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Blinn wins fourth national championship in dramatic fashion 31-26 over Fort Scott Blinn College won the NJCAA national championship scoring on an 84-yard Chad Froechnicht punt return with 15 seconds left to defeat Fort Scott (KS) Community College 31-26. It was the Buccaneers’ fourth national title and the second under head coach Brad Franchione who is a native of Pittsburg, KS, which hosted the Citizens Bank Bowl.

The Blinn Buccaneers (4-0) stayed atop the NJCAA/JCFootball.com poll for the fourth consecutive week after a 31-21 win over Kilgore College. Blinn received five of the seven first place votes and 138 total poll points, just seven points ahead of arch rival No. 2 Navarro College.

The Blinn Buccaneers may want to play the Butler Grizzlies as their first opponent every year. For the second year in a row, Blinn upset the defending national champions and now the Bucs anxiously await the next NJCAA poll to see if they will assume the top spot just like last year. No. 1 Butler came to the Bucs’ home field and looked to have the game in hand early due to Blinn mistakes. But despite cramps and injuries, the Bucs came back in the fourth quarter to tie it and then go ahead by a touchdown with 1:39 left...