1957 NAIA football season

1957 Evergreen Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1957 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – NAIA playoff participant;

1957 NAIA football season
Regular season	August–December 1957
Postseason	December 21, 1957
National Championship	Stewart Field; St. Petersburg, FL
Champion	Pittsburg State

The 1957 NAIA football season, as part of the 1957 college football season in the United States, was the second season of college football sponsored by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

The season was played from August to December 1957, culminating in the second annual NAIA Football National Championship, played this year at Stewart Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. During its four years in St. Petersburg, the game was also called the Holiday Bowl.

Pittsburg State defeated Hillsdale in the championship game, 27–26, to win their first NAIA national title.[1]

Conference standings

1957 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Luther $	7	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Upper Iowa	6	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Parsons	5	–	2	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Simpson	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Wartburg	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Buena Vista	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Central (IA)	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Dubuque	1	–	5	–	2	1	–	5	–	2
Iowa Wesleyan	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1957 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Hillsdale $^	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Hope	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Albion	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Alma	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	2
Kalamazoo	2	–	3	–	1	2	–	5	–	1
Adrian	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Olivet	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant

1957 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Kansas Wesleyan $	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Baker	5	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
McPherson	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Bethel (KS)	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Ottawa	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
College of Emporia	2	–	4	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Friends	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Bethany (KS)	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1957 Nebraska College Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Hastings $	7	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Peru State	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Doane	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Kearney State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Nebraska Wesleyan	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Chadron State	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Midland	1	–	5	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Wayne State (NE)	0	–	6	–	1	1	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion Kearney State forfeited conference wins over Peru State and Doane.

Postseason

1957 Holiday Bowl

	Championship December 21, 1957 Holiday Bowl[2]


	Pittsburg State		27

	Hillsdale		26

References

"NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
"1957 NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 8, 2015.

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[1] "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.

[2] "1957 NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 8, 2015.