The 1984 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 1984, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 8, 1984, at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium in McAllen, Texas. During the game's five-year stretch in McAllen, the "City of Palms", it was referred to as the Palm Bowl.
Troy State defeated North Dakota State in the championship game, 18–17, to win their first Division II national title.
Conference changes and new programs Four programs departed Division II for Division I-AA prior to the season. Three were members of the Lone Star Conference, invited to join the newly formed, Division I-AA Gulf Star Conference.
School 1983 Conference 1984 Conference Eastern Washington D-II Independent I-AA Independent Cal Lutheran NAIA Division II Independent Western Football Conference Sam Houston State Lone Star Gulf Star (I-AA) Southwest Texas State Lone Star Gulf Star (I-AA) Stephen F. Austin Lone Star Gulf Star (I-AA)
Conference standings
Conference summaries
Conference ChampionsCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Norfolk State Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saginaw Valley State Gulf South Conference – Troy State Heartland Collegiate Conference – Ashland Lone Star Conference – Angelo State Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Northwest Missouri State North Central Conference – Nebraska–Omaha and North Dakota State Northern California Athletic Conference – UC Davis Northern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota–Morris and Minnesota State–Moorhead Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – California (PA) Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Fort Lewis South Atlantic Conference – Carson-Newman Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Albany State
Postseason
The 1984 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the 12th single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football. The championship game was held at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium in McAllen, Texas, for the fourth consecutive time.
Playoff bracket
See also 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season 1984 NCAA Division III football season 1984 NAIA Division I football season 1984 NAIA Division II football season
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