1978 NAIA Division II football season

The 1978 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1978 college football season in the United States and the 23rd season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the ninth season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.

1978 NAIA Division II football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1978
PostseasonNovember–December 1978
National ChampionshipDonnell Stadium
Findlay, OH
ChampionsConcordia–Moorhead (2)

The season was played from August to November 1978 and culminated in the 1978 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at Donnell Stadium in Findlay, Ohio.[1]

Concordia–Moorhead defeated Findlay in the championship game, 7–0, to win their second NAIA national title.

Conference standings
1978 Frontier Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Carroll (MT) $^ 4 –0 –0  9 –1 –0
Montana Tech 2 –1 –1  2 –4 –2
Eastern Montana 2 –1 –1  2 –6 –1
Rocky Mountain 1 –3 –0  1 –8 –0
Western Montana 0 –4 –0  1 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1978 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Missouri Valley $^ 6 –0 –0  9 –2 –0
Baker 4 –2 –0  8 –2 –0
Ottawa 4 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Central Methodist 4 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
William Jewell 2 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Graceland 1 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
Tarkio 0 –6 –0  3 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1978 Hoosier–Buckeye Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Findlay $^ 8 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
Hanover 6 –2 –0  6 –2 –1
Defiance 5 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Wilmington (OH) 4 –4 –0  5 –4 –0
Anderson (IN) 4 –4 –0  5 –4 –0
Manchester (IN) 4 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Bluffton 2 –6 –0  2 –7 –0
Taylor 2 –6 –0  2 –7 –0
Earlham 1 –7 –0  2 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1978 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Bethany (KS) $^ 8 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
Southwestern (KS) 7 –1 –0  7 –2 –0
Friends 5 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
McPherson 5 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Tabor 4 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Sterling 3 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
St. Mary of the Plains 3 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Kansas Wesleyan 1 –7 –0  1 –9 –0
Bethel (KS) 0 –8 –0  0 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1978 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Concordia–Moorhead * + 7 –1 –0  11 –1 –0
St. Olaf +^ 7 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
Gustavus Adolphus 6 –2 –0  8 –2 –0
Saint John's (MN) 5 –3 –0  6 –3 –0
St. Thomas (MN) 4 –4 –0  5 –4 –0
Hamline 3 –4 –1  5 –4 –1
Augsburg 2 –5 –1  3 –6 –1
Bethel (MN) 1 –7 –0  2 –8 –0
Macalester 0 –8 –0  0 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
  • * – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1978 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Hastings $ 4½ –½ –0  8 –1 –0
Nebraska Wesleyan 3 –2 –0  5 –4 –0
Concordia (NE) 3 –2 –0  4 –5 –1
Doane 2½ –2½ –0  6 –4 –0
Dana 1 –4 –0  2 –7 –0
Midland 1 –4 –0  1 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Hastings and Doane played twice; each game counted as ½ of a game in the conference standings.
1978 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Dakota State $ 6 –0 –0  8 –2 –0
South Dakota Tech 5 –1 –0  7 –2 –1
Dakota Wesleyan 3 –2 –1  5 –4 –1
Black Hills State 3 –2 –1  6 –3 –1
Huron 2 –4 –0  2 –7 –0
South Dakota–Springfield 1 –5 –0  1 –7 –1
Sioux Falls 0 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1978 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Tarleton State $^ 7 –0 –1  8 –1 –1
McMurry 5 –3 –0  7 –3 –0
Trinity (TX) 2 –4 –2  4 –4 –2
Austin 2 –5 –1  3 –6 –1
Sul Ross 2 –6 –0  2 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1978 Tri-State Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Northwestern (IA) $^ 2 –0 –0  9 –2 –0
Westmar 2 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
Yankton 0 –3 –0  1 –8 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1978 NAIA Division II independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Cal Lutheran   –    8 –2 –0
Westminster (PA)   –    6 –2 –1
Benedictine (KS)   –    3 –6 –0
Texas Lutheran   –    3 –6 –0

Conference champions
Conference Champion Record
Frontier Carroll (MT) 4–0
Heart of America Missouri Valley 6–0
Hoosier-Buckeye Findlay 8–0
Illini-Badger Milton 4–0
Kansas Bethany 8–0
Minnesota Concordia–Moorhead
St. Olaf		 7–1
Nebraska Hastings 4–0–1
North Dakota Valley City State 4–0
Pacific Northwest Linfield 5–0
South Dakota Dakota State 6–0
SCIAC Redlands 5–0
Texas Tarleton State 7–0–1

Postseason
Quarterfinals
Campus sites 		Semifinals
Campus sites 		Championship
Findlay, OH
         
  Missouri Valley* 30
  Bethany (KS) 16
  Missouri Valley 9
  Findlay* 27
  Findlay* 13
  Tarleton State 6
  Findlay* 0
  Concordia–Moorhead 7
  Concordia–Moorhead* 49
  Northwestern (IA) 0
  Concordia–Moorhead 24
  Linfield* 23
  Linfield* 32
  Carroll (MT) 6

See also

References
  1. "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
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