The 2006 NAIA football season was the component of the 2006 college football season organized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in the United States. The season's playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, culminated with the championship game on December 16, at Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tennessee. The Sioux Falls Cougars defeated the Saint Francis Cougars, 23–19 in the title game to win the program's second NAIA championship.
Conference standings[]
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| 2006 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings
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Overall
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| Team |
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L |
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W |
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L |
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| No. 1 Sioux Falls $^
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10
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0
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14
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0
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| No. 6 Northwestern (IA) ^
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9
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1
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11
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2
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| No. 8 Morningside ^
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8
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2
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9
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3
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| No. 23 Nebraska Wesleyan
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7
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3
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7
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3
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| Dana
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5
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5
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6
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5
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| Briar Cliff
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4
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6
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5
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6
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| Dakota Wesleyan
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4
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6
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4
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6
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| Hastings
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4
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6
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4
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6
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| Concordia (NE)
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2
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8
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2
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8
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| Midland Lutheran
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1
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9
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2
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9
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| Doane
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1
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9
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1
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9
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- $ – Conference champion
- ^ – NAIA playoff participant
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| 2006 Mid-South Conference football standings
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Conf |
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Overall
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W |
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L |
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L |
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| East Division
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| No. 10 Georgetown (KY) x^
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5
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0
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9
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2
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| No. 24 Virginia–Wise
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3
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2
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8
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3
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| Cumberlands (KY)
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3
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2
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6
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4
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| Pikeville
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2
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3
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4
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6
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| Union (KY)
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1
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4
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2
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8
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| West Virginia Tech
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1
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4
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1
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10
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| West Division
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| No. 7 Bethel (TN) x^†
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5
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0
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10
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3
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| Belhaven
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4
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1
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6
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5
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| Shorter
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3
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2
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6
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5
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| Lambuth
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1
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4
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4
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7
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| Cumberland (TN)
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1
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4
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3
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7
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| Campbellsville
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1
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4
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2
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8
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- x – Division champion/co-champions
- ^ – NAIA playoff participant
† – Bethel forfeited all ten wins, including games against seven Mid-South teams.
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| 2006 Mid-States Football Association standings
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Conf |
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Overall
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W |
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| Mideast League
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| No. 2 St. Francis (IN) x^
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6
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0
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13
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1
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| No. 16 Walsh ^
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4
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2
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9
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3
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| No. 17 Ohio Dominican
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4
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2
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7
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3
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| No. 19 Malone
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4
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2
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7
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4
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| Geneva
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2
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4
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4
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5
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| Urbana
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1
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5
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5
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6
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| Taylor
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0
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6
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1
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9
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| Midwest League
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| No. 9 St. Ambrose x^
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8
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0
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10
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1
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| No. 4 Saint Xavier ^
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7
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1
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10
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3
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| McKendree
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5
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3
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5
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4
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| William Penn
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5
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3
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5
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6
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| Quincy
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4
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4
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6
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5
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| Olivet Nazarene
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3
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5
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4
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7
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| Trinity International
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3
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5
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4
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7
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| St. Francis (IL)
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1
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7
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1
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9
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| Iowa Wesleyan
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0
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8
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1
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9
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- x – League champion/co-champions
^ – NAIA playoff participant
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Postseason[]
Rankings[]
References[]
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| Seasons | |
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| Championships | | | Division I |
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
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| Division II |
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
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| Records & statistics | |
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