The 1999 NAIA football season was the component of the 1999

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season organized by the

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(NAIA) in the United States. The season's playoffs, known as the

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, culminated with the championship game on December 18, at

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. The

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defeated the , 34–26, in the title game to win the program's first NAIA championship.

Conference and membership changes

Conference changes

* This was the final season for the

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. The conference's six remaining members, all from

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, would join with four

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-based members of the

South Dakota-Iowa Intercollegiate Conference The South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (SDIC) was an NAIA-associated collegiate athletic conference that ceased operations following the 1999–2000 academic school year when it merged with the North Dakota College Athletic Conference to form ...

to form the Dakota Athletic Conference for the

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season. At its dissolution, the NDCAC had sponsored football for seventy-seven seasons, beginning in

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. * This was also the final season for the

. After the end of play, the SDIIC's remaining members joined either the new

Dakota Athletic Conference The Dakota Athletic Conference (DAC) was a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). As the name implies, member teams were located in the states of North Dakota and South Dakota. T ...

(with former members of the NDCAC) or the existing

Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) is a List of college athletic conferences in the United States, college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Member institutions are located ...

(which would subsequently rebrand as the

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). The SDIIC and its predecessor, the

South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference The South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (SDIC) was an NAIA-associated collegiate athletic conference that ceased operations following the 1999–2000 academic school year when it merged with the North Dakota College Athletic Conference to form ...

, had sponsored football for eighty-two seasons, beginning in

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Conference and membership changes

Conference changes

Conference standings

Postseason

Rankings

References