NJCAA National Football Championship

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File:2022 Red Grange Bowl.jpg
A photo at the conclusion of the 2022 Red Grange Bowl, the NJCAA Division III championship contest

National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national football champions:

Champions

Single division era (1956–2021)

Year Institution Location Conference Head coach
1956 [[{{{school}}}|Coffeyville]] Coffeyville, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Cliff Long
1957 [[{{{school}}}|Texarkana]] Texarkana, Texas Texas Junior College Conference Duncan Thompson
1958 Boise Boise, Idaho Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference Lyle Smith
1959 [[{{{school}}}|Northeastern Oklahoma A&M]] Miami, Oklahoma Oklahoma Junior College Conference Red Robertson
1960
co-champions 		[[{{{school}}}|Tyler]]
[[{{{school}}}|Cameron]] 		Tyler, Texas
Lawton, Oklahoma 		Texas Eastern Conference
Oklahoma Junior College Conference 		Floyd Wagstaff
Leroy Montgomery
1961–1963 no champion
1964 [[{{{school}}}|Phoenix]] Phoenix, Arizona Arizona Junior College Athletic Conference Thomas Hogan
1965 [[{{{school}}}|Ferrum]] Ferrum, Virginia Coastal Football Conference Hank Norton
1966 [[{{{school}}}|Kilgore]] Kilgore, Texas Texas Junior College Football Federation Boyd Converse
1967 [[{{{school}}}|Northeastern Oklahoma A&M]] Miami, Oklahoma Oklahoma Junior College Conference Chuck Bowman
1968 Ferrum Ferrum, Virginia Coastal Football Conference Hank Norton
1969 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Miami, Oklahoma Chuck Bowman
1970 Fort Scott Fort Scott, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Junior College Conference Dick Foster
1971 Mississippi Gulf Coast Perkinston, Mississippi Mississippi Junior College Conference George Sekul
1972 Arizona Western Yuma, Arizona Arizona Junior College Athletic Conference Ray Butcher
1973 [[{{{school}}}|Mesa (AZ)]] Mesa, Arizona Arizona Community College Athletic Conference Paul Widmer
1974 [[{{{school}}}|Ferrum]] Ferrum, Virginia Coastal Football Conference Hank Norton
1975 [[{{{school}}}|Mesa (AZ)]] Mesa, Arizona Arizona Community College Athletic Conference Paul Widmer
1976 [[{{{school}}}|Ellsworth]] Iowa Falls, Iowa Vern Thomsen
1977 [[{{{school}}}|Ferrum]] Ferrum, Virginia Coastal Football Conference Hank Norton
1978 [[{{{school}}}|Iowa Central]] Fort Dodge, Iowa Paul Schupe
1979 [[{{{school}}}|Ranger]] Ranger, Texas Tim Marcum
1980 [[{{{school}}}|Northeastern Oklahoma A&M]] Miami, Oklahoma Southwest Junior College Football Conference Glen Wolfe
1981 [[{{{school}}}|Butler County]] El Dorado, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Fayne Henson
1982 [[{{{school}}}|Northwest Mississippi]] Senatobia, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Bobby Franklin
1983 [[{{{school}}}|Coffeyville]] Coffeyville, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Dick Foster
1984 [[{{{school}}}|Mississippi Gulf Coast]] Perkinston, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges George Sekul
1985 [[{{{school}}}|Snow]] Ephraim, Utah Western States Football League Walt Criner
1986 [[{{{school}}}|Northeastern Oklahoma A&M]] Miami, Oklahoma Southwest Junior College Football Conference Glen Wolfe
1987 Ellsworth Iowa Falls, Iowa Independent Lloyd Sisco
1988 [[{{{school}}}|Glendale (AZ)]] Glendale, Arizona Western States Football League Joe Kersting
1989 [[{{{school}}}|Navarro]] Corsicana, Texas Texas Junior College Football Conference Bob McElroy
1990 [[{{{school}}}|Coffeyville]] Coffeyville, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Skip Foster
1991 [[{{{school}}}|Northeastern Oklahoma A&M]] Miami, Oklahoma Mike Loyd
1992 [[{{{school}}}|Northwest Mississippi]] Senatobia, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Bobby Franklin
1993 [[{{{school}}}|Mississippi Delta]] Moorhead, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges James Gray
1994 [[{{{school}}}|Trinity Valley]] Athens, Texas Texas Junior College Football Conference Randy Pippin
1995 [[{{{school}}}|Blinn]] Brenham, Texas Texas Junior College Football Conference Willie Fritz
1996 Blinn Brenham, Texas Southwest Junior College Football Conference Willie Fritz
1997 [[{{{school}}}|Trinity Valley]] Athens, Texas Southwest Junior College Football Conference Scotty Conley
1998 [[{{{school}}}|Butler County]] El Dorado, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference James Shibest
1999 [[{{{school}}}|Butler County]] El Dorado, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference James Shibest
2000 [[{{{school}}}|Glendale (AZ)]] Glendale, Arizona Western States Football League Mike Grossner
2001 [[{{{school}}}|Georgia Military]] Milledgeville, Georgia Independent Bert Williams
2002 Joliet Joliet, Illinois North Central Community College Conference Bob MacDougall
2003 [[{{{school}}}|Butler County]] El Dorado, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Troy Morrell
2004 [[{{{school}}}|Pearl River]] Poplarville, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Tim Hatten
2005 [[{{{school}}}|Glendale (AZ)]] Glendale, Arizona Western States Football League Joe Kersting
2006 [[{{{school}}}|Blinn]] Brenham, Texas Southwest Junior College Football Conference Brad Franchione
2007
(co-champions) 		[[{{{school}}}|Butler (KS)]]
[[{{{school}}}|Mississippi Gulf Coast]] 		El Dorado, Kansas
Perkinston, Mississippi 		Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges 		Troy Morrell
Steve Campbell
2008 [[{{{school}}}|Butler (KS)]] El Dorado, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Troy Morrell
2009 [[{{{school}}}|Blinn]] Brenham, Texas Southwest Junior College Football Conference Brad Franchione
2010 [[{{{school}}}|Navarro]] Corsicana, Texas Southwest Junior College Football Conference Nick Bobeck
2011 [[{{{school}}}|East Mississippi]] Scooba, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Buddy Stephens
2012 [[{{{school}}}|Iowa Western]] Council Bluffs, Iowa Midwest Football Conference Scott Strohmeier
2013 [[{{{school}}}|East Mississippi]] Scooba, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Buddy Stephens
2014 East Mississippi Scooba, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Buddy Stephens
2015 [[{{{school}}}|Northwest Mississippi]] Senatobia, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Jack Wright
2016 Garden City Garden City, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Jeff Sims
2017 [[{{{school}}}|East Mississippi]] Scooba, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Buddy Stephens
2018 East Mississippi Scooba, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Buddy Stephens
2019 Mississippi Gulf Coast Perkinston, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Jack Wright
2020–21Template:Efn [[{{{school}}}|Hutchinson]] Hutchinson, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Drew Dallas

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Split division era (2021–present)

For the 2021 season, the NJCAA announced the creation of Division I and Division III, along with implementing a Division I national championship playoff system for the 2021 fall season. Prior to the fall of 2021, NJCAA Football consisted of a single division.[1]

Division I

Year Institution Location Conference Head coach
2021 New Mexico Military Roswell, New Mexico Southwest Junior College Football Conference Kurt Taufa'asau
2022 Iowa Western Council Bluffs, Iowa Iowa Community College Athletic Conference Scott Strohmeier
2023 Iowa Western Council Bluffs, Iowa Iowa Community College Athletic Conference Scott Strohmeier
2024 Hutchinson Hutchinson, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Drew Dallas

Division III

Year Institution Location Conference Head coach
2021 [[{{{school}}}|DuPage]] Glen Ellyn, Illinois Independent Matt Rahn
2022 [[{{{school}}}|DuPage]] Glen Ellyn, Illinois Independent Matt Rahn
2023 DuPage Glen Ellyn, Illinois Independent Matt Rahn
2024 DuPage Glen Ellyn, Illinois Independent Matt Rahn

J. C. Gridwire rankings (1960–1974)

Year No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 Source
1960 Long Beach (10–0) [[{{{school}}}|Hancock]] (10–0) [[{{{school}}}|Bakersfield]] (9–1) [[{{{school}}}|Del Mar]] (8–0–1) [[{{{school}}}|Tyler]] (12–1) [2]
1961 Cameron (11–0), 788 points [[{{{school}}}|Pearl River]] (10–0), 763 points [[{{{school}}}|Bakersfield]] (9–1), 750 points [[{{{school}}}|San Mateo]] (9–1), 746 points [[{{{school}}}|Columbia Basin]] (9–0), 744 points [3]
1962 Santa Ana (10–0), 782.8 points
[[{{{school}}}|Long Beach]] (9–0–1), 782.2 points 		[[{{{school}}}|Orange Coast]] (9–1), 742 points [[{{{school}}}|Henderson County]] (10–1–1), 737 points [[{{{school}}}|Columbia Basin]] (8–1–1), 734 points [4]
1963 Orange Coast (10–0), 775 points [[{{{school}}}|Bakersfield]] (9–1), 764 points [[{{{school}}}|Pearl River]] (9–0–1), 752 points [[{{{school}}}|Northeastern Oklahoma A&M]] (9–1), 748 points [[{{{school}}}|Trinidad]] (8–2), 739 points [5]
1964 Long Beach (10–0), 790 points [[{{{school}}}|Harbor]] (9–0), 754 points [[{{{school}}}|Cameron]] (9–1), 750 points [[{{{school}}}|Fullerton]] (8–2), 742 points [[{{{school}}}|Jones County]] (9–1), 741 points
Phoenix (10–1), 741 points 		[6]
1965 Fullerton (10–0), 784 points [[{{{school}}}|Cerritos]] (10–0), 782 points [[{{{school}}}|Henderson County]] (10–1), 754 points [[{{{school}}}|Columbia Basin]] (9–0), 752 points [[{{{school}}}|Monterey Peninsula]] (9–1), 743 points [7]
1966 [[{{{school}}}|Santa Monica]] (8–0–1), 768 points [[{{{school}}}|Henderson County]] (10–1), 764 points [[{{{school}}}|Laney]] (10–0), 764 points [[{{{school}}}|Fullerton]] (9–0–1), 763 points [[{{{school}}}|Kilgore]] (10–1), 759 points [8]
1967 Fullerton (12–0), 793 points [[{{{school}}}|Bakersfield]] (9–1), 769 points [[{{{school}}}|Northeastern Oklahoma A&M]] (9–1), 758 points [[{{{school}}}|El Camino]] (8–1), 743 points [[{{{school}}}|American River]] (11–1), 742 points [9]
1968 Jones County (MS) (9–0), 761 points [[{{{school}}}|El Camino]] (10–1), 761 points [[{{{school}}}|San Diego Junior College]] (9–1), 754 points [[{{{school}}}|Bakersfield]] (8–1), 752 points Ferrum (10–0), 751 points
[[{{{school}}}|Fresno City]] (10–2), 751 points 		[10]
1969 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (10–0) [[{{{school}}}|Tyler]] (10–1) [[{{{school}}}|Pasadena]] (8–0–1) [[{{{school}}}|Pearl River]] (9–0) [[{{{school}}}|Arizona Western]] (9–1) [11]
1970 Fort Scott (11–0), 764 points [[{{{school}}}|Fullerton]] (11–1), 760 points Redwoods (11–0), 758 points
Sequoias (10–2), 758 points 		Reedley [CA] (10–1), 749 points [12]
1971 Mississippi Gulf Coast (11–0), 783 points [[{{{school}}}|El Camino]] (11–1), 782 points [[{{{school}}}|Phoenix]] (9–1), 758 points [[{{{school}}}|Arizona Western]] (9–1), 749 points [[{{{school}}}|Fort Scott]] (10–1), 748 points [13]
1972 Arizona Western (10–0), 772 points [[{{{school}}}|Pasadena]] (12–1), 763 points [[{{{school}}}|Fresno City]] (11–1–1), 759 points [[{{{school}}}|Blinn]] (9–0), 758 points [[{{{school}}}|Redwoods]] (11–0), 754 points [14]
1973 [[{{{school}}}|Gavilan]] (11–0), 773 points [[{{{school}}}|Navarro]], 753 points
1974 [[{{{school}}}|Pasadena]] (10–0–1) [[{{{school}}}|Ferrum]] (10–0) [[{{{school}}}|Grossmont]] (10–0–2) [[{{{school}}}|East Los Angeles]] (9–1–2) [[{{{school}}}|Mesa (AZ)]] (9–1) [15]

Championship games

Single division (1956–2021)

Year Bowl game Winning team Losing team Score References
1953 Junior Rose Bowl Bakersfield (1) Northeastern Oklahoma A&M 13–6 [16]
1954 Junior Rose Bowl Hinds (1) El Camino 13–7
1956 National Bowl Coffeyville (1) Grand Rapids 46–6
1957 Texarkana (1) Fairbury 56–0 [17]
1958 Boise (1) Tyler 22–0 [18]
1959 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (1) Texarkana 10–7 [19]
1964 Savannah Shrine Bowl Phoenix (1) Oklahoma Military 41–13 [20]
1965 Savannah Shrine Bow Ferrum (1) McCook 16–0 [21]
1966 Savannah Shrine Bowl Kilgore (1) Ferrum 28–7 [22]
1967 Savannah Shrine Bowl Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (2) Lees–McRae 35–13 [23]
1968 Ferrum (2) Phoenix 41–19
1969 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (3) Arizona Western 20–6
1970 Fort Scott (1) Mesa (AZ) 41–20
1971 Mississippi Gulf Coast (1) Fort Scott 22–13
1972 El Toro Bowl Arizona Western (1) Fort Scott 36–8
1973 El Toro Bowl Mesa (AZ) (1) Iowa Central 10–6
1974 Ferrum (3) Baltimore City 83–3 [24]
1975 Wool Bowl Mesa (AZ) (2) Indian Hills 8–7
1976 Junior Rose Bowl Bakersfield (2) Ellsworth 29–14 [25]
1989 Mid-America Bowl Navarro (1) Ellsworth 41–17
1990 Mid-America Bowl Coffeyville (2) Montgomery (MD) 58–20
1991 Mid-America Bowl Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (4) Northwest Mississippi 49–21
1992 Mid-America Bowl Northwest Mississippi (1) Northeastern Oklahoma A&M 34–0
1993 Mississippi Delta (1) Nassau 20–16
1994 Texas Juco Shrine Bowl Trinity Valley (1) Northeastern Oklahoma A&M 24–17
1997 Red River Bowl Trinity Valley (2) Garden City 48–13
2005 Valley of the Sun Bowl Glendale (CA) (1) Grand Rapids 50–48 [26]
2006 Pilgrim's Pride Bowl Classic Blinn (1) Pearl River 19–6
2007 Top of the Mountains Bowl
Heart of Texas Bowl		 Butler (KS) (1)
Mississippi Gulf Coast (2) 		Snow
Kilgore		 56–27
62–28		 [27]
2008 Top of the Mountains Bowl Butler (KS) (2) Snow 37–302OT
2009 Citizens Bank Bowl Blinn (2) Fort Scott 31–26 [28]
2010 Citizens Bank Bowl Navarro (2) Butler (KS) 13–12
2011 El Toro Bowl East Mississippi (1) Arizona Western 55–47
2012 Graphic Edge Bowl Iowa Western (1) Butler (KS) 27–7
2013 Mississippi Bowl East Mississippi (2) Georgia Military 52–32
2014 Mississippi Bowl East Mississippi (3) Iowa Western 34–17
2015 Mississippi Bowl Northwest Mississippi (2) Rochester C&T 66–13 [29]
2016 El Toro Bowl Garden City (1) Arizona Western 25–22 [30]
2017 Mississippi Bowl East Mississippi (4) Arizona Western 31–28
2018 East Mississippi (5) Garden City 10–9
2019 Mississippi Gulf Coast (3) Lackawanna 24–13
2020–21Template:Efn Hutchinson (1) Snow 29–27 [31]

Division I (2021–present)

Year Bowl game Winning team Losing team Score
2021 New Mexico Military (1) Iowa Western 31–13[32]
2022 Iowa Western (3) Hutchinson 31–0[33]
2023 Iowa Western (4) East Mississippi 61–14[34]
2024 Hutchinson (2) Iowa Western 28-23[35]

Division III (2021–present)

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Year Bowl game Winning team Losing team Score
2021 Red Grange Bowl [[{{{school}}}|DuPage]] (1) [[{{{school}}}|Nassau]] 34–29
2022 Red Grange Bowl [[{{{school}}}|DuPage]] (2) [[{{{school}}}|NDSCS]] 14–12
2023 Red Grange Bowl DuPage (3) [[{{{school}}}|Rochester C&T]] 33–29
2024 Red Grange Bowl [[{{{school}}}|DuPage]] (4) [[{{{school}}}|Louisburg]] 31–14

Top non-scholarship (2000–2010)

From 2000 to 2010, the NJCAA recognized the top non-scholarship team in the nation.

Year Champion Record Head coach
2000 Rochester C&T 12–0 Chuck Siefert
2001 Joliet 10–1 Bob MacDougall
2002 Joliet 11–0 Bob MacDougall
2003 Harper 10–1 John Eliasik
2004 Harper 9–2 John Eliasik
2005 Grand Rapids 9–2 Jim Schulte
2006 Vermilion 10–2 Steve Crittenden
2007 Rochester C&T 11–0 Brad LaPlante
2008 Harper 11–1 Dragan Teonic
2009 Grand Rapids 9–2 Tony Annese
2010 Nassau 11–0 Jermaine Miles

National championships by team

Wins College
6 Butler County / Butler (KS) (1981, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2007†, 2008)
6 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (1959, 1967, 1969, 1980, 1986, 1991)
5 East Mississippi (2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018)
4 Blinn (1995, 1996, 2006, 2009)
4 Ferrum (1965, 1968, 1974, 1977)
4 Mississippi Gulf Coast (1971, 1984, 2007†, 2019)
3 Coffeyville (1956, 1983, 1990)
3 Glendale (AZ) (1988, 2000, 2005)
3 Iowa Western (2012, 2022, 2023)
3 Northwest Mississippi (1982, 1992, 2015)
2 Bakersfield (1953, 1976)
2 Hutchinson (KS) (2020, 2024)
2 Mesa (AZ) (1973, 1975)
2 Navarro (1989, 2010)
2 Trinity Valley (1994, 1997)
1 Arizona Western (1972)
1 Boise (1958)
1 Cameron (1960†)
1 Ellsworth (1976)
1 Fort Scott (1970)
1 Garden City (2016)
1 Georgia Military (2001)
1 Hinds (1954)
1 Iowa Central (1978)
1 Joliet (2002)
1 Kilgore (1966)
1 Mississippi Delta (1993)
1 New Mexico Military (2021)
1 Paris (?)
1 Pearl River (2004)
1 Phoenix (1964)
1 Ranger (1979)
1 Snow (1985)
1 Texarkana (1957)
1 Tyler (1960†)

† Co-champions

See also

Notes

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References

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