2005 NCAA Division III football season

2005 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 2005
Playoffs	November – December 2005
National; championship	Salem Football Stadium; Salem, VA
Champion	Mount Union (8)
Gagliardi Trophy	Brett Elliott (QB), Linfield
	← 2004; Division III football seasons; 2006 →;

The 2005 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 2005, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2005 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their eighth Division III championship by defeating the Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks, 35−28. This was the first of eight subsequent championship games between Mount Union (3 wins) and Wisconsin–Whitewater (5 wins); only the 2012 Stagg Bowl featured a different team.

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Brett Elliott, quarterback from Linfield.^[1]

Conference changes and new programs

School	2004 conference	2005 conference
Becker Hawks	No program	Independent

Conference champions

Conference champions
American Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin–Baylor Atlantic Central Football Conference – SUNY Brockport, Salisbury, and Wesley Centennial Conference – Johns Hopkins College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL) Empire 8 Conference – Ithaca Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Mount St. Joseph Illini-Badger Football Conference – Lakeland Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) and Coe Liberty League – Union (NY) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion Middle Atlantic Conference – Delaware Valley Midwest Conference – Monmouth (IL) Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Fitchburg State (Bogan Division), Curry (Boyd Division) Championship Game: Curry 17, Fitchburg State 14 (2OT) New England Small College Athletic Conference – Trinity (CT) New Jersey Athletic Conference – Rowan and SUNY Cortland North Coast Athletic Conference – Wabash Northwest Conference – Linfield Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Bridgewater Presidents' Athletic Conference – Thiel Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Occidental Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Trinity (TX) University Athletic Association – Chicago Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Northwestern–St. Paul USA South Athletic Conference – Ferrum and Methodist Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Whitewater

Postseason

The 2005 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 33rd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship Stagg Bowl game was held at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia for the 13th time. The bracket for this field expanded from 28 to 32 teams, where it has remained.^[2]

Playoff bracket

First Round Campus Sites		Second Round Campus Sites		Quarterfinals Campus Sites		Semifinals Campus Sites		National Championship Game Salem Football Stadium Salem, Virginia

Linfield	63
Occidental	21	Linfield	28
Concordia–Moorhead	27	Concordia–Moorhead	14
Coe	14			Linfield	41
Saint John's (MN)	62			Wisconsin–Whitewater	44
Monmouth (IL)	3	Saint John's (MN)	7
Wisconsin–Whitewater	34	Wisconsin–Whitewater	34
Central (IA)	14					Wisconsin–Whitewater	58
Mary Hardin–Baylor	35					Wesley	6
Trinity (TX)	6	Mary Hardin–Baylor	36
Wesley	59	Wesley	46
Ferrum	14			Wesley	46
Bridgewater (VA)	30			Bridgewater (VA)	7
Washington & Jefferson	21	Bridgewater (VA)	24
Thiel	28	Thiel	13
Johns Hopkins	3							Wisconsin–Whitewater	28
Wabash	38							Mount Union	35
Albion	20	Wabash	11
Capital	21	Capital	14
North Central (IL)	19			Mount Union	34
Augustana (IL)	49			Capital	31
Lakeland	22	Augustana (IL)	7
Mount Union	49	Mount Union	44
Mount St. Joseph	6					Mount Union	19
Delaware Valley	37					Rowan	7
Curry	22	Delaware Valley	21
Hobart	23	Hobart	14
Cortland	22			Delaware Valley	21
Rowan	42			Rowan	27
Wilkes	3	Rowan	28
Union (NY)	55	Union (NY)	24
Ithaca	41

* Overtime

References

↑ "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
↑ "2005 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved November 28, 2014.

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[1] "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 30, 2014.

[2] "2005 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved November 28, 2014.

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