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National Association
of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)
Football
Homepage: http://www.naia.org/fbo/fbc/stats.html
Rules and regulations: http://www.naia.org/football/coachescorner
/manual/index.html
History:
The National Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics (NAIA) started off as the
National Association of Intercollegiate
Basketball (NAIB) founded in 1940.
It was only in 1952 when NAIB restructured
to become the NAIA, which began to
sponsor more sports.
NAIA started sponsoring
football championships in 1956, and
continued supporting championship
games annually since then. In 1970,
NAIA instituted plan in two divisions
– Divisions I and II, with a
championship played in each division.
However, in 1997, NAIA, thought it
best to consolidate the two teams
into one division.
Through the years,
the NAIA championship games has been
known for a number of names: Aluminum
Bowl (1956), Apple Bowl (1977, Division
I game only), Champion Bowl (1964-1976
and 1980-1996, Division I games only),
Holiday Bowl (1957-1960, not to be
confused with the NCAA Division I
bowl of the same name), and Palm Bowl
(1978-1979, Division I games only).
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