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NCAA Division
II National Champions
Prior
to 1973, there was no Division 2 Football Championship. Instead, four regional bowl
games were played in order to provide postseason action for what was
then called the NCAA
College Division.
(Please Note: In the future we will be adding game summaries of
each of the games that have been played since 1973.)
|
Year |
Champion (Record) |
Coach |
Score |
Runner-Up |
Host Site |
Game
Att |
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1973 |
Louisiana Tech
(12-1) |
Maxie Lambright |
34-0 |
Western Kentucky |
Sacramento, CA |
-- |
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1974 |
Central Michigan
(12-1) |
Roy
Kramer |
54-14 |
Delaware |
Sacramento, CA |
-- |
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1975 |
Northern Michigan
(13-1) |
Gil
Krueger |
16-14 |
Western Kentucky |
Sacramento, CA |
-- |
|
1976 |
Montana State
(12-1) |
Sonny Holland |
24-13 |
Akron |
Wichita Falls, TX |
13,200 |
|
1977 |
Lehigh
(12-2) |
John Whitehead |
33-0 |
Jacksonville State |
Wichita Falls, TX |
14,114 |
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1978 |
Eastern Illinois
(12-2) |
Darrell
Mudra |
10-9 |
Delaware |
Longview, TX |
5,500 |
|
1979 |
Delaware
(13-1) |
Harold Raymond |
38-21 |
Youngstown State |
Alburquerque, NM |
4,000 |
|
1980 |
Cal-Poly
(10-3) |
Joe
Harper |
21-13 |
Eastern Illinois |
Alburquerque, NM |
-- |
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1981 |
SW Texas State
(13-1) |
Jim
Wacker |
42-13 |
North Dakota St |
McAllen, TX |
9,415 |
|
1982 |
SW Texas State
(14-0) |
Jim
Wacker |
34-9 |
UC-Davis |
McAllen, TX |
8,000 |
|
1983 |
North Dakota St
(13-1) |
Don
Morton |
41-21 |
Central State |
McAllen, TX |
5,275 |
|
1984 |
Troy State
(9-1) |
Chan
Gailey |
18-17 |
North Dakota St |
McAllen, TX |
4,500 |
|
1985 |
North Dakota St
(11-2-1) |
Earle Solomonson |
35-7 |
North Alabama |
McAllen, TX |
6,000 |
|
1986 |
North Dakota St
(13-0) |
Earle Solomonson |
27-7 |
South Dakota |
Florence, AL |
11,506 |
|
1987 |
Troy State
(12-1-1) |
Rick Rhoades |
31-17 |
Portland State |
Florence, AL |
10,600 |
|
1988 |
North Dakota St
(14-0) |
Rocky
Hager |
35-21 |
Portland State |
Florence, AL |
6,763 |
|
1989 |
Mississippi College * |
John
Williams |
3-0 |
Jacksonville State |
Florence, AL |
6,763 |
|
1990 |
North Dakota St
(14-0) |
Rocky
Hager |
51-11 |
Indiana (PA) |
Florence, AL |
10,080 |
|
1991 |
Pittsburg State
(13-1-1) |
Chuck Broyles |
23-6 |
Jacksonville State |
Florence, AL |
11,500 |
|
1992 |
Jacksonville State
(12-1) |
Bill
Burgess |
17-13 |
Pittsburg State |
Florence, AL |
11,733 |
|
1993 |
North Alabama
(14-0) |
Bobby
Wallace |
41-34 |
Indiana (PA) |
Florence, AL |
15,631 |
|
1994 |
North Alabama
(13-1) |
Bobby
Wallace |
16-10 |
Texas A&M-Kingsville. |
Florence, AL |
13,526 |
|
1995 |
North Alabama
(14-0) |
Bobby
Wallace |
27-7 |
Pittsburg State |
Florence, AL |
15,241 |
|
1996 |
Northern Colorado
(12-3) |
Joe
Glenn |
23-14 |
Carson-Newman |
Florence, AL |
5,745 |
|
1997 |
Northern Colorado
(13-2) |
Joe
Glenn |
51-0 |
New Haven |
Florence, AL |
3,352 |
|
1998 |
NW Missouri St
(15-0) |
Mel
Tjeerdsma |
24-6 |
Carson-Newman |
Florence, AL |
6,149 |
|
1999 |
NW Missouri St
(14-1) |
Mel
Tjeerdsma |
58-52 |
Carson-Newman |
Florence, AL |
8,451 |
|
2000 |
Delta State
(14-1)
|
Steve Campbell |
63-34 |
Bloomsburg |
Florence, AL |
7,123 |
|
2001 |
North Dakota
(14-1) |
Dale
Lennon |
17-14 |
Grand Valley State |
Florence, AL |
6,113 |
|
2002 |
Grand Valley St.
(14-0) |
Brian Kelly |
31-24 |
Valdosta State |
Florence, AL |
9,783 |
|
2003 |
Grand Valley St.
(14-1) |
Brian Kelly |
10-3 |
North Dakota |
Florence, AL |
7,236 |
|
2004 |
Valdosta State
(13-1) |
Chris Hatcher |
36-31 |
Pittsburg State |
Florence, AL |
8,604 |
|
2005 |
Grand Valley St.
(15-0) |
Chuck Martin |
21-17 |
Northwest Missouri |
Florence, AL |
6837 |
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2006 |
Grand Valley St.
(13-0) |
Chuck Martin |
17-14 |
Northwest Missouri |
Florence, AL |
7437 |
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*Mississippi College tournament participation
vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions |
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