1975 NAIA Division I football season

American college football season August 2023 1975 August–November 1975 November 29–December 13, 1975 Javelina StadiumKingsville, TX Texas A&I (4) The 1975 NAIA Division I football season was the 20th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the sixth season of play of the top division of the NAIA's two-division structure for football. The season was played from August to November 1975 and culminated in the 1975 NAIA Division I Champion Bowl, played on December 13, 1975 on the campus of Texas A&I University in Kingsville, Texas.NAIA Championship History http://www.naia.org/fls/27900/1NAIA/SportsInfo/Championships/FB_Championship.pdf?SPSID=640523 NAIA November 21, 2015 4–11 https://web.archive.org/web/20150715022933/http://www.naia.org/fls/27900/1NAIA/SportsInfo/Championships/FB_Championship.pdf?SPSID=640523 July 15, 2015 dead Texas A&I defeated 1975 Salem Tigers Salem in the Champion Bowl, 37–0, to win their fourth, and second consecutive, NAIA national title.1975 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs http://www.jonfmorse.com/wiki/index.php?title=1975_NAIA_Division_I_Football_Playoffs JonFMorse.com November 21, 2015 Conference realignment Conference changes This was the first season of football for South Atlantic Conference. The league comprised eight teams from North Carolina and South Carolina, with seven being former members of the Carolinas Conference. This was the final season of play for the Great Plains Athletic Conference, which disbanded after only four seasons. The seven members, spread across Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska, would subsequently all depart for other NAIA conferences. Membership changes Team 1974 conference 1975 conference Catawba Carolinas South Atlantic Elon Carolinas South Atlantic Gardner–Webb Independent South Atlantic Guilford Carolinas Independent Lenoir–Rhyne Carolinas South Atlantic Mars Hill Carolinas South Atlantic Newberry Independent South Atlantic Presbyterian Independent South Atlantic Conference standings Postseason SemifinalsNovember 29–December 6, 1975 1975 NAIA Champion BowlDecember 13, 1975Kingsville, TX 160 1975 Ouachita Baptist Tigers Ouachita Baptist* 7 1975 Salem Tigers Salem 21 1975 Oregon College Wolves Oregon College 0 Texas A&I* 37 Salem 0 Texas A&I* 37 See also 1975 NAIA Division II football season 1975 NCAA Division I football season 1975 NCAA Division II football season 1975 NCAA Division III football season References Category:NAIA football national championship