1970 NAIA Division II football season

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1970 NAIA Division II football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1970
PostseasonNovember 29–December 12, 1970
National Championship Taggert Stadium, New Castle, PA
Champions Westminster (PA)

The 1970 NAIA Division II football season was the 15th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA and the first season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football. Prior to the season, the NAIA split its football competition into two separate championships: Divisions I and II.

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The season was played from August to November 1970 and culminated in the 1970 NAIA Division II Football National Championship , played on December 13, 1970 at Taggert Stadium in New Castle, Pennsylvania . [1]

The Westminster Titans defeated the Anderson Ravens in the championship game, 21–16, to win their first NAIA national title.

Conference standings

1970 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 Carthage $ 7 0 17 1 1
Carroll (WI) 7 1 08 1 0
Illinois Wesleyan 5 2 15 3 1
Millikin 5 3 05 4 0
Elmhurst 4 4 04 5 0
Augustana (IL) 2 5 03 6 0
North Park 2 5 12 6 1
Wheaton (IL) 1 6 11 7 1
North Central (IL) 0 8 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1970 Frontier Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Montana Tech $ 5 0 09 1 0
Western Montana 3 2 06 2 0
Eastern Montana 3 2 04 5 0
Rocky Mountain 2 3 04 4 1
Carroll (MT) 2 3 03 5 0
Northern Montana 0 5 00 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1970 Gateway Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lakeland $ 3 0 06 3 0
Northland 2 0 0 ?  ?  ?
St. Procopius 2 1 06 3 0
Northwestern (WI) 1 3 0 ?  ?  ?
Milton 0 4 00 7 1
  • $ Conference champion
1970 Hoosier Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Anderson (IN) +^ 3 1 09 2 0
Earlham + 3 1 06 3 0
Manchester (IN) 2 2 04 4 0
Taylor 1 3 06 4 0
Hanover 1 3 02 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1970 Iowa Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Luther $ 6 1 08 2 0
No. 17 Central (IA) 5 2 06 2 0
No. 18 Simpson 5 2 06 2 0
William Penn 5 2 06 3 0
Wartburg 3 4 03 6 0
Dubuque 2 5 02 7 0
Upper Iowa 1 6 01 6 1
Buena Vista 1 6 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1970 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
North Division
Ottawa xy$ 5 0 07 2 1
Baker 4 1 04 4 0
No. 19 Kansas Wesleyan 3 2 07 2 0
Bethany 2 3 03 5 1
McPherson 1 4 01 8 0
Tabor 0 5 02 7 0
South Division
St. Mary of the Plains xy 4 1 05 5 0
Friends 3 2 05 3 1
Southwestern (KS) 3 2 05 3 1
Bethel (KS) 3 2 04 5 0
Sterling 2 3 04 4 1
College of Emporia 0 5 01 8 0
Championship: Ottawa 14, St. Mary of the Plains 12
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1970 Mid-Ohio Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 15 Defiance $ 3 0 07 2 0
Findlay 2 1 03 6 0
Wilmington (OH) 1 2 04 4 1
Bluffton 0 3 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1970 Midwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 St. Olaf $ 8 0 09 0 0
Monmouth (IL) 7 1 08 1 0
Knox 5 3 06 3 0
Ripon 5 3 06 3 0
Grinnell 4 4 05 4 0
Cornell (IA) 3 5 04 5 0
Coe 2 6 03 6 0
Lawrence 2 6 03 6 0
Carleton 0 8 01 8 0
Beloit   0 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Beloit was allowed to compete with freshmen. Games with Beloit were not counted in the conference standings.
Rankings from AP small college poll
1970 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Concordia–Moorhead $ 6 1 07 2 1
No. 14 Gustavus Adolphus 5 2 08 2 0
Saint John's (MN) 5 2 06 3 0
Minnesota–Duluth 4 2 17 2 1
Hamline 3 4 06 4 0
Macalester 2 4 13 5 1
Augsburg 1 6 01 8 0
St. Thomas (MN) 1 6 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1970 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Missouri Valley $ 4 0 08 2 0
William Jewell 4 1 07 4 0
Tarkio 3 2 05 4 0
Central Methodist 2 3 03 6 0
Culver–Stockton 1 3 06 3 0
Graceland 0 5 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1970 Nebraska College Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 16 Wayne State (NE) $ 3 0 07 3 0
Kearney State 2 1 08 2 0
Chadron State 1 2 05 4 0
Peru State 0 3 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
1970 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Concordia (NE) $ 5 0 08 1 0
No. T–20 Hastings 4 1 07 1 0
Doane 2 3 06 4 0
Nebraska Wesleyan 2 3 06 4 0
Dana 2 3 03 6 0
Midland 0 5 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1970 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Minot State $^ 5 0 08 1 0
Wahpeton Science 4 1 0 ?  ?  ?
Jamestown 2 3 04 4 0
Mayville State 2 3 03 5 0
Dickinson State 2 3 02 6 0
Valley City State 0 5 00 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1970 Northwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Linfield $ 6 0 08 1 0
Pacific Lutheran 4 2 06 3 0
Lewis & Clark 4 2 05 4 0
Willamette 3 3 04 4 0
Whitman 3 3 04 5 0
College of Idaho 1 5 02 7 0
Pacific (OR) 0 6 00 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1970 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
East Division
West Chester xy 5 0 07 4 0
East Stroudsburg 4 2 05 4 0
Kutztown 4 2 05 3 0
Bloomsburg 3 3 05 3 0
Millersville 3 3 04 5 0
Mansfield 1 5 02 7 0
Cheyney 0 5 00 9 0
West Division
No. 3 Edinboro xy$^ 5 0 09 1 0
Clarion 3 2 05 3 0
California (PA) 3 2 05 4 0
Slippery Rock 2 3 04 5 0
Shippensburg 2 3 03 5 0
Lock Haven 0 5 01 7 0
Championship: Edinboro 14, West Chester 34
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participantpoll=NAIA Division II poll
Rankings from AP Poll
1970 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Claremont-Mudd + 3 1 08 1 0
Redlands + 3 1 06 4 0
Pomona 2 2 06 3 0
Whittier 2 2 04 6 0
Occidental 0 4 02 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions
1970 Tri-State Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 14 Yankton $ 6 0 08 2 0
No. 13 Concordia (NE) 5 1 08 1 0
Northwestern (IA) 4 2 06 3 0
Westmar 3 3 05 4 0
Dana 2 4 03 6 0
Midland 1 5 01 8 0
Sioux Falls 0 6 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1970 NAIA Division II independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Westminster (PA) ^   10 0 0
No. 6 Simon Fraser   8 0 0
No. T–20 Frostburg State   7 1 0
No. 7 Cal Lutheran   8 1 1
Franklin (IN)   7 3 0
Georgetown (KY)   6 3 0
Eureka   5 3 0
Grove City   5 3 1
Iowa Wesleyan   5 4 0
Waynesburg   5 4 0
Texas Lutheran   5 4 1
Azusa Pacific   3 5 0
Oklahoma Panhandle State   4 7 0
Austin   3 6 0
Geneva   1 8 0
Missouri Western   1 8 0
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

Postseason

Semifinals
November 28, 1970
Championship
December 12, 1970
New Castle, PA
      
Edinboro 7
Westminster (PA) * 20
Westminster (PA)* 21
Anderson (IN) 16
Minot State 14
Anderson (IN) * 20

See also

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References

  1. "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.