1963 NAIA football season
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| 1963 NAIA football season | |||
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| Regular season | August–December 1963 | ||
| Postseason | December 7–14, 1963 | ||
| National Championship | Hughes Stadium Sacramento, CA |
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| Champions | St. John's (MN) | ||
NAIA football season
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The 1963 NAIA football season, as part of the 1963 college football season in the United States, was the eighth season of college football sponsored by the NAIA. The season was played from August to December 1963, culminating in the eighth annual NAIA Football National Championship, played this year at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California. During its three years in Sacramento, the game was called the Camellia Bowl (separate from the present day bowl game with the same name in Montgomery, Alabama).
St. John's (MN) defeated Prairie View A&M in the championship game, 33–27, to win their first NAIA national title.[1]
Postseason
| Semifinals December 7, 1963 |
Championship December 14, 1963 Camellia Bowl[2] |
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| Prairie View A&M | 20 | ||||||||
| Kearney State* | 7 | ||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 27 | ||||||||
| St. John's (MN) | 33 | ||||||||
| College of Emporia | 0 | ||||||||
| St. John's (MN)* | 54 | ||||||||
