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1962 NAIA Football Season
The 1962 NAIA football season was the seventh season of college football sponsored by the NAIA. The season was played from August to December 1962, culminating in the seventh 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 later Camellia Bowl contested in Montgomery, Alabama). Central State defeated in the championship game, 28–13, to win their first NAIA national title. Conference standings Postseason See also * 1962 NCAA University Division football season * 1962 NCAA College Division football season The 1962 NCAA College Division football season was the seventh season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the NCAA College Division, College Division level. In the final As ... References {{NAIA football NAIA football national champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles C
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was ''Churl, Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinisation of names, Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as ''Carolus (other), Carolus''. Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as wikt:churl, churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its deprecating sense in the Middle English period. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch language, Dutch and German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacramento, California
Sacramento ( or ; ; ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat, seat of Sacramento County, California, Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento River, Sacramento and American Rivers in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's 2020 population of 524,943 makes it the fourth-most populous city in Northern California, List of largest California cities by population, the sixth-most populous in the state, the List of United States cities by population, ninth-most populous state capital, and the List of United States cities by population, 35th most populous city in the United States. Sacramento is the seat of the California Legislature and the governor of California. Sacramento is also the cultural and economic core of the Sacramento metropolitan area, Greater Sacramento area, which at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census had a population of 2,680,831, the fourth-largest S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Central State Bronchos Football Team
The 1962 Central State Bronchos football team represented Central State College—now known as the University of Central Oklahoma—during the 1962 NAIA football season. The team was led by head coach Al Blevins. They played their home games at Central Field in Edmond, Oklahoma Edmond is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, located in Central Oklahoma. Its population was 94,428 according to the 2020 United States census, a 16% increase from 2010. maki .... The Central squad finished the season with an undefeated record of 11–0, and won the NAIA Football National Championship over in the Camellia Bowl. Schedule References {{NAIA football national champion navbox Central State Central Oklahoma Bronchos football seasons NAIA football national champions Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football champion seasons College football undefeated seasons Central State Bronchos football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Football
College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur Student athlete, student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football American football in the United States, first gained popularity in the United States. Like gridiron football generally, college football is most popular in the United States and Canada. While no single governing body exists for college football in the United States, most schools, especially those at the highest levels of play, are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA. In Canada, collegiate football competition is governed by U Sports for universities. The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (for colleges) governs soccer and other sports but not gridiron football. Other countries, such as Organización Nacional Estudiantil de Fútbol Americano, Mexico, American football in Japan, Japan and Korea American Football Association, South Korea, also host colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Association Of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for higher education, colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer athletic scholarships to their student athletes. Around $1.3 billion in athletic scholarship financial aid is awarded to student athletes annually. For the 2024–25 season, it had List of NAIA institutions, 237 member institutions, of which two are in British Columbia, one in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the rest in the conterminous United States, continental United States, with over 83,000 student-athletes participating. The NAIA, whose headquarters is in Kansas City, Missouri, sponsors 28 national championships. CBS Sports Network, formerly called CSTV, serves as the national media outlet for the NAIA. In 2014, ESPNU began carrying the NAIA football national championship, NAIA Football National Championship. History In 1937, James Naismith and local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camellia Bowl (1961–80)
Camellia Bowl can refer to one of three college football College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur Student athlete, student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football American football in the United States, firs ... bowl games: * Camellia Bowl (1948), played in Lafayette, Louisiana * Camellia Bowl (1961–1980), played in Sacramento, California * Camellia Bowl (2014–2023), played in Montgomery, Alabama; renamed in 2024 as the Salute to Veterans Bowl See also * Camellia (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camellia Bowl (2014–present)
The Salute to Veterans Bowl (formerly the Camellia Bowl) is an annual National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sanctioned Division I (NCAA), FBS college football bowl game played in Montgomery, Alabama, at the Cramton Bowl. The bowl has tie-ins with the Sun Belt Conference and the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The game was announced in August 2013 and was first played in December 2014. It is owned and managed by ESPN Events. Sponsorship The bowl was sponsored at its inception by Raycom Media, a major owner of television stations in the southeastern United States with heavy involvement in college sports broadcasting, and was officially known as the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl. In June 2018, Gray Television announced its intent to acquire Raycom The acquisition was completed in January 2019, and the 2019 and 2020 editions of the bowl were played without a title sponsor. On November 24, 2021, TaxAct was named as the new title sponsor of both the Camellia Bowl and the Texas Bow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama. Named for Continental Army major general Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River on the Gulf Coastal Plain. The population was 200,603 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the List of municipalities in Alabama, third-most populous city in the state, after Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville and Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham, and the List of United States cities by population, 133rd-most populous in the United States. The Montgomery metropolitan area's population in 2022 was 385,460; it is the fourth-largest in the state and 142nd among Metropolitan statistical area, U.S. metropolitan areas. Montgomery is the county seat, seat of Montgomery County, Alabama, Montgomery County. The city was incorporated in 1819 as a merger of two towns situated along the Alabama River. It replaced Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Tuscaloosa as the state capital in 1846, representing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camellia Bowl (1961–1980)
The Camellia Bowl was an annual college football postseason game in Sacramento, California, which is nicknamed the ''Camellia City''. It was held sixteen times at Hughes Stadium, from 1961 through 1975, and once more in 1980. History The Camellia Bowl was founded in March 1961, when the Sacramento City-County Chamber of Commerce voted unanimously to accept an offer from the National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) to move its championship game to the city. For the previous four years, the game had been known as the Holiday Bowl and was played in Saint Petersburg, Florida. The Camellia Bowl served as the NAIA Football National Championship game for three years. After the transition from NAIA to NCAA affiliation, announced in January 1964, the game became one of four regional finals in the NCAA College Division. At the time, there were no playoffs at any level of NCAA football. For the smaller colleges and universities, as for the major programs, the national c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 NCAA University Division Football Season
The 1962 NCAA University Division football season was played by American football teams representing 140 colleges and universities recognized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as major programs. The remaining 370 colleges and universities that were NCAA members and fielded football teams competed as part of the 1962 NCAA College Division football season. Four teams, including three from the Southeastern Conference (SEC), have a claim to the 1962 major college national championship: * USC (11–0) was ranked No. 1 in the final AP and UPI polls, defeated No. 2 Wisconsin in the 1963 Rose Bowl, and was rated as the national champion by more than 10 other official selectors, including '' The Football News'' and the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA). Head coach John McKay won the Coach of the Year Award from both the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and the FWAA. * Ole Miss (10–0) won the SEC championship and were ranked No. 3 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 NCAA College Division Football Season
The 1962 NCAA College Division football season was the seventh season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the NCAA College Division, College Division level. In the final Associated Press (AP) small-college poll, 1962 Florida A&M Rattlers football team, Florida A&M was the top-rated team. The Rattlers subsequently lost to 1962 Jackson State Tigers football team, Jackson State in the Orange Blossom Classic. United Press International (UPI) named 1962 Southern Miss Southerners football team, Southern Miss as the top-ranked team in their final small-college poll. Undefeated teams Five College Division teams compiled perfect seasons in 1962, including any postseason bowl games: * 1962 John Carroll Blue Streaks football team, John Carroll Blue Streaks, 7–0, Presidents' Athletic Conference champion * 1962 Kalamazoo Hornets football team, Kalamazoo Hornets, 8–0, Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
