| 1994 NCAA Division II football season | |
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| Regular season | September 3 – November 12, 1994 |
| Playoffs | November 19 – December 10, 1994[1] |
| National Championship | Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL |
| Champion | North Alabama |
| Harlon Hill Trophy | Chris Hatcher,Valdosta State |
The1994 NCAA Division II football season, part ofcollege football in the United States organized by theNational Collegiate Athletic Association at theDivision II level, began on September 3, 1994, and concluded with theNCAA Division II Football Championship on December 10, 1994, atBraly Municipal Stadium inFlorence, Alabama, hosted by theUniversity of North Alabama.
North Alabama defeatedTexas A&M–Kingsville in the championship game, 16–10, to win their second consecutive Division II national title.[2]
TheHarlon Hill Trophy was awarded toChris Hatcher, quarterback fromValdosta State.
| Team | 1993 conference | 1994 conference |
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| Cal State Hayward | Northern California Athletic Conference | Dropped program |
| Lees–McRae | Independent | Dropped program |
| Michigan Tech | Independent | MIFC |
| UC Davis | American West (I-AA) | Independent |
| Conference Champions |
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Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association –Hampton |
| 1994 NCAA DivisionII Football Championship | |
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| Teams | 16 |
| Finals Site | |
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The1994NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the 22nd single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men'sNCAA Division II college football. The championship game was held atBraly Municipal Stadium inFlorence, Alabama, for the ninth time.
| First round Campus sites | Quarterfinals Campus sites | Semifinals Campus sites | Championship Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL | ||||||||||||
| Ferris State | 43 | ||||||||||||||
| West Chester | 40 | ||||||||||||||
| Ferris State | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| IUP | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| IUP | 35 | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Valley State | 27 | ||||||||||||||
| IUP | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Kingsville | 46 | ||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Kingsville | 43 | ||||||||||||||
| Western State (CO) | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Kingsville | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Portland State | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Portland State | 29 | ||||||||||||||
| Angelo State | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Kingsville | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| North Alabama | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 18*** | ||||||||||||||
| Pittsburg State | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Northeast Missouri State | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| North Alabama | 35 | ||||||||||||||
| North Alabama | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Carson–Newman | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| North Alabama | 27** | ||||||||||||||
| Valdosta State | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Valdosta State | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Albany State | 7 | ||||||||||||||