1977 NCAA Division III football season

The 1977 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 1977, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1977 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Widener Pioneers won their first Division III championship, defeating the Wabash Little Giants by a final score of 39−36.[1]

1977 NCAA Division III football season
Regular seasonAugust – November 1977
PlayoffsNovember – December 1977
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL
ChampionWidener
NCAA Division III football seasons

Conference standings
1977 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Saint Joseph's (IN) + 3 –1 –0  5 –4 –0
Butler + 3 –1 –0  5 –5 –0
Indiana Central 2 –1 –1  6 –2 –1
Valparaiso 1 –2 –1  3 –6 –1
Evansville 0 –4 –0  1 –8 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1977 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Central (IA) $^ 7 –0 –0  9 –1 –0
Wartburg 6 –1 –0  7 –2 –0
Buena Vista 5 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
William Penn 3 –4 –0  6 –4 –0
Luther 3 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
Dubuque 2 –5 –0  4 –6 –0
Simpson 2 –5 –0  2 –7 –0
Upper Iowa 0 –7 –0  2 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1977 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Fordham $ 3 –0 –0  8 –2 –0
C. W. Post 3 –0 –0  5 –3 –1
Hofstra 3 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Merchant Marine 1 –2 –0  3 –6 –0
Wagner 1 –4 –0  2 –7 –0
Seton Hall 0 –3 –0  3 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1977 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Northern
Albright x 5 –1 –0  7 –2 –0
Upsala 5 –1 –0  7 –2 –0
Lycoming 4 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Juniata 3 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Wilkes 3 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
Susquehanna 1 –5 –0  2 –7 –0
Delaware Valley 0 –6 –0  2 –7 –0
Southern
Widener x^ 6 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
Franklin & Marshall 7 –1 –0  7 –2 –0
Dickinson 5 –2 –1  6 –2 –1
Muhlenberg 5 –3 –0  6 –3 –0
Swarthmore 4 –4 –1  4 –4 –1
Lebanon Valley 3 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
Western Maryland 2 –4 –1  2 –6 –1
Moravian 2 –5 –0  2 –7 –0
Ursinus 2 –5 –0  2 –7 –0
Johns Hopkins 0 –8 –1  1 –8 –1
Gettysburg * 1 –1 –0  3 –7 –0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
  • * – Ineligible due to insufficient conference games
1977 New Jersey State Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Glassboro State $ 5 –0 –0  7 –3 –0
Montclair State 3 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Trenton State 3 –2 –0  4 –5 –0
Kean 2 –2 –1  3 –6 –1
William Paterson 1 –3 –1  4 –4 –1
Jersey City State 0 –5 –0  1 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1977 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Carnegie Mellon $ 7 –0 –0  8 –1 –0
Allegheny 5 –2 –0  5 –3 –0
Case Western Reserve 5 –2 –0  5 –4 –0
Washington & Jefferson 3 –3 –1  4 –4 –1
Hiram 3 –4 –0  3 –6 –0
Thiel 2 –4 –1  2 –5 –1
Bethany (WV) 2 –5 –0  2 –7 –0
John Carroll 0 –7 –0  2 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Conference champions
Conference champions
  • College Athletic Conference – Southwestern at Memphis
  • College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Illinois Wesleyan and Millikin
  • Independent College Athletic Conference – Champion Unknown
  • Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA)
  • Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion
  • Middle Atlantic Conference – Albright (North), Widener (South)
  • Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Ripon
  • Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN)
  • New England Football Conference – Massachusetts Maritime
  • New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Glassboro State
  • Northwest Conference – Linfield
  • Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Hampden–Sydney
  • Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Clarion
  • Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Division III) – Clark Atlanta and Miles
  • Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Redlands
  • Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Tarleton State
  • Twin Rivers Conference – Concordia–St. Paul
  • Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Stevens Point

Postseason

The 1977 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the fifth 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 fifth consecutive year. Like the previous two championships, eight teams competed in this edition.[2]

Bracket
Quarterfinals
Campus Sites 		Semifinals
Campus Sites 		National Championship Game
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL
         
Minnesota–Morris 13
Albion 10
Minnesota–Morris 21
Wabash 37
Wabash 20
Saint John's (MN) 9
Wabash 36
Widener 39
Widener 19
Central (IA) 0
Widener 33
Albany 15
Albany 51
Hampden–Sydney 41

See also

References
  1. "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
  2. "1977 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
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