1983 NAIA Division I football season
| 1983 NAIA Division I football season | |||
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| Regular season | August–November 1983 | ||
| Postseason | December 3–17, 1983 | ||
| National Championship | Ralph Stocker Stadium Grand Junction, CO | ||
| Champions | Carson–Newman | ||
NAIA Division I football season
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The 1983 NAIA Division I football season, as part of the 1983 college football season in the United States and the 28th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 14th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.
The season was played from August to November 1983 and culminated in the 1983 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 17, 1983 at Ralph Stocker Stadium in Grand Junction, Colorado on the campus of Mesa College (now Colorado Mesa).[1]
Carson–Newman defeated Mesa in the Champion Bowl, 36–28, to win their first NAIA national title.[2]
Conference champions
See also: List of NAIA football seasons
| Conference | Champion | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Intercollegiate | Central Arkansas | 6–0 |
| Central States | Washburn | 6–1 |
| Evergreen | Puget Sound | 6–1 |
| NIC | Winona State | 5–1 |
| Oklahoma | Northeastern State | 4–0 |
| RMAC | Mesa (CO) | 7–0–1 |
| South Atlantic | Carson–Newman | 6–1 |
| WVIAC | Shepherd | 8–0 |
Postseason
| Quarterfinals December 3, 1983 Campus sites | Semifinals December 10, 1983 Campus sites | 1983 Champion Bowl December 17, 1983 Grand Junction, CO | ||||||||||||
| Saginaw Valley State | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Central State (OK)* | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Saginaw Valley State | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Carson–Newman* | 41 | |||||||||||||
| Shepherd | 21 | |||||||||||||
| Carson–Newman* | 42 | |||||||||||||
| Carson–Newman | 36 | |||||||||||||
| Mesa* | 28 | |||||||||||||
| Northeastern State | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Central Arkansas* | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Central Arkansas | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Mesa* | 34 | |||||||||||||
| Eastern New Mexico | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Mesa* | 35 | |||||||||||||
See also
- 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season
- 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season
- 1983 NCAA Division II football season
- 1983 NCAA Division III football season
References
- ↑ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ↑ "1983 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
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