Regular season August–November 1972 | National Championship Joplin, MO | |
Postseason November 25–December 9, 1972 Champions Missouri Southern State | ||
The 1972 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1972 college football season in the United States and the 17th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the third season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.
The season was played from August to November 1972 and culminated in the 1972 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played on December 9, 1972 in Joplin, Missouri on the campus of Missouri Southern State College.
Missouri Southern State defeated Northwestern (IA) in the championship game, 21–14, to win their first NAIA national title. As of 2015, this was the earliest championship to feature a team that remains a NAIA member.
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1972 NAIA Division II football season Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA