1994 NAIA Division I football season

1994 NAIA Division I football season
Regular season	August–November 1994
Postseason	November 19–December 10, 1994
National Championship	Pine Bluff, AR
Champions	Northeastern State (2)
← 1993 NAIA Division I football season 1995 →

The 1994 NAIA Division I football season was the 39th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 25th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1994 and culminated in the 1994 NAIA Champion Bowl playoffs and the 1994 NAIA Champion Bowl , played this year on December 10, 1994 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on the campus of the University of Arkansas–Pine Bluff. ^[1]

Northeastern State defeated Arkansas–Pine Bluff in the Champion Bowl, 13–12, to win their second NAIA national title and first since 1958. ^[2]

Conference standings

1994 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T No. 8 Arkansas Tech $^ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 4 – 0 No. 14 Harding 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 1 Arkansas–Monticello 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1 Ouachita Baptist 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Southern Arkansas 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 1 + – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll	1994 Frontier Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T No. 7 Western Montana $^ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0 Montana Tech 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Carroll (MT) 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Rocky Mountain 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 10 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll	1994 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Winona State $ 5 – 0 – 1 7 – 3 – 1 No. 5 Moorhead State ^ 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 3 – 1 Northern State 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 6 – 0 Southwest State (MN) 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Minnesota Duluth 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 7 – 0 Bemidji State 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0 Minnesota Morris 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1994 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T No. 3 Northeastern State +^ 4 – 1 – 0 11 – 2 – 0 No. 4 Langston +^ 4 – 1 – 0 10 – 3 – 0 No. T–5 SE Oklahoma State + 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 1 East Central 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 SW Oklahoma State 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 NW Oklahoma State 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 9 – 0 + – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll	1994 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T No. 2 Glenville State +^ 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0 No. 10 Shepherd + 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 No. 11 West Liberty State 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 No. 12 West Virginia Wesleyan 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 Fairmont State 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 West Virginia Tech 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 9 – 0 Concord 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0 + – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll	1994 NAIA Division I independents football records v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T No. 1 Central State (OH) ^   –   8 – 2 – 0 No. 13 Iowa Wesleyan   –   8 – 3 – 0 No. 9 Arkansas–Pine Bluff ^   –   9 – 4 – 0 No. 15 Western New Mexico   –   4 – 4 – 0 Westmar   –   4 – 5 – 0 ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

Conference champions

Conference	Champion	Record
Frontier	Montana Western	6–0
Oklahoma	Northeastern State Langston	4–1

Postseason

	Quarterfinals November 19, 1994 Campus sites					Semifinals December 3, 1994 Campus sites					1994 Champion Bowl December 10, 1994 Pine Bluff, AR
		Langston	56
		Arkansas Tech*	42
							Langston	0
							Northeastern State*	3
		Moorhead State	7
		Northeastern State *	14
												Northeastern State	13
												Arkansas–Pine Bluff*	12
		Glenville State	38
		Montana Western *	48
							Montana Western	53
							Arkansas–Pine Bluff* (OT)	60
		Central State (OH)	14
		Arkansas–Pine Bluff *	21

See also

• 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season
• 1994 NCAA Division I-AA football season
• 1994 NCAA Division II football season
• 1994 NCAA Division III football season

References

1. "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
2. "1994 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 26, 2015.