1983 NCAA Division III football season

The 1983 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 1983, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1983 at Galbreath Field in Kings Island, Mason, Ohio. The Augustana (IL) Vikings won their first of four consecutive Division III championships by defeating the Union Dutchmen by a final score of 21−17.[1]

1983 NCAA Division III football season
Regular seasonAugust – November 1983
PlayoffsNovember – December 1983
Galbreath Field
Kings Island, Mason, Ohio
ChampionAugustana (IL)
NCAA Division III football seasons

Conference and program changes

Conference standings
1983 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Wartburg + 6 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
Central (IA) + 6 –1 –0  7 –2 –0
Buena Vista 5 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Luther 3 –4 –0  5 –4 –0
Dubuque 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Simpson 2 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
William Penn 2 –5 –0  2 –8 –0
Upper Iowa 1 –6 –0  2 –8 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1983 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Susquehanna $ 7 –0 –1  8 –0 –1
Lycoming 6 –1 –1  7 –2 –1
Widener 6 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Moravian 5 –3 –0  6 –3 –0
Delaware Valley 4 –4 –0  6 –4 –0
Albright 4 –4 –0  5 –4 –0
Upsala 1 –7 –0  2 –7 –0
Wilkes 1 –7 –0  2 –7 –0
Juniata 1 –7 –0  2 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1983 New Jersey State Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Trenton State + 5 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
Montclair State + 5 –1 –0  7 –2 –1
Glassboro State + 5 –1 –0  5 –5 –0
Ramapo 2 –4 –0  5 –4 –0
Kean 2 –4 –0  4 –5 –1
William Paterson 2 –4 –0  3 –7 –0
Jersey City State 0 –6 –0  3 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1983 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Carnegie Mellon $^ 7 –0 –0  9 –1 –0
Case Western Reserve 6 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
John Carroll 4 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
Washington & Jefferson 3 –3 –1  3 –5 –1
Bethany (WV) 3 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Hiram 2 –4 –1  3 –5 –1
Allegheny 2 –5 –0  4 –5 –0
Thiel 0 –7 –0  0 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

Conference champions
Conference champions
  • Centennial Conference – Gettysburg, Muhlenberg, and Swarthmore
  • College Athletic Conference – Centre and Rose–Hulman
  • College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL)
  • Independent College Athletic Conference – St. Lawrence
  • Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) and Wartburg
  • Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Adrian
  • Middle Atlantic Conference – Susquehanna
  • Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Lake Forest
  • Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – St. Thomas (MN)
  • New England Football Conference – Massachusetts Maritime and Plymouth State
  • New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Glassboro State, Montclair State, and Trenton State
  • Northwest Conference – Pacific Lutheran
  • Ohio Athletic Conference – Baldwin Wallace (Red Division), Wittenberg (Blue Division)
  • Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Hampden–Sydney
  • Presidents' Athletic Conference – Carnegie Mellon
  • Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Occidental
  • Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – McMurry and Sul Ross State
  • Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Mount Senario and Northwestern (WI)
  • Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Eau Claire

Postseason

The 1983 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 11th 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 Galbreath Field at the College Football Hall of Fame in Kings Island, Mason, Ohio for the first time. Like the previous eight championships, eight teams competed in this edition.[2]

NCAA Division III Playoff bracket
Quarterfinals
Campus Sites 		Semifinals
Campus Sites 		National Championship Game
Galbreath Field
Kings Island, Mason, OH
         
Union (NY) 51
Hofstra 19
Union (NY) 23
Salisbury State 21
Salisbury State 16
Carnegie Mellon 14
Union (NY) 17
Augustana (IL) 21
Augustana (IL) 22
Adrian 21
Augustana (IL) 21
Wisconsin–La Crosse 15
Wisconsin–La Crosse 43
Occidental 42

See also

References
  1. "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  2. "1983 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
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