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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
Coffeyville
Coffeyville, Kansas
Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
Cliff Long
1957
Texarkana
Texarkana, Texas
Texas Junior College Conference
Duncan Thompson
1958
Boise
Boise, Idaho
Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference
Lyle Smith
1959
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
Miami, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Junior College Conference
Red Robertson
1960 co-champions
Tyler Cameron
Tyler, Texas Lawton, Oklahoma
Texas Eastern Conference Oklahoma Junior College Conference
Floyd Wagstaff Leroy Montgomery
1961–1963 no champion
1964
Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona
Arizona Junior College Athletic Conference
Thomas Hogan
1965
Ferrum
Ferrum, Virginia
Coastal Football Conference
Hank Norton
1966
Kilgore
Kilgore, Texas
Texas Junior College Football Federation
Boyd Converse
1967
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
Mesa (AZ)
Mesa, Arizona
Arizona Community College Athletic Conference
Paul Widmer
1974
Ferrum
Ferrum, Virginia
Coastal Football Conference
Hank Norton
1975
Mesa (AZ)
Mesa, Arizona
Arizona Community College Athletic Conference
Paul Widmer
1976
Ellsworth
Iowa Falls, Iowa
Vern Thomsen
1977
Ferrum
Ferrum, Virginia
Coastal Football Conference
Hank Norton
1978
Iowa Central
Fort Dodge, Iowa
Paul Schupe
1979
Ranger
Ranger, Texas
Tim Marcum
1980
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
Miami, Oklahoma
Southwest Junior College Football Conference
Glen Wolfe
1981
Butler County
El Dorado, Kansas
Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
Fayne Henson
1982
Northwest Mississippi
Senatobia, Mississippi
Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges
Bobby Franklin
1983
Coffeyville
Coffeyville, Kansas
Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
Dick Foster
1984
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Perkinston, Mississippi
Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges
George Sekul
1985
Snow
Ephraim, Utah
Western States Football League
Walt Criner
1986
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
Miami, Oklahoma
Southwest Junior College Football Conference
Glen Wolfe
1987
Ellsworth
Iowa Falls, Iowa
Independent
Lloyd Sisco
1988
Glendale (AZ)
Glendale, Arizona
Western States Football League
Joe Kersting
1989
Navarro
Corsicana, Texas
Texas Junior College Football Conference
Bob McElroy
1990
Coffeyville
Coffeyville, Kansas
Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
Skip Foster
1991
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
Miami, Oklahoma
Mike Loyd
1992
Northwest Mississippi
Senatobia, Mississippi
Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges
Bobby Franklin
1993
Mississippi Delta
Moorhead, Mississippi
Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges
James Gray
1994
Trinity Valley
Athens, Texas
Texas Junior College Football Conference
Randy Pippin
1995
Blinn
Brenham, Texas
Texas Junior College Football Conference
Willie Fritz
1996
Blinn
Brenham, Texas
Southwest Junior College Football Conference
Willie Fritz
1997
Trinity Valley
Athens, Texas
Southwest Junior College Football Conference
Scotty Conley
1998
Butler County
El Dorado, Kansas
Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
James Shibest
1999
Butler County
El Dorado, Kansas
Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
James Shibest
2000
Glendale (AZ)
Glendale, Arizona
Western States Football League
Mike Grossner
2001
Georgia Military
Milledgeville, Georgia
Independent
Bert Williams
2002
Joliet
Joliet, Illinois
North Central Community College Conference
Bob MacDougall
2003
Butler County
El Dorado, Kansas
Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
Troy Morrell
2004
Pearl River
Poplarville, Mississippi
Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges
Tim Hatten
2005
Glendale (AZ)
Glendale, Arizona
Western States Football League
Joe Kersting
2006
Blinn
Brenham, Texas
Southwest Junior College Football Conference
Brad Franchione
2007 (co-champions)
Butler (KS) Mississippi Gulf Coast
El Dorado, Kansas Perkinston, Mississippi
Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges
Troy Morrell Steve Campbell
2008
Butler (KS)
El Dorado, Kansas
Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
Troy Morrell
2009
Blinn
Brenham, Texas
Southwest Junior College Football Conference
Brad Franchione
2010
Navarro
Corsicana, Texas
Southwest Junior College Football Conference
Nick Bobeck
2011
East Mississippi
Scooba, Mississippi
Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges
Buddy Stephens
2012
Iowa Western
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Midwest Football Conference
Scott Strohmeier
2013
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
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
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
2020–21 [ a]
Hutchinson
Hutchinson, Kansas
Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
Drew Dallas
^ Due to COVID-19, the 2020 fall season was postponed until the spring of 2021 and is denoted in the record book as the 2020–21 season.[ 1]
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.[ 2]
Division I
Division III
J. C. Gridwire rankings (1960–1974)
Year
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4
No. 5
Source
1960
Long Beach (10–0)
Hancock (10–0)
Bakersfield (9–1)
Del Mar (8–0–1)
Tyler (12–1)
[ 3]
1961
Cameron (11–0), 788 points
Pearl River (10–0), 763 points
Bakersfield (9–1), 750 points
San Mateo (9–1), 746 points
Columbia Basin (9–0), 744 points
[ 4]
1962
Santa Ana (10–0), 782.8 pointsLong Beach (9–0–1), 782.2 points
Orange Coast (9–1), 742 points
Henderson County (10–1–1), 737 points
Columbia Basin (8–1–1), 734 points
[ 5]
1963
Orange Coast (10–0), 775 points
Bakersfield (9–1), 764 points
Pearl River (9–0–1), 752 points
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (9–1), 748 points
Trinidad (8–2), 739 points
[ 6]
1964
Long Beach (10–0), 790 points
Harbor (9–0), 754 points
Cameron (9–1), 750 points
Fullerton (8–2), 742 points
Jones County (9–1), 741 points Phoenix (10–1), 741 points
[ 7]
1965
Fullerton (10–0), 784 points
Cerritos (10–0), 782 points
Henderson County (10–1), 754 points
Columbia Basin (9–0), 752 points
Monterey Peninsula (9–1), 743 points
[ 8]
1966
Santa Monica (8–0–1), 768 points
Henderson County (10–1), 764 points
Laney (10–0), 764 points
Fullerton (9–0–1), 763 points
Kilgore (10–1), 759 points
[ 9]
1967
Fullerton (12–0), 793 points
Bakersfield (9–1), 769 points
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (9–1), 758 points
El Camino (8–1), 743 points
American River (11–1), 742 points
[ 10]
1968
Jones County (MS) (9–0), 761 points
El Camino (10–1), 761 points
San Diego Junior College (9–1), 754 points
Bakersfield (8–1), 752 points
Ferrum (10–0), 751 pointsFresno City (10–2), 751 points
[ 11]
1969
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (10–0)
Tyler (10–1)
Pasadena (8–0–1)
Pearl River (9–0)
Arizona Western (9–1)
[ 12]
1970
Fort Scott (11–0), 764 points
Fullerton (11–1), 760 points
Redwoods (11–0), 758 points Sequoias (10–2), 758 points
Reedley [CA] (10–1), 749 points
[ 13]
1971
Mississippi Gulf Coast (11–0), 783 points
El Camino (11–1), 782 points
Phoenix (9–1), 758 points
Arizona Western (9–1), 749 points
Fort Scott (10–1), 748 points
[ 14]
1972
Arizona Western (10–0), 772 points
Pasadena (12–1), 763 points
Fresno City (11–1–1), 759 points
Blinn (9–0), 758 points
Redwoods (11–0), 754 points
[ 15]
1973
Gavilan (11–0), 773 points
Navarro , 753 points
1974
Pasadena (10–0–1)
Ferrum (10–0)
Grossmont (10–0–2)
East Los Angeles (9–1–2)
Mesa (AZ) (9–1)
[ 16]
Championship games
Single division (1956–2021)
Division I (2021–present)
Division III (2021–present)
Top non-scholarship (2000–2010)
From 2000 to 2010, the NJCAA recognized the top non-scholarship team in the nation.
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
^ Due to COVID-19, the 2020 fall season was postponed until the spring of 2021 and is denoted in the record book as the 2020–21 season.[ 32]
References
^ "NJCAA Football Record Book 2022" (PDF) .
^ "NJCAA Football Creates Divisions and Playoff System" .
^ "Long Beach Wins Juco Grid Title" . The Idaho Statesmaan . December 19, 1960 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Vikings 17th, Cameron 1st" . Press-Telegram . December 19, 1961 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Long Beach, Santa Ana Top Jaycees" . Redwood City Tribune . December 24, 1962 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Perfect Ending! Orange Coast Tops JC Training" . Los Angeles Times . December 20, 1963. p. 4, Part III – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Vikings Top J.C. Grid-Wire Final Ratings" . The Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet . December 20, 1964 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Hawks 4th In Final JC Poll" . Tri-city Herald . December 19, 1965 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Hawks Overlooked: Californians Top JC Grid Ratings" . Tri-City Herald . December 18, 1966. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Harts 6th In Final Grid Poll" . The Californian . December 15, 1967. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Rating Goof Rams Get 5th-Place Tie" . The Fresno Bee . December 20, 1968. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Panthers Fail To Gain Spot In Grid Poll" . The Californian . December 19, 1969. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "CBC Rated 13th" . Tri-City Herald . December 18, 1970. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Reedley Ranks Sixth In JC Grid Poll" . The Fresno Bee . December 17, 1971. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "JC Gridwire Does It Again Pasadena No. 2, Fresno No. 3" . The Fresno Bee . December 17, 1972. p. D7 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Pasadena No. 1 in JC grid-wire; BC winds up 18th" . The Bakersfield Californian . December 21, 1974. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Walt Little (December 14, 1953). "Bakersfield Rules JC Grid World: Line Leads Way as Gades Drop Oklahoma Team" . The Bakersfied Californian . p. 37 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Texarkana Wallops Fairbury JC, 56-0" . Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star . Lincoln, Nebraska . December 1, 1957. p. 1B. Retrieved June 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Eardley, Dick (November 28, 1958). "Broncos Blast Tyler 22-0 to Win NJCAA Title Before 8500 Fans" . Idaho Statesman . Boise, Idaho . p. 30. Retrieved June 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Bullock, Jimmy (November 27, 1959). "Oklahomans Defeat Texarkana" . Shreveport Journal . Shreveport, Louisiana . p. A9. Retrieved June 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Phoenix Wins Shrine Bowl" . The Palm Beach Post . West Palm Beach, Florida . Associated Press . November 27, 1964. p. 54. Retrieved June 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Thompson, Dick (November 27, 1965). "Ferrum Wins by 16-0 For National Crown" . The Roanoke Times . Roanoke, Virginia . p. 10. Retrieved July 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Fatheree, Tom (November 27, 1966). "National Champion Rangers Win it All in Shrine Bowl" . Kilgore News Herald . Kilgore, Texas . p. 2. Retrieved May 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Boswell, Mack (November 26, 1967). "Norsemen National Juco Champ" . Miami News-Record . Miami, Oklahoma . p. 4. Retrieved June 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "COLLEGE FOOTBALL: At Ferrum, scoring in the 80s is nothing new" .
^ "Desert Sun 9 December 1976 — California Digital Newspaper Collection" .
^ "Arizona Football League Glendale Community College Gauchos 2005 NJCAA National Champions Copper Football Kevin Pakos ASPN Arizona Sports Network Radio KXXT 1010 AM Saturday 8 to Midnight Streams live Amazing Performances Radio Sports and Entertainment News Copperstate" .
^ "Flashback: 2007 National Championship" . 25 November 2019.
^ "Blinn rallies in fourth to take national title" . 7 December 2009.
^ "#1 Northwest Mississippi routs #2 Rochester for title" . 6 December 2015.
^ "Garden City defeats Arizona Western for national title" . 3 December 2016.
^ "NJCAA Football Record Book 2022" (PDF) .
^ "Title Town: Dragons Rally for Football Crown" . 5 June 2021.
^ "National champions! NMMI wins junior college football title" . 17 December 2021.
^ "First shutout since 1992. Iowa Western makes history in win over Hutchinson" . twitter.com . December 15, 2022.
^ "Not Lion, The Reivers Are Back-To-Back Champs!" . goreivers.com . Retrieved December 30, 2023 .
^ https://iccac.prestosports.com/sports/fball/2024-25/releases/20241219r7qndx
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