern Illinois sports teams, except for men's soccer and swimming teams, participate in NCAA Division I in...

       (champion 1978; runner-up 1980)
    • Jacksonville State
      Jacksonville State University
      Jacksonville State University is a public university serving Northeast Alabama on a campus with 58 buildings in Jacksonville, Alabama which is in the Appalachian foothills of northeast Alabama. Founded in 1883, as Jacksonville State Normal School, in 1930 the name changed to Jacksonville State...

       (champion 1992; runner-up 1977, 1989, 1991)
    • Lehigh
      Lehigh Mountain Hawks
      The Lehigh Mountain Hawks are the athletic teams representing Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Mountain Hawks participate in NCAA Division I competition as a member of the Patriot League...

       (champion 1977)
    • Montana State
      Montana State University - Bozeman
      Montana State University - Bozeman is a public university located in Bozeman, Montana. It is the main campus in the Montana State University System and the state's land-grant university...

       (champion 1976)
    • North Dakota
      North Dakota Fighting Sioux
      The North Dakota Fighting Sioux is the name of the athletic teams of the University of North Dakota which is located in the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota, in the United States. The current logo is a Native American figure...

       (champion 2001, runner-up 2003)
    • North Dakota State
      North Dakota State Bison football
      The North Dakota State Bison football team is a Division I Football Championship Subdivision program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Prior to the 2008 season the Bison were members of the Great West Football Conference. The Bison were a Division II program in the North...

       (champion 1965, 1968, 1969, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990; runner-up 1981, 1984)
    • Northern Colorado
      University of Northern Colorado
      The University of Northern Colorado, often called UNC or Northern Colorado is a coeducational public institution of higher education and research located in Greeley, Colorado, USA. The Greeley campus is the primary campus though a satellite campus exists in Lowry, Denver, USA...

       (champion 1996, 1997)
    • Portland State
      Portland State University
      Portland State University is a public state urban university located in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1946, it has the largest overall enrollment of any university in the state of Oregon, including undergraduate and graduate students. It is also the only public university in...

       (runner-up 1987, 1988)
    • South Dakota
      South Dakota Coyotes
      The South Dakota Coyotes are the athletic teams for the University of South Dakota. Their team colors are vermilion and white. They have been members of the Great West Conference of the NCAA's Division I since the 2008-09 season...

       (runner-up 1986)
    • Texas State
      Texas State University–San Marcos
      Texas State University–San Marcos, often referred to as Texas State University or Texas State , is a doctoral-granting university located in San Marcos, Texas. At the start of the Fall 2009 semester, the university had a record high enrollment of 30,816 students...

       (champion 1981, 1982 as Southwest Texas State)
    • UC Davis
      University of California, Davis
      The University of California, Davis is a public research university located in Davis, California, and one of ten campuses in the University of California system. Commonly referred to as UC Davis, the school was originally established in 1905 as the University Farm, an extension of UC Berkeley. UC...

       (runner-up 1982)
    • Youngstown State
      Youngstown State University
      Youngstown State University, founded in 1908, is a major, urban research university located in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. As of fall 2009, there were 14,682 students and a student-faculty ratio of 19:1. The fall 2009 enrollment figure is the highest since 1992, when the number of students on...

       (runner-up 1979)

See also

  • 2008 NCAA Division II National Football Championship game
    2008 NCAA Division II National Football Championship game
    The 2008 NCAA Division II National Football Championship game was held on December 13, 2008 at Braly Municipal Stadium near the campus of the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama.-Playoffs:...

  • 2008 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs
    2008 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs
    The 2008 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs involved 24 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football....

  • NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship
    NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship
    The NCAA Division I FBS national football championship is a designation awarded annually by various third-party organizations to their selection of the best college football team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision...

  • NCAA Division I Football Championship
  • NCAA Division I FCS Consensus Mid-Major Football National Championship
  • NCAA Division III National Football Championship
    NCAA Division III national football championship
    The NCAA Division III National Football Championship began in 1973. Prior to 1973, most of the schools now in Division III competed in the NCAA's former "College Division"....

  • NAIA National Football Championship
    NAIA national football championship
    The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics National Football 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...

  • NJCAA National Football Championship
    NJCAA National Football Championship
    NJCAA National football champions:*1956 Coffeyville Community College*1957 Texarkana College*1958 Boise Junior College*1959 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College*1960 Tyler Junior College and Cameron State College *1961*1962*1963...

  • List of college bowl games

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