1991 NCAA Division II football season

1991 NCAA Division II Football Championship
1991 NCAA Division II Football Championship
Teams	16
Finals Site	Braly Municipal Stadium; Florence, AL;
Champion	Pittsburg State; (5th title, title game);
Runner-up	Jacksonville State; (3rd title game);
Semifinalists	IUP; Portland State;
Winning coach	championship;

1991 NCAA Division II football season
1991 NCAA Division II football season
Regular season	August – November 1991
Playoffs	November 23 – December 14, 1991
National Championship	Braly Municipal Stadium; Florence, AL
Champion	Pittsburg State
Harlon Hill Trophy	Ronnie West, Pittsburg State
	← 1990; NCAA Division II football seasons; 1992 →;

The 1991 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 in August 1991, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 14, 1991, at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, hosted by the University of North Alabama. The Pittsburg State Gorillas defeated the Jacksonville State Gamecocks, 23–6, to win their first Division II national title.^[1]

The Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to Ronnie West, wide receiver from Pittsburg State.

Conference and program changes

Conference changes

One program departed Division II for Division I-AA prior to the season.

School	1990 Conference	1991 Conference
Southeast Missouri State	MIAA (D-II)	Ohio Valley (I-AA)
Tennessee–Martin	Gulf South	Independent
Troy State	Gulf South	Independent
West Texas State	Lone Star	Dropped program
Lees–McRae	Junior college	Independent

Program changes

After Central State University (Oklahoma) changed its name to the University of Central Oklahoma in 1991, the Central State Bronchos became the Central Oklahoma Bronchos.^[2]

Conference standings

1991 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 12 Winston-Salem State $^	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Elizabeth City State	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Norfolk State	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
No. 10 Virginia Union ^	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Livingstone	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
North Carolina Central	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Johnson C. Smith	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	1
Bowie State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Hampton	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Virginia State	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Fayetteville State	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

1991 Gulf South Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Jacksonville State $^	6	–	0	–	0	12	–	1	–	0
No. 11 Mississippi College ^	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Valdosta State	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Livingston	2	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
West Georgia	2	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Delta State	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
North Alabama	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

1991 Lone Star Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Eastern New Mexico $	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	1
No. 19 East Texas State ^	4	–	1	–	1	8	–	4	–	1
Angelo State	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Texas A&I	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Cameron	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Central Oklahoma	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Abilene Christian	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

1991 Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Butler $^	9	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Ashland	8	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Grand Valley State ^	8	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Saginaw Valley State	5	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Ferris State	5	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Hillsdale	5	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Wayne State (MI)	4	–	6	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Saint Joseph's (IN)	4	–	6	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Northern Michigan	3	–	6	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Indianapolis	2	–	8	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Valparaiso	1	–	8	–	1	1	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant

1991 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Pittsburg State $^	8	–	0	–	1	13	–	1	–	1
Missouri Southern	7	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Southwest Baptist	5	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Central Missouri State	5	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
NE Missouri State	5	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Emporia State	4	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
NW Missouri State	4	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Missouri–Rolla	3	–	5	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Missouri Western	2	–	7	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Washburn	1	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

1991 North Central Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 North Dakota State $^	7	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
No. 4 Northern Colorado ^	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 17 North Dakota	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
South Dakota State	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Mankato State ^	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
St. Cloud State	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Nebraska–Omaha	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Morningside	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
South Dakota	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Augustana (SD)	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

1991 Northern California Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Sonoma State $	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
UC Davis	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Humboldt State	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Chico State	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
San Francisco State	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Cal State Hayward	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1991 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Moorhead State $^	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 9 Southwest State (MN)	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Minnesota Duluth	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Northern State	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Bemidji State	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Minnesota Morris	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Winona State	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1991 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
East Division
No. 18 East Stroudsburg x^	5	–	0	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
Kutztown	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Bloomsburg	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
West Chester	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Millersville	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Mansfield	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Cheyney	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	11	–	0
West Division
No. 1 IUP x^	6	–	0	–	0	12	–	1	–	0
No. 14 Shippensburg ^	4	–	2	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
Slippery Rock	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Edinboro	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Clarion	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Lock Haven	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
California (PA)	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

1991 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Fort Valley State +	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Clark Atlanta +	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Morehouse +	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Tuskegee +	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Alabama A&M +	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Savannah State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Morris Brown	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Albany State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Miles	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

1991 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Shepherd $^	7	–	0	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 10 Concord	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No. 19 West Virginia State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
West Liberty State	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Glenville State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
West Virginia Wesleyan	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Fairmont State	1	–	5	–	1	1	–	8	–	1
West Virginia Tech	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant West Virginia Tech forfeited four victories, including two conference wins, over Fairmont State and West Virginia Wesleyan. Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1991 Western Football Conference standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Portland State $^	5	–	0	–	0	11	–	3	–	0
Southern Utah	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	1
Sacramento State	3	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Cal Poly	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Cal State Northridge	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Santa Clara	0	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

1991 NCAA Division II independents football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 20 Wofford ^		–		9	–	3	–	0
Springfield		–		7	–	3	–	0
Southern Connecticut State		–		6	–	3	–	0
UC Santa Barbara		–		5	–	3	–	0
Michigan Tech		–		6	–	4	–	0
Saint Mary's		–		6	–	5	–	0
Tennessee–Martin		–		5	–	6	–	0
Troy State		–		5	–	6	–	0
American International		–		4	–	5	–	1
New Haven		–		3	–	7	–	0
Wayne State (NE)		–		3	–	7	–	0
Kentucky State		–		2	–	9	–	0
Central Connecticut		–		1	–	8	–	1
Lees–McRae		–		1	–	9	–	0

^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

Conference summaries

Conference Champions
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Winston-Salem State Gulf South Conference – Jacksonville State Lone Star Conference – Eastern New Mexico Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference – Butler Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Pittsburg State North Central Conference – North Dakota State Northern California Athletic Conference – Sonoma State Northern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota State–Moorhead Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – East Stroudsburg (East), Indiana (PA) (West) Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Western State (CO) South Atlantic Conference – Carson-Newman Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Alabama A&M, Clark Atlanta, Fort Valley State, Morehouse, and Tuskegee Western Football Conference – Portland State

Postseason

The 1991 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the 19th single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football. The championship game was held at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, for the sixth time.

Playoff bracket

First round Campus sites		Quarterfinals Campus sites		Semifinals Campus sites		Championship Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL

Pittsburg State	26

Butler	16
		Pittsburg State	38

		East Texas State	28
East Texas State	36

Grand Valley State	15
				Pittsburg State	53

				Portland State	21
Portland State	28

Northern Colorado	24
		Portland State	37

		Mankato State	27
Mankato State	27

North Dakota State	7
						Pittsburg State	23

						Jacksonville State	6
Jacksonville State	49

Winston–Salem State	24
		Jacksonville State	35

		Mississippi College	7
Mississippi College	28

Wofford	15
				Jacksonville State	27

				IUP	20
IUP	56

Virginia Union	7
		IUP	52

		Shippensburg	7
Shippensburg	34*

East Stroudsburg	33

References

^ "1991 NCAA Division II National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 13. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
^ "History". uco.edu. Retrieved March 23, 2015.

[1] "1991 NCAA Division II National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 13. Retrieved January 5, 2014.

[2] "History". uco.edu. Retrieved March 23, 2015.

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