The 1982 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1982, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 11, 1982, at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium in McAllen, Texas. During the game's five-year stretch in McAllen, the "City of Palms", it was referred to as the Palm Bowl.
Southwest Texas State defeated UC Davis in the championship game, 34–9, to win their second overall and second consecutive Division II national title.[1]
* – South Dakota and South Dakota State split two head-to-head games, which counted as a tie for each team in the conference standings. † – ineligible for the conference title
Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll
Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll
Conference summaries[]
See also: List of NCAA Division II football seasons
Conference Champions
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Virginia Union
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Hillsdale
Gulf South Conference – Jacksonville State
Lone Star Conference – Southwest Texas State
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Northeast Missouri State
North Central Conference – North Dakota State Northern California Athletic Conference – UC Davis
Northern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota State–Moorhead
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – East Stroudsburg
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Colorado Mesa
South Atlantic Conference – Carson-Newman
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Fort Valley State
Postseason[]
1982 NCAA Division II Football Championship
Teams
8
Finals Site
Veterans Stadium
McAllen, TX
Champion
Southwest Texas State
(2nd title, 2nd title game)
Runner-up
UC Davis
(1st title game)
Semifinalists
Jacksonville State
North Dakota State
Winning coach
Jim Wacker
2nd championship
The 1982 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the 10th single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football. The championship game was held at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium in McAllen, Texas, for the second time.
Playoff bracket[]
First round Campus sites
Semifinals Campus sites
Championship McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium McAllen, TX