1987 NAIA Division I football season

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1987 NAIA Division I football season
Regular season August–November 1987
Postseason November 28–December 19, 1987
National Championship Cameron Stadium
Lawton, OK
Champions Cameron
NAIA Division I football season
«1986 1988»

The 1987 NAIA Division I football season, as part of the 1987 college football season in the United States and the 32nd season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 18th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1987 and culminated in the 1987 NAIA Champion Bowl playoffs and the 1987 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 19, 1987 at Cameron Stadium in Lawton, Oklahoma, on the campus of Cameron University.[1]

Cameron defeated Carson–Newman in the Champion Bowl (a re-match of the previous year's final, won by the Eagles), 30–2, to win their first NAIA national title.[2]

Conference champions

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See also: List of NAIA football seasons
Conference Champion Record
Arkansas Central Arkansas 6–0
Central States Pittsburg State 7–0
NIC Minnesota–Duluth 5–1
Oklahoma Northeastern State
East Central		 3–1
RMAC Mesa (CO) 6–0
South Atlantic Gardner–Webb 6–1
WVIAC Concord (WV) 7–1

Postseason

Format

  • After nine seasons of an eight-team bracket, the tournament field expanded to sixteen. In turn, the playoffs began during the month of November for the first time since 1975.

Bracket

First Round
November 28, 1987
Campus sites		 Quarterfinals
December 5, 1987
Campus sites		 Semifinals
December 12, 1987
Campus sites		 1987 Champion Bowl
December 19, 1987
Lawton, OK
                       
Central Washington 14
Southern Oregon* 21
Southern Oregon 7
Mesa State* 38
Mesa State 49
Southwest State (MN)* 7
Mesa State 7
Carson–Newman* 21
Moorhead State 7
Gardner–Webb* 27
Gardner–Webb 24
Carson–Newman* 27
Carson–Newman 26
Central State (OH)* 13
Carson–Newman 2
Cameron* 30
NW Oklahoma State 7
Central Arkansas* 31
Central Arkansas 7
Cameron* 14
Emporia State 12
Cameron* 17
Cameron 20
Pittsburg State* 10
Concord 0
Presbyterian* 41
Presbyterian 21
Pittsburg State* 42
Northeastern State 0
Pittsburg State* 57

See also

References

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