1994 NAIA Division I football season

American college football season

1994 NAIA Division I football season
Regular season	August–November 1994
Postseason	November 19–December 10, 1994
National Championship	Pine Bluff, AR
Champions	Northeastern State (2)
← 1993 NAIA Division I football season 1995 →

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.

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

[edit ]

1994 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Arkansas Tech $^	4	–	0	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
No. 14 Harding	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
Arkansas–Monticello	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Ouachita Baptist	1	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Southern Arkansas	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	7	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1994 Frontier Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Western Montana $^	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Montana Tech	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Carroll (MT)	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Rocky Mountain	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1994 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Winona State $	5	–	0	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
No. 5 Moorhead State ^	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Northern State	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Southwest State (MN)	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Minnesota Duluth	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Bemidji State	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Minnesota Morris	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1994 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Northeastern State +^	4	–	1	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
No. 4 Langston +^	4	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
No. T–5 SE Oklahoma State +	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	1
East Central	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
SW Oklahoma State	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
NW Oklahoma State	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1994 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Glenville State +^	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 10 Shepherd +	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
No. 11 West Liberty State	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
No. 12 West Virginia Wesleyan	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Fairmont State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
West Virginia Tech	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
Concord	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1994 NAIA Division I independents football records
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		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

[edit ]

Conference	Champion	Record
Frontier	Montana Western	6–0
Oklahoma	Northeastern State Langston	4–1

Postseason

[edit ]

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 State 13

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

References

[edit ]

^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
^ "1994 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 26, 2015.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1994_NAIA_Division_I_football_season&oldid=1226474223#Postseason"

Conference standings

Conference champions

Postseason

See also

References