1980 NCAA Division III football season

The 1980 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 1980, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1980 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Dayton Flyers won their first Division III championship, defeating the defending national champion Ithaca Bombers by a final score of 63−0.[1]

1980 NCAA Division III football season
Regular seasonAugust – November 1980
PlayoffsNovember – December 1980
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL
ChampionDayton
NCAA Division III football seasons

Conference changes and new programs
School1979 Conference1980 Conference
James MadisonD-III IndependentI-AA Independent

Conference standings
1980 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Dubuque $^ 6 –1 –0  8 –2 –1
Buena Vista 5 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Luther 5 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Central (IA) 5 –2 –0  5 –4 –0
Simpson 3 –4 –0  5 –4 –0
Upper Iowa 2 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
Wartburg 1 –6 –0  2 –7 –0
William Penn 1 –6 –0  3 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1980 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Northern
Delaware Valley x 7 –0 –0  7 –3 –0
Lycoming 6 –1 –0  9 –1 –0
Albright 4 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Juniata 4 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
Wilkes 3 –4 –0  3 –6 –0
Upsala 2 –5 –0  3 –6 –1
Susquehanna 2 –5 –0  2 –7 –0
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham 0 –7 –0  1 –8 –0
Southern
Widener x^ 8 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
Muhlenberg 7 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
Franklin & Marshall 6 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Western Maryland 5 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Gettysburg 4 –3 –1  6 –3 –1
Moravian 4 –4 –0  5 –4 –0
Ursinus 3 –4 –1  3 –5 –1
Swarthmore 3 –5 –0  4 –5 –0
Dickinson 2 –5 –1  2 –6 –1
Lebanon Valley 0 –7 –1  0 –8 –1
Johns Hopkins 0 –8 –0  1 –8 –0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1980 New Jersey State Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Trenton State $ 6 –0 –0  8 –1 –1
Montclair State 5 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
Glassboro State 4 –2 –0  4 –6 –0
Ramapo 2 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
William Paterson 2 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
Kean 2 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Jersey City State 0 –6 –0  2 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1980 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Bethany (WV) $^ 7 –0 –0  9 –1 –0
Carnegie Mellon 6 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
John Carroll 4 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
Thiel 4 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
Allegheny 3 –3 –1  3 –4 –1
Hiram 2 –4 –1  2 –6 –1
Washington & Jefferson 1 –6 –0  2 –7 –0
Case Western Reserve 0 –7 –0  0 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

Conference champions
Conference champions
  • College Athletic Conference – Centre
  • College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Elmhurst and Illinois Wesleyan
  • Independent College Athletic Conference – Ithaca
  • Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Dubuque
  • Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Adrian
  • Middle Atlantic Conference – Delaware Valley (North), Widener (South)
  • Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Cornell College and Lawrence
  • Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Concordia–Moorhead
  • New England Football Conference – Maine Maritime
  • New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Trenton State
  • Northwest Conference – Linfield
  • Ohio Athletic Conference – Baldwin Wallace (Red Division), Wittenberg (Blue Division)
  • Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Bridgewater
  • Presidents' Athletic Conference – Bethany (WV)
  • Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Redlands
  • Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – McMurry
  • Twin Rivers Conference – Mount Senario
  • Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse, Wisconsin–Platteville, Wisconsin–River Falls, and Wisconsin–Whitewater

Postseason

The 1980 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the eighth 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 eighth consecutive year. Like the previous five championships, eight teams competed in this edition.[2]

NCAA Division III Playoff bracket
Quarterfinals
Campus Sites 		Semifinals
Campus Sites 		National Championship Game
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL
         
Ithaca 41
Wagner 13
Ithaca 36
Minnesota–Morris 0
Minnesota–Morris 41
Dubuque 35
Ithaca 0
Dayton 63
Dayton 34
Baldwin Wallace 0
Dayton 28
Widener 24
Widener 43
Bethany (WV) 12

See also

References
  1. "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  2. "1980 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
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