1975_NCAA_Division_II_football_season

1975 NCAA Division II football season

1975 NCAA Division II football season

American college football season


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.

Quick Facts Regular season, Playoffs ...

Northern Michigan defeated Western Kentucky in the championship game, 16–14, to win their first Division II national title.[1][2]

Conference and program changes

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Conference standings

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Conference summaries

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Postseason

Quick Facts II Football Championship, Teams ...

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,[2] led by sophomore quarterback Steve Mariucci,[6] later a head coach in the NFL for nine seasons.

Playoff bracket

First round
Campus sites

November 29
Semifinals
Pioneer Bowl
Grantland Rice Bowl
December 6
Championship
Camellia Bowl
Hughes Stadium
Sacramento, CA
December 13
         
Northern Michigan 24
Boise State * 21
Northern Michigan 28
Livingston 26
Livingston 34
North Dakota * 14
Northern Michigan 16
Western Kentucky 14
Western Kentucky 14
Northern Iowa * 12
Western Kentucky 14
New Hampshire 3
New Hampshire 35
Lehigh * 21

* Denotes host institution

See also


References

  1. "1975 NCAA Division II National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 13. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  2. "Winless in '74, then a title in '75". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 14, 1975. p. 10B.
  3. "2017 WKU Football Media Guide" (PDF). wkusports.com. Western Kentucky Athletics. p. 164.
  4. "2017 Ohio Valley Conference Media Guide" (PDF). ovcsports.com. p. 82.
  5. "2014 Tennessee Tech Football Guide". ttusports.com. Tennessee Tech Athletics. p. 166.
  6. "Fumbles cost Boise 24-21". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 30, 1975. p. 3B.

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