1986 NAIA Division I football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1986
PostseasonDecember 6–20, 1986
National ChampionshipBurke–Tarr Stadium
Jefferson City, TN
ChampionsCarson–Newman (3)

The 1986 NAIA Division I football season was the 31st season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 17th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1986 and culminated in the 1986 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 20, 1986 at Burke–Tarr Stadium in Jefferson City, Tennessee, on the campus of Carson–Newman College.[1]

Carson–Newman defeated Cameron in the Champion Bowl, 17–0, to win their third NAIA national title.[2]

Conference standings

1986 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Central Arkansas $^ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 20 Arkansas–Monticello 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Arkansas Tech 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Ouachita Baptist 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Harding 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Henderson State 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Southern Arkansas 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Arkansas–Pine Bluff 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1986 Central States Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Pittsburg State $^ 7 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 6 Emporia State 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 8 Washburn ^ 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Kearney State 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Fort Hays State 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Missouri Western 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Missouri Southern 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Wayne State (NE) 0 – 7 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1986 Columbia Football League standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northern Division
No. 5 Pacific Lutheran x^ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
No. 19 Central Washington 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Puget Sound 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
No. 18 Simon Fraser 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Whitworth 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Western Washington 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Eastern Oregon 0 – 5 – 1 0 – 8 – 1
Southern Division
No. 1 Linfield x^ 6 – 0 – 0 12 – 0 – 0
No. 13 Western Oregon 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Oregon Tech 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Southern Oregon 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Willamette 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Pacific (OR) 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Lewis & Clark 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll for Central Washington, Simon Fraser, and Western Oregon and NAIA Division II poll for Pacific Lutheran and Linfield
1986 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Hillsdale $^ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Grand Valley State 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Saginaw Valley State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Ferris State 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Northwood 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Wayne State (MI) 0 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll for Hillsdale and NCAA Division II Football Committee poll for Grand Valley State
1986 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Minnesota Morris $ 5 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 2
No. 17 Northern State 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Bemidji State 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Winona State 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 7 – 1
Moorhead State 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Southwest State (MN) 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Minnesota Duluth 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Minnesota Duluth forfeited 8 wins and 2 ties including 4 conference wins—over Northern State, Winona State; Moorhead State, and Southwest State—and 2 conference ties—with Minnesota Morris and Bemidji State.
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1986 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 East Central + 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
No. 16 NW Oklahoma State + 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
No. 14 SE Oklahoma State 2 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Northeastern State 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
SW Oklahoma State 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1986 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Mesa $^ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 1
New Mexico Highlands 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Fort Lewis 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Western State (CO) 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Adams State 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Colorado Mines 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Western New Mexico 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1986 South Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Carson–Newman $^ 6 – 1 – 0 12 – 1 – 0
No. 12 Elon 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 15 Mars Hill 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 1
Gardner–Webb 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Catawba 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Presbyterian 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Newberry 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Lenoir–Rhyne 1 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1986 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Shepherd $^ 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Fairmont State 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
West Virginia Tech 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Salem 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Concord 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
West Liberty State 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Glenville State 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
West Virginia State 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1986 NAIA Division I independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Cameron ^   –   11 – 2 – 1
Guilford   –   6 – 4 – 0
Wofford   –   4 – 6 – 1
West Virginia Wesleyan   –   4 – 6 – 0
Central State (OK)   –   3 – 5 – 1
Langston   –   2 – 7 – 0
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

Conference champions

Conference Champion Record
Arkansas Intercollegiate Central Arkansas 7–0
Central States Pittsburg State 7–0
NIC Minnesota–Morris 5–0–1
Oklahoma East Central State
Northwestern Oklahoma State 		3–1
RMAC Mesa 6–0
South Atlantic Carson–Newman 6–1
WVIAC Shepherd 7–0

Postseason

Quarterfinals
December 6, 1986
Campus sites 		Semifinals
December 13, 1986
Campus sites 		1986 Champion Bowl
December 20, 1986
Jefferson City, TN
         
Washburn 24
Pittsburg State* 58
Pittsburg State 6
Cameron* 17
Central Arkansas 34
Cameron* (OT) 35
Cameron 0
Carson–Newman* 17
Hillsdale 27
Mesa* 17
Hillsdale 16
Carson–Newman* (OT) 19
Shepherd 10
Carson–Newman* 30

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  2. ^ "1985 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
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