NJCAA National Football Championship

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 Red Robertson
1960
co-champions		 Tyler
Cameron		 Tyler, Texas
Lawton, Oklahoma		 Texas Eastern 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 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 Community 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 Thompson
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 Independent 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[lower-alpha 1] Hutchinson 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)

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
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

Division III
Year Institution Location Conference Head coach
2021 DuPage Glen Ellyn, Illinois Independent Matt Rahn
2022 DuPage Glen Ellyn, Illinois Independent Matt Rahn
2023 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) Hancock [CA] (10–0) Bakersfield (9–1) Del Mar [TX] (8–0–1) Tyler [TX] (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 points
Long Beach (9–0–1), 782.2 points		 Orange Coast (9–1), 742 points Henderson [TX] (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 [MS] (9–1), 741 points
Phoenix (10–1), 741 points		 [7]
1965 Fullerton (10–0), 784 points Cerritos (10–0), 782 points Henderson (10–1), 754 points Columbia Basin (9–0), 752 points Monterey (9–1), 743 points [8]
1966 Santa Monica (8–0–1), 768 points Henderson (10–1), 764 points Landy (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 (9–1), 754 points Bakersfield (8–1), 752 points Ferrum [VA] (10–0), 751 points
Fresno (10–2), 751 points		 [11]
1969 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (10–0) Tyler (10–1) Pasadena (8–0–1) Pearl River [MS] (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 [KS] (10–1), 748 points [14]
1972 Arizona Western (10–0), 772 points Pasadena CC (12–1), 763 points Fresno CC (11–1–1), 759 points Blinn [TX] (9–0), 758 points Redwoods [CA] (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)
Year Bowl game Winning team Losing team Score References
1953Junior Rose BowlBakersfield Community College (1)Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College13–6[17]
1954Junior Rose BowlHinds Junior College (1)El Camino Junior College13–7
1956National BowlCoffeyville Junior College (1)Grand Rapids Junior College46–6
1957Texarkana Junior College (1)Fairbury Junior College56–0[18]
1958Boise Junior College (1)Tyler Junior College22–0[19]
1959Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College (1)Texarkana Junior College10–7[20]
1964Savannah Shrine BowlPhoenix College (1)Oklahoma Military Academy41–13[21]
1965Ferrum Junior College (1)McCook Junior College16–0
1966Savannah Shrine BowlKilgore Junior College (1)Ferrum Junior College28–7[22]
1967Savannah Shrine BowlNortheastern Oklahoma A&M College (2)Lees-McRae College35–13[23]
1968Ferrum (1)Phoenix41–19
1969Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (3)Arizona Western College20–6
1970Fort Scott Junior College (1)Mesa Community College41–20
1971Mississippi Gulf Coast (1)Fort Scott Junior College22–13
1972El Toro BowlArizona Western (1)Fort Scott Junior College36–8
1973El Toro BowlMesa Community College (1)Iowa Central Community College10–6
1974Ferrum Junior College (2)Baltimore City Community College83–3[24]
1975Wool BowlMesa Community College (2)Indian Hills Community College8–7
1976Junior Rose BowlBakersfield Community College (2)Ellsworth Community College29–14[25]
1989Mid-America BowlNavarro College (1)Ellsworth Community College41–17
1990Mid-America BowlCoffeyville Community College (2)Montgomery College58–20
1991Mid-America BowlNortheastern Oklahoma A&M College (4)Northwest Mississippi Community College49–21
1992Mid-America BowlNorthwest Mississippi Community College (1)Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College34–0
1993Mississippi Delta Community College (1)Nassau Community College20–16
1994Texas Juco Shrine BowlTrinity Valley Community College (1)Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College24–17
1997Red River BowlTrinity Valley Community College (2)Garden City Community College48–13
2005Valley of the Sun BowlGlendale Community College (1)Grand Rapids Community College50–48[26]
2006Pilgrim's Pride Bowl ClassicBlinn College (1)Pearl River Community College19–6
2007Top of the Mountains Bowl
Heart of Texas Bowl		Butler Community College (1)
Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College (2)		 Snow College
Kilgore College		56–27
62–28		[27]
2008Top of the Mountains BowlButler Community College (2)Snow College37–302OT
2009Citizens Bank BowlBlinn College (2)Fort Scott Community College31–26[28]
2010Citizens Bank BowlNavarro College (2)Butler Community College13–12
2011El Toro BowlEast Mississippi Community College (1)Arizona Western College55–47
2012Graphic Edge BowlIowa Western Community College (1)Butler Community College27–7
2013Mississippi BowlEast Mississippi Community College (2)Georgia Military College52–32
2014Mississippi BowlEast Mississippi Community College (3)Iowa Western Community College34–17
2015Mississippi BowlNorthwest Mississippi Community College (2)Rochester Community and Technical College66–13[29]
2016El Toro BowlGarden City Community College (1)Arizona Western College25–22[30]
2017Mississippi BowlEast Mississippi Community College (4)Arizona Western College31–28
2018East Mississippi Community College (5)Garden City Community College10–9
2019Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (3)Lackawanna College24–13
2021 (spring)Hutchinson Community College (1)Snow College29–27[31]

Division I (2021–present)
Year Bowl game Winning team Losing team Score
2021New Mexico Military Institute (1)Iowa Western Community College31–13[32]
2022Iowa Western Community College (3)Hutchinson Community College (1)31–0[33]
2023Iowa Western (3)East Mississippi Community College (5)61–14[34]

Division III (2021–present)

Year Bowl game Winning team Losing team Score
2021Red Grange BowlCollege of DuPage (1)Nassau Community College34–29
2022Red Grange BowlCollege of DuPage (2)North Dakota State College of Science14–12
2023Red Grange BowlCollege of DuPage (3)Rochester Community and Technical College33–29

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
2000Rochester Community and Technical College12–0Chuck Siefert
2001Joliet Junior College10–1Bob 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
Wins College
6Butler Community College
6Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
5East Mississippi Community College
4Blinn College
4Ferrum College
4Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
3Coffeyville Community College
3Glendale Community College
3Iowa Western Community College
3Northwest Mississippi Community College
2Bakersfield Community College
2Mesa Community College
2Navarro College
2Texarkana College
2Trinity Valley Community College
1Arizona Western College
1Boise Junior College
1Cameron State Agricultural College
1Ellsworth Community College
1Fort Scott Community College
1Garden City Community College
1Georgia Military College
1Hinds Junior College
1Hutchinson Community College
1Iowa Central Community College
1Joliet Junior College
1Kilgore College
1Mississippi Delta Community College
1New Mexico Military Institute
1Paris Junior College
1Pearl River Community College
1Phoenix College
1Ranger College
1Snow College
1Tyler Junior College

See also

References
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  2. "NJCAA Football Creates Divisions and Playoff System".
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  28. "Blinn rallies in fourth to take national title". 7 December 2009.
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  30. "Garden City defeats Arizona Western for national title". 3 December 2016.
  31. "Title Town: Dragons Rally for Football Crown". 5 June 2021.
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