2007 NCAA Division III football season

2007 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 2007
Playoffs	November – December 2007
National; championship	Salem Football Stadium; Salem, VA
Champion	Wisconsin–Whitewater (1)
Gagliardi Trophy	Justin Beaver (RB), Wisconsin–Whitewater
	← 2006; Division III football seasons; 2008 →;

The 2007 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 2007, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2007 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks won their first Division III championship by defeating the Mount Union Purple Raiders, 31−21. This was the third of seven straight championship games between Mount Union (3 wins) and Wisconsin–Whitewater (4 wins).

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Justin Beaver, running back from Wisconsin–Whitewater.^[1]

Conference champions

Conference champions
American Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin–Baylor Atlantic Central Football Conference – Wesley Centennial Conference – Muhlenberg College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Illinois Wesleyan and North Central (IL) Empire 8 Conference – Hartwick and St. John Fisher Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Franklin Illini-Badger Football Conference‡ – Concordia (WI) and Lakeland Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) Liberty League – Hobart and RPI Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope and Olivet Middle Atlantic Conference – Widener Midwest Conference – St. Norbert Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Bethel (MN) New England Football Conference – Coast Guard (Bogan Division), Curry (Boyd Division) Championship Game: Curry 10, Coast Guard 7 New England Small College Athletic Conference – Middlebury New Jersey Athletic Conference – SUNY Cortland and TCNJ North Coast Athletic Conference – Wabash Northwest Conference – Whitworth Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Hampden–Sydney Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – California Lutheran and Redlands Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Millsaps and Trinity (TX) University Athletic Association – Case Western Reserve Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Northwestern–St. Paul USA South Athletic Conference – North Carolina Wesleyan Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Whitewater

Postseason

The 2007 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 35th 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 15th time.^[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

Mount Union	42
Ithaca	18	Mount Union	59
TCNJ	17	TCNJ	7
RPI	14			Mount Union	52
Curry	42			St. John Fisher	10
Hartwick	21	Curry	7
St. John Fisher	24	St. John Fisher	38
Hobart	7					Mount Union	62
Central (IA)	38					Bethel (MN)	14
Olivet	17	Central (IA)	37
Saint John's (MN)	41	Saint John's (MN)	7
Redlands	13			Central (IA)	13
Wisconsin–Eau Claire	24			Bethel (MN)	27
St. Norbert	20	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	12
Bethel (MN)	28	Bethel (MN)	21
Concordia Wisconsin	0							Mount Union	21
North Carolina Wesleyan	35*							Wisconsin–Whitewater	31
Washington & Jefferson	34	North Carolina Wesleyan	0
Mary Hardin–Baylor	52	Mary Hardin–Baylor	64
Trinity (TX)	23			Mary Hardin–Baylor	27
Muhlenberg	31			Wesley	10
Salisbury	21	Muhlenberg	21
Wesley	45	Wesley	38
Hampden–Sydney	17					Mary Hardin–Baylor	7
Wisconsin–Whitewater	34					Wisconsin–Whitewater	16
Capital	14	Wisconsin–Whitewater	59
North Central (IL)	44	North Central (IL)	28
Franklin	42			Wisconsin–Whitewater	47
Wabash	31			Wabash	7
Mount St. Joseph	21	Wabash	38
Case	21	Case	23
Widener	20

* Overtime

Bowl games

Date	Bowl	Location	Home team	Away team	Score
Nov. 17, 2007	ECAC North Atlantic Bowl	Currier Field Plymouth, New Hampshire	Plymouth State	Bridgewater State	24-21
Nov. 17, 2007	Victory Bowl	Reeves Field Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania	Malone (NAIA)	Geneva	45-17

References

↑ "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
↑ "2007 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved November 30, 2014.

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[1] "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved December 3, 2014.

[2] "2007 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved November 30, 2014.

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