1984 NAIA Division II football season

The 1984 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1984 college football season in the United States and the 29th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 15th season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.

1984 NAIA Division II football season
Regular season	August–November 1984
Postseason	November–December 1984
National Championship	Maxwell Field McMinnville, OR
Champions	Linfield (2)

The season was played from August to November 1984 and culminated in the 1984 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at Maxwell Field on the campus of Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon.[1]

Linfield defeated Northwestern (IA), the defending national champions, in the championship game, 33–22, to win their second NAIA national title.

Conference standings

1984 Frontier Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Rocky Mountain $ 6 – 0 – 0     7 – 2 – 0 Western Montana 3 – 2 – 1     3 – 5 – 1 Carroll (MT) 2 – 3 – 1     3 – 5 – 1 Montana Tech 0 – 6 – 0     0 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1984 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Baker $^ 6 – 1 – 0     8 – 2 – 0 William Jewell 5 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 1 Missouri Valley 5 – 2 – 0     6 – 4 – 0 Graceland 5 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 1 MidAmerica Nazarene 3 – 4 – 0     5 – 5 – 0 Central Methodist 2 – 5 – 0     4 – 6 – 0 Culver–Stockton 1 – 6 – 0     0 – 2 – 8 Tarkio 1 – 6 – 0     0 – 2 – 8 $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant	1984 Hoosier–Buckeye Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Findlay $^ 6 – 0 – 0     6 – 4 – 0 Hanover ^ 4 – 1 – 1     8 – 2 – 1 Wilmington (OH) 4 – 1 – 1     6 – 2 – 1 Anderson (IN) 2 – 3 – 1     2 – 5 – 2 Manchester (IN) 2 – 4 – 0     2 – 6 – 0 Defiance 1 – 4 – 1     4 – 4 – 1 Bluffton 0 – 6 – 0     2 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1984 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Doane + 4 – 1 – 0     6 – 4 – 0 Hastings + 4 – 1 – 0     6 – 4 – 0 Nebraska Wesleyan 3 – 2 – 0     6 – 4 – 0 Concordia (NE) 2 – 3 – 0     5 – 5 – 0 Dana 1 – 4 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 Midland 1 – 4 – 0     3 – 7 – 0 + – Conference co-champions	1984 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Jamestown + 5 – 1 – 0     8 – 1 – 0 Valley City State + 5 – 1 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Minot State 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 2 – 1 Dickinson State 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 NDSCS–Wahpeton 2 – 4 – 0     ? – ? – ? Mayville State 1 – 5 – 0     4 – 5 – 0 Bismarck JC 0 – 6 – 0     1 – 7 – 0 + – Conference co-champions	1984 Northwest Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Linfield $^ 4 – 0 – 0     12 – 0 – 0 Pacific Lutheran 3 – 1 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 Lewis & Clark 1 – 3 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 Willamette 1 – 3 – 0     2 – 5 – 2 Pacific (OR) 1 – 3 – 0     2 – 6 – 1 $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1984 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Sioux Falls + 5 – 1 – 0     9 – 1 – 0 Black Hills State + 5 – 1 – 0     8 – 2 – 0 South Dakota Tech + 5 – 1 – 0     7 – 2 – 0 Yankton 2 – 4 – 0     4 – 5 – 0 Dakota State 2 – 4 – 0     2 – 6 – 0 Huron 1 – 5 – 0     2 – 8 – 0 Dakota Wesleyan 1 – 5 – 0     1 – 9 – 0 + – Conference co-champions	1984 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Austin $ 4 – 1 – 1     5 – 4 – 1 Tarleton State 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 McMurry 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 7 – 0 Sul Ross 1 – 4 – 1     3 – 5 – 1 $ – Conference champion

Conference champions

Conference	Champion	Record
Frontier	Rocky Mountain	6–0
Heart of America	Baker	6–1
Hoosier-Buckeye	Findlay	6–0
Kansas	Bethany	9–0
Nebraska	Doane Hastings	4–1
North Dakota	Jamestown Valley City State	5–1
Northwest	Linfield	4–0
South Dakota	Black Hills State Sioux Falls South Dakota Tech	5–1
Texas	Austin College	4–1–1
WSUC	Wisconsin–River Falls Wisconsin–Whitewater	7–1

Postseason

	Quarterfinals Campus sites					Semifinals Campus sites					Championship McMinnville, OR
		Saint Ambrose	0
		Linfield*	26
							Linfield*	55
							Hanover	14
		Hanover	18
		Findlay*	17
												Linfield*	33
												Northwestern (IA)	22
		Northwestern (IA)	19
		Baker	2
							Northwestern (IA)*	45
							Southwestern (KS)	23
		Bethel (KS)	14
		Southwestern (KS)* (OT)	17

See also

• 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season
• 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season
• 1984 NCAA Division II football season
• 1984 NCAA Division III football season

References

1. "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.