1987 NAIA Division I football season

1987 NAIA Division I football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1987
PostseasonNovember 28–December 19, 1987
National ChampionshipCameron Stadium
Lawton, OK
ChampionsCameron

The 1987 NAIA Division I football season was the 32nd season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 18th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1987 and culminated in the 1987 NAIA Champion Bowl playoffs and the 1987 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 19, 1987 at Cameron Stadium in Lawton, Oklahoma, on the campus of Cameron University.[1]

Cameron defeated Carson–Newman in the Champion Bowl (a re-match of the previous year's final, won by the Eagles), 30–2, to win their first 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. ^ "1987 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 23, 2015.