1997 NAIA football season
| 1997 NAIA football season | |
|---|---|
| Regular season | August–November 1997 |
| Postseason | November 18–December 20, 1997 |
| National Championship | Jim Carroll Stadium Savannah, TN |
| Champion | Findlay (4) |
The 1997 NAIA football season, as part of the 1997 college football season in the United States, was the 42nd season of college football sponsored by the NAIA. It was the first season after 27 season of the NAIA's two-division structure.
The season was played from August to November 1997, culminating in the 1997 NAIA Football National Championship, played this year on December 20, 1997 at Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tennessee.[1]
Findlay defeated Willamette in the championship game, 14–7, to win their fourth NAIA national title.[2]
Conference champions
| Conference | Champion | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia | Western Oregon Central Washington |
3–1 |
Postseason
| First Round November 18, 1997 Campus sites | Quarterfinals December 6, 1997 Campus sites | Semifinals December 13, 1997 Campus sites | Championship December 20, 1997 Savannah, TN | ||||||||||||||||
| Benedictine (KS) | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jamestown | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jamestown | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sioux Falls | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ottawa | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sioux Falls | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sioux Falls | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Willamette | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota–Crookston | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Montana Tech | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Montana Tech | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Willamette | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Western Oregon | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Willamette | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Willamette | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Findlay | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern (KS) | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Doane | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Doane | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Evangel | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| McKendree | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Evangel | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Doane | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Findlay | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Campbellsville | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Geneva | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Geneva | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Findlay | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Westminster (PA) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Findlay | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||
See also
- 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season
- 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season
- 1997 NCAA Division II football season
- 1997 NCAA Division III football season
References
- ^ "1997 NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
- ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Retrieved November 18, 2015.