1982 NAIA Division I football season

1982 NAIA Division I football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1982
PostseasonDecember 4–18, 1982
National ChampionshipWantland Stadium
Edmond, OK
ChampionsCentral State (OK) (2)

The 1982 NAIA Division I football season was the 27th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 13th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1982 and culminated in the 1982 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 18, 1982 at Wantland Stadium in Edmond, Oklahoma on the campus of Central State University (now Central Oklahoma).[1]

Central State (OK) defeated Mesa in the Champion Bowl, 14–11, to win their second NAIA national title.[2]

  1. ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  2. ^ "1982 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 23, 2015.