1999 NAIA football season

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1999 NAIA football season
National Championship Jim Carroll Stadium
Savannah, TN
December 18, 1999
Champion Northwestern Oklahoma State
Player of the Year Eddie Eviston (quarterback, Georgetown (KY))

The 1999 NAIA football season was the component of the 1999 college football season organized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in the United States. The season's playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, culminated with the championship game on December 18, at Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tennessee. The Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers defeated the Georgetown Tigers, 34–26, in the title game to win the program's first NAIA championship. [1] [2]

Contents

Conference and membership changes

Conference changes

Conference standings

1999 Columbia Football Association standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Western Washington $  4 –0   8 –3  
Western Oregon  3 –1   5 –5  
Central Washington  2 –2   4 –5  
Simon Fraser  1 –3   4 –6  
Humboldt State  0 –4   3 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
1999 Frontier Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 Rocky Mountain $^  7 –1   9 –3  
Montana Tech  6 –2   7 –4  
Carroll (MT)  5 –3   5 –6  
MSU Northern  1 –7   3 –8  
Western Montana  1 –7   1 –8  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
1999 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 9 Missouri Valley $^  8 –1   9 –3  
No. 20 Evangel  7 –2   7 –2  
No. 22 MidAmerica Nazarene  6 –3   7 –4  
Baker  6 –3   6 –4  
William Jewell  5 –4   5 –4  
Lindenwood  5 –4   5 –5  
Benedictine (KS)  4 –5   5 –5  
Graceland  3 –6   4 –6  
Culver–Stockton  1 –8   1 –9  
Central Methodist  0 –9   0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
1999 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 13 Bethany (KS) +^  7 –1   8 –2  
No. 17 Southwestern (KS) +  7 –1   8 –3  
McPherson  5 –3   7 –3  
Ottawa  5 –3   6 –3  
Sterling  4 –4   5 –5  
Friends  4 –4   4 –6  
Bethel (KS)  2 –6   3 –7  
Kansas Wesleyan  2 –6   2 –7  
Tabor  0 –8   0 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
1999 Mid-South Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Georgetown (KY) $^  7 –0   13 –1  
No. 14 Lambuth ^  6 –1   8 –4  
North Greenville  5 –2   5 –6  
Belhaven  4 –3   7 –4  
Campbellsville  2 –5   2 –8  
Cumberland (KY)  2 –5   3 –8  
Cumberland (TN)  2 –5   2 –8  
Union (KY)  0 –7   0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
1999 Mid-States Football Association standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Mideast League
No. 12 Saint Francis (IN) x^  6 –0   8 –3  
No. 19 Geneva  5 –1   8 –3  
No. 24 Walsh  4 –2   7 –3  
Tri-State  3 –3   6 –4  
Tiffin  2 –4   5 –6  
Malone  1 –5   4 –6  
Urbana  0 –6   1 –10  
Midwest League
No. 5 Taylor x^  5 –1   10 –2  
No. 6 McKendree x^  5 –1   9 –2  
No. 25 Olivet Nazarene x  5 –1   6 –4  
Saint Xavier  3 –3   4 –6  
St. Ambrose  2 –4   4 –6  
Iowa Wesleyan  1 –5   1 –9  
Trinity International  0 –6   1 –9  
St. Francis (IL)  0 –0   3 –7  
  • x – League champion/co-champions
    ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
1999 Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 Hastings $^  6 –0   11 –1  
No. 15 Doane ^  4 –2   7 –3  
Concordia (NE)  3 –3   5 –4  
Northwestern (IA)  3 –3   5 –4  
Dana  2 –4   4 –6  
Midland  2 –4   4 –6  
Nebraska Wesleyan  1 –5   4 –6  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
1999 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Mary $^  5 –0   11 –2  
No. 23 Valley City State  3 –2   7 –2  
No. 8 Dickinson State ^  3 –2   7 –3  
Minot State  3 –2   4 –4  
Mayville State  1 –4   2 –7  
Jamestown  0 –5   1 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
1999 NAIA independents football records
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 NW Oklahoma State ^  –  13 –0  
No. 7 Azusa Pacific ^  –  9 –3  
Southern Oregon  –  7 –2  
Virginia–Wise  –  6 –3  
Peru State  –  3 –7  
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant

Postseason

Rankings

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