1998 NAIA football season
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| 1998 NAIA football season | |||
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| Regular season | August–November 1998 | ||
| Postseason | November 21–December 19, 1998 | ||
| National Championship | Jim Carroll Stadium Savannah, TN |
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| Champions | Azusa Pacific | ||
NAIA football season
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The 1998 NAIA football season, as part of the 1998 college football season in the United States, was the 43rd season of college football sponsored by the NAIA.
The season was played from August to November 1998, culminating in the 1998 NAIA Football National Championship, played this year on December 19, 1998 at Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tennessee.[1]
Azusa Pacific defeated Olivet Nazarene in the championship game, 17–14, to win their first NAIA national title.[2]
Jack Williams, running back from Azusa Pacific, was named the 1998 NAIA Football Player of the Year.
Conference champions
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| Conference | Champion | Record |
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| Frontier | Rocky Mountain | 6–0 |
| Heart of America | Benedictine | 8–1 |
| Kansas | Southwestern (KS) | 7–1 |
| Mid-South | Georgetown (KY) North Greenville |
6–1 |
| Mid-States | Mideast Division: Malone Midwest Division: Taylor |
5–1 6–0 |
| Nebraska-Iowa | Hastings | 6–0 |
| North Dakota | Jamestown Mary |
5–1 |
| South Dakota-Iowa | Sioux Falls | 5–0 |
Postseason
| First Round November 21 1998 Campus sites |
Quarterfinals November 21, 1998 Campus sites |
Semifinals December 5, 1998 Campus sites |
Championship December 19, 1998 Savannah, TN |
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| Benedictine (KS)* | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tri-State | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tri-State | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown (KY)* | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown (KY)* | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Malone | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tri-State | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Olivet Nazarene ‡ | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hastings* | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Olivet Nazarene | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Olivet Nazarene | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sioux Falls* | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sioux Falls* | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mary | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Olivet Nazarene | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Azusa Pacific | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern (KS)* | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lindenwood | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern (KS) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huron* | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jamestown* | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huron | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huron | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Azusa Pacific* | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rocky Mountain* | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Central Washington | 41† | ||||||||||||||||||
| Central Washington | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Azusa Pacific* | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Azusa Pacific* | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taylor | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
- † demarcates Overtime
- ‡ Game played at Kankakee, Illinois
See also
- 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season
- 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season
- 1998 NCAA Division II football season
- 1998 NCAA Division III football season
