1984 NAIA Division II football season

The 1984 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1984 college football season in the United States and the 29th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 15th season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1984 and culminated in the 1984 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at Maxwell Field on the campus of Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon.[1]

Linfield defeated Northwestern (IA), the defending national champions, in the championship game, 33–22, to win their second NAIA national title.

Conference champions

Conference Champion Record
Frontier Rocky Mountain 6–0
Heart of America Baker 6–1
Hoosier-Buckeye Findlay 6–0
Kansas Bethany 9–0
Nebraska Doane
Hastings
4–1
North Dakota Jamestown
Valley City State
3–1
Northwest Linfield 4–0
South Dakota Black Hills State
Sioux Falls
South Dakota Tech
5–1
Texas Austin College 4–1–1
WSUC Wisconsin–River Falls
Wisconsin–Whitewater
7–1

Postseason

Quarterfinals
Campus sites
Semifinals
Campus sites
Championship
McMinnville, OR
         
  Saint Ambrose 0
  Linfield* 26
  Linfield* 55
  Hanover 14
  Hanover 18
  Findlay* 17
  Linfield* 33
  Northwestern (IA) 22
  Northwestern (IA) 19
  Baker 2
  Northwestern (IA)* 45
  Southwestern (KS) 23
  Bethel (KS) 14
  Southwestern (KS)* (OT) 17

See also

References

  1. "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
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