1983 NAIA Division I football season

1983 Evergreen Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1983 Central States Intercollegiate Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1983 NAIA Division I football season
Regular season	August–November 1983
Postseason	December 3–17, 1983
National Championship	Ralph Stocker Stadium; Grand Junction, CO
Champions	Carson–Newman

The 1983 NAIA Division I football season, as part of the 1983 college football season in the United States and 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 Colorado Mesa).[1]

Carson–Newman defeated Mesa in the Champion Bowl, 36–28, to win their first NAIA national title.[2]

Conference standings

1983 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Saginaw Valley State $^	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Hillsdale	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Wayne State (MI)	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Northwood	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Grand Valley State	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Michigan Tech	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Ferris State	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant

1983 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Northeastern State $^	4	–	0	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
East Central	2	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
NW Oklahoma State	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
SW Oklahoma State	2	–	2	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
SE Oklahoma State	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant

1983 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Mesa State $^	7	–	0	–	1	11	–	1	–	1
Southern Colorado	6	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Western New Mexico	4	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Southern Utah	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Adams State	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Fort Lewis	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Colorado Mines	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Western State	2	–	5	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
New Mexico Highlands	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant

1983 South Atlantic Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Carson–Newman $^	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
Presbyterian	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Elon	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Gardner–Webb	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Mars Hill	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	7	–	1
Newberry	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Lenoir–Rhyne	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Catawba	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	9	–	1

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant

Quarterfinals December 3, 1983 Campus sites		Semifinals December 10, 1983 Campus sites		1983 Champion Bowl December 17, 1983 Grand Junction, CO


Saginaw Valley State	14

Central State (OK)*	13
		Saginaw Valley State	7

		Carson–Newman*	41
Shepherd	21

Carson–Newman*	42
				Carson–Newman	36

				Mesa State*	28
Northeastern State	7

Central Arkansas*	18
		Central Arkansas	17

		Mesa State*	34
Eastern New Mexico	9

Mesa State*	35

"NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
"1983 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 23, 2015.

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