1989 NAIA Division II football season

The 1989 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1989 college football season in the United States and the 34th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 20th season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.

1989 NAIA Division II football season
Regular season	August–November 1989
Postseason	November–December 1989
National Championship	Canton, OH
Champions	Westminster (PA) (5)

The season was played from August to November 1989 and culminated in the 1989 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at a neutral field in Canton, Ohio.[1]

In rematch of the previous year's final, Westminster (PA) repeated as national champion by defeating Wisconsin–La Crosse, 51–30, to win their fifth NAIA national title.

Conference standings

1989 Columbia Football Association standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Mount Hood League Lewis & Clark x^ 5 – 1 – 0     7 – 3 – 0 Willamette 4 – 1 – 1     6 – 2 – 1 Southern Oregon 4 – 1 – 1     5 – 3 – 1 Oregon Tech 3 – 2 – 1     5 – 3 – 1 Pacific (OR) 2 – 3 – 1     3 – 5 – 1 Western Oregon 1 – 5 – 0     1 – 7 – 0 Eastern Oregon 0 – 6 – 0     0 – 9 – 0 Mount Rainer League Central Washington x^ 5 – 0 – 1     10 – 1 – 1 Pacific Lutheran 4 – 1 – 1     6 – 2 – 1 Western Washington 4 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 0 Linfield 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 Simon Fraser 1 – 5 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 Whitworth 1 – 5 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 Puget Sound 1 – 5 – 0     1 – 8 – 0 x – League champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant	1989 Frontier Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Carroll (MT) $^ 6 – 0 – 0     9 – 2 – 0 Rocky Mountain 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 5 – 0 Western Montana 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 4 – 0 Montana Tech 1 – 5 – 0     3 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant	1989 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Missouri Valley $^ 7 – 0 – 0     10 – 2 – 0 Baker ^ 6 – 1 – 0     10 – 2 – 0 Tarkio 4 – 2 – 1     4 – 5 – 1 William Jewell 4 – 3 – 0     5 – 5 – 0 Evangel 3 – 4 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 Graceland 2 – 4 – 1     4 – 4 – 1 Culver–Stockton 1 – 6 – 0     3 – 7 – 0 MidAmerica Nazarene 0 – 7 – 0     0 – 9 – 0 + – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1989 Illini–Badger–Hawkeye Football Conference standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Greenville $ 6 – 0 – 0     7 – 1 – 1 Concordia (WI) 5 – 0 – 0     8 – 1 – 0 Iowa Wesleyan 5 – 1 – 0     7 – 4 – 0 Eureka 4 – 2 – 0     4 – 6 – 0 Blackburn 3 – 3 – 0     3 – 3 – 0 MacMurray 1 – 4 – 0     3 – 7 – 0 Concordia (IL) 1 – 4 – 1     2 – 6 – 1 Lakeland 1 – 5 – 0     2 – 7 – 2 $ – Conference champion	1989 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T St. Mary of the Plains $^ 9 – 0 – 0     10 – 1 – 0 Bethany (KS) 8 – 1 – 0     8 – 1 – 0 Southwestern (KS) 7 – 2 – 0     7 – 3 – 0 Kansas Wesleyan 5 – 4 – 0     6 – 4 – 0 Bethel (KS) 4 – 5 – 0     5 – 5 – 0 McPherson 4 – 5 – 0     5 – 5 – 0 Ottawa 3 – 6 – 0     3 – 7 – 0 Friends 2 – 7 – 0     3 – 7 – 0 Sterling 2 – 7 – 0     2 – 7 – 0 Tabor 1 – 8 – 0     1 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant	1989 Mid-South Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Georgetown (KY) $^ 6 – 0 – 0     7 – 3 – 1 Cumberland (KY) 5 – 1 – 0     7 – 3 – 0 Union (KY) 3 – 3 – 0     4 – 5 – 1 Evansville 3 – 3 – 0     4 – 6 – 0 Campbellsville 2 – 3 – 1     2 – 7 – 1 Kentucky Wesleyan 1 – 4 – 1     3 – 6 – 1 Tennessee Wesleyan 0 – 6 – 0     0 – 10 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1989 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Nebraska Wesleyan $^ 5 – 0 – 0     10 – 2 – 0 Midland 3 – 2 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Doane 3 – 2 – 0     5 – 4 – 1 Dana 2 – 3 – 0     6 – 4 – 0 Hastings 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 6 – 0 Concordia (NE) 0 – 5 – 0     1 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant	1989 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Dickinson State $^ 5 – 0 – 0     9 – 2 – 0 Valley City State 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 Minot State 3 – 2 – 0     4 – 5 – 0 Mary 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 5 – 0 Mayville State 1 – 4 – 0     4 – 5 – 0 Jamestown 0 – 5 – 0     1 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant	1989 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Sioux Falls + 4 – 1 – 0     7 – 2 – 1 Black Hills State + 4 – 1 – 0     4 – 5 – 0 Dakota Wesleyan + 4 – 1 – 0     5 – 5 – 0 Huron 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 6 – 0 South Dakota Tech 1 – 4 – 0     1 – 8 – 0 Dakota State 0 – 5 – 0     1 – 9 – 0 + – Conference co-champions
1989 Tri-State Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Peru State $^ 3 – 0 – 0     8 – 2 – 0 Northwestern (IA) 2 – 1 – 0     6 – 4 – 1 Benedictine (KS) 1 – 2 – 0     6 – 4 – 0 Westmar 0 – 3 – 0     4 – 6 – 1 $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant	1989 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Tarleton State +^ 8 – 2 – 0     9 – 3 – 0 Howard Payne + 8 – 2 – 0     8 – 3 – 0 Austin 7 – 3 – 0     7 – 3 – 0 Sul Ross 3 – 7 – 0     3 – 7 – 0 McMurry 2 – 8 – 0     2 – 8 – 0 Midwestern State 2 – 8 – 0     2 – 8 – 0 + – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant	1989 NAIA Division II independents football records Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Westminster (PA) ^   –       13 – 0 – 0 Findlay   –       7 – 3 – 0 Wilmington (OH)   –       5 – 5 – 0 St. Ambrose   –       3 – 6 – 0 Tiffin   –       2 – 8 – 0 Oklahoma Panhandle State   –       0 – 10 – 0 ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant

Conference champions

Conference	Champion	Record
Columbia	Mount Rainier League: Central Washington Mount Hood League: Lewis & Clark	5–0–1 5–1
Frontier	Carroll (MT)	6–0
Heart of America	Missouri Valley	7–0
Illini-Badger	Greenville	8–1
Kansas	St. Mary of the Plains	9–0
Mid-South	Georgetown (KY)	6–0
Nebraska	Nebraska Wesleyan	5–0
North Dakota	Dickinson State	5–0
South Dakota	Dakota Wesleyan Sioux Falls	4–1
WSUC	Wisconsin–La Crosse	7–1

Postseason

	First Round Campus sites					Quarterfinals Campus sites					Semifinals Campus sites					Championship Canton, OH
		Georgetown (KY)	9
		Westminster (PA)*	29
							Westminster (PA)	34
							Tarleton State*	0
		Tarleton State	16
		St. Mary of the Plains*	6
												Westminster (PA)	21
												Central Washington ‡	10
		Carroll (MT)	28
		Dickinson State*	37
							Dickinson State*	7
							Central Washington	49
		Lewis & Clark	0
		Central Washington*	51
																	Westminster (PA)	51
																	Wisconsin–La Crosse	30
		Baker	30
		Peru State*	27
							Baker	35
							Missouri Valley*	28
		Hanover	27
		Missouri Valley*	48
												Baker*	6
												Wisconsin–La Crosse	21
		Nebraska Wesleyan	46
		Chadron State*	43
							Nebraska Wesleyan*	0
							Wisconsin–La Crosse	29
		Wisconsin–Stevens Point	20
		Wisconsin–La Crosse*	30

• ‡ Game played at Puyallup, Washington

See also

• 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season
• 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season
• 1989 NCAA Division II football season
• 1989 NCAA Division III football season

References

1. "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2015.