1975 NCAA Division III football season

The 1975 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 1975, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1975 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Wittenberg Tigers won their second Division III championship, defeating the Ithaca Bombers by a final score of 28−0.[1]

1975 NCAA Division III football season
Regular seasonAugust – November 1975
PlayoffsNovember – December 1975
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL
ChampionWittenberg
NCAA Division III football seasons

Conference standings
1975 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Butler $ 6 –0 –0  9 –1 –0
Indiana Central 5 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
Evansville 4 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
DePauw 2 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
Valparaiso 2 –4 –0  3 –6 –0
Saint Joseph's (IN) 2 –4 –0  2 –8 –0
Wabash 0 –6 –0  3 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1975 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
William Penn $^ 7 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
Buena Vista 6 –1 –0  7 –2 –0
Central (IA) 4 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Luther 4 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
Dubuque 3 –4 –0  4 –5 –1
Wartburg 2 –5 –0  4 –5 –0
Simpson 1 –6 –0  2 –7 –0
Upper Iowa 1 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1975 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
C. W. Post $ 4 –0 –0  9 –1 –0
Merchant Marine 4 –1 –0  7 –2 –0
Wagner 3 –2 –0  6 –2 –1
Fordham 1 –2 –1  3 –5 –1
Hofstra 1 –4 –0  3 –6 –0
Seton Hall 0 –4 –1  2 –7 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
1975 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Northern
Albright x^ 6 –0 –0  8 –2 –0
Juniata 4 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Lycoming 3 –2 –0  6 –2 –0
Upsala 3 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Wilkes 2 –3 –0  3 –5 –0
Susquehanna 2 –4 –0  3 –6 –0
Delaware Valley 0 –6 –0  0 –8 –0
Southern
Widener x^ 8 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
Franklin & Marshall 6 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Lebanon Valley 6 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Moravian 5 –2 –1  6 –2 –1
Johns Hopkins 3 –3 –1  3 –5 –1
Dickinson 3 –5 –1  3 –5 –1
Muhlenberg 2 –5 –2  2 –6 –2
Ursinus 1 –6 –1  1 –6 –1
Western Maryland 1 –5 –0  2 –7 –0
Swarthmore 1 –6 –0  1 –7 –0
Gettysburg 0 –0 –0  3 –6 –0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1975 New Jersey State Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Glassboro State $ 5 –0 –0  7 –2 –1
Montclair State 4 –1 –0  4 –4 –2
Trenton State 3 –2 –0  5 –4 –0
Kean 2 –3 –0  3 –7 –0
Jersey City State 1 –4 –0  2 –6 –0
William Paterson 0 –5 –0  1 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Conference champions
Conference champions
  • College Athletic Conference – Rose–Hulman and Sewanee
  • College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL)
  • Independent College Athletic Conference – Ithaca
  • Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wiliam Penn
  • Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope
  • Middle Atlantic Conference – Albright (North), Widener (South)
  • Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Lawrence
  • Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN)
  • New England Football Conference – Nichols
  • New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Glassboro State
  • Northwest Conference – Linfield, Pacific Lutheran, and Whitworth
  • Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Division III) – Fisk
  • Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – La Verne and Redlands
  • Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse, Wisconsin–River Falls, and Wisconsin–Whitewater

Postseason

The 1975 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the third 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 third consecutive year. Unlike the two previous championships, this year's bracket expanded from four to eight teams.[2]

Bracket
Quarterfinals
Campus Sites 		Semifinals
Campus Sites 		National Championship Game
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL
         
Widener 14
Albright 6
Widener 14
Ithaca 23
Ithaca 41
Fort Valley State 12
Ithaca 0
Wittenberg 28
Wittenberg 14
Indiana Central 13
Wittenberg 55
Millsaps 22
Millsaps 28
Colorado College 21

See also

References
  1. "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  2. "1975 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
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