1995 NAIA Division I football season

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1995 NAIA Division I football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1995
PostseasonNovember 18–December 2, 1995
National Championship Doc Wadley Stadium
Tahlequah, OK
Champions Central State (OH) (3)

The 1995 NAIA Division I football season was the 40th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 26th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.

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The season was played from August to November 1995 and culminated in the 1995 NAIA Champion Bowl playoffs and the 1995 NAIA Champion Bowl , played this year on December 2, 1995 at Doc Wadley Stadium in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, on the campus of Northeastern State University. [1]

The Central State Marauders defeated the Northeastern State Redmen in the Champion Bowl, 37–7, to win their third NAIA national title. [2] It was the RiverHawks' second consecutive loss in the championship game and the Marauders' third title in six seasons.

Conference changes and new programs

Conference changes

Team1994 conference1995 conference
Arkansas–Monticello Arkansas (NAIA) Gulf South (NCAA Division II)
Arkansas Tech Arkansas (NAIA) Gulf South (NCAA Division II)
Harding Arkansas (NAIA) Lone Star (NCAA Division II)
Ouachita Baptist Arkansas (NAIA) Lone Star (NCAA Division II)
Southern Arkansas Arkansas (NAIA) Gulf South (NCAA Division II)

Conference standings

1995 Frontier Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Western Montana $^ 6 –0 –07 –3 –0
No. 7 Carroll (MT) 4 –2 –05 –4 –0
Montana Tech 2 –4 –02 –7 –0
Rocky Mountain 0 –6 –00 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1995 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Northeastern State $^ 4 –1 –07 –5 –0
No. 5 SE Oklahoma State 3 –2 –07 –4 –0
No. 8 NW Oklahoma State 3 –2 –05 –5 –0
No. 9 SW Oklahoma State 2 –3 –05 –5 –0
No. T–10 Langston 2 –3 –04 –6 –0
No. T–10 East Central 1 –4 –04 –7 –0
Panhandle State * 0 –0 –01 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
    * – ineligible for conference title
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1995 NAIA Division I independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Central State (OH) ^  – 10 –1 –0
No. 3 Arkansas–Pine Bluff ^  – 6 –4 –0
No. 6 Westmar  – 6 –4 –0
Harding  – 4 –6 –0
Ouachita Baptist  – 2 –7 –0
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

Conference champions

ConferenceChampionRecord
Frontier Montana Western 6–0
Oklahoma Northeastern State 4–1

Postseason

Semifinals
November 18, 1995
Campus sites		1995 Champion Bowl
December 2, 1995
Tahlequah, OK
      
  Central State (OH) * 49
  Montana Western 21
 Central State (OH)37
 Northeastern State* 7
  Northeastern State 17
  Arkansas–Pine Bluff* 14

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References

  1. ↑ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ "1995 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ "NAIA Football Regular Season Records" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 20–23. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
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