1989 NAIA Division II football season

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1989 NAIA Division II football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1989
PostseasonNovember–December 1989
National ChampionshipCanton, OH
ChampionsWestminster (PA) (5)

The 1989 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1989 college football season in the United States and the 34th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 20th season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1989 and culminated in the 1989 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at a neutral field in Canton, Ohio.[1]

In rematch of the previous year's final, Westminster (PA) repeated as national champion by defeating Wisconsin–La Crosse, 51–30, to win their fifth NAIA national title.

Conference changes[]

Conference standings[]

1989 Columbia Football Association standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Mount Hood League
Lewis & Clark x^ 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Willamette 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Southern Oregon 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Oregon Tech 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Pacific (OR) 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Western Oregon 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Eastern Oregon 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
Mount Rainer League
Central Washington x^ 5 – 0 – 1 10 – 1 – 1
Pacific Lutheran 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Western Washington 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Linfield 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Simon Fraser 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Whitworth 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Puget Sound 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • x – League champion/co-champions
    ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1989 Frontier Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Carroll (MT) $^ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Rocky Mountain 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Western Montana 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Montana Tech 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1989 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Missouri Valley $^ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Baker ^ 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Tarkio 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
William Jewell 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Evangel 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Graceland 2 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Culver–Stockton 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
MidAmerica Nazarene 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1989 Illini–Badger–Hawkeye Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Greenville $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
Concordia (WI) 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Iowa Wesleyan 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Eureka 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Blackburn 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
MacMurray 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Concordia (IL) 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Lakeland 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion
1989 Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hanover $^ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
Taylor 5 – 1 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
DePauw 4 – 1 – 2 6 – 2 – 2
Franklin (IN) 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wabash 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Rose–Hulman 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Anderson (IN) 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Manchester 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
    None of the conference members played a full round-robin; each had one or more games against non-conference opponents designated as "wild card" games that counted in the conference standings.
1989 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
St. Mary of the Plains $^ 9 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Bethany (KS) 8 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Southwestern (KS) 7 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Kansas Wesleyan 5 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Bethel (KS) 4 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
McPherson 4 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Ottawa 3 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Friends 2 – 7 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Sterling 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Tabor 1 – 8 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1989 Mid-South Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgetown (KY) $^ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 1
Cumberland (KY) 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Union (KY) 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Evansville 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Campbellsville 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Kentucky Wesleyan 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Tennessee Wesleyan 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1989 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Nebraska Wesleyan $^ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Midland 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Doane 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Dana 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Hastings 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Concordia (NE) 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1989 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dickinson State $^ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Valley City State 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Minot State 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Mary 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Mayville State 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Jamestown 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1989 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Sioux Falls + 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Black Hills State + 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Dakota Wesleyan + 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Huron 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
South Dakota Tech 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Dakota State 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1989 Tri-State Athletic Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Peru State $^ 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Northwestern (IA) 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 1
Benedictine (KS) 1 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Westmar 0 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1989 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tarleton State +^ 8 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Howard Payne + 8 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Austin 7 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Sul Ross 3 – 7 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
McMurry 2 – 8 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Midwestern State 2 – 8 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1989 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wisconsin–La Crosse $^ 7 – 1 – 0 12 – 2 – 0
Wisconsin–Stevens Point ^ 6 – 1 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
Wisconsin–River Falls 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Wisconsin–Platteville 5 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Wisconsin–Whitewater 2 – 5 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Wisconsin–Stout 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 1 – 6 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Wisconsin–Superior 0 – 8 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1989 NAIA Division II independents football records
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Westminster (PA) ^   –   13 – 0 – 0
Findlay   –   7 – 3 – 0
Wilmington (OH)   –   5 – 5 – 0
St. Ambrose   –   3 – 6 – 0
Tiffin   –   2 – 8 – 0
Oklahoma Panhandle State   –   0 – 10 – 0
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant

Conference champions[]

Conference Champion Record
Columbia Mount Rainier League: Central Washington
Mount Hood League: Lewis & Clark 		5–0–1
5–1
Frontier Carroll (MT) 6–0
Heart of America Missouri Valley 7–0
Illini-Badger Greenville 8–1
Kansas St. Mary of the Plains 9–0
Mid-South Georgetown (KY) 6–0
Nebraska Nebraska Wesleyan 5–0
North Dakota Dickinson State 5–0
South Dakota Dakota Wesleyan
Sioux Falls 		4–1
WSUC Wisconsin–La Crosse 7–1

Postseason[]

First Round
Campus sites 		Quarterfinals
Campus sites 		Semifinals
Campus sites 		Championship
Canton, OH
            
  Georgetown (KY) 9
  Westminster (PA)* 29
  Westminster (PA) 34
  Tarleton State* 0
  Tarleton State 16
  St. Mary of the Plains* 6
  Westminster (PA) 21
  Central Washington ‡ 10
  Carroll (MT) 28
  Dickinson State* 37
  Dickinson State* 7
  Central Washington 49
  Lewis & Clark 0
  Central Washington* 51
  Westminster (PA) 51
  Wisconsin–La Crosse 30
  Baker 30
  Peru State* 27
  Baker 35
  Missouri Valley* 28
  Hanover 27
  Missouri Valley* 48
  Baker* 6
  Wisconsin–La Crosse 21
  Nebraska Wesleyan 46
  Chadron State* 43
  Nebraska Wesleyan* 0
  Wisconsin–La Crosse 29
  Wisconsin–Stevens Point 20
  Wisconsin–La Crosse* 30

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. ^ "NAIA Football Regular Season Records" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 20–23. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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