NCAA Division II national football championship

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The NCAA Division II National Football Championship began in 1973. Prior to 1973, four regional bowl games were played in order to provide postseason action for what was then called the NCAA College Division.

The Division II championship game is played annually at Braly Municipal Stadium on the campus of the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama.

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Previous champions

YearChampionDefeatedScore
1973 Louisiana Tech Western Kentucky 34-0
1974 Central Michigan Delaware 54-14
1975 Northern Michigan Western Kentucky 16-14
1976 Montana State Akron 24-13
1977 Lehigh Jacksonville State 33-0
1978 Eastern Illinois Delaware 10-9
1979 Delaware Youngstown State 38-21
1980 Cal Poly Eastern Illinois 21-13
1981 Southwest Texas State North Dakota State 42-13
1982 Southwest Texas State UC Davis 34-9
1983 North Dakota State Central State 41-21
1984 Troy State North Dakota State 18-17
1985 North Dakota State North Alabama 35-7
1986 North Dakota State South Dakota 27-7
1987 Troy State Portland State 31-17
1988 North Dakota State Portland State 35-21
1989 Mississippi College† Jacksonville State 3-0
1990 North Dakota State Indiana-Pennsylvania 51-11
1991 Pittsburg State Jacksonville State 23-6
1992 Jacksonville State Pittsburg State 17-13
1993 North Alabama Indiana-Pennsylvania 41-34
1994 North Alabama Texas A&M-Kingsville 16-10
1995 North Alabama Pittsburg State 27-7
1996 Northern Colorado Carson-Newman 23-14
1997 Northern Colorado New Haven 51-0
1998 Northwest Missouri State Carson-Newman 24-6
1999 Northwest Missouri State Carson-Newman 58-52
2000 Delta State Bloomsburg 63-34
2001 North Dakota Grand Valley State 17-14
2002 Grand Valley State Valdosta State 31-24
2003 Grand Valley State North Dakota 10-3
2004 Valdosta State Pittsburg State 36-31
2005 Grand Valley State Northwest Missouri State 21-17

† Mississippi College's tournament participation, along with its championship, were vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

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Teams that haved "moved up"

Most of the participants in early national championship games have moved into Division I, the main catalyst for their moves being the creation of Division I-AA in 1978. The following Division II title game participants later moved to Division I:

  • Division I-A
    • Akron (runner-up 1976)
    • Central Michigan (champion 1974)
    • Louisiana Tech (champion 1973)
    • Troy (champion 1984, 1987 as Troy State)
  • Division I-AA
    • Cal Poly (champion 1980)
    • Delaware (champion 1979; runner-up 1974, 1978)
    • Eastern Illinois (champion 1978; runner-up 1980)
    • Jacksonville State (champion 1992; runner-up 1977, 1989, 1991)
    • Lehigh (champion 1977)
    • Montana State (champion 1976)
    • North Dakota State (champion 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990; runner-up 1981, 1984)
    • Northern Colorado (champion 1996, 1997)
    • Portland State (runner-up 1987, 1988)
    • Texas State (champion 1981, 1982 as Southwest Texas State)
    • UC Davis (runner-up 1982)
    • Western Kentucky (runner-up 1973, 1975)
    • Youngstown State (runner-up 1979)
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See also

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External link

NCAA football page

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