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1991 NAIA Division I football season

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1991 NAIA Division I football season
Regular season	August–November 1991
Postseason	November 23–December 14, 1991
National Championship	McPherson Stadium Wilberforce, OH
Champions	Central Arkansas
← 1990 NAIA Division I football season 1992 →

The 1991 NAIA Division I football season was the 36th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 22nd season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1991 and culminated in the 1991 NAIA Champion Bowl playoffs and the 1991 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 14, 1991 at McPherson StadiuminWilberforce, Ohio, on the campus of Central State University.^[1]

The Central Arkansas Bears defeated the Central State Marauders, the defending national champions, in the Champion Bowl, 19–16, to win their third NAIA national title.^[2] It was the Bears' first non-shared national title.

Conference changes[edit]

This is the final season that the NAIA officially recognizes a football champion from the South Atlantic Conference.^[3] The SAC, and its eight members, would become an NCAA Division II conference by the 1993 season.

Conference standings[edit]

1991 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. T–7 Central Arkansas $^	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	2	–	2
No.12Harding	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
No.18Southern Arkansas	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Ouachita Baptist	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Henderson State	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	1
Arkansas–Monticello	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Arkansas Tech	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1991 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No.4Moorhead State $^	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No.9Southwest State (MN)	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Minnesota Duluth	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Northern State	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Bemidji State	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Minnesota Morris	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Winona State	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1991 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No.1Northeastern State $^	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No.14NW Oklahoma State	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No.15SW Oklahoma State	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
East Central	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
SE Oklahoma State	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Langston	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1991 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No.5Western State (CO) $^	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No.11Fort Hays State	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Colorado Mines	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Chadron State	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Mesa State	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
No.16Adams State	2	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Fort Lewis	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
New Mexico Highlands *	0	–	0	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant * – ineligible for conference title Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1991 South Atlantic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No.3Carson–Newman $^	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No.13Catawba	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
No.20Lenoir–Rhyne	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
No.17Wingate	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Elon	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Gardner–Webb	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Presbyterian	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Mars Hill	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1991 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No.6Shepherd $^	7	–	0	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No.10Concord	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No.19West Virginia State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
West Liberty State	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Glenville State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
West Virginia Wesleyan	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Fairmont State	1	–	5	–	1	1	–	8	–	1
West Virginia Tech	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant West Virginia Tech forfeited four victories, including two conference wins, over Fairmont State and West Virginia Wesleyan. Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1991 NAIA Division I independents football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No.2Central State (OH) ^		–		11	–	2	–	0
No. T–7 Iowa Wesleyan ^		–		10	–	2	–	0
Western New Mexico		–		4	–	4	–	0

^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

Rankings[edit]

Final NAIA Division I poll rankings:

Rank	Team (first place votes)	Record (thru Nov. 16)	Points
1	Northeastern State (8)	10–0	252
2	Central State (OH) (2)	9–1	246
3	Carson–Newman (3)	7–3	231
4	Moorhead State	8–1	219
5	Western State (CO)	9–1	207
6	Shepherd	8–2	187
T–7	Central Arkansas	6–2–2	175
T–7	Iowa Wesleyan	10–1	175
9	Southwest State (MN)	8–1	155
10	Concord	8–2	139
11	Fort Hays State	8–3	132
12	Harding	7–3–1	106
13	Catawba	7–3	104
14	Northwestern Oklahoma State	8–2	98
15	Southwestern Oklahoma State	6–3–1	68
16	Adams State	6–4	52
17	Wingate	6–4	48
18	Southern Arkansas	6–5	44
19	West Virginia State	6–4	31
20	Lenoir–Rhyne	6–5	28

^[4]

Conference champions[edit]

Conference	Champion	Record
Arkansas	Central Arkansas	5–0–1
NIC	Minnesota–Duluth	4–1
Oklahoma	Northeastern State	5–0
South Atlantic	Carson–Newman	—
WVIAC	Shepherd	7–0

Postseason[edit]

Quarterfinals November 23, 1991 Campus sites		Semifinals December 7, 1991 Campus sites		1991 Champion Bowl December 14, 1991 Wilberforce, OH

Iowa Wesleyan	14

Moorhead State*	47
		Moorhead State	18

		Central Arkansas*	38
Central Arkansas	30

Northeastern State*	14
				Central Arkansas	19

				Central State (OH)*	16
Carson–Newman	21

Western State (CO)*	38
		Western State (CO)	13

		Central State (OH)*	20
Shepherd	22

Central State (OH)*	34

References[edit]

^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.

^ "1991 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 25, 2015.

^ "NAIA Football Regular Season Records" (PDF). NAIA. p. 22. Retrieved December 11, 2021.

^ "NAIA Division I Poll". Independent Record. Helena, Montana. Associated Press. November 18, 1991. p. 2B. Retrieved May 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com

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