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1983 NCAA Division II football season

1983 NCAA Division II football season
Regular season August – November 1983
Playoffs December 1983
National Championship Palm Bowl
Veterans Stadium
McAllen, TX
Champion North Dakota State
1983 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Southwest Texas State $^ 6 1 0     9 2 0
East Texas State 6 1 0     8 2 0
Stephen F. Austin 5 2 0     7 4 0
Abilene Christian 4 3 0     7 3 0
Angelo State 3 4 0     5 6 0
Texas A&I 2 5 0     2 9 0
Sam Houston State 1 6 0     4 7 0
Howard Payne 1 6 0     4 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division II playoff participant
1983 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Missouri-Rolla + 4 1 0     8 2 0
Central Missouri State + 4 1 0     6 5 0
NE Missouri State 3 2 0     4 7 0
NW Missouri State 2 3 0     5 6 0
SE Missouri State 1 4 0     1 9 0
Lincoln (MO) 1 4 0     2 8 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Division II playoff participant
1983 Northern California Athletic Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
UC Davis $^ 6 0 0     11 1 0
Sacramento State 4 1 1     5 5 1
Chico State 3 2 1     4 5 1
Cal State Hayward 3 3 0     6 4 0
Humboldt State 3 3 0     4 6 0
San Francisco State 1 5 0     2 8 0
Sonoma State 0 6 0     2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division II playoff participant
1983 Western Football Conference standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
CalState Northridge + 2 1 0     6 4 0
Santa Clara + 2 1 0     6 4 0
Cal Poly 1 2 0     5 6 0
Portland State 1 2 0     3 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1983 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs
Teams 8
Finals Site
Champions
Runner-Up
Semifinalists
Winning Coach

The 1983 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 1983, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 10, 1983, 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. The North Dakota State Bison defeated the Central State (Ohio), 41–21, to win their first Division II national title.



Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Virginia Union
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saginaw Valley State
Gulf South Conference – North Alabama
Lone Star Conference – East Texas State and Southwest Texas State
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Central Missouri State and Missouri–Rolla
North Central Conference – Nebraska–Omaha and North Dakota State
Northern California Athletic Conference – UC Davis
Northern Intercollegiate Conference – Winona State
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Clarion
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Colorado Mesa
South Atlantic Conference – Carson-Newman
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Fort Valley State


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