1982 NCAA Division III football season

The 1982 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 1982, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1982 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama.

1982 NCAA Division III football season
Regular seasonAugust – November 1982
PlayoffsNovember – December 1982
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL
ChampionWest Georgia
NCAA Division III football seasons

The West Georgia Wolves won their first Division III championship, defeating the Augustana (IL) Vikings by a final score of 14−0.[1]

Conference standings
1982 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Wartburg $ 7 –0 –0  8 –1 –0
Central (IA) 6 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
Luther 5 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Dubuque 4 –3 –0  6 –3 –0
Buena Vista 3 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Simpson 2 –5 –0  4 –5 –0
Upper Iowa 1 –6 –0  2 –8 –0
William Penn 0 –7 –0  1 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1982 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Northern
Delaware Valley x 6 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
Lycoming x 6 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
Susquehanna 5 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Juniata 4 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Upsala 4 –3 –0  ? –? –?
Albright 2 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
Wilkes 1 –6 –0  1 –8 –0
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham 0 –7 –0  1 –8 –0
Southern
Widener x^ 7 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
Swarthmore x 7 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
Franklin & Marshall 6 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Gettysburg 6 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Muhlenberg 4 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Ursinus 3 –4 –1  3 –5 –1
Moravian 3 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
Western Maryland 2 –5 –1  2 –6 –1
Johns Hopkins 2 –6 –0  3 –6 –0
Lebanon Valley 2 –6 –0  2 –7 –0
Dickinson 1 –7 –0  1 –8 –0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1982 New Jersey State Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Montclair State $ 6 –0 –0  8 –0 –2
Trenton State 5 –1 –9   1 –0  
Ramapo 3 –3 –0  7 –3 –0
Glassboro State 3 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
William Paterson 3 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Kean 1 –5 –0  2 –9 –0
Jersey City State 0 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1982 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Hiram $ 6 –1 –0  6 –3 –0
Case Western Reserve 5 –2 –0  5 –3 –0
Carnegie Mellon 4 –3 –0  6 –3 –0
John Carroll 4 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Bethany (WV) 3 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Washington & Jefferson 3 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Allegheny 3 –4 –0  3 –5 –0
Thiel 0 –7 –0  0 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Conference changes and new programs
School1981 conference1982 conference
Westfield State OwlsNo programNEFC

Conference champions
Conference champions
  • College Athletic Conference – Sewanee
  • College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL)
  • Independent College Athletic Conference – St. Lawrence
  • Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wartburg
  • Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope
  • Middle Atlantic Conference – Delaware Valley and Lycoming (North), Widener (South)
  • Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Ripon
  • Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN)
  • New England Football Conference – Plymouth State
  • New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Montclair State
  • Northwest Conference – Linfield
  • Ohio Athletic Conference – Baldwin Wallace (Red Division), Ohio Northern (Blue Division)
  • Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Hampden–Sydney
  • Presidents' Athletic Conference – Hiram
  • Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – La Verne
  • Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Sul Ross State
  • Twin Rivers Conference – Concordia–St. Paul, Mount Senario, and Northwestern–St. Paul
  • Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse

Postseason

The 1982 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the tenth annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship Stagg Bowl game was held at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama for the tenth consecutive year. Like the previous seven 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
         
Augustana (IL) 28
Baldwin Wallace 22
Augustana (IL) 14
St. Lawrence 0
St. Lawrence 43
Wagner 34
Augustana (IL) 0
West Georgia 14
Bishop 32
Wartburg 7
Bishop 6
West Georgia 27
West Georgia (3OT) 31
Widener 24

See also

References
  1. "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  2. "1982 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
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