1981 NCAA Division III football season

The 1981 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 1981, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1981 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Widener Pioneers won their second Division III championship, defeating the defending national champion Dayton Flyers by a final score of 17−10.[1]

1981 NCAA Division III football season
Regular seasonAugust – November 1981
PlayoffsNovember – December 1981
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL
ChampionWidener
NCAA Division III football seasons

Conference standings
1981 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Central (IA) $ 6 –1 –0  6 –2 –1
Buena Vista 5 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Wartburg 6 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Dubuque 4 –3 –0  4 –6 –0
Luther * 3 –4 –0  3 –6 –0
Simpson 2 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
William Penn 2 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Upper Iowa 1 –6 –0  1 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – forfeited one non-conference game
1981 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Northern
Delaware Valley x 6 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
Juniata x 6 –1 –0  6 –2 –1
Albright 4 –2 –1  5 –3 –1
Lycoming 4 –2 –1  5 –4 –1
Susquehanna 4 –3 –0  6 –3 –0
Upsala 2 –5 –0  4 –6 –0
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham 1 –6 –0  1 –8 –0
Wilkes 0 –7 –0  0 –9 –0
Southern
Widener x^ 8 –0 –0  13 –0 –0
Johns Hopkins 6 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Swarthmore 6 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Franklin & Marshall 5 –3 –0  6 –3 –0
Gettysburg 5 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Western Maryland 5 –3 –0  5 –3 –1
Lebanon Valley 4 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Muhlenberg 3 –5 –0  3 –5 –0
Ursinus 1 –6 –1  2 –6 –1
Moravian 0 –7 –1  2 –8 –1
Dickinson 0 –8 –0  0 –9 –0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1981 New Jersey State Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Montclair State $^ 6 –0 –0  10 –2 –0
Ramapo 4 –1 –1  6 –2 –1
Glassboro State 4 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Trenton State 3 –2 –1  5 –4 –1
William Paterson 2 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Kean 1 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Jersey City State 0 –6 –0  2 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1981 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Carnegie Mellon $ 6 –0 –1  7 –1 –1
Bethany (WV) 5 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Hiram 5 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Thiel 4 –2 –1  4 –4 –1
Allegheny 3 –4 –0  3 –5 –0
John Carroll 3 –4 –0  3 –6 –0
Washington & Jefferson 1 –6 –0  2 –7 –0
Case Western Reserve 0 –7 –0  0 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Conference champions
Conference champions
  • College Athletic Conference – Rose-Hulman
  • College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL)
  • Independent College Athletic Conference – Alfred
  • Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA)
  • Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope
  • Middle Atlantic Conference – Delaware Valley and Juniata (North), Widener (South)
  • Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Lawrence
  • Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Concordia–Moorhead
  • New England Football Conference – Plymouth State
  • New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Montclair State
  • Northwest Conference – Pacific Lutheran
  • Ohio Athletic Conference – Baldwin Wallace (Red Division), Wittenberg (Blue Division)
  • Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Washington & Lee
  • Presidents' Athletic Conference – Carnegie Mellon
  • Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Whittier
  • Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Austin and Sul Ross State
  • Twin Rivers Conference – Concordia–St. Paul and Northwestern–St. Paul
  • Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Eau Claire

Postseason

The 1981 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the ninth 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 ninth consecutive year. Like the previous six 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
         
Dayton 19
Augustana (IL) 7
Dayton 38
Lawrence 0
Lawrence 21*
Minnesota–Morris 14
Dayton 10
Widener 17
Montclair State 13
Alfred 12
Montclair State 12
Widener 23
Widener 10
West Georgia 3

See also

References
  1. "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  2. "1981 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
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