1995 NAIA Division II football season

American college football season

The 1995 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1995 college football season in the United States and the 40th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 26th season of play of the NAIA division II for football.

The season was played from August to November 1995 and culminated in the 1995 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played in Tacoma, Washington.[1]

Central Washington and Findlay played to a 21–21 tie and were named co-national champions. It was the Wildcats' first NAIA national title and the Oilers' third.

Conference and membership changes

Conference changes

  • This was the final season that the NAIA officially recognized a conference champion in football from the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (TIAA).[2] The remaining TIAA members subsequently joined either the NCAA Division II Lone Star Conference or the NCAA Division III American Southwest Conference.

Conference standings

1995 Association of Mideast Colleges football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Thomas More $ 3 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Mount St. Joseph 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Bluffton 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Wilmington (OH) 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1995 Columbia Football Association standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Mount Hood League
No. 15 Pacific Lutheran x^ 4 – 0 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
No. 18 Willamette x 4 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
No. 21 Linfield 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Puget Sound 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Lewis & Clark 1 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Whitworth 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Mount Rainier League
No. 1 Western Washington x^ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
No. 14 Central Washington ^ 4 – 1 – 0 10 – 3 – 1
Simon Fraser 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Southern Oregon 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Western Oregon 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Eastern Oregon 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • x – League champion/co-champions
    ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1995 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Benedictine (KS) $^ 8 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
No. 20 Evangel 6 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
No. 23 MidAmerica Nazarene 5 – 2 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
No. 24 Missouri Valley 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Culver–Stockton * 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
William Jewell 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Baker 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Graceland 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Central Methodist 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
    * – Includes forfeit win over Kansas Wesleyan
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1995 Illini–Badger Football Conference standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Eureka $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Concordia (WI) 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Lakeland 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Quincy 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Greenville 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
MacMurray 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Concordia (IL) 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1995 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Bethany (KS) $^ 8 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Ottawa 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Southwestern (KS) 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Friends 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Bethel (KS) 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
McPherson 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Sterling 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Kansas Wesleyan * 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Tabor 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
    * – Kansas Wesleyan forfeited seven victories including conference wins over Ottawa, Friends, Bethel (KS), McPherson, and Sterling.
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1995 Mid-South Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Lambuth $^ 7 – 0 – 1 10 – 1 – 1
No. 16 Union (KY) 6 – 1 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Georgetown (KY) 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Cumberland (KY) 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Cumberland (TN) 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Tusculum 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Campbellsville 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
North Greenville 2 – 6 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Bethel (TN) 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1995 Mid-States Football Association standings
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Team   W   L     W   L  
Mideast League
No. 6 Malone x^ 3 – 0 – 1 10 – 1 – 1
No. 11 Geneva ^ 3 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Westminster (PA) 2 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Tiffin 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
Urbana 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
Midwest League
No. 8 Findlay x^ 4 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 2
Trinity International x 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Lindenwood 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Taylor 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Saint Xavier 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Olivet Nazarene 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
St. Ambrose * 0 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Iowa Wesleyan * 0 – 0 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • x – League champion/co-champions
    ^ – NAIA Division playoff participant
    * – ineligible for championship
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1995 Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Hastings $^ 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
No. 19 Northwestern (IA) 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Dana 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Midland 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Doane 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Nebraska Wesleyan 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Concordia (NE) 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1995 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Dickinson State $^ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Mary ^ 5 – 1 – 0 11 – 2 – 0
Minot State 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Mayville State 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Valley City State 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Jamestown 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Minnesota–Crookston 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1995 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Sioux Falls $^ 5 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 22 Huron 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
South Dakota Tech 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Black Hills State 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Dakota Wesleyan 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Dakota State 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1995 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Hardin–Simmons +^ 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 13 Howard Payne +^ 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Austin 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Sul Ross 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
McMurry 0 – 8 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1995 NAIA Division II independents football records
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Clinch Valley ^   –   10 – 2 – 0
Azusa Pacific   –   4 – 4 – 1
Peru State   –   3 – 5 – 1
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

Conference champions

Conference Champion Record
Columbia Mount Rainier League: Western Washington
Mount Hood League: Pacific Lutheran & Willamette 		5–0
4–0–1
Heart of America Benedictine 8–0
Kansas Bethany 8–0
Mid-South Lambuth 7–0–1
Mid-States Mideast Division: Malone
Midwest Division: Findlay & Trinity International 		3–0–1
4–1
Nebraska-Iowa Hastings 5–1
North Dakota Dickinson State 6–0
South Dakota Sioux Falls 5–0
Texas Hardin–Simmons
Howard Payne 		7–1

Postseason

First Round
Campus sites 		Quarterfinals
Campus sites 		Semifinals
Campus sites 		Championship
Tacoma, WA
            
  Western Washington* 21
  Central Washington 28
  Central Washington 40
  Hardin–Simmons* 20
  Hardin–Simmons* 17
  Howard Payne 6
  Central Washington ‡ 48
  Mary 7
  Mary* 14
  Dickinson State 8
  Mary* 42
  Sioux Falls 17
  Hastings* 23
  Sioux Falls 41
  Central Washington 21
  Findlay 21
  Findlay* 21
  Pacific Lutheran 7
  Findlay* 15
  Malone 7
  Malone* 24
  Geneva 23
  Findlay 63
  Lambuth* 13
  Benedictine (KS)* 29
  Bethany (KS) 30
  Bethany (KS) 28
  Lambuth* 63
  Lambuth* 49
  Clinch Valley 10

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  2. ^ "NAIA Football Regular Season Records" (PDF). National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. pp. 20–22. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
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