1983 NAIA Division I football season

American college football season August 2023 1983 August–November 1983 December 3–17, 1983 Ralph Stocker StadiumGrand Junction, CO Carson–Newman The 1983 NAIA Division I football season was the 28th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 14th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football. The season was played from August to November 1983 and culminated in the 1983 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 17, 1983, at Ralph Stocker Stadium in Grand Junction, Colorado on the campus of Mesa College—now known as Colorado Mesa University.NAIA Championship History http://www.naia.org/fls/27900/1NAIA/SportsInfo/Championships/FB_Championship.pdf?SPSID=640523 NAIA November 23, 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 Carson–Newman defeated 1983 Mesa Mavericks Mesa in the Champion Bowl, 36–28, to win their first NAIA national title.1983 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs http://www.jonfmorse.com/wiki/index.php?title=1983_NAIA_Division_I_Football_Playoffs JonFMorse.com November 23, 2015 Conference changes This is the final season that the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association is officially recognized as an NAIA football conference.NAIA Football Regular Season Records https://www.naia.org/sports/fball/Records/FB_RegularSeason.pdf NAIA 11 December 2021 20 Conference standings Conference champions Conference Champion Record Arkansas Intercollegiate Central Arkansas 6–0Central StatesWashburn6–1EvergreenPuget Sound6–1NICWinona State5–1OklahomaNortheastern State4–0RMACMesa7–0–1South AtlanticCarson–Newman6–1WSUCWisconsin–Eau Claire7–1WVIACShepherd8–0 Postseason QuarterfinalsDecember 3, 1983Campus sites SemifinalsDecember 10, 1983Campus sites 1983 Champion BowlDecember 17, 1983Grand Junction, CO 145 1983 Saginaw Valley State Cardinals Saginaw Valley State 14 1983 Central State Bronchos Central State (OK)* 13 1983 Shepherd Rams Shepherd 21 Carson–Newman* 42 1983 Northeastern State Redmen Northeastern State 7 1983 Central Arkansas Bears Central Arkansas* 18 1983 Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds Eastern New Mexico 9 1983 Mesa Mavericks Mesa* 35 Saginaw Valley State 7 Carson–Newman* 41 Central Arkansas 17 Mesa* 34 Carson–Newman 36 Mesa* 28 See also 1983 NAIA Division II football season 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season 1983 NCAA Division II football season 1983 NCAA Division III football season References Category:NAIA football national championship