1970 NAIA Division I football season explained

Year:	1970
Regular Season:	August–November 1970
Playoffs:	November 28–December 12, 1970
Championship:	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC
Champions:	Texas A&I (3)

The 1970 NAIA Division I football season 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 at Sirrine Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina.^[1]

Texas A&I defeated in the Champion Bowl, 48–7, to win their third NAIA national title.^[2]

Conference realignment

Membership changes

Team	1969 conference	1970 conference
		Evergreen
		Evergreen
		Evergreen
		Evergreen

See also

• 1970 NAIA Division II football season
• 1970 NCAA University Division football season
• 1970 NCAA College Division football season

Notes and References

1. Web site: NAIA Championship History. NAIA. November 27, 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.
2. Web site: 1970 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs. JonFMorse.com. November 27, 2015.