1977 NCAA Division III football season
1977 NCAA Division III football season | |
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Regular season | August – November 1977 |
Playoffs | November – December 1977 |
Garrett-Harrison Stadium Phenix City, AL | |
Champion | Widener |
The 1977 NCAA Division III football season -- part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division III level -- began in August 1977, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1977 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Widener Pioneers won their first Division III championship, defeating the Wabash Little Giants by a final score of 39−36.[1]
Conference champions
Conference champions |
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Postseason
The 1977 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the fifth annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship game was held at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama for the fifth consecutive year. Like the previous two championships, eight teams competed in this edition.[2]
Bracket
Quarterfinals Campus Sites | Semifinals Campus Sites | National Championship Game Garrett-Harrison Stadium Phenix City, AL | ||||||||||||
Minnesota–Morris | 13 | |||||||||||||
Albion | 10 | |||||||||||||
Minnesota–Morris | 21 | |||||||||||||
Wabash | 37 | |||||||||||||
Wabash | 20 | |||||||||||||
St. John's (MN) | 9 | |||||||||||||
Wabash | 36 | |||||||||||||
Widener | 39 | |||||||||||||
Widener | 19 | |||||||||||||
Central (IA) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Widener | 33 | |||||||||||||
Albany | 15 | |||||||||||||
Albany | 51 | |||||||||||||
Hampden–Sydney | 41 | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
- ↑ "1977 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved October 31, 2014.