1993 NAIA Division I football season

The 1993 NAIA Division I football season, as part of the 1993 college football season in the United States and the 38th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 24th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.

1993 NAIA Division I football season
Regular season	August–November 1993
Postseason	November 20–December 11, 1993
National Championship	Norris Field Ada, OK
Champions	East Central

The season was played from August to November 1993 and culminated in the 1993 NAIA Champion Bowl playoffs and the 1993 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 11, 1993 at Norris Field in Ada, Oklahoma, on the campus of East Central University.[1]

East Central defeated Glenville State in the Champion Bowl, 49–35, to win their first NAIA national title.[2]

Conference standings

1993 Frontier Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T No. 5 Carroll (MT) +^ 5 – 1 – 0     8 – 2 – 0 Western Montana + 5 – 1 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Montana Tech 2 – 4 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Rocky Mountain 0 – 6 – 0     1 – 9 – 0 + – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1993 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T No. 4 Langston $^ 4 – 1 – 0     9 – 3 – 0 No. 7 East Central ^ 3 – 2 – 0     10 – 3 – 0 No. 15 SE Oklahoma State 3 – 2 – 0     6 – 4 – 0 No. 11 SW Oklahoma State 2 – 3 – 0     6 – 4 – 0 Northeastern State 2 – 3 – 0     5 – 5 – 0 NW Oklahoma State 1 – 4 – 0     3 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

Conference champions

Conference	Champion	Record
Arkansas Intercollegiate	Arkansas–Monticello	4–0
Frontier	Carroll (MT) Montana Western	5–1
Northern Sun	Winona State	5–1
Oklahoma	Langston	4–1
WVIAC	Glenville State	6–1

Postseason

	Quarterfinals November 20, 1993 Campus sites					Semifinals December 4, 1993 Campus sites					1992 Champion Bowl December 11, 1993 Ada, OK
	Central State (OH)		58
	Winona State*		7
						Central State (OH)		12
						Glenville State*		13
	Glenville State		41
	Carroll (MT)*		24
											Glenville State		35
											East Central*		49
	Langston		13
	Arkansas–Monticello*		26
						Arkansas–Monticello		0
						East Central*		27
	East Central		24
	Western New Mexico*		22

See also

• 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season
• 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season
• 1993 NCAA Division II football season
• 1993 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 November 26, 2015.
2. "1993 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 26, 2015.