# 1984 NAIA Division II football season

The 1984 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1984 college football season in the United States and the 29th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 15th season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.
The season was played from August to November 1984 and culminated in the 1984 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at Maxwell Field on the campus of Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon.
The Linfield Wildcats defeated the Northwestern Red Raiders, the defending national champions, in the championship game, 33–22, to win their second NAIA national title.

## Conference changes
### Conference changes

* This was the final season of play for the Pacific Northwest Conference. The PNC's five football-playing members from Oregon and Washington would join the new, football-only Columbia Football League while the conference itself would rebrand as the Northwest Conference. Under this new name, the league would later re-sponsor football in 1996 before transitioning to NCAA Division III in 1998.

## Conference standings

1984 Frontier Conference football standings :
| 1984 Frontier Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 13 Rocky Mountain $ 6 –0 –07 –2 –0 Western Montana 3 –2 –13 –5 –1 Carroll (MT) 2 –3 –13 –5 –1 Montana Tech 0 –6 –00 –9 –0 $ – Conference championRankings from NAIA Division II poll | 1984 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 4 Baker $^ 6 –1 –08 –2 –0 No. 19 William Jewell 5 –2 –07 –2 –1 Missouri Valley 5 –2 –06 –4 –0 Graceland 5 –2 –05 –3 –1 MidAmerica Nazarene 3 –4 –05 –5 –0 Central Methodist 2 –5 –04 –6 –0 Culver–Stockton 1 –6 –00 –2 –8 Tarkio 1 –6 –00 –2 –8 $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA Division II playoff participantRankings from NAIA Division II poll | 1984 Hoosier–Buckeye Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 7 Findlay $^ 6 –0 –06 –3 –0 No. 5 Hanover ^ 4 –1 –18 –2 –1 No. 18 Wilmington (OH) 4 –1 –16 –2 –1 Anderson (IN) 2 –3 –12 –5 –2 Manchester (IN) 2 –4 –02 –6 –0 Defiance 1 –4 –14 –4 –1 Bluffton 0 –6 –02 –7 –0 $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA Division II playoff participantRankings from NAIA Division II poll |
| 1984 Illini–Badger Football Conference standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Northeastern Illinois $ 3 –1 –07 –2 –1 Concordia (WI) 2 –2 –04 –5 –0 Lakeland 2 –2 –04 –5 –0 Concordia (IL) 2 –2 –03 –5 –0 Eureka 1 –3 –02 –7 –0 $ – Conference champion | 1984 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 3 Bethel (KS) $^ 9 –0 –09 –1 –0 No. 8 Southwestern (KS) ^ 8 –1 –09 –3 –0 Sterling 6 –3 –06 –3 –0 Bethany (KS) 5 –4 –06 –4 –0 Ottawa 5 –4 –05 –5 –0 Friends 4 –5 –04 –6 –0 St. Mary of the Plains 4 –5 –04 –6 –0 Tabor 3 –6 –03 –7 –0 McPherson 1 –8 –01 –8 –0 Kansas Wesleyan 0 –9 –00 –10 –0 $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA Division II playoff participantRankings from NAIA Division II poll | 1984 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Doane + 4 –1 –06 –4 –0 Hastings + 4 –1 –06 –4 –0 Nebraska Wesleyan 3 –2 –06 –4 –0 Concordia (NE) 2 –3 –05 –5 –0 Dana 1 –4 –03 –6 –0 Midland 1 –4 –03 –7 –0 + – Conference co-champions |
| 1984 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 9 Jamestown + 5 –1 –08 –1 –0 Valley City State + 5 –1 –05 –4 –0 Minot State 4 –2 –06 –2 –1 Dickinson State 4 –2 –06 –3 –0 NDSCS–Wahpeton 2 –4 –0 ? – ? – ? Mayville State 1 –5 –04 –5 –0 Bismarck JC 0 –6 –01 –7 –0 + – Conference co-championsRankings from NAIA Division II poll | 1984 Northwest Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 1 Linfield $^ 4 –0 –012 –0 –0 Pacific Lutheran 3 –1 –06 –3 –0 Lewis & Clark 1 –3 –03 –6 –0 Willamette 1 –3 –02 –5 –2 Pacific (OR) 1 –3 –02 –6 –1 $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA Division II playoff participantRankings from NAIA Division II poll | 1984 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 12 Sioux Falls + 5 –1 –09 –1 –0 No. 17 Black Hills State + 5 –1 –08 –2 –0 No. 14 South Dakota Tech + 5 –1 –07 –2 –0 Yankton 2 –4 –04 –5 –0 Dakota State 2 –4 –02 –6 –0 Huron 1 –5 –02 –8 –0 Dakota Wesleyan 1 –5 –01 –9 –0 + – Conference co-championsRankings from NAIA Division II poll |
| 1984 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Austin $ 4 –1 –15 –4 –1 Tarleton State 4 –2 –06 –5 –0 McMurry 2 –4 –03 –7 –0 Sul Ross 1 –4 –13 –5 –1 $ – Conference champion | 1984 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Wisconsin–River Falls + 7 –1 –08 –2 –0 Wisconsin–Whitewater + 7 –1 –08 –3 –0 No. 10 Wisconsin–La Crosse 6 –2 –08 –2 –0 No. 11 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 5 –3 –08 –3 –0 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 4 –4 –06 –5 –0 Wisconsin–Platteville 4 –4 –05 –6 –0 Wisconsin–Oshkosh 2 –6 –03 –7 –0 Wisconsin–Stout 1 –7 –02 –9 –0 Wisconsin–Superior 0 –8 –00 –11 –0 + – Conference co-championsRankings from NAIA Division II poll | 1984 NAIA Division II independents football records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 2 Northwestern (IA) ^   –  11 –2 –0 No. 16 Oklahoma Panhandle State   –  9 –2 –0 No. 6 St. Ambrose ^   –  9 –2 –0 No. 15 Iowa Wesleyan   –  8 –3 –0 Azusa Pacific   –  7 –3 –0 No. 20 Westminster (PA)   –  5 –2 –1 Texas Lutheran   –  5 –3 –1 Benedictine (KS)   –  6 –4 –0 Peru State   –  6 –4 –0 Evangel   –  5 –4 –0 Cal Lutheran   –  5 –4 –1 Loras   –  5 –5 –0 Geneva   –  3 –6 –0 Westmar   –  3 –7 –1 Chadron State   –  2 –7 –1 Waynesburg   –  2 –8 –0 Union (KY)   –  1 –6 –0 ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant San Francisco State forfeited a win over Azusa Pacific.Rankings from NAIA Division II poll |

## Conference champions

| Conference | Champion | Record |
| Frontier | Rocky Mountain | 6–0 |
| Heart of America | Baker | 6–1 |
| Hoosier-Buckeye | Findlay | 6–0 |
| Kansas | Bethany | 9–0 |
| Nebraska | Doane Hastings | 4–1 |
| North Dakota | Jamestown Valley City State | 5–1 |
| Northwest | Linfield | 4–0 |
| South Dakota | Black Hills State Sioux Falls South Dakota Tech | 5–1 |
| Texas | Austin College | 4–1–1 |
| WSUC | Wisconsin–River Falls Wisconsin–Whitewater | 7–1 |

## Postseason

| Quarterfinals Campus sites | Quarterfinals Campus sites | Semifinals Campus sites | Semifinals Campus sites | Championship McMinnville, OR | Championship McMinnville, OR |
| Saint Ambrose | 0 | | | | |
| Linfield* | 26 | | | | |
| Linfield* | 26 | Linfield* | 55 | | |
| | | Hanover | 14 | | |
| Hanover | 18 | Hanover | 14 | | |
| Findlay* | 17 | | | | |
| Findlay* | 17 | | | Linfield* | 33 |
| | | | | Northwestern (IA) | 22 |
| Northwestern (IA) | 19 | | | | | Northwestern (IA) | 22 |
| Baker | 2 | | | | |
| Baker | 2 | Northwestern (IA)* | 45 | | |
| | | Southwestern (KS) | 23 | | |
| Bethel (KS) | 14 | Southwestern (KS) | 23 | | |
| Southwestern (KS)* (OT) | 17 | | | | |