1988 NAIA Division II football season

American college football season August 2023 1988 August–November 1988 November–December 1988 Memorial StadiumNew Wilmington, PA Westminster (PA) (4) The 1988 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1988 college football season in the United States and the 33rd season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 19th season of play of the NAIA division II for football. The season was played from August to November 1988 and culminated in the 1988 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at the Memorial Stadium on the campus of Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.NAIA Championship History http://www.naia.org/fls/27900/1NAIA/SportsInfo/Championships/FB_Championship.pdf?SPSID=640523 NAIA December 5, 2015 4–11 https://web.archive.org/web/20150715022933/http://www.naia.org/fls/27900/1NAIA/SportsInfo/Championships/FB_Championship.pdf?SPSID=640523 July 15, 2015 dead The Westminster Titans defeated the 1988 Wisconsin–La Crosse Indians Wisconsin–La Crosse Indians in the championship game, 21–14, to win their fourth NAIA national title. Conference standings Conference champions Conference Champion Record Columbia Mount Rainier League: Central WashingtonMount Hood League: Oregon Tech 6–06–0FrontierCarroll (MT)6–0 Heart of America Evangel 7–0 Illini-Badger Concordia–Wisconsin 8–1 Kansas Bethany 9–0 Mid-South Cumberland (KY) 5–0 Nebraska Nebraska Wesleyan 5–0 North Dakota Valley City State 6–0 South Dakota Sioux Falls 5–0 Tri-State Northwestern (IA) 3–0WSUCWisconsin–Whitewater7–1 Rankings Final NAIA Division II poll rankings: Rank Team (first place votes) Record (thru Nov. 12) Points 1 Westminster (PA) (16) 10–0 518 2 1988 Evangel Crusaders Evangel 9–0 486 3 1988 Carroll Fighting Saints Carroll (MT) (3) 9–0 474 4 1988 Central Washington Wildcats Central Washington (1) 9–0 466 5 1988 Northwestern Red Raiders Northwestern (IA) (1) 10–0 452 6 1988 Bethany Swedes Bethany (KS) 9–0 418 7 1988 Cumberland Indians Cumberland (KY) 10–0 404 8 1988 Sioux Falls Cougars Sioux Falls 9–0–1 370 9 1988 Austin Kangaroos Austin 9–1 340 10 1988 Baker Wildcats Baker 8–1 332 11 1988 Pacific Lutheran Lutes Pacific Lutheran 7–2 332 12 1988 Oregon Tech Hustlin' Owls Oregon Tech 7–2 270 13 1988 Bluffton Beavers Bluffton 8–1 254 14 1988 Wisconsin–La Crosse Indians Wisconsin–La Crosse 8–2 241 15 1988 Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons Wisconsin–River Falls 7–3 211 16 1988 Dickinson State Blue Hawks Dickinson State 7–1 200 17 Valley City State 7–2 187 18 1988 Concordia Falcons Concordia (WI) 8–1 162 19 1988 Azusa Pacific Cougars Azusa Pacific 7–1 130 20 1988 Linfield Wildcats Linfield 7–2 129 21 1988 Nebraska Wesleyan Plainsmen Nebraska Wesleyan 7–2 118 22 1988 Greenville Panthers Greenville 8–1 117 23 1988 Wilmington Quakers Wilmington (OH) 7–2–1 79 24 1988 Georgetown Tigers Georgetown (KY) 7–3 77 25 1988 Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers Wisconsin–Stevens Point 7–4 29 Final NAIA Division II poll https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette/125376851/ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania November 15, 1988 26 May 26, 2023 Newspapers.com Postseason First RoundCampus sites QuarterfinalsCampus sites SemifinalsCampus sites ChampionshipNew Wilmington, PA 170 no   1988 Pacific Lutheran Lutes Pacific Lutheran 35   1988 Oregon Tech Owls Oregon Tech* 56   1988 Central Washington Wildcats Central Washington 7   1988 Carroll Fighting Saints Carroll (MT)* 28   1988 Sioux Falls Cougars Sioux Falls 9   1988 Northwestern Red Raiders Northwestern (IA)* 14   Valley City State 6   1988 Wisconsin–La Crosse Eagles Wisconsin–La Crosse* 31   1988 Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves Nebraska Wesleyan 14   1988 Evangel Crusaders Evangel* 45   1988 Baker Wildcats Baker 19   1988 Bethany Swedes Bethany* 21   1988 Bluffton Beavers Bluffton 30   1988 Cumberland Indians Cumberland (KY)* 14   1988 Austin Kangaroos Austin 12   Westminster (PA)* 34   Oregon Tech 70   Carroll (MT)* 35   Northwestern (IA)* 33   Wisconsin–La Crosse 45   Evangel* 22   Bethany 10   Bluffton 7   Westminster (PA)* 40   Oregon Tech* 24   Wisconsin–La Crosse 37   Evangel 9   Westminster (PA)* 26   Wisconsin–La Crosse 14   Westminster (PA)* 21 See also 1988 NAIA Division I football season 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season 1988 NCAA Division II football season 1988 NCAA Division III football season References Category:NAIA football national championship