1963 NAIA football season

1963 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; * — Washburn forfeited two non-conference wins ;

1963 Carolinas Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1963 NAIA football season
Regular season	August–December 1963
Postseason	December 7–14, 1963
National Championship	Hughes Stadium; Sacramento, CA
Champion	Saint John's (MN)

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).

Saint John's (MN) defeated Prairie View A&M in the championship game, 33–27, to win their first NAIA national title.[1]

Conference standings

1963 Evergreen Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Central Washington $	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Whitworth	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	1
Western Washington	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Puget Sound	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Eastern Washington	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Pacific Lutheran	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1963 Gateway Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Northwestern (WI) $	3	–	1	–	0	?	–	?	–	?
Milton	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	0
Lakeland	2	–	1	–	1	3	–	6	–	0
Illinois–Chicago	2	–	2	–	0	?	–	?	–	?
Eureka	0	–	4	–	0	0	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Lakeland and Milton split two head-to-head games, which counted as a tie for both teams in the conference standings.

1963 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Luther $	8	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Central (IA)	6	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Upper Iowa	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Simpson	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Dubuque	3	–	4	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Buena Vista	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Wartburg	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Iowa Wesleyan	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
William Penn	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1963 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
College of Emporia $^	9	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Ottawa	8	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Bethany (KS)	6	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Southwestern (KS)	5	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Baker	5	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Bethel (KS)	4	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
McPherson	3	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Kansas Wesleyan	3	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Sterling	2	–	7	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Friends	0	–	9	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant

1963 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Saint John's (MN) $^	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
Concordia (MN)	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Augsburg	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	1
Hamline	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Gustavus Adolphus	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
St. Thomas (MN)	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Minnesota–Duluth	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Macalester	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant

1963 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
William Jewell $	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	2	–	1
Missouri Valley	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Tarkio	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Graceland	1	–	3	–	0	1	–	7	–	0
Culver–Stockton	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Central Methodist	0	–	2	–	0	0	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1963 Nebraska College Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Kearney State $^	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Hastings	3	–	1	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Wayne State (NE)	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Doane	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Peru State	1	–	3	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Chadron State	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant

1963 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Valley City State $	5	–	0	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Mayville State	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Minot State	3	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Dickinson State	3	–	2	–	1	3	–	3	–	2
Wahpeton Science	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Jamestown	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	7	–	0
Ellendale	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1963 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Northeastern State $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
East Central	5	–	1	–	1	8	–	1	–	1
Panhandle A&M	4	–	2	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Central State (OK)	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
NW Oklahoma State	2	–	3	–	2	4	–	4	–	2
Langston	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
SE Oklahoma State	1	–	5	–	1	1	–	7	–	2
SW Oklahoma State	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1963 Oregon Collegiate Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Portland State $	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Southern Oregon	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Oregon Tech	2	–	2	–	0	2	–	4	–	0
Oregon College	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Eastern Oregon	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1963 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Northern State $	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Huron	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Black Hills	3	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Southern State	2	–	3	–	1	?	–	?	–	?
General Beadle	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Dakota Wesleyan	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
South Dakota Tech	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	5	–	1

$ – Conference champion

1963 Tri-State Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Midland $	5	–	0	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Concordia (NE)	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Westmar	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	2
Northwestern (IA)	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Dana	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Yankton	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Sioux Falls	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion

Semifinals December 7, 1963		Championship December 14, 1963 Camellia Bowl[2]


Prairie View A&M	20

Kearney State*	7
		Prairie View A&M	27

		Saint John's (MN)	33
College of Emporia	0

St John's (MN)*	54

"NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
"1963 NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 14, 2015.

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