NAIA Football National Championship
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Football National Championship is decided by a post-season playoff system featuring the best NAIA college football teams in the United States. Under sponsorship of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the championship game has been played annually since 1956. In 1970, NAIA football was divided into two divisions, Division I and Division II, with a championship game played in each division. In 1997, NAIA football was again consolidated into one division. The 2019 game was played at the Eddie G. Robinson Stadium in Grambling, Louisiana.
Texas A&I have been the most prolific program with seven NAIA championships. Carroll are the most successful team still playing at the NAIA level, with 6 national titles.
Morningside are the current champions, having defeated Marian in the 2019 championship, 40-38.
Game name
Over the years, the NAIA championship games were played under a variety of names:- Aluminum Bowl
- Holiday Bowl
- Camellia Bowl
- Champion Bowl
- Apple Bowl
- Palm Bowl
Results
Championships by school
- Division II titles are not included in this list.
| Team | Championships | Winning years |
| Texas A&I | 7 | 1959, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979 |
| Carroll | 6 | 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010 |
| Carson–Newman | 5 | 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989 |
| Central Arkansas | 3 | 1984, 1985, 1991 |
| Central State | 3 | 1990, 1992, 1995 |
| Sioux Falls | 3 | 2006, 2008, 2009 |
| Pittsburg State | 2 | 1957, 1961 |
| Saint John's | 2 | 1963, 1965 |
| Abilene Christian | 2 | 1973, 1977 |
| Elon | 2 | 1980, 1981 |
| Central State | 2 | 1962, 1982 |
| Northeastern State | 2 | 1958, 1994 |
| Georgetown | 2 | 2000, 2001 |
| Marian | 2 | 2012, 2015 |
| Saint Francis | 2 | 2016, 2017 |
| Morningside | 2 | 2018, 2019 |
| Montana State | 1 | 1956 |
| Saint Joseph's | 1 | 1956 |
| Lenoir–Rhyne | 1 | 1960 |
| Concordia–Moorhead | 1 | 1964 |
| Sam Houston State | 1 | 1964 |
| Waynesburg | 1 | 1966 |
| Fairmont State | 1 | 1967 |
| Troy State | 1 | 1968 |
| Livingston | 1 | 1971 |
| East Texas State | 1 | 1972 |
| Angelo State | 1 | 1978 |
| Hillsdale | 1 | 1985 |
| Cameron | 1 | 1987 |
| East Central | 1 | 1993 |
| Southwestern Oklahoma | 1 | 1996 |
| Findlay | 1 | 1997 |
| Azusa Pacific | 1 | 1998 |
| Northwestern Oklahoma | 1 | 1999 |
| Saint Xavier | 1 | 2011 |
| Grand View | 1 | 2013 |
| Southern Oregon | 1 | 2014 |