1992 NAIA Division I football season | |
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Regular season | August–November 1992 |
Postseason | November 21–December 12, 1992 |
National Championship | Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC |
Champions | Central State (OH) (2) |
The 1992 NAIA Division I football season was the 37th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 23rd season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.
The season was played from August to November 1992 and culminated in the 1992 NAIA Champion Bowl playoffs and the 1992 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 12, 1992 at Ernest W. Spangler Stadium in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, on the campus of Gardner–Webb College.[1]
The Central State (OH) defeated the Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs in the Champion Bowl, 19–16, to win their second NAIA national title.[2] It was the Marauders' third consecutive appearance in the Champion Bowl, going 1–1 in the previous two.
Conference standings
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Conference champions
Conference | Champion | Record |
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AIC | Central Arkansas | 6–0 |
Northern Sun | Northern State (SD) | 5–1 |
Oklahoma | East Central Southwestern Oklahoma State |
4–1 |
WVIAC | Shepherd | 7–0 |
Rankings
Final NAIA Division I poll rankings:
Rank | Team (first place votes) | Record (thru Nov. 15) | Points |
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1 | Central State (OH) (8) | 9–1 | 216 |
2 | Central Arkansas (2) | 8–1–1 | 210 |
3 | Gardner–Webb | 10-1 | 198 |
4 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 8–1 | 185 |
5 | Carson–Newman | 8–2 | 166 |
6 | Shepherd | 7–3 | 156 |
T–7 | Concord (1) | 7–2–1 | 144 |
T–7 | Harding | 7–3 | 144 |
9 | Elon | 7–3 | 140 |
10 | East Central | 6–3 | 131 |
11 | Northeastern State | 5–2–2 | 114 |
12 | Southeastern Oklahoma State | 6–4 | 89 |
13 | Southwest State (MN) | 6–3–1 | 79 |
14 | Northern State | 6–5 | 74 |
15 | Glenville State | 6–4 | 69 |
16 | Arkansas–Monticello | 6–4 | 63 |
17 | West Virginia State | 6–4 | 58 |
18 | Lenoir–Rhyne | 5–5 | 32 |
19 | Western New Mexico | 4–5 | 22 |
20 | St. Francis (IL) | 4–5 | 13 |
Postseason
Quarterfinals November 21, 1992 Campus sites | Semifinals December 5, 1992 Campus sites | 1992 Champion Bowl December 12, 1992 Boiling Springs, NC | ||||||||||||
Central Arkansas | 14 | |||||||||||||
SW Oklahoma State* | 2 | |||||||||||||
Central Arkansas | 23 | |||||||||||||
Central State (OH)* | 30 | |||||||||||||
Central State (OH) | 34 | |||||||||||||
Harding* | 0 | |||||||||||||
Central State (OH) | 19 | |||||||||||||
Gardner–Webb* | 16 | |||||||||||||
Shepherd | 6 | |||||||||||||
Carson–Newman* | 3 | |||||||||||||
Shepherd | 7 | |||||||||||||
Gardner–Webb* | 22 | |||||||||||||
Concord | 21 | |||||||||||||
Gardner–Webb* | 28 |
See also
- 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season
- 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season
- 1992 NCAA Division II football season
- 1992 NCAA Division III football season
References
- ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
- ^ "1992 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
- ^ "NAIA Division I Poll". Argus Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. November 17, 1992. p. 2C. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .