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National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national football champions:

A photo at the conclusion of the 2022 Red Grange Bowl, the NJCAA Division III championship contest

Champions

Single division era (1956–2021)

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team 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 Independent 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 Iowa Junior College Conference Vern Thomsen
1977 Ferrum Ferrum, Virginia Coastal Football Conference Hank Norton
1978 Iowa Central Fort Dodge, Iowa Iowa Junior College Conference Paul Shupe
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
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  1. [a]
    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

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team 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
2025 Iowa Western Council Bluffs, Iowa Iowa Community College Athletic Conference Scott Strohmeier
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Division III

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team 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
2025 DuPage Glen Ellyn, Illinois Independent Matt Rahn
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J. C. Gridwire rankings (1960–1974)

More information Year, No. 1 ...
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 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 [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 points
Fresno 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]
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Championship games

Single division (1956–2021)

More information Year, Bowl game ...
Year Bowl game Winning team Losing team Score References
1953Junior Rose BowlBakersfield (1)Northeastern Oklahoma A&M13–6[17]
1954Junior Rose BowlHinds (1)El Camino13–7
1956National BowlCoffeyville (1)Grand Rapids46–6
1957Texarkana (1)Fairbury56–0[18]
1958Boise (1)Tyler22–0[19]
1959Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (1)Texarkana10–7[20]
1964Savannah Shrine BowlPhoenix (1)Oklahoma Military41–13[21]
1965Savannah Shrine BowFerrum (1)McCook16–0[22]
1966Savannah Shrine BowlKilgore (1)Ferrum28–7[23]
1967Savannah Shrine BowlNortheastern Oklahoma A&M (2)Lees–McRae35–13[24]
1968Ferrum (2)Phoenix41–19
1969Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (3)Arizona Western20–6
1970Fort Scott (1)Mesa (AZ)41–20
1971Mississippi Gulf Coast (1)Fort Scott22–13
1972El Toro BowlArizona Western (1)Fort Scott36–8
1973El Toro BowlMesa (AZ) (1)Iowa Central10–6
1974Ferrum (3)Baltimore City83–3[25]
1975Wool BowlMesa (AZ) (2)Indian Hills8–7
1976Junior Rose BowlBakersfield (2)Ellsworth29–14[26]
1989Mid-America BowlNavarro (1)Ellsworth41–17
1990Mid-America BowlCoffeyville (2)Montgomery (MD)58–20
1991Mid-America BowlNortheastern Oklahoma A&M (4)Northwest Mississippi49–21
1992Mid-America BowlNorthwest Mississippi (1)Northeastern Oklahoma A&M34–0
1993Mississippi Delta (1)Nassau20–16
1994Texas Juco Shrine BowlTrinity Valley (1)Northeastern Oklahoma A&M24–17
1997Red River BowlTrinity Valley (2)Garden City48–13
2005Valley of the Sun BowlGlendale (CA) (1)Grand Rapids50–48[27]
2006Pilgrim's Pride Bowl ClassicBlinn (1)Pearl River19–6
2007Top of the Mountains Bowl
Heart of Texas Bowl		Butler (KS) (1)
Mississippi Gulf Coast (2)		 Snow
Kilgore		56–27
62–28		[28]
2008Top of the Mountains BowlButler (KS) (2)Snow37–302OT
2009Citizens Bank BowlBlinn (2)Fort Scott31–26[29]
2010Citizens Bank BowlNavarro (2)Butler (KS)13–12
2011El Toro BowlEast Mississippi (1)Arizona Western55–47
2012Graphic Edge BowlIowa Western (1)Butler (KS)27–7
2013Mississippi BowlEast Mississippi (2)Georgia Military52–32
2014Mississippi BowlEast Mississippi (3)Iowa Western34–17
2015Mississippi BowlNorthwest Mississippi (2)Rochester C&T66–13[30]
2016El Toro BowlGarden City (1)Arizona Western25–22[31]
2017Mississippi BowlEast Mississippi (4)Arizona Western31–28
2018East Mississippi (5)Garden City10–9
2019Mississippi Gulf Coast (3)Lackawanna24–13
2020–21[a]Hutchinson (1)Snow29–27[33]
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Division I (2021–present)

More information Year, Bowl game ...
Year Bowl game Winning team Losing team Score
2021New Mexico Military (1)Iowa Western31–13[34]
2022Iowa Western (2)Hutchinson31–0[35]
2023Iowa Western (4)East Mississippi61–14[36]
2024Hutchinson (2)Iowa Western28–23[37]
2025Iowa Western (5)Hutchinson28–10
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Division III (2021–present)

More information Year, Bowl game ...
Year Bowl game Winning team Losing team Score
2021Red Grange BowlDuPage (1)Nassau34–29
2022Red Grange BowlDuPage (2)NDSCS14–12
2023Red Grange BowlDuPage (3)Rochester C&T33–29
2024Red Grange BowlDuPage (4)Louisburg31–14
2025Red Grange BowlDuPage (5)NDSCS36–13
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Top non-scholarship (2000–2010)

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

More information Year, Champion ...
Year Champion Record Head coach
2000Rochester C&T12–0Chuck Siefert
2001Joliet10–1Bob 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
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National championships by team

More information Wins, College ...
Wins College
6Butler County / Butler (KS) (1981, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2007†, 2008)
6Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (1959, 1967, 1969, 1980, 1986, 1991)
5East Mississippi (2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018)
4Blinn (1995, 1996, 2006, 2009)
4Ferrum (1965, 1968, 1974, 1977)
4Iowa Western (2012, 2022, 2023, 2025)
4Mississippi Gulf Coast (1971, 1984, 2007†, 2019)
3Coffeyville (1956, 1983, 1990)
3Glendale (AZ) (1988, 2000, 2005)
3Northwest Mississippi (1982, 1992, 2015)
2Bakersfield (1953, 1976)
2Hutchinson (KS) (2020, 2024)
2Mesa (AZ) (1973, 1975)
2Navarro (1989, 2010)
2Trinity Valley (1994, 1997)
1Arizona Western (1972)
1Boise (1958)
1Cameron (1960†)
1Ellsworth (1976)
1Fort Scott (1970)
1Garden City (2016)
1Georgia Military (2001)
1Hinds (1954)
1Iowa Central (1978)
1Joliet (2002)
1Kilgore (1966)
1Mississippi Delta (1993)
1New Mexico Military (2021)
1Paris (?)
1Pearl River (2004)
1Phoenix (1964)
1Ranger (1979)
1Snow (1985)
1 Texarkana (1957)
1Tyler (1960†, 2025)
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† Co-champions

Notes

  1. [a]
    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]

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