1993 NAIA Division II football season

1993 NAIA Division II football season
1993 NAIA Division II football season
Regular season	August–November 1993
Postseason	November–December 1993
National Championship	Portland, OR
Champions	Pacific Lutheran (3)
	←1992 ; NAIA Division II football season ; 1994→;

Last updated February 20, 2024

The 1993 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1993 college football season in the United States and the 38th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 24th season of play of the NAIA division II for football.

The Pacific Lutheran Lutes, led by head coach Frosty Westering, defeated the Westminster Titans in the championship game, 50–20, to win their third NAIA national title. All-American's Marc Weekly, Chad Barnett, Jeff Douglass and Gavin Stanley led the number one ranked offense in the country to a 50-point performance. Pacific Lutheran's offense averaged over 40 points per game in 1993. PLU's 'Big Play' defense was led by linebackers Ted Riddall, Jon Rubey and Judd Benedick while Albert Jackson and Jason Thiel head up the defensive line. Pacific Lutheran began the season ranked number one in the country and finished the season on top in historic style.

Conference standings

1993 Columbia Football Association standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Mount Hood League
No. 12 Linfield x^	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Willamette	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Southern Oregon	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Eastern Oregon	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Lewis & Clark	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Western Oregon	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Mount Rainier League
No. 1 Pacific Lutheran x^	5	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Central Washington ^	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Western Washington	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Simon Fraser	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Whitworth	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Puget Sound	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	8	–	1

x – League champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

1993 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Baker +^	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
No. 8 Evangel +^	7	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Missouri Valley	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
No. 22 Benedictine (KS)	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Graceland	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
William Jewell	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Culver–Stockton	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
MidAmerica Nazarene	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Central Methodist	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

1993 Illini–Badger Football Conference standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Quincy $	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Greenville	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
MacMurray	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Concordia (WI)	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Eureka	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Lakeland	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
Concordia (IL)	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1993 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 15 Bethany (KS) $^	8	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Sterling	6	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Ottawa	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Tabor	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Southwestern (KS)	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Kansas Wesleyan	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Friends	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Bethel (KS)	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
McPherson	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

1993 Mid-South Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 17 Georgetown (KY) $^	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Lambuth	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Tusculum	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Union (KY)	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Cumberland (KY)	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Campbellsville	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

1993 Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Doane $^	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Hastings ^	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 24 Nebraska Wesleyan	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Midland	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Northwestern (IA)	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Dana	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
Concordia (NE)	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

1993 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 11 Minot State $^	5	–	0	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
No. 13 Mary ^	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Dickinson State	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Mayville State	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Jamestown	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Valley City State	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

1993 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 23 Black Hills State $	5	–	0	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
No. 25 Dakota State	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Dakota Wesleyan	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
South Dakota Tech	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Huron	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	7	–	1
Sioux Falls	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

1993 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 9 Hardin–Simmons $^	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
No. 18 McMurry	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Austin	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Howard Payne	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Midwestern State	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Sul Ross	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

1993 NAIA Division II independents football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 14 Cumberland (TN) ^		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 21 Trinity (IL)		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Tiffin ^		–		8	–	2	–	1
No. 4 Westminster (PA) ^		–		10	–	3	–	0
No. 6 Findlay ^		–		8	–	3	–	0
Clinch Valley		–		6	–	4	–	0
St. Ambrose		–		6	–	5	–	0
Geneva		–		4	–	5	–	0
Azusa Pacific		–		3	–	6	–	0
Peru State		–		3	–	7	–	0
Lindenwood		–		2	–	8	–	1
Oklahoma Panhandle State		–		1	–	8	–	1

^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

Conference champions

Conference	Champion	Record
Columbia	Mount Rainier League: Pacific Lutheran Mount Hood League: Linfield	5–0 4–1
Heart of America	Baker Evangel	7–1
Kansas	Bethany	8–0
Mid-South	Georgetown (KY)	4–1
Nebraska-Iowa	Doane	6–0
North Dakota	Minot State	5–0
South Dakota	Black Hills State	5–0
Texas	Hardin–Simmons	5–0

Postseason

First Round Campus sites			Quarterfinals Campus sites			Semifinals Campus sites			Championship Portland, OR

	Hastings	19

	Baker *	39
				Baker*	28

				Doane	21
	Bethany	10

	Doane *	17
							Baker	14

							Pacific Lutheran ‡	52
	Central Washington	28

	Linfield*	26
				Central Washington	17

				Pacific Lutheran ‡	35
	Cumberland (TN)	7

	Pacific Lutheran ‡	61
										Pacific Lutheran	50

										Westminster (PA)	20
	Mary*	31

	Minot State*	20
				Mary*	20

				Hardin–Simmons	30
	Evangel	21

	Hardin–Simmons *	49
							Hardin–Simmons	0

							Westminster (PA)*	10
	Westminster (PA)	20

	Georgetown (KY)*	13
				Westminster (PA)	24

				Findlay*	0
	Tiffin	14

	Findlay *	28

‡ Game played at Puyallup, Washington

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References

↑ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.

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[1] "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.

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