1975 NCAA Division II football season

American college football season August 2023 1975 September – November 1975 November – December 1975 December 13 Hughes StadiumSacramento, CA Northern Michigan The 1975 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in September and concluded with the Division II Championship on December 13 at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California. Northern Michigan defeated Western Kentucky in the championship game, 16–14, to win their first Division II national title.1975 NCAA Division II National Football Championship Bracket http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2012/d2/2012DIIfbchamp.pdf NCAA NCAA.org January 2, 2014 13https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Wq5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=POADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5796%2C4132381 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Winless in '74, then a title in '75 December 14, 1975 10B Conference and program changes School 1974 Conference 1975 Conference Central Connecticut State Eastern Independent Elon Conference Carolinas (NAIA) South Atlantic Gardner–Webb NAIA Independent South Atlantic Vermont Yankee Dropped Program Conference standings Conference summaries List of NCAA Division II football seasons Conference Champion(s)Big Sky Conference Boise StateCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association Norfolk StateFar Western Football Conference UC DavisGreat Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Wayne State (MI)Gulf South Conference Nicholls StateIndiana Collegiate Conference ButlerMissouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southeast Missouri StateNorth Central Conference North DakotaNorthern Intercollegiate Conference Minnesota–MorrisPennsylvania State Athletic Conference East Stroudsburg StateSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Division II) Bethune-CookmanYankee Conference New Hampshire Postseason II 1975 8 Charles C. Hughes Stadium Sacramento, California Northern Michigan 1st 1st 1 Western Kentucky 2nd 2 Livingston 1 New Hampshire 1 Gil Krueger 1st The 1975 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the third single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division II college football. The four quarterfinal games were played on campus and all four host teams lost. The semifinals were the Pioneer Bowl in Wichita Falls, Texas, and the Grantland Rice Bowl in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The championship game was the Camellia Bowl, held at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California for the third and final time. The Northern Michigan Wildcats defeated the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 16–14 to win their first national title. Of all current members of Division II, as of 2015, Northern Michigan was the first to win the playoff national championship. They went from winless (0–10) in 1974 to 13–1 and national champions in 1975, led by sophomore quarterback Steve Mariucci,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O8heAAAAIBAJ&sjid=STIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5568%2C8839562 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Fumbles cost Boise 24-21 November 30, 1975 3B later a head coach in the NFL for nine seasons. Playoff bracket First roundCampus sitesNovember 29 SemifinalsPioneer BowlGrantland Rice BowlDecember 6 ChampionshipCamellia BowlHughes StadiumSacramento, CADecember 13 Northern Michigan 24 Boise State * 21 1975 Livingston Tigers Livingston 34 1975 North Dakota Fighting Sioux North Dakota * 14 Western Kentucky 14 Northern Iowa * 12 New Hampshire 35 Lehigh * 21 Northern Michigan 28 Livingston 26 Western Kentucky 14 New Hampshire 3 Northern Michigan 16 Western Kentucky 14 * Denotes host institution See also 1975 NCAA Division I football season 1975 NCAA Division III football season 1975 NAIA Division I football season 1975 NAIA Division II football season References