NJCAA National Football Championship

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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[edit]

Single Division era (1956–2021)[edit]

Year Institution Location Conference Head Coach
1953
not NJCAA
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Bakersfield Community College Bakersfield, California California Community College Athletic Association
1954 Hinds Junior College Raymond, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges
1955
co-champions
Texarkana College
Paris Junior College
Texarkana, Texas
Paris, Texas
Southwest Junior College Football Conference
1956 Coffeyville Community College Coffeyville, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Cliff Long
1957 Texarkana College Texarkana, Texas Southwest Junior College Football Conference Duncan Thomas
1958 Boise Junior College Boise, Idaho Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference Lyle Smith
1959 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College Miami, Oklahoma Southwest Junior College Football Conference Red Robertson
1960
co-champions
Tyler Junior College
Cameron State Agricultural College
Tyler, Texas
Lawton, Oklahoma
Southwest Junior College Football Conference Floyd Wagstaff
N/A
1961–1963 no champion
1964 Phoenix College Phoenix, Arizona Western States Football League Thomas Hogan
1965 Ferrum Junior College Ferrum, Virginia Coastal Football Conference W.H Norton
1966 Kilgore College Kilgore, Texas Southwest Junior College Football Conference Boyd Converse
1967 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College Miami, Oklahoma Southwest Junior College Football Conference Chuck Bowman
1968 Ferrum Junior College Ferrum, Virginia Coastal Football Conference W.H Norton
1969 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College Miami, Oklahoma Southwest Junior College Football Conference Chuck Bowman
1970 Fort Scott Community College Fort Scott, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference N/A
1971 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Perkinston, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges George Sekul
1972 Arizona Western College Yuma, Arizona Western States Football League Ray Butcher
1973 Mesa Community College Mesa, Arizona Western States Football League Paul Wimder
1974 Ferrum Junior College Ferrum, Virginia Coastal Football Conference W.H Norton
1975 Mesa Community College Mesa, Arizona Western States Football League Paul Wimder
1976 Ellsworth Community College Iowa Falls, Iowa Vern Thompson
1977 Ferrum Junior College Ferrum, Virginia Coastal Football Conference W.H Norton
1978 Iowa Central Community College Fort Dodge, Iowa Paul Schupe
1979 Ranger College Ranger, Texas Southwest Junior College Football Conference Tim Marcum
1980 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College Miami, Oklahoma Southwest Junior College Football Conference Glen Wolfe
1981 Butler Community College El Dorado, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Fayne Henson
1982 Northwest Mississippi Community College Senatobia, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Bobby Franklin
1983 Coffeyville Community College Coffeyville, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Dick Foster
1984 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Perkinston, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges George Sekul
1985 Snow College Ephraim, Utah Western States Football League Walt Criner
1986 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College Miami, Oklahoma Southwest Junior College Football Conference Glen Wolfe
1987 Ellsworth Community College Iowa Falls, Iowa Independent Lloyd Sisco
1988 Glendale Community College Glendale, Arizona Western States Football League Joe Kersting
1989 Navarro College Corsicana, Texas Southwest Junior College Football Conference Bob McElroy
1990 Coffeyville Community College Coffeyville, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Skip Foster
1991 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College Miami, Oklahoma Southwest Junior College Football Conference Mike Loyd
1992 Northwest Mississippi Community College Senatobia, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Bobby Franklin
1993 Mississippi Delta Community College Moorhead, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges James Gray
1994 Trinity Valley Community College Athens, Texas Southwest Junior College Football Conference Randy Pippin
1995 Blinn College Brenham, Texas Southwest Junior College Football Conference Willie Fritz
1996 Blinn College Brenham, Texas Southwest Junior College Football Conference Willie Fritz
1997 Trinity Valley Community College Athens, Texas Southwest Junior College Football Conference Scotty Conley
1998 Butler Community College El Dorado, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference James Shibest
1999 Butler Community College El Dorado, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference James Shibest
2000 Glendale Community College Glendale, Arizona Western States Football League Joe Kersting
2001 Georgia Military College Milledgeville, Georgia Independent Bert Williams
2002 Joliet Junior College Joliet, Illinois North Central Community College Conference Bob MacDougall
2003 Butler Community College El Dorado, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Troy Morrell
2004 Pearl River Community College Poplarville, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Tim Hatten
2005 Glendale Community College Glendale, Arizona Western States Football League Joe Kersting
2006 Blinn College Brenham, Texas Southwest Junior College Football Conference Brad Franchione
2007 Butler Community College

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
(co-champions)

El Dorado, Kansas

Perkinston, Mississippi

Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference

Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges

Troy Morrell

Steve Campbell

2008 Butler Community College El Dorado, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Troy Morrell
2009 Blinn College Brenham, Texas Southwest Junior College Football Conference Brad Franchione
2010 Navarro College Corsicana, Texas Southwest Junior College Football Conference Nick Bobeck
2011 East Mississippi Community College Scooba, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Buddy Stephens
2012 Iowa Western Community College Council Bluffs, Iowa Independent Scott Strohmeier
2013 East Mississippi Community College Scooba, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Buddy Stephens
2014 East Mississippi Community College Scooba, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Buddy Stephens
2015 Northwest Mississippi Community College Senatobia, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Jack Wright
2016 Garden City Community College Garden City, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Jeff Sims
2017 East Mississippi Community College Scooba, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Buddy Stephens
2018 East Mississippi Community College Scooba, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Buddy Stephens
2019 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Perkinston, Mississippi Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Jack Wright
2020-21[a] Hutchinson Community College Hutchinson, Kansas Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Drew Dallas
  1. ^ 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)[edit]

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[edit]

Year Institution Location Conference Head Coach
2021 New Mexico Military Institute Roswell, New Mexico Southwest Junior College Football Conference Kurt Taufa'asau
2022 Iowa Western Community College Council Bluffs, Iowa Iowa Community College Athletic Conference Scott Strohmeier
2023 Iowa Western Community College Council Bluffs, Iowa Iowa Community College Athletic Conference Scott Strohmeier

Division III[edit]

Year Institution Location Conference Head Coach
2021 College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, IL Independent Matthew Rahn
2022 College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, IL Independent Matthew Rahn
2023 College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, IL Independent Matthew Rahn

Championship games[edit]

Single Division (1956–2021)[edit]

Year Bowl game Winning team Losing team Score
1953 Junior Rose Bowl Bakersfield Community College (1) Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College 13–6
1954 Junior Rose Bowl Hinds Junior College (1) El Camino Junior College 13–7
1956 National Bowl Coffeyville Junior College (1) Grand Rapids Junior College 46–6
1957 Junior Rose Bowl Texarkana Junior College (1) Fairbury Junior College 56–0
1958 Boise Junior College (1) Tyler Junior College 22–0
1959 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College (1) Texarkana Junior College 10–7
1964 Phoenix College (1) Oklahoma Military Academy 41–13
1965 Ferrum Junior College (1) McCook Junior College 16–0
1966 Kilgore Junior College (1) Ferrum Junior College 28–7
1967 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College (2) Lees-McRae College 35–13
1968 Ferrum Junior College (1) Phoenix Junior College 41–19
1969 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College (3) Arizona Western College 20–6
1970 Fort Scott Junior College (1) Mesa Community College 41–20
1971 Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College (1) Fort Scott Junior College 22–13
1972 El Toro Bowl Arizona Western College (1) Fort Scott Junior College 36–8
1973 El Toro Bowl Mesa Community College (1) Iowa Central Community College 10–6
1974 Ferrum Junior College (2) Baltimore City Community College 83–3[3]
1975 Wool Bowl Mesa Community College (2) Indian Hills Community College 8–7
1976 Junior Rose Bowl Bakersfield Community College (2) Ellsworth Community College 29–14[4]
1989 Mid-America Bowl Navarro College (1) Ellsworth Community College 41–17
1990 Mid-America Bowl Coffeyville Community College (2) Montgomery College 58–20
1991 Mid-America Bowl Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College (4) Northwest Mississippi Community College 49–21
1992 Mid-America Bowl Northwest Mississippi Community College (1) Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College 34–0
1993 Mississippi Delta Community College (1) Nassau Community College 20–16
1994 Texas Juco Shrine Bowl Trinity Valley Community College (1) Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College 24–17
1997 Red River Bowl Trinity Valley Community College (2) Garden City Community College 48–13
2005 Valley of the Sun Bowl Glendale Community College (1) Grand Rapids Community College 50–48[5]
2006 Pilgrim's Pride Bowl Classic Blinn College (1) Pearl River Community College 19–6
2007 Top of the Mountains BowlHeart of Texas Bowl Butler Community College (1)

Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College (2)

Snow CollegeKilgore College 56–27

62–28[6]

2008 Top of the Mountains Bowl Butler Community College (2) Snow College 37–302OT
2009 Citizens Bank Bowl Blinn College (2) Fort Scott Community College 31–26[7]
2010 Citizens Bank Bowl Navarro College (2) Butler Community College 13–12
2011 El Toro Bowl East Mississippi Community College (1) Arizona Western College 55–47
2012 Graphic Edge Bowl Iowa Western Community College (1) Butler Community College 27–7
2013 Mississippi Bowl East Mississippi Community College (2) Georgia Military College 52–32
2014 Mississippi Bowl East Mississippi Community College (3) Iowa Western Community College 34–17
2015 Mississippi Bowl Northwest Mississippi Community College (2) Rochester Community and Technical College 66–13[8]
2016 El Toro Bowl Garden City Community College (1) Arizona Western College 25–22[9]
2017 Mississippi Bowl East Mississippi Community College (4) Arizona Western College 31–28
2018 East Mississippi Community College (5) Garden City Community College 10–9
2019 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (3) Lackawanna College 24–13
2021 (Spring) Hutchinson Community College (1) Snow College 29–27[10]

Division I (2021–present)[edit]

Year Bowl game Winning team Losing team Score
2021 New Mexico Military Institute (1) Iowa Western Community College 31–13[11]
2022 Iowa Western Community College (3) Hutchinson Community College (1) 31–0[12]
2023 Iowa Western Community College (3) East Mississippi Community College (5) 61–14[13]

Division III (2021–present)[edit]

Year Bowl game Winning team Losing team Score
2021 Red Grange Bowl College of DuPage (1) Nassau Community College 34–29
2022 Red Grange Bowl College of DuPage (2) North Dakota State College of Science 14–12
2023 Red Grange Bowl College of DuPage (3) Rochester Community and Technical College 33–29

Top Non-Scholarship (2000–2010)[edit]

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

Year Champion Record Winning Coach
2000 Rochester Community and Technical College 12–0 Chuck Siefert
2001 Joliet Junior College 10–1 Bob MacDougall
2002 Joliet Junior College 11–0 Bob MacDougall
2003 Harper College 10–1 John Eliasik
2004 Harper College 9–2 John Eliasik
2005 Grand Rapids Community College 9–2 Jim Schulte
2006 Vermilion Community College 10–2 Steve Crittenden
2007 Rochester Community and Technical College 11–0 Brad LaPlante
2008 Harper College 11–1 Dragan Teonic
2009 Grand Rapids Community College 9–2 Tony Annese
2010 Nassau Community College 11–0 Jermaine Miles

National Championships by team[edit]

Wins College
6 Butler Community College
6 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
5 East Mississippi Community College
4 Blinn College
4 Ferrum College
4 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
3 Coffeyville Community College
3 Glendale Community College
3 Iowa Western Community College
3 Northwest Mississippi Community College
2 Bakersfield Community College
2 Mesa Community College
2 Navarro College
2 Texarkana College
2 Trinity Valley Community College
1 Arizona Western College
1 Boise Junior College
1 Cameron State Agricultural College
1 Ellsworth Community College
1 Fort Scott Community College
1 Garden City Community College
1 Georgia Military College
1 Hinds Junior College
1 Hutchinson Community College
1 Iowa Central Community College
1 Joliet Junior College
1 Kilgore College
1 Mississippi Delta Community College
1 New Mexico Military Institute
1 Paris Junior College
1 Pearl River Community College
1 Phoenix College
1 Ranger College
1 Snow College
1 Tyler Junior College

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "NJCAA Football Record Book 2022" (PDF).
  2. ^ "NJCAA Football Creates Divisions and Playoff System".
  3. ^ "COLLEGE FOOTBALL: At Ferrum, scoring in the 80s is nothing new".
  4. ^ "Desert Sun 9 December 1976 — California Digital Newspaper Collection".
  5. ^ "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".
  6. ^ "Flashback: 2007 National Championship". 25 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Blinn rallies in fourth to take national title". 7 December 2009.
  8. ^ "#1 Northwest Mississippi routs #2 Rochester for title". 6 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Garden City defeats Arizona Western for national title". 3 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Title Town: Dragons Rally for Football Crown". 5 June 2021.
  11. ^ "National champions! NMMI wins junior college football title". 17 December 2021.
  12. ^ "First shutout since 1992. Iowa Western makes history in win over Hutchinson". twitter.com. December 15, 2022.
  13. ^ "Not Lion, The Reivers Are Back-To-Back Champs!". goreivers.com. Retrieved December 30, 2023.

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