1983 NAIA Division I football season

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1983 NAIA Division I football season
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
«1982 1984»

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

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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

References

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