1981 NAIA Division II football season

1981 NAIA Division II football season
Regular season August–November 1981
Postseason November–December 1981
National Championship Louis Calder Stadium
Sherman, TX
Champions Austin
Concordia–Moorhead (3)
NAIA Division II football season
«1980 1982»

The 1981 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1981 college football season in the United States and the 26th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 21st season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1981 and culminated in the 1981 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at Louis Calder Stadium in Sherman, Texas.[1]

Austin and Concordia–Moorhead tied in the championship game, 24–24, and were declared co-national champions. It was Austin's first NAIA national title and Concordia's third.

Conference champions

Conference Champion Record
Frontier Carroll (MT) 5–1
Heart of America William Jewell 8–0
Hoosier-Buckeye Anderson (IN) 8–0
Kansas Bethany 8–0
Minnesota Concordia–Moorhead 8–0
Nebraska Concordia–Nebraska
Hastings
Midland Lutheran		 4–1
North Dakota Dickinson State 4–0
Northwest Pacific Lutheran 5–0
South Dakota Sioux Falls
South Dakota Tech		 5–1
Texas Austin College 9–1

Postseason

Quarterfinals
Campus sites 		Semifinals
Campus sites 		Championship
Sherman, TX
         
  Austin 27
  Panhandle State* 16
  Austin* 33
  William Jewell 28
  Pacific Lutheran 14
  William Jewell* 19
  Austin* 24
  Concordia–Moorhead 24
  Dickinson State 9
  Concordia–Moorhead* 13
  Concordia–Moorhead 23
  Westminster (PA)* 17
  Anderson (IN) 6
  Westminster (PA)* 21

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
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