1976 NAIA Division I football season

1976 NAIA Division I football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1976
PostseasonDecember 4–11, 1976
National ChampionshipJavelina Stadium
Kingsville, TX
ChampionsTexas A&I (5)

The 1976 NAIA Division I football season was the 21st season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the seventh season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1976 and culminated in the 1976 NAIA Division I Champion Bowl, played on December 11, 1976 at Javelina Stadium on the campus of Texas A&I University in Kingsville, Texas.[1] Texas A&I defeated Central Arkansas in the Champion Bowl, 26–0, to win their fifth, and third consecutive, NAIA national title.[2]

  1. ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  2. ^ "1975 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 21, 2015.