1986 NAIA Division I football season

1986 NAIA Division I football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1986
PostseasonDecember 6–20, 1986
National ChampionshipBurke–Tarr Stadium
Jefferson City, TN
ChampionsCarson–Newman (3)

The 1986 NAIA Division I football season was the 31st season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 17th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1986 and culminated in the 1986 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 20, 1986 at Burke–Tarr Stadium in Jefferson City, Tennessee, on the campus of Carson–Newman College.[1]

Carson–Newman defeated Cameron in the Champion Bowl, 17–0, to win their third 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. ^ "1985 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 23, 2015.