In their second season under head coach Bobby Pate, the Braves compiled a 12–0 record and won the NCAA Division III championship.
[2] The season included a Sunday afternoon game against Millsaps intended to fill the void for television viewers during the 1982 NFL strike.
[3] In the postseason, West Georgia faced Widener in the Division III South Region Championship game.
Widener had spoiled West Georgia's undefeated 1981 season in that year's playoffs.
West Georgia then went on to shut out Augustana (Illinois), 14–0, in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl to win the Division III national championship.