1987 NAIA Division II football season

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1987 NAIA Division II football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1987
PostseasonNovember–December 1987
National ChampionshipTacoma Dome
Tacoma, WA
ChampionsPacific Lutheran (2)
Wisconsin–Stevens Point (forfeited)

The 1987 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1987 college football season in the United States and the 32nd season of college football sponsored by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), was the 18th season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1987 and culminated in the 1987 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at the Tacoma Dome near the campus of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington.[1] Pacific Lutheran and Wisconsin–Stevens Point played to a tie, 16–16, and were declared co-national champions. It was Pacific Lutheran's second NAIA national title and Wisconsin–Stevens Point's first. However, the Pointers later forfeited their shared of title after it was discovered they had been used two ineligible players during the season.[2]

Conference realignment[]

Conference changes[]

Conference standings[]

1987 Columbia Football League standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northern Division
Central Washington * x 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Pacific Lutheran ^ 4 – 1 – 1 11 – 1 – 1
Puget Sound 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Simon Fraser 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Western Washington 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Whitworth 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Lewis & Clark 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
Southern Division
Oregon Tech x 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Southern Oregon * 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Linfield 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Pacific (OR) 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Western Oregon 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Willamette 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Eastern Oregon 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – NAIA Division I playoff participant
    ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1987 Frontier Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Carroll (MT) $^ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Montana Tech 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Rocky Mountain 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1987 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Baker $^ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Missouri Valley 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
William Jewell 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Tarkio 2 – 2 – 2 2 – 6 – 2
Culver–Stockton 1 – 3 – 2 3 – 5 – 2
Graceland 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
MidAmerica Nazarene 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1987 Illini–Badger Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Concordia (IL) $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Concordia (WI) 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Lakeland 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Northeastern Illinois 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Eureka 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Principia 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1987 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bethany (KS) +^ 8 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Southwestern (KS) +^ 8 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Kansas Wesleyan 7 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Sterling 6 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Friends 5 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
St. Mary of the Plains 3 – 6 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Bethel (KS) 3 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Ottawa 3 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
McPherson 1 – 8 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Tabor 1 – 8 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1987 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Midland $^ 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Dana ^ 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Nebraska Wesleyan 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Doane 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Hastings 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Concordia (NE) 1 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1987 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dickinson State $^ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Valley City State 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Minot State 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Jamestown 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
NDSCS–Wahpeton 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Mayville State 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1987 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dakota Wesleyan + 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Black Hills State + 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Huron 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
South Dakota Tech 2 – 3 – 0 3 ��� 6 – 0
Sioux Falls 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Dakota State 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1987 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tarleton State $^ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Sul Ross 2 – 2 – 2 5 – 2 – 2
McMurry 1 – 3 – 2 3 – 5 – 2
Austin 0 – 4 – 2 2 – 5 – 3
Howard Payne 0 – 0 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1987 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wisconsin–Whitewater + 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 1
Wisconsin–River Falls + 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin–La Crosse 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin–Stout 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Wisconsin–Platteville 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 3 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Wisconsin–Superior 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Wisconsin–Stevens Point ^ 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 15 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
    Wisconsin–Stevens Point finished the season with an overall record of 12–2–1 and a conference mark of 7–1, winning the WSUC title and advancing to the NAIA Division II Football National Championship playoffs, where they tied Pacific Lutheran in the title game, sharing the NAIA Division II title. In May 1988, Stevens Point forfeited its 12 wins, the one tie, and the conference and NAIA titles because of the use of two ineligible players.
1987 NAIA Division II independents football records
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
St. Ambrose ^   –   11 – 0 – 1
Westminster (PA) ^   –   9 – 2 – 0
Findlay   –   5 – 4 – 0
Wilmington (OH)   –   5 – 4 – 0
Evangel   –   5 – 4 – 1
Peru State   –   5 – 5 – 0
Benedictine (KS)   –   4 – 7 – 0
Northwestern (IA)   –   3 – 7 – 0
Oklahoma Panhandle State   –   2 – 7 – 0
Texas Lutheran   –   2 – 8 – 0
Tiffin   –   1 – 9 – 0
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant

Conference champions[]

Conference Champion Record
Columbia Mount Rainier Division: Central Washington
Mount Hood Division: Oregon Tech 		5–1
5–1
Frontier Carroll (MT) 8–2
Heart of America Baker 6–0
Illini–Badger Concordia (IL) 5–0
Kansas Bethany
Southwestern (KS) 		8–1
Mid-South Georgetown (KY) 8–3
Nebraska Midland 4–1
North Dakota Dickinson State 5–0
South Dakota Black Hills State 4–1
Texas Tarleton State 6–0
Tri-State Westmar 9–2
WSUC Wisconsin–River Falls
Wisconsin–Whitewater 		6–2

Postseason[]

First Round
Campus sites 		Quarterfinals
Campus sites 		Semifinals
Campus sites 		Championship
Tacoma, WA
            
  Westminster (PA) 24
  Georgetown (KY) ‡ 17
  Westminster (PA)* 15
  Geneva 16
  Bluffton 13
  Geneva* 16
  Geneva 25
  Wisconsin–Stevens Point* 48
  Westmar 24
  Wisconsin–Stevens Point* 50
  Wisconsin–Stevens Point 30
  Saint Ambrose* 14
  Saint Ambrose 21
  St. Francis (IL)* 3
  Wisconsin–Stevens Point 16
  Pacific Lutheran* 16
  Bethany 26
  Tarleton State* 38
  Tarleton State* 12
  Baker 13
  Dana 35
  Baker ‡‡ 37
  Baker 14
  Pacific Lutheran* (OT) 17
  Dickinson State 21
  Carroll (MT)* (OT) 28
  Carroll (MT)* 26
  Pacific Lutheran 36
  Midland 21
  Pacific Lutheran* 40

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  2. ^ "Surprise: Lutes are champs after all". The News Tribune. Tacoma, Washington. May 10, 1988. p. C1. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. ^ "NAIA Football Regular Season Records" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 20–23. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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