2008 NCAA Division III football season

2008 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 2008
Playoffs	November – December 2008
National; championship	Salem Football Stadium; Salem, VA
Champion	Mount Union (10)
Gagliardi Trophy	Greg Micheli (QB), Mount Union
	← 2007; Division III football seasons; 2009 →;

The 2008 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 2008, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2008 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their tenth Division III championship by defeating the Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks, 31−26. This was the fourth 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 Greg Micheli, quarterback from Mount Union.^[1]

Program changes

After Tri-State University changed its name to Trine University in 2008, the Tri-State Thunder became the Trine Thunder at the start of the 2008 season.

Conference champions

Conference champions
American Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin–Baylor Atlantic Central Football Conference – Wesley Centennial Conference – Muhlenberg College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – North Central (IL) Empire 8 Conference – Ithaca Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Franklin Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wartburg Liberty League – Hobart Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Trine Middle Atlantic Conference – Albright, Delaware Valley, and Lycoming Midwest Conference – Monmouth (IL) Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Bridgewater State and Maine Maritime (Bogan Division), Plymouth State (Boyd Division) Championship Game: Plymouth State 46, Maine Maritime 16 New England Small College Athletic Conference – Trinity (CT) New Jersey Athletic Conference – SUNY Cortland North Coast Athletic Conference – Wabash Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference – Aurora Northwest Conference – Willamette Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Catholic, Emory & Henry, Hampden–Sydney, and Randolph-Macon Presidents' Athletic Conference – Thomas More Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Occidental Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Millsaps University Athletic Association – Case Western Reserve Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Northwestern–St. Paul USA South Athletic Conference – Christopher Newport Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Stevens Point and Wisconsin–Whitewater

Postseason

The 2008 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 36th 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 16th 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	56
Randolph–Macon	0	Mount Union	42
Hobart	33	Hobart	7
Lycoming	15			Mount Union	41
Cortland	31			Cortland	14
Plymouth State	14	Cortland	42
Curry	26	Curry	0
Ithaca	21					Mount Union	45
North Central (IL)	44					Wheaton (IL)	24
Thomas More	23	North Central (IL)	28
Franklin	62	Franklin	38
Otterbein	45			Franklin	28
Wabash	20			Wheaton (IL)	45
Case	17	Wabash	28
Wheaton (IL)	14	Wheaton (IL)	59
Trine	0							Mount Union	31
Willamette	48							Wisconsin–Whitewater	26
Occidental	33	Willamette	27
Wisconsin–Whitewater	37	Wisconsin–Whitewater	30
Saint John's	7			Wisconsin–Whitewater	34
Wartburg	26			Wartburg	17
Wisconsin–Stevens Point	21	Wartburg	30
Monmouth (IL)	42	Monmouth (IL)	28
Aurora	13					Wisconsin–Whitewater	39
Millsaps	51					Mary Hardin–Baylor	13
LaGrange	26	Washington & Jefferson	35
Washington & Jefferson	35	Millsaps	20
Christopher Newport	29			Washington & Jefferson	7
Wesley	20			Mary Hardin–Baylor	63
Muhlenberg	0	Wesley	14
Mary Hardin–Baylor	38	Mary Hardin–Baylor	46
Hardin–Simmons	35

* Overtime

References

↑ "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
↑ "2008 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved December 3, 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] "2008 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved December 3, 2014.

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