1993 NAIA Division I football season

(Redirected from 1993 Champion Bowl) American college football season

1993 NAIA Division I football season
Regular season	August–November 1993
Postseason	November 20–December 11, 1993
National Championship	Norris Field Ada, OK
Champions	East Central
← 1992 NAIA Division I football season 1994 →

The 1993 NAIA Division I football season was the 38th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 24th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1993 and culminated in the 1993 NAIA Champion Bowl playoffs and the 1993 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 11, 1993, at Norris Field in Ada, Oklahoma, on the campus of East Central University.

East Central defeated Glenville State in the Champion Bowl, 49–35, to win their first NAIA national title.

Conference and membership changes

Conference changes

This is the final season that the NAIA official recognizes a conference champion in football from the Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference, Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, and West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Northern Sun and WVIAC would transition to the NCAA Division II level, while the AIC's membership would eventually be lost to two existing Division II leagues.

Membership changes

Team	1992 conference	1993 conference
Central Arkansas	Arkansas (NAIA)	Gulf South (NCAA D-II)
Henderson State	Arkansas (NAIA)	Gulf South (NCAA D-II)

Conference standings

1993 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Arkansas–Monticello $^	4	–	0	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 10 Southern Arkansas	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
No. 13 Harding	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Arkansas Tech	1	–	3	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
Ouachita Baptist	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

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

1993 Frontier Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Carroll (MT) +^	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Western Montana +	5	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Montana Tech	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Rocky Mountain	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

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

1993 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Winona State $^	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Minnesota Duluth	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 14 Moorhead State	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Northern State	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Southwest State (MN)	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Minnesota Morris	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Bemidji State	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

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

1993 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Langston $^	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 7 East Central ^	3	–	2	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
No. 15 SE Oklahoma State	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
No. 11 SW Oklahoma State	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Northeastern State	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
NW Oklahoma State	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

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

1993 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Glenville State $^	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
No. 9 West Virginia Wesleyan	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Shepherd	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
West Liberty State	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Concord	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Fairmont State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
West Virginia State	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
West Virginia Tech	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

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

1993 NAIA Division I independents football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 1 Central State (OH) ^		–		8	–	1	–	2
No. 12 Iowa Wesleyan		–		8	–	3	–	0
No. 3 Western New Mexico		–		7	–	3	–	0
Arkansas–Pine Bluff		–		5	–	6	–	0
Westmar		–		4	–	6	–	0

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

Conference champions

Conference	Champion	Record
Arkansas Intercollegiate	Arkansas–Monticello	4–0
Frontier	Carroll (MT) Montana Western	5–1
Northern Sun	Winona State	5–1
Oklahoma	Langston	4–1
WVIAC	Glenville State	6–1

Postseason

Quarterfinals November 20, 1993 Campus sites		Semifinals December 4, 1993 Campus sites		1992 Champion Bowl December 11, 1993 Ada, OK

Central State (OH)	58

Winona State*	7
		Central State (OH)	12

		Glenville State*	13
Glenville State	41

Carroll (MT)*	24
				Glenville State	35

				East Central*	49
Langston	13

Arkansas–Monticello*	26
		Arkansas–Monticello	0

		East Central*	27
East Central	24

Western New Mexico*	22

References

"NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
"1993 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
"NAIA Football Regular Season Records" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 20–22. Retrieved December 11, 2021.

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