1987 NAIA Division II football season
| 1987 NAIA Division II football season | |||
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| Regular season | August–November 1987 | ||
| Postseason | November–December 1987 | ||
| National Championship | Lincoln Bowl Tacoma, WA | ||
| Champions | Pacific Lutheran (2) Wisconsin–Stevens Point (Vacated) |
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NAIA Division II football season
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The 1987 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1987 college football season in the United States and the 32nd season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 18th season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.
The season was played from August to November 1987 and culminated in the 1987 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at the Lincoln Bowl near the campus of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington.[1]
Pacific Lutheran and Wisconsin–Stevens Point played to a tie, 16–16, and were declared co-national champions. It was Pacific Lutheran's second NAIA national title and UWSP's first. However, the Pointers were later forced to vacate their title after it was discovered they had been using an ineligible player.
Conference champions
| Conference | Champion | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia | Mount Rainier Division: Central Washington Mount Hood Division: Oregon Tech |
5–1 6–0 |
| Frontier | Carroll (MT) | 8–2 |
| Heart of America | Baker | 6–0 |
| Illini-Badger | Concordia–Wisconsin Lakeland |
6–3 |
| Kansas | Bethany Southwestern (KS) |
8–1 |
| Mid-South | Georgetown (KY) | 8–3 |
| Nebraska | Midland Lutheran | 4–1 |
| North Dakota | Dickinson State | 4–0 |
| South Dakota | Black Hills State | 4–1 |
| Texas | Tarleton State | 6–0 |
| Tri-State | Westmar | 9–2 |
| WSUC | Wisconsin–River Falls Wisconsin–Whitewater |
6–2 |
Postseason
| First Round Campus sites | Quarterfinals Campus sites | Semifinals Campus sites | Championship Tacoma, WA | ||||||||||||||||
| Westminster (PA) | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown (KY) ‡ | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Westminster (PA)* | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Geneva | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bluffton | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Geneva* | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Geneva | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point* | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Westmar | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point* | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Ambrose* | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Ambrose | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Francis (IL)* | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific Lutheran* | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bethany | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tarleton State* | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tarleton State* | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Baker | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dana | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Baker ‡‡ | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Baker | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific Lutheran* (OT) | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dickinson State | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carroll (MT)* (OT) | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carroll (MT)* | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific Lutheran | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Midland Lutheran | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific Lutheran* | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||
- ‡ Game played at Lexington, Kentucky
- ‡‡ Game played at Lawrence, Kansas
See also
- 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season
- 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season
- 1987 NCAA Division II football season
- 1987 NCAA Division III football season
References
- ↑ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Retrieved December 5, 2015.