1994 NAIA Division I football season

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1994 NAIA Division I football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1994
PostseasonNovember 19–December 10, 1994
National Championship Pine Bluff, AR
Champions Northeastern State (2)

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.

Contents

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
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Arkansas Tech $^4–0–07–4–0
No. 14 Harding 3–1–05–4–1
Arkansas–Monticello 2–2–04–4–1
Ouachita Baptist 1–3–05–5–0
Southern Arkansas 0–4–01–7–1
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1994 Frontier Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Western Montana $^6–0–08–3–0
Montana Tech 4–2–05–5–0
Carroll (MT) 2–4–04–5–0
Rocky Mountain 0–6–00–10–0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1994 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Winona State $5–0–17–3–1
No. 5 Moorhead State ^4–1–17–3–1
Northern State 4–2–05–6–0
Southwest State (MN) 3–3–04–6–0
Minnesota Duluth 3–3–04–7–0
Bemidji State 1–5–01–8–0
Minnesota Morris 0–6–01–9–0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1994 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Northeastern State +^4–1–011–2–0
No. 4 Langston +^4–1–010–3–0
No. T–5 SE Oklahoma State +4–1–08–2–1
East Central 2–3–03–7–0
SW Oklahoma State 1–4–02–7–0
NW Oklahoma State 0–5–01–9–0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1994 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Glenville State +^5–1–08–3–0
No. 10 Shepherd +5–1–06–4–0
No. 11 West Liberty State 4–2–07–3–0
No. 12 West Virginia Wesleyan 4–2–07–3–0
Fairmont State 2–4–03–7–0
West Virginia Tech 1–5–01–9–0
Concord 0–6–01–9–0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1994 NAIA Division I independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW 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

ConferenceChampionRecord
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 State13
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

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.
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