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1 Conference changes  




2 Conference standings  




3 Conference champions  




4 Postseason  




5 See also  




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(Redirected from 1978 NAIA Division II Football National Championship)

1978 NAIA Division II football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1978
PostseasonNovember–December 1978
National ChampionshipDonnell Stadium
Findlay, OH
ChampionsConcordia–Moorhead (2)
  • NAIA Division II football season
  • 1979→

    • The 1978 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1978 college football season in the United States and the 23rd season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the ninth season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.

    The season was played from August to November 1978 and culminated in the 1978 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at Donnell StadiuminFindlay, Ohio.[1]

    Concordia–Moorhead defeated Findlay in the championship game, 7–0, to win their second NAIA national title.

    Conference changes[edit]

    Conference standings[edit]

    1978 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
  • t
  • e
    		•  Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.11Elmhurst + 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
    Millikin + 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
    North Central (IL) 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
    Carroll (WI) 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
    Wheaton (IL) 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
    Augustana (IL) 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
    Illinois Wesleyan 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
    Carthage 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
    North Park 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
    • + – Conference co-champions
    Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
    1978 Frontier Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
    		•  Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.6Carroll (MT) $^ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
    Montana Tech 2 – 1 – 1 2 – 4 – 2
    Eastern Montana 2 – 1 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
    Rocky Mountain 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
    Western Montana 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
    • Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
    1978 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
    		•  Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.5Missouri Valley $^ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
    No.18Baker 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
    Ottawa 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
    Central Methodist 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
    William Jewell 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
    Graceland 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    Tarkio 0 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
    • Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
    1978 Hoosier–Buckeye Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
    		•  Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.2Findlay $^ 8 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
    Hanover 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
    Defiance 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Wilmington (OH) 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Anderson (IN) 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Manchester (IN) 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
    Bluffton 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    Taylor 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    Earlham 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
    • Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
    1978 Illini–Badger Football Conference standings
  • t
  • e
    		•  Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.19Milton $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
    Lakeland 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
    Northeastern Illinois 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
    Eureka 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
    Concordia (IL) 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
    1978 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
    		•  Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.8Bethany (KS) $^ 8 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
    Southwestern (KS) 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
    Friends 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    McPherson 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Tabor 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
    Sterling 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    St. Mary of the Plains 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
    Kansas Wesleyan 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
    Bethel (KS) 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
    • Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
    1978 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
    		•  Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.1Concordia–Moorhead * + 7 – 1 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
    St. Olaf +^ 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
    No.15Gustavus Adolphus 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
    No. T–20 Saint John's (MN) 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
    St. Thomas (MN) 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Hamline 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
    Augsburg 2 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
    Bethel (MN) 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
    Macalester 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
    • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
  • * – NAIA Division II playoff participant
    • Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
    1978 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
    		•  Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.13Hastings $ 4½ – ½ – 0 8 – 1 – 0
    Nebraska Wesleyan 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Concordia (NE) 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
    Doane 2½ – 2½ – 0 6 – 4 – 0
    Dana 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    Midland 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
  • Hastings and Doane played twice; each game counted as ½ of a game in the conference standings.
    • Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
    1978 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
    		•  Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.10Valley City State $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 1
    No.12Jamestown 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
    Dickinson State 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Minot State 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
    Wahpeton Science 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
    Mayville State 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
    Bismarck JC 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
    1978 Northwest Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
    		•  Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.3Linfield $^ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
    Pacific Lutheran 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
    Pacific (OR) 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Willamette 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    Whitworth 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    Lewis & Clark 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
    • Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
    1978 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
    		•  Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No. T–20 Dakota State $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
    South Dakota Tech 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
    Dakota Wesleyan 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
    Black Hills State 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
    Huron 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    South Dakota–Springfield 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
    Sioux Falls 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
    1978 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
    		•  Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Redlands $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
    Claremont-Mudd 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
    Whittier 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
    Occidental 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
    La Verne 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
    Pomona-Pitzer 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1978 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
  • t
  • e
    		•  Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.4Tarleton State $^ 7 – 0 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
    McMurry 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
    Trinity (TX) 2 – 4 – 2 4 – 4 – 2
    Austin 2 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
    Sul Ross 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
    • Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
    1978 Tri-State Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
    		•  Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.7Northwestern (IA) $^ 2 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
    Westmar 2 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
    Yankton 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 8 – 1
    • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
    • Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
    1978 NAIA Division II independents football records
  • t
  • e
    		•  Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.9Cal Lutheran   –   8 – 2 – 0
    Waynesburg   –   6 – 2 – 0
    No.16Chadron State   –   7 – 2 – 2
    No.14Westminster (PA)   –   6 – 2 – 1
    No.17Illinois College   –   6 – 2 – 1
    Peru State   –   5 – 3 – 2
    Simon Fraser   –   4 – 5 – 0
    Azusa Pacific   –   3 – 6 – 0
    Benedictine (KS)   –   3 – 6 – 0
    Texas Lutheran   –   3 – 6 – 0
    Geneva   –   3 – 7 – 0
    Oklahoma Panhandle State   –   2 – 7 – 0
    Iowa Wesleyan   –   0 – 9 – 0
    Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

    Conference champions[edit]

    Conference Champion Record
    Frontier Carroll (MT) 4–0
    Heart of America Missouri Valley 6–0
    Hoosier-Buckeye Findlay 8–0
    Illini-Badger Milton 4–0
    Kansas Bethany 8–0
    Minnesota Concordia–Moorhead
    St. Olaf     		7–1
    Nebraska Hastings 4–0–1
    North Dakota Valley City State 4–0
    Pacific Northwest Linfield 5–0
    South Dakota Dakota State 6–0
    SCIAC Redlands 5–0
    Texas Tarleton State 7–0–1

    Postseason[edit]

    Quarterfinals
    Campus sites     		Semifinals
    Campus sites     		Championship
    Findlay, OH
             
      Missouri Valley* 30
      Bethany (KS) 16
      Missouri Valley 9
      Findlay* 27
      Findlay* 13
      Tarleton State 6
      Findlay* 0
      Concordia–Moorhead 7
      Concordia–Moorhead* 49
      Northwestern (IA) 0
      Concordia–Moorhead 24
      Linfield* 23
      Linfield* 32
      Carroll (MT) 6

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  • ^ "NAIA Football Regular Season Records" (PDF). NAIA. p. 22. Retrieved December 11, 2021.

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