# 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 | 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 | 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.

### 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.

#### 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 | DuPage | Glen Ellyn, Illinois | Independent | Matt Rahn |
| 2022 | 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 |
| 1960 | Long Beach (10–0) | Hancock (10–0) | Bakersfield (9–1) | Del Mar (8–0–1) | Tyler (12–1) |
| 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 |
| 1962 | Santa Ana (10–0), 782.8 points Long 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 points Fresno City (10–2), 751 points |
| 1969 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (10–0) | Tyler (10–1) | Pasadena (8–0–1) | Pearl River (9–0) | Arizona Western (9–1) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |

## Championship games
### Single division (1956–2021)

| Year | Bowl game | Winning team | Losing team | Score |
| 1953 | Junior Rose Bowl | Bakersfield (1) | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M | 13–6 |
| 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 |
| 1958 | | Boise (1) | Tyler | 22–0 |
| 1959 | | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (1) | Texarkana | 10–7 |
| 1964 | Savannah Shrine Bowl | Phoenix (1) | Oklahoma Military | 41–13 |
| 1965 | Savannah Shrine Bow | Ferrum (1) | McCook | 16–0 |
| 1966 | Savannah Shrine Bowl | Kilgore (1) | Ferrum | 28–7 |
| 1967 | Savannah Shrine Bowl | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (2) | Lees–McRae | 35–13 |
| 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 |
| 1975 | Wool Bowl | Mesa (AZ) (2) | Indian Hills | 8–7 |
| 1976 | Junior Rose Bowl | Bakersfield (2) | Ellsworth | 29–14 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2008 | Top of the Mountains Bowl | Butler (KS) (2) | Snow | 37–30$^{2OT}$ |
| 2009 | Citizens Bank Bowl | Blinn (2) | Fort Scott | 31–26 |
| 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 |
| 2016 | El Toro Bowl | Garden City (1) | Arizona Western | 25–22 |
| 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 |
| 2020–21 | | Hutchinson (1) | Snow | 29–27 |

### Division I (2021–present)

| Year | Winning team | Losing team | Score |
| 2021 | New Mexico Military (1) | Iowa Western | 31–13 |
| 2022 | Iowa Western (3) | Hutchinson | 31–0 |
| 2023 | Iowa Western (4) | East Mississippi | 61–14 |
| 2024 | Hutchinson (2) | Iowa Western | 28-23 |

### Division III (2021–present)

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