1970 NAIA Division I football season
| 1970 NAIA Division I football season | |||
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| Regular season | August–November 1970 | ||
| Postseason | November 28–December 12, 1970 | ||
| National Championship | Greenville, SC | ||
| Champions | Texas A&I (3) | ||
NAIA Division I football season
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The 1970 NAIA Division I football season, as part of the 1970 college football season in the United States, was the 15th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA. It was also the first of twenty-seven seasons that the NAIA split its football competition into two separate championships.
The season was played from August to November 1970 and culminated in the 1970 NAIA Champion Bowl, played on December 12, 1970 in Greenville, South Carolina.[1]
Texas A&I defeated Wofford in the Champion Bowl, 48–7, to win their third NAIA national title.[2]
Postseason
| Semifinals November 28, 1970 | 1970 Champion Bowl December 12, 1970 Greenville, SC | ||||||||
| Wisconsin State–Platteville | 0 | ||||||||
| Texas A&I* | 16 | ||||||||
| Texas A&I | 48 | ||||||||
| Wofford | *7 | ||||||||
| New Mexico Highlands | 23 | ||||||||
| Wofford* | 28 | ||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
- ↑ "1970 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
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