1988 NAIA Division II football season

The 1988 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1988 college football season in the United States and the 33rd season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 19th season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.

1988 NAIA Division II football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1988
PostseasonNovember–December 1988
National ChampionshipMemorial Stadium
New Wilmington, PA
ChampionsWestminster (PA) (4)

The season was played from August to November 1988 and culminated in the 1988 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at the Memorial Stadium on the campus of Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.[1]

Westminster (PA) defeated Wisconsin–La Crosse in the championship game, 21–14, to win their fourth NAIA national title.

Conference standings
1988 Columbia Football Association standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Mount Hood League
Oregon Tech x^ 6 –0 –0  9 –3 –0
Linfield 4 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Southern Oregon 3 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Pacific (OR) 3 –3 –0  3 –5 –1
Western Oregon 3 –3 –0  3 –6 –0
Willamette 2 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Eastern Oregon 0 –6 –0  0 –9 –0
Mount Rainer League
Central Washington x^ 6 –0 –0  9 –1 –0
Pacific Lutheran ^ 5 –1 –0  7 –3 –0
Puget Sound 4 –2 –0  4 –5 –0
Western Washington 3 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Whitworth 1 –5 –0  3 –5 –1
Simon Fraser 1 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Lewis & Clark 1 –5 –0  2 –7 –0
  • x – League champion/co-champions
    ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1988 Frontier Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Carroll (MT) $^ 6 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
Montana Tech 4 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Rocky Mountain 1 –5 –0  3 –8 –0
Western Montana 1 –5 –0  1 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1988 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Baker $^ 7 –0 –0  9 –1 –0
Missouri Valley 5 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Tarkio 5 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Graceland 4 –3 –0  7 –3 –0
William Jewell 4 –3 –0  5 –4 –1
MidAmerica Nazarene 2 –5 –0  4 –6 –0
Culver–Stockton 1 –6 –0  2 –8 –0
Evangel * ^ 0 –7 –0  0 –12 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
    Evangel finished the 1988 season with an 11–1 record and a 7–0 mark in HAAC play. In March 1989, they forfeited all 11 wins and their conference title because they had used two ineligible players.
1988 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Bethany (KS) $^ 9 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
McPherson 6 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Southwestern (KS) 6 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
St. Mary of the Plains 5 –4 –0  6 –4 –0
Kansas Wesleyan 5 –4 –0  5 –4 –0
Bethel (KS) 5 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
Ottawa 5 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
Friends 2 –7 –0  2 –8 –0
Sterling 1 –8 –0  1 –9 –0
Tabor 1 –8 –0  1 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1988 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Nebraska Wesleyan $^ 5 –0 –0  7 –3 –0
Dana 3 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Doane 3 –2 –0  4 –5 –0
Midland 3 –2 –0  4 –6 –0
Concordia (NE) 1 –4 –0  3 –6 –0
Hastings 0 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1988 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Valley City State $^ 6 –0 –0  7 –3 –0
Dickinson State 5 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
Minot State 4 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Jamestown 3 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
Mayville State 1 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
NDSCS–Wahpeton 1 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
Mary 1 –5 –0  2 –7 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1988 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Sioux Falls $^ 5 –0 –0  9 –1 –1
Huron 3 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Black Hills State 3 –2 –0  3 –6 –0
Dakota Wesleyan 3 –2 –0  3 –7 –0
South Dakota Tech 1 –4 –0  1 –8 –0
Dakota State 0 –5 –0  1 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1988 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Austin $^ 9 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
Tarleton State 7 –3 –0  7 –3 –0
Sul Ross 5 –5 –0  5 –5 –0
Midwestern State 4 –6 –0  4 –6 –0
Howard Payne 4 –6 –0  4 –7 –0
McMurry 1 –9 –0  1 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1988 Tri-State Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Northwestern (IA) $^ 3 –0 –0  12 –1 –0
Benedictine (KS) 2 –1 –0  7 –3 –0
Westmar 1 –2 –0  4 –5 –0
Peru State 0 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant

Conference champions
Conference Champion Record
Columbia Mount Rainier League: Central Washington
Mount Hood League: Oregon Tech		 6–0
6–0
Frontier Carroll (MT) 6–0
Heart of America Evangel 7–0
Illini-Badger Concordia–Wisconsin 8–1
Kansas Bethany 9–0
Mid-South Cumberland (KY) 5–0
Nebraska Nebraska Wesleyan 5–0
North Dakota Valley City State 6–0
South Dakota Sioux Falls 5–0
Tri-State Northwestern (IA) 3–0
WSUC Wisconsin–Whitewater 7–1

Postseason
First Round
Campus sites 		Quarterfinals
Campus sites 		Semifinals
Campus sites 		Championship
New Wilmington, PA
            
  Pacific Lutheran 35
  Oregon Tech* 56
  Oregon Tech 70
  Carroll (MT)* 35
  Central Washington 7
  Carroll (MT)* 28
  Oregon Tech* 24
  Wisconsin–La Crosse 37
  Sioux Falls 9
  Northwestern (IA)* 14
  Northwestern (IA)* 33
  Wisconsin–La Crosse 45
  Valley City State 6
  Wisconsin–La Crosse* 31
  Wisconsin–La Crosse 14
  Westminster (PA)* 21
  Nebraska Wesleyan 14
  Evangel* 45
  Evangel* 22
  Bethany 10
  Baker 19
  Bethany* 21
  Evangel 9
  Westminster (PA)* 26
  Bluffton 30
  Cumberland (KY)* 14
  Bluffton 7
  Westminster (PA)* 40
  Austin 12
  Westminster (PA)* 34

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.
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