1986 NAIA Division II football season

1986 NAIA Division II football season
Regular season August–November 1986
Postseason November–December 1986
National Championship Maxwell Field
McMinnville, OR
Champions Linfield (3)
NAIA Division II football season
«1985 1987»

The 1986 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1986 college football season in the United States and the 31st season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 17th season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1986 and culminated in the 1986 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at Maxwell Field on the campus of Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon.[1]

Linfield defeated Baker in the championship game, 17–0, to win their third NAIA national title.

Conference champions

Conference Champion Record
Columbia Mount Rainier Division: Pacific Lutheran
Mount Hood Division: Linfield		 6–0
6–0
Frontier Carroll (MT) 6–0
Heart of America Baker 6–0
Illini-Badger Lakeland 5–0
Kansas Bethany 8–1
Nebraska Nebraska Wesleyan 5–0
North Dakota Dickinson State 4–0
South Dakota Huron (SD) 5–0
Texas Tarleton State 6–0
WSUC Wisconsin–La Crosse
Wisconsin–River Falls
Wisconsin–Stevens Point		 7–1

Postseason

Quarterfinals
Campus sites 		Semifinals
Campus sites 		Championship
McMinnville, OR
         
  Wisconsin–La Crosse 35
  Hanover* 33
  Wisconsin–La Crosse* 14
  Baker 16
  Huron (SD) 20
  Baker* 49
  Baker 0
  Linfield* 17
  Carroll (MT) 21
  Dickinson State* 16
  Carroll (MT) 7
  Linfield* 53
  Linfield (OT) 27
  Pacific Lutheran* 21

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
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