1991 NAIA Division I football season

1991 NAIA Division I football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1991
PostseasonNovember 23–December 14, 1991
National ChampionshipMcPherson Stadium
Wilberforce, OH
ChampionsCentral Arkansas

The 1991 NAIA Division I football season was the 36th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 22nd season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1991 and culminated in the 1991 NAIA Champion Bowl playoffs and the 1991 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 14, 1991 at McPherson Stadium in Wilberforce, Ohio, on the campus of Central State University.[1]

The Central Arkansas Bears defeated the Central State Marauders, the defending national champions, in the Champion Bowl, 19–16, to win their third NAIA national title.[2] It was the Bears' first non-shared national title.

  1. ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  2. ^ "1991 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 25, 2015.