1994 NAIA Division I football season

American college football season

1994 NAIA Division I football season
Regular season	August–November 1994
Postseason	November 19–December 10, 1994
National Championship	Pine Bluff, AR
Champions	Northeastern State (2)
← 1993 NAIA Division I football season 1995 →

The 1994 NAIA Division I football season was the 39th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 25th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1994 and culminated in the 1994 NAIA Champion Bowl playoffs and the 1994 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 10, 1994 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on the campus of the University of Arkansas–Pine Bluff.

Northeastern State defeated Arkansas–Pine Bluff in the Champion Bowl, 13–12, to win their second NAIA national title and first since 1958.

Conference standings

1994 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Arkansas Tech $^	4	–	0	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
No. 14 Harding	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
Arkansas–Monticello	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Ouachita Baptist	1	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Southern Arkansas	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	7	–	1

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

1994 Frontier Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Western Montana $^	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Montana Tech	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Carroll (MT)	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Rocky Mountain	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

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

1994 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Winona State $	5	–	0	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
No. 5 Moorhead State ^	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Northern State	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Southwest State (MN)	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Minnesota Duluth	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Bemidji State	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Minnesota Morris	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

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

1994 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Northeastern State +^	4	–	1	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
No. 4 Langston +^	4	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
No. T–5 SE Oklahoma State +	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	1
East Central	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
SW Oklahoma State	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
NW Oklahoma State	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

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

1994 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Glenville State +^	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 10 Shepherd +	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
No. 11 West Liberty State	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
No. 12 West Virginia Wesleyan	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Fairmont State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
West Virginia Tech	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
Concord	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

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

1994 NAIA Division I independents football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 1 Central State (OH) ^		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 13 Iowa Wesleyan		–		8	–	3	–	0
No. 9 Arkansas–Pine Bluff ^		–		9	–	4	–	0
No. 15 Western New Mexico		–		4	–	4	–	0
Westmar		–		4	–	5	–	0

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

Conference champions

Conference	Champion	Record
Frontier	Montana Western	6–0
Oklahoma	Northeastern State Langston	4–1

Postseason

Quarterfinals November 19, 1994 Campus sites			Semifinals December 3, 1994 Campus sites			1994 Champion Bowl December 10, 1994 Pine Bluff, AR

	Langston	56

	Arkansas Tech*	42
				Langston	0

				Northeastern State*	3
	Moorhead State	7

	Northeastern State*	14
							Northeastern State	13

							Arkansas–Pine Bluff*	12
	Glenville State	38

	Montana Western*	48
				Montana Western	53

				Arkansas–Pine Bluff* (OT)	60
	Central State (OH)	14

	Arkansas–Pine Bluff*	21

References

"NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
"1994 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 26, 2015.

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