1987 NAIA Division II football season

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1987 NAIA Division II football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1987
PostseasonNovember–December 1987
National Championship Tacoma Dome
Tacoma, WA
Champions Pacific Lutheran (2)
Wisconsin–Stevens Point (forfeited)

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 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), was the 18th season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.

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The season was played from August to November 1987 and culminated in the 1987 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at the Tacoma Dome 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 Wisconsin–Stevens Point's first. However, the Pointers later forfeited their shared of title after it was discovered they had been used two ineligible players during the season. [2]

Conference realignment

Conference changes

Conference standings

1987 Columbia Football League standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Northern Division
No. 8 Central Washington * x 5 1 07 3 0
No. 6 Pacific Lutheran ^ 4 1 111 1 1
No. 17 Puget Sound 4 2 06 3 0
Simon Fraser 4 2 04 6 0
Western Washington 2 3 14 3 2
Whitworth 1 5 03 6 0
Lewis & Clark 0 6 00 9 0
Southern Division
Oregon Tech x 5 1 05 4 0
No. 15 Southern Oregon * 4 2 07 4 0
Linfield 4 2 05 4 0
Pacific (OR) 3 2 14 3 2
Western Oregon 3 3 05 4 0
Willamette 1 4 13 5 1
Eastern Oregon 0 6 01 8 0
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * – NAIA Division I playoff participant
    ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll for Central Washington, Puget Sound, and Southern Oregon and NAIA Division II poll for Pacific Lutheran
1987 Frontier Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Carroll (MT) $^ 5 0 08 2 0
Montana Tech 2 3 04 5 0
Rocky Mountain 0 4 02 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1987 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Baker $^ 6 0 09 2 0
No. 21 Missouri Valley 4 1 16 3 1
William Jewell 3 3 05 5 0
Tarkio 2 2 22 6 2
Culver–Stockton 1 3 23 5 2
Graceland 1 4 12 6 1
MidAmerica Nazarene 1 5 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1987 Illini–Badger Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Concordia (IL) $ 5 0 07 2 0
Concordia (WI) 4 1 06 3 0
Lakeland 3 2 06 3 0
Northeastern Illinois 2 3 02 7 0
Eureka 1 4 02 8 0
Principia 0 5 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
1987 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Bethany (KS) +^ 8 1 08 2 0
No. 17 Southwestern (KS) +^ 8 1 08 2 0
Kansas Wesleyan 7 2 07 3 0
Sterling 6 3 06 4 0
Friends 5 4 06 4 0
St. Mary of the Plains 3 6 04 6 0
Bethel (KS) 3 6 03 6 0
Ottawa 3 6 03 7 0
McPherson 1 8 01 8 0
Tabor 1 8 01 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1987 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 16 Midland $^ 4 1 07 3 0
No. 14 Dana ^ 3 2 08 3 0
Nebraska Wesleyan 3 2 06 4 0
Doane 2 3 05 5 0
Hastings 2 3 04 5 0
Concordia (NE) 1 4 06 4 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1987 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Dickinson State $^ 5 0 09 1 0
No. 19 Valley City State 4 1 06 3 0
Minot State 3 2 06 3 0
Jamestown 2 3 05 4 0
NDSCS–Wahpeton 1 4 04 4 0
Mayville State 0 5 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1987 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Dakota Wesleyan + 4 1 06 4 0
Black Hills State + 4 1 04 5 0
Huron 3 2 05 4 0
South Dakota Tech 2 3 03 6 0
Sioux Falls 2 3 03 7 0
Dakota State 0 5 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
1987 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Tarleton State $^ 6 0 09 3 0
Sul Ross 2 2 25 2 2
McMurry 1 3 23 5 2
Austin 0 4 22 5 3
Howard Payne 0 0 05 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1987 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Wisconsin–Whitewater + 6 2 08 2 1
No. 25 Wisconsin–River Falls + 6 2 07 3 0
No. 24 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 5 3 06 4 0
Wisconsin–La Crosse 5 3 06 4 0
Wisconsin–Stout 5 3 06 5 0
Wisconsin–Platteville 4 4 06 5 0
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 3 5 06 5 0
Wisconsin–Superior 2 6 03 7 0
No. 4 Wisconsin–Stevens Point ^ 0 8 00 15 0
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
    Wisconsin–Stevens Point finished the season with an overall record of 12–2–1 and a conference mark of 7–1, winning the WSUC title and advancing to the NAIA Division II Football National Championship playoffs, where they tied Pacific Lutheran in the title game, sharing the NAIA Division II title. In May 1988, Stevens Point forfeited its 12 wins, the one tie, and the conference and NAIA titles because of the use of two ineligible players.
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1987 NAIA Division II independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 St. Ambrose ^   11 0 1
No. 15 Geneva ^   11 2 0
No. 12 Westmar ^   9 2 0
No. 7 Westminster (PA) ^   9 2 0
No. 10 Bluffton ^   8 2 0
No. 13 St. Francis (IL) ^   8 3 0
Findlay   5 4 0
Waynesburg   5 4 0
Wilmington (OH)   5 4 0
Evangel   5 4 1
Peru State   5 5 0
Benedictine (KS)   4 7 0
Iowa Wesleyan   4 7 0
Northwestern (IA)   3 7 0
Oklahoma Panhandle State   2 7 0
Franklin (IN)   2 8 0
Azusa Pacific   2 8 0
Texas Lutheran   2 8 0
Chadron State   1 8 0
Tiffin   1 9 0
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

Conference champions

ConferenceChampionRecord
Columbia Mount Rainier Division: Central Washington
Mount Hood Division: Oregon Tech
5–1
5–1
Frontier Carroll (MT) 8–2
Heart of America Baker 6–0
Illini–Badger Concordia (IL) 5–0
Kansas Bethany
Southwestern (KS)
8–1
Mid-South Georgetown (KY) 8–3
Nebraska Midland 4–1
North Dakota Dickinson State 5–0
South Dakota Black Hills State 4–1
Texas Tarleton State 6–0
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
Geneva16
Bluffton 13
Geneva * 16
Geneva 25
Wisconsin–Stevens Point* 48
Westmar 24
Wisconsin–Stevens Point * 50
Wisconsin–Stevens Point30
Saint Ambrose* 14
Saint Ambrose 21
St. Francis (IL)* 3
Wisconsin–Stevens Point16
Pacific Lutheran* 16
Bethany 26
Tarleton State * 38
Tarleton State* 12
Baker13
Dana 35
Baker ‡‡ 37
Baker 14
Pacific Lutheran* (OT) 17
Dickinson State 21
Carroll (MT) * (OT) 28
Carroll (MT)* 26
Pacific Lutheran36
Midland 21
Pacific Lutheran * 40

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References

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