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 ChampionshipTaggert Stadium, New Castle, PA
ChampionsWestminster (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.

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]

Westminster (PA) defeated Anderson (IN) in the championship game, 21–16, to win their first NAIA national title.

Conference standings[]

1970 Frontier Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Montana Tech $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Western Montana 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Eastern Montana 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Rocky Mountain 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Carroll (MT) 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Montana Northern 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1970 Gateway Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lakeland $ 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Northland 2 – 0 – 0 ? – ? – ?
St. Procopius 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Northwestern (WI) 1 – 3 – 0 ? – ? – ?
Milton 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1970 Hoosier Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Anderson (IN) +^ 3 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Earlham + 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Manchester (IN) 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Taylor 1 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Hanover 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1970 Iowa Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Luther $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Central (IA) 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Simpson 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
William Penn 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Wartburg 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Dubuque 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Upper Iowa 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
Buena Vista 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1970 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Division
Ottawa xy$ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Baker 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Kansas Wesleyan 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Bethany 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
McPherson 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Tabor 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
South Division
St. Mary of the Plains xy 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Friends 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Southwestern (KS) 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Bethel (KS) 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Sterling 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
College of Emporia 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Championship: Ottawa 14, St. Mary of the Plains 12
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
1970 Mid-Ohio Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Defiance $ 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Findlay 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Wilmington (OH) 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Bluffton 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1970 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Concordia–Moorhead $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Saint John's (MN) 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
Gustavus Adolphus 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Minnesota–Duluth 4 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Hamline 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Macalester 2 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Augsburg 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
St. Thomas (MN) 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1970 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Missouri Valley $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
William Jewell 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Tarkio 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Central Methodist 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Culver–Stockton 1 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Graceland 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1970 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Concordia (NE) $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Hastings 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Doane 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Nebraska Wesleyan 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Dana 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Midland 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1970 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Minot State $^ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Wahpeton Science 4 – 1 – 0 ? – ? – ?
Jamestown 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Mayville State 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Dickinson State 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Valley City State 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1970 Northwest Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Linfield $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Pacific Lutheran 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Lewis & Clark 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Willamette 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Whitman 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
College of Idaho 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Pacific (OR) 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1970 Tri-State Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yankton $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Concordia (NE) 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Northwestern (IA) 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Westmar 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Dana 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Midland 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Sioux Falls 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1970 NAIA Division II independents football records
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Westminster (PA) ^   –   10 – 0 – 0
Cal Lutheran   –   8 – 1 – 1
Eureka   –   5 – 3 – 0
Texas Lutheran   –   5 – 4 – 1
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant

Postseason[]

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

See also[]

References[]

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