The 1998 NAIA football season, as part of the 1998 college football season in the
United States, was the 43rd season of
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
sponsored by the
NAIA.
The season was played from August to November 1998, culminating in the 1998
NAIA Football National Championship, played this year on December 19, 1998 at
Jim Carroll Stadium
Jim Carroll Stadium is a stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure desig ...
in
Savannah, Tennessee.
Azusa Pacific defeated
Olivet Nazarene
Olivet Nazarene University (ONU) is a private Nazarene university in Bourbonnais, Illinois. Named for its founding location, Olivet, Illinois, ONU was originally established as a grammar school in east-central Illinois in 1907. In the late 1 ...
in the championship game, 17–14, to win their first NAIA national title.
Jack Williams, running back from Azusa Pacific, was named the 1998
NAIA Football Player of the Year.
Conference standings
Conference champions
Postseason
* † demarcates Overtime
* ‡ ''Game played at
Kankakee, Illinois
Kankakee is a city in and the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. As of 2020, the city's population was 24,052. Kankakee is a principal city of the Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area. It serves as an ...
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See also
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1998 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season, play of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-A level, began in late summer 1998 and culminated with the major bowl games in e ...
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1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season
The 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1998, and concluded with the 1998 NCAA Divisi ...
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1998 NCAA Division II football season
The 1998 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 on September 5, 1998, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Foot ...
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1998 NCAA Division III football season
The 1998 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 1998, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known ...
References
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NAIA Football National Championship