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
1953
not NJCAA
JC Gridwire		 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[lower-alpha 1] 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)

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 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

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

Single Division (1956–2021)

Year Bowl game Winning team Losing team Score
1953Junior Rose BowlBakersfield Community College (1)Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College13–6
1954Junior Rose BowlHinds Junior College (1)El Camino Junior College13–7
1956National BowlCoffeyville Junior College (1)Grand Rapids Junior College46–6
1957Junior Rose BowlTexarkana Junior College (1)Fairbury Junior College56–0
1958Boise Junior College (1)Tyler Junior College22–0
1959Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College (1)Texarkana Junior College10–7
1964Phoenix College (1)Oklahoma Military Academy41–13
1965Ferrum Junior College (1)McCook Junior College16–0
1966Kilgore Junior College (1)Ferrum Junior College28–7
1967Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College (2)Lees-McRae College35–13
1968Ferrum Junior College (1)Phoenix Junior College41–19
1969Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College (3)Arizona Western College20–6
1970Fort Scott Junior College (1)Mesa Community College41–20
1971Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College (1)Fort Scott Junior College22–13
1972El Toro BowlArizona Western College (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[3]
1975Wool BowlMesa Community College (2)Indian Hills Community College8–7
1976Junior Rose BowlBakersfield Community College (2)Ellsworth Community College29–14[4]
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[5]
2006Pilgrim's Pride Bowl ClassicBlinn College (1)Pearl River Community College19–6
2007Top of the Mountains BowlHeart of Texas BowlButler Community College (1)

Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College (2)

 Snow CollegeKilgore College56–27

62–28[6]

2008Top of the Mountains BowlButler Community College (2)Snow College37–302OT
2009Citizens Bank BowlBlinn College (2)Fort Scott Community College31–26[7]
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[8]
2016El Toro BowlGarden City Community College (1)Arizona Western College25–22[9]
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[10]

Division I (2021–present)

Year Bowl game Winning team Losing team Score
2021New Mexico Military Institute (1)Iowa Western Community College31–13[11]
2022Iowa Western Community College (3)Hutchinson Community College (1)31–0[12]
2023Iowa Western Community College (3)East Mississippi Community College (5)61–14[13]

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 Winning 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

  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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