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| Year | Champion (Record) | Coach | Score | Runner-up | Attendance |
| 2007 | Wisc.-Whitewater (14-1) | Lance Leipold | 31-21 | Mount Union | 5,099 |
| 2006 | Mount Union (15-0) | Larry Kehres | 35-16 | Wisc.-Whitewater | 6,051 |
| 2005 | Mount Union (14-1) | Larry Kehres | 35-28 | Wisc.-Whitewater | 4,619 |
| 2004 | Linfield College (13-0) | Jay Locey | 28-21 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 3,240 |
| 2003 | St. John's (Minn.) (14-0) | John Gagliardi | 24-6 | Mount Union | 5,073 |
| 2002 | Mount Union (15-0) | Larry Kehres | 48-7 | Trinity (TX) | 4,389 |
| 2001 | Mount Union (14-0) | Larry Kehres | 30-27 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 7,992 |
| 2000 | Mount Union (14-0) | Larry Kehres | 10-7 | St. John's (Minn.) | N/A |
| 1999 | Pacific Lutheran (13-1) | Frosty Westering | 42-13 | Rowan | N/A |
| 1998 | Mount Union (14-0) | Larry Kehres | 44-24 | Rowan | 5,145 |
| 1997 | Mount Union (14-0) | Larry Kehres | 61-12 | Lycoming | 5,777 |
| 1996 | Mount Union (14-0) | Larry Kehres | 56-24 | Rowan | 5,048 |
| 1995 | Wis.-La Crosse (14-0) | Roger Harring | 36-7 | Rowan | 4,905 |
| 1994 | Albion (13-0) | Pete Schmidt | 38-15 | Wash. & Jeff. | 7,168 |
| 1993 | Mount Union (14-0) | Larry Kehres | 34-24 | Rowan | 7,304 |
| 1992 | Wis.-La Crosse (12-0-1) | Roger Harring | 16-12 | Wash. & Jeff. | 5,329 |
| 1991 | Ithaca (12-1) | Jim Butterfield | 34-20 | Dayton | 5,469 |
| 1990 | Allegheny (13-0-1) | Ken O'Keefe | 21-14 (ot) | Lycoming | 4,800 |
| 1989 | Dayton (13-0-1) | Mike Kelly | 17-7 | Union (N.Y.) | 3,500 |
| 1988 | Ithaca (13-1) | Jim Butterfield | 39-24 | Central (Iowa) | 4,000 |
| 1987 | Wagner (13-1) | Walt Hameline | 19-3 | Dayton | 4,000 |
| 1986 | Augustana (Ill.) (12-0-1) | Bob Reade | 31-3 | Salisbury St. | 2,000 |
| 1985 | Augustana (Ill.) (13-0) | Bob Reade | 20-7 | Ithaca | 1,879 |
| 1984 | Augustana (Ill.) (12-0) | Bob Reade | 21-12 | Central (Iowa) | 2,300 |
| 1983 | Augustana (Ill.) (12-0) | Bob Reade | 21-17 | Union (N.Y.) | 3,800 |
| 1982 | West Ga. (12-0) | Bobby Pate | 14-0 | Augustana (Ill.) | 9,000 |
| 1981 | Widener (13-0) | Bill Manlove | 17-10 | Dayton | 6,100 |
| 1980 | Dayton (14-0) | Rick Carter | 63-0 | Ithaca | 8,701 |
| 1979 | Ithaca (11-2) | Jim Butterfield | 14-10 | Wittenberg | 6,500 |
| 1978 | Baldwin-Wallace (11-0-1) | Lee Tressel | 24-10 | Wittenberg | 7,500 |
| 1977 | Widener (11-1) | Bill Manlove | 39-36 | Wabash | 7,852 |
| 1976 | St. John's (Minn.) (10-0-1) | John Gagliardi | 31-28 | Towson St. | 7,214 |
| 1975 | Wittenberg (12-1) | Dave Maurer | 28-0 | Ithaca | 6,000 |
| 1974 | Central (Iowa) (11-0) | Ron Schipper | 10-8 | ||
| 1973 | Wittenberg (12-0) | Dave Maurer | 41-0 | Juniata |
