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1982 NCAA Division II football season

1982 NCAA Division II football season
Regular season August – November 1982
Playoffs December 1982
National Championship Palm Bowl
Veterans Stadium
McAllen, TX
Champions Southwest Texas State (2)
1982 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
SW Texas State $^ 7 0 0     14 0 0
East Texas State 4 3 0     6 4 0
Abilene Christian 4 3 0     6 4 0
Stephen F. Austin 4 3 0     6 5 0
Angelo State 4 3 0     5 5 0
Texas A&I 2 5 0     5 6 0
Howard Payne 1 6 0     3 7 0
Sam Houston State 1 6 0     3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division II playoff participant
1982 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
NE Missouri State $^ 5 0 0     9 2 0
Central Missouri State 3 2 0     7 3 0
Missouri-Rolla 3 2 0     8 3 0
SE Missouri State 3 2 0     5 5 1
NW Missouri State 0 4 1     2 7 1
Lincoln (MO) 0 4 1     1 8 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division II playoff participant
1982 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs
Teams 8
Finals Site
Champions
Runner-Up
  • UC Davis
  • 1st championship game
  • tournaments
Semifinalists
Winning Coach
  • championship

The 1982 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1982, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 11, 1982, at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium in McAllen, Texas. During the game's five-year stretch in McAllen, the "City of Palms", it was referred to as the Palm Bowl.

Southwest Texas State defeated UC Davis in the championship game, 34–9, to win their second overall and second consecutive Division II national title.


Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Virginia Union
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Hillsdale
Gulf South Conference – Jacksonville State
Lone Star Conference – Southwest Texas State
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Northeast Missouri State
North Central Conference – North Dakota State
Northern California Athletic ConferenceUC Davis
Northern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota State–Moorhead
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – East Stroudsburg
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Colorado Mesa
South Atlantic Conference – Carson-Newman
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Fort Valley State


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