1989 NAIA Division II football season

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1989 NAIA Division II football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1989
PostseasonNovember–December 1989
National Championship Canton, OH
Champions Westminster (PA) (5)

The 1989 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1989 college football season in the United States and the 34th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 20th season of play of the NAIA Division II for football.

Contents

The season was played from August to November 1989 and culminated in the 1989 NAIA Division II Football National Championship , played at a neutral field in Canton, Ohio. [1]

In rematch of the previous year's final, the Westminster Titans repeated as national champion by defeating the Wisconsin–La Crosse Eagles, 51–30, to win their fifth NAIA national title.

Conference changes

Conference standings

1989 Columbia Football Association standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Mount Hood League
No. 19 Lewis & Clark x^ 5 –1 –07 –3 –0
Willamette 4 –1 –16 –2 –1
Southern Oregon 4 –1 –15 –3 –1
Oregon Tech 3 –2 –15 –3 –1
Pacific (OR) 2 –3 –13 –5 –1
Western Oregon 1 –5 –01 –7 –0
Eastern Oregon 0 –6 –00 –9 –0
Mount Rainier League
No. 2 Central Washington x^ 5 –0 –110 –1 –1
No. 17 Pacific Lutheran 4 –1 –16 –2 –1
No. 21 Western Washington 4 –2 –07 –2 –0
No. 25 Linfield 4 –2 –06 –3 –0
Simon Fraser 1 –5 –03 –6 –0
Whitworth 1 –5 –03 –6 –0
Puget Sound 1 –5 –01 –8 –0
  • x – League champion/co-champions
    ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1989 Frontier Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 15 Carroll (MT) $^ 6 –0 –09 –2 –0
Rocky Mountain 3 –3 –05 –5 –0
Western Montana 2 –4 –03 –4 –0
Montana Tech 1 –5 –03 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1989 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Missouri Valley $^ 7 –0 –010 –2 –0
No. 12 Baker ^ 6 –1 –010 –2 –0
Tarkio 4 –2 –14 –5 –1
William Jewell 4 –3 –05 –5 –0
Evangel 3 –4 –03 –6 –0
Graceland 2 –4 –14 –4 –1
Culver–Stockton 1 –6 –03 –7 –0
MidAmerica Nazarene 0 –7 –00 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1989 Illini–Badger–Hawkeye Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Greenville $ 6 –0 –07 –1 –1
No. 16 Concordia (WI) 5 –0 –08 –1 –0
Iowa Wesleyan 5 –1 –07 –4 –0
Eureka 4 –2 –04 –6 –0
Blackburn 3 –3 –03 –3 –0
MacMurray 1 –4 –03 –7 –0
Concordia (IL) 1 –4 –12 –6 –1
Lakeland 1 –5 –02 –7 –2
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1989 Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Hanover $^ 7 –0 –09 –1 –1
Taylor 5 –1 –17 –2 –1
DePauw 4 –1 –26 –2 –2
Franklin (IN) 5 –2 –06 –4 –0
Wabash 3 –4 –05 –4 –0
Rose–Hulman 3 –4 –05 –4 –1
Anderson (IN) 1 –6 –02 –8 –0
Manchester 0 –7 –00 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
    None of the conference members played a full round-robin; each had one or more games against non-conference opponents designated as "wild card" games that counted in the conference standings.
1989 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 St. Mary of the Plains $^ 9 –0 –010 –1 –0
No. 14 Bethany (KS) 8 –1 –08 –1 –0
Southwestern (KS) 7 –2 –07 –3 –0
Kansas Wesleyan 5 –4 –06 –4 –0
Bethel (KS) 4 –5 –05 –5 –0
McPherson 4 –5 –05 –5 –0
Ottawa 3 –6 –03 –7 –0
Friends 2 –7 –03 –7 –0
Sterling 2 –7 –02 –7 –0
Tabor 1 –8 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1989 Mid-South Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 Georgetown (KY) $^ 6 –0 –07 –3 –1
Cumberland (KY) 5 –1 –07 –3 –0
Union (KY) 3 –3 –04 –5 –1
Evansville 3 –3 –04 –6 –0
Campbellsville 2 –3 –12 –7 –1
Kentucky Wesleyan 1 –4 –13 –6 –1
Tennessee Wesleyan 0 –6 –00 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1989 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Nebraska Wesleyan $^ 5 –0 –010 –2 –0
Midland 3 –2 –05 –4 –0
Doane 3 –2 –05 –4 –1
Dana 2 –3 –06 –4 –0
Hastings 2 –3 –04 –6 –0
Concordia (NE) 0 –5 –01 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1989 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Dickinson State $^ 5 –0 –09 –2 –0
Valley City State 4 –1 –06 –3 –0
Minot State 3 –2 –04 –5 –0
Mary 2 –3 –04 –5 –0
Mayville State 1 –4 –04 –5 –0
Jamestown 0 –5 –01 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1989 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Sioux Falls + 4 –1 –07 –2 –1
Black Hills State + 4 –1 –04 –5 –0
Dakota Wesleyan + 4 –1 –05 –5 –0
Huron 2 –3 –04 –6 –0
South Dakota Tech 1 –4 –01 –8 –0
Dakota State 0 –5 –01 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1989 Tri-State Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Peru State $^ 3 –0 –08 –2 –0
Northwestern (IA) 2 –1 –06 –4 –1
Benedictine (KS) 1 –2 –06 –4 –0
Westmar 0 –3 –04 –6 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1989 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 20 Tarleton State +^ 8 –2 –09 –3 –0
No. 23 Howard Payne + 8 –2 –08 –3 –0
Austin 7 –3 –07 –3 –0
Sul Ross 3 –7 –03 –7 –0
McMurry 2 –8 –02 –8 –0
Midwestern State 2 –8 –02 –8 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1989 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Wisconsin–La Crosse $^ 7 –1 –012 –2 –0
No. 9 Wisconsin–Stevens Point ^ 6 –1 –18 –2 –1
No. 22 Wisconsin–River Falls 6 –2 –07 –3 –0
Wisconsin–Platteville 5 –2 –16 –2 –1
No. 24 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 5 –3 –07 –3 –0
Wisconsin–Whitewater 2 –5 –14 –5 –1
Wisconsin–Stout 2 –6 –03 –7 –0
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 1 –6 –13 –6 –1
Wisconsin–Superior 0 –8 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1989 NAIA Division II independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Westminster (PA) ^  – 13 –0 –0
No. 10 Chadron State ^  – 8 –2 –0
No. 13 St. Francis (IL)  – 8 –2 –0
Findlay  – 7 –3 –0
Bluffton  – 6 –3 –0
Geneva  – 6 –3 –0
Wilmington (OH)  – 5 –5 –0
Azusa Pacific  – 4 –5 –0
Waynesburg  – 4 –7 –0
St. Ambrose  – 3 –6 –0
Tiffin  – 2 –8 –0
Oklahoma Panhandle State  – 0 –10 –0
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

Conference champions

ConferenceChampionRecord
Columbia Mount Rainier League: Central Washington
Mount Hood League: Lewis & Clark 		5–0–1
5–1
Frontier Carroll (MT) 6–0
Heart of America Missouri Valley 7–0
Illini-Badger Greenville 8–1
Kansas St. Mary of the Plains 9–0
Mid-South Georgetown (KY) 6–0
Nebraska Nebraska Wesleyan 5–0
North Dakota Dickinson State 5–0
South Dakota Dakota Wesleyan
Sioux Falls 		4–1
WSUC Wisconsin–La Crosse 7–1

Rankings

Final NAIA Division II poll rankings:

RankTeam (first place votes)Record (thru Nov. 11)Points
1 Westminster (PA) (21)9–0525
2 Central Washington 8–0–1499
3 Missouri Valley 9–1470
4 Wisconsin–La Crosse 9–1457
5 St. Mary of the Plains 10–0426
6 Peru State 8–1402
7 Nebraska Wesleyan 9–1381
8 Dickinson State 8–1356
9 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 8–1–1351
10 Chadron State 8–1323
11 Hanover 9–0–1320
12 Baker 8–1287
13 St. Francis (IL) 8–2274
14 Bethany (KS) 8–1270
15 Carroll (MT) 9–1261
16 Concordia (WI) 8–1217
17 Pacific Lutheran 6–2–1149
18 Georgetown (KY) 7–2–1140
19 Lewis & Clark 7–2137
20 Tarleton State 8–2116
21 Western Washington 7–2107
22 Wisconsin–River Falls 7–387
23 Howard Payne 8–366
24 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 7–340
25 Linfield 6–333

[3]

Postseason

First Round
Campus sites		Quarterfinals
Campus sites		Semifinals
Campus sites		Championship
Canton, OH
            
  Georgetown (KY) 9
  Westminster (PA) * 29
 Westminster (PA)34
 Tarleton State* 0
  Tarleton State 16
  St. Mary of the Plains* 6
 Westminster (PA)21
 Central Washington ‡ 10
  Carroll (MT) 28
  Dickinson State * 37
 Dickinson State* 7
 Central Washington49
  Lewis & Clark 0
  Central Washington * 51
 Westminster (PA)51
 Wisconsin–La Crosse 30
  Baker 30
  Peru State* 27
 Baker35
 Missouri Valley* 28
  Hanover 27
  Missouri Valley * 48
 Baker* 6
 Wisconsin–La Crosse21
  Nebraska Wesleyan 46
  Chadron State* 43
 Nebraska Wesleyan* 0
 Wisconsin–La Crosse29
  Wisconsin–Stevens Point 20
  Wisconsin–La Crosse * 30

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