1982 NAIA Division I football season

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The 1982 NAIA Division I football season, as part of the 1982 college football season in the United States and the 27th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 13th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1982 and culminated in the 1982 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 18, 1982 at Wantland Stadium in Edmond, Oklahoma on the campus of Central State University (now Central Oklahoma).[1]

Central State (OK) defeated Mesa State in the Champion Bowl, 14–11, to win their second NAIA national title.[2]

Conference champions

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Conference Champion Record
Arkansas Intercollegiate Ouachita Baptist 6–0
Central States Pittsburg State
Kearney State
6–1
NIC Moorhead State (MN) 5–0–1
Oklahoma Northeastern State 4–0
RMAC Mesa (CO) 7–0–1
South Atlantic Carson–Newman 6–1
WVIAC Shepherd 7–1
WSUC Wisconsin–La Crosse 7–1

Postseason

Quarterfinals
December 4, 1982
Campus sites
Semifinals
December 11, 1982
Campus sites
1982 Champion Bowl
December 18, 1982
Edmond, OK
                 
Carson–Newman 12
Hillsdale* 20
Hillsdale 9
Mesa State* 18
Moorhead State 20
Mesa State* 43
Mesa State 11
Central State (OK) 14
Central State (OK) 61
Southern Colorado* 20
Central State (OK) 28
Northeastern State* 17
Ouachita Baptist 23
Northeastern State* 38

See also

References

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