1973 NCAA Division III football season

The 1973 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 1973, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1973 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. This was the first season for Division III (and Division II) football, which were formerly in the College Division in 1972 and prior.

1973 NCAA Division III football season
Regular seasonAugust – November 1973
PlayoffsNovember – December 1973
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL
ChampionWittenberg
NCAA Division III football seasons

Wittenberg won their first Division III championship, defeating Juniata in the championship game by a final score of 41−0.[1]

Conference changes and new programs
School1972 conference1973 conference
AlbanyNew programNCAA Division III independent

Conference standings
1973 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Butler $ 4 –1 –0  5 –5 –0
DePauw 3 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Evansville 3 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Indiana Central 2 –3 –0  7 –3 –0
Valparaiso 2 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Saint Joseph's (IN) 1 –4 –0  3 –7 –0
Wabash 0 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1973 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Buena Vista $ 7 –0 –0  8 –1 –0
Central (IA) 6 –1 –0  7 –2 –0
Wartburg 4 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Dubuque 3 –3 –1  5 –4 –1
William Penn 3 –4 –0  6 –4 –0
Luther 2 –4 –1  2 –6 –1
Simpson 1 –5 –1  2 –6 –1
Upper Iowa 0 –6 –1  1 –7 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
1973 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
C. W. Post $ 5 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
Hofstra 4 –1 –0  8 –3 –0
Fordham 2 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Merchant Marine 1 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Seton Hall 0 –2 –0  3 –4 –0
Saint Peter's 0 –2 –0  0 –9 –0
Wagner 0 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1973 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Northern
Juniata x^ 5 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
Wilkes 5 –1 –0  5 –3 –0
Albright 5 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Delaware Valley 4 –3 –1  4 –3 –0
Lycoming 2 –5 –0  2 –6 –0
Susquehanna 1 –6 –0  2 –7 –0
Upsala 0 –7 –0  0 –8 –0
Wagner * 2 –1 –0  4 –5 –0
Southern
Franklin & Marshall x 8 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
Widener 7 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
Muhlenberg 7 –1 –1  7 –1 –1
Johns Hopkins 4 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Western Maryland 4 –2 –0  5 –4 –0
Moravian 3 –5 –1  3 –5 –1
Lebanon Valley 2 –5 –2  2 –5 –2
Dickinson 1 –5 –2  1 –5 –2
Ursinus 1 –5 –1  2 –5 –1
Swarthmore 0 –7 –0  0 –7 –0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
  • * – Ineligible due to insufficient conference games
    Juniata won Southern Northern Section on Hazlett point system
1973 New Jersey State Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Montclair State $ 4 –0 –0  6 –4 –0
Jersey City State 4 –1 –0  9 –1 –0
Trenton State 3 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Glassboro State 2 –3 –0  4 –6 –0
Kean 1 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
William Paterson 0 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Conference champions
ConferenceChampion(s)
College Athletic ConferenceSouthwestern at Memphis
College Conference of Illinois and WisconsinCarthage
Independent College Athletic ConferenceChampion unknown
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic ConferenceBuena Vista
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationHope
Middle Atlantic ConferenceNorth: Juniata
South: Franklin & Marshall
Midwest Collegiate Athletic ConferenceCoe
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic ConferenceMinnesota–Duluth
St. Thomas (MN)
New England Football ConferenceNichols
New Jersey State Athletic ConferenceMontclair State
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Division III)Fisk
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic ConferenceRedlands

Postseason

The 1973 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the first single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The inaugural edition had only four teams (in comparison with the 32 teams competing as of 2014). The championship game was held at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Wittenberg Tigers defeated the Juniata College Eagles, 41-0, to win their first national title.[2]

NCAA Division III Playoff bracket
Semifinals
Campus Sites 		National Championship Game
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL
      
Juniata 35
Bridgeport 14
Juniata 0
Wittenberg 41
Wittenberg 21
San Diego 14

See also

References
  1. "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  2. "1973 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
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