1986 NCAA Division III football season

The 1986 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 1986, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1986 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Augustana (IL) Vikings won the fourth of their four consecutive Division III championships by defeating the Salisbury State Sea Gulls by a final score of 31−3.[1]

1986 NCAA Division III football season
Regular seasonAugust – November 1986
PlayoffsNovember – December 1986
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL
ChampionAugustana (IL)
NCAA Division III football seasons

Conference standings
1986 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Augustana (IL) $^ 7 –0 –1  12 –0 –1
Millikin 6 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Wheaton (IL) 6 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Illinois Wesleyan 4 –3 –1  5 –3 –1
North Central (IL) 4 –3 –1  5 –3 –1
Carthage 3 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
Elmhurst 2 –5 –1  2 –6 –1
Carroll (WI) 2 –6 –0  2 –7 –0
North Park 0 –8 –0  0 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1986 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Central (IA) $^ 8 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
Buena Vista ^ 7 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
Luther 6 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Loras 5 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Wartburg 4 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
William Penn 3 –5 –0  3 –6 –1
Dubuque 2 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
Simpson 1 –7 –0  1 –8 –0
Upper Iowa 0 –8 –0  0 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1986 Liberty Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Merchant Marine $ 4 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
Fordham 3 –1 –1  4 –5 –1
St. John's 3 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Pace 2 –2 –1  5 –4 –1
C. W. Post 2 –3 –0  2 –7 –0
Iona 0 –5 –0  0 –11 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1986 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Susquehanna $^ 9 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
Juniata 7 –2 –0  9 –2 –0
Lycoming 7 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Wilkes 6 –3 –0  6 –3 –0
Widener 6 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
Moravian 3 –5 –1  4 –5 –1
Delaware Valley 3 –5 –1  3 –6 –1
Albright 2 –7 –0  3 –7 –0
Lebanon Valley 1 –8 –0  2 –8 –0
Upsala 0 –9 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1986 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Montclair State $^ 6 –0 –0  10 –2 –0
Glassboro State 4 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
William Paterson 3 –2 –1  6 –3 –1
Jersey City State 3 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Trenton State 3 –3 –0  4 –6 –0
Kean 1 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Ramapo 0 –5 –1  0 –9 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1986 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Washington & Jefferson $^ 6 –0 –0  8 –2 –0
Carnegie Mellon 4 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Grove City 4 –2 –0  5 –4 –0
Hiram 3 –3 –0  5 –3 –1
John Carroll 2 –4 –0  2 –7 –0
Thiel 1 –5 –0  1 –7 –0
Bethany (WV) 1 –5 –0  1 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

Conference champions
Conference champions
  • Centennial Conference – Franklin & Marshall and Muhlenberg
  • College Athletic Conference – Rose–Hulman
  • College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL)
  • Independent College Athletic Conference – Ithaca
  • Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA)
  • Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope
  • Middle Atlantic Conference – Susquehanna
  • Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Lawrence
  • Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Concordia–Moorhead
  • New England Football Conference – Plymouth State
  • New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Montclair State
  • North Coast Athletic Conference – Denison
  • Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union
  • Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Emory & Henry
  • Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson
  • Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Claremont–Mudd–Scripps
  • Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Tarleton State
  • Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Northwestern–St. Paul
  • Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse, Wisconsin–River Falls, and Wisconsin–Stevens Point

Postseason

The 1986 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 14th 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 twelfth time and for the second consecutive year. Like the previous tournament, this year's bracket featured sixteen teams.[2]

Playoff bracket
First Round
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
Campus Sites 		Semifinals
Campus Sites 		National Championship Game
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, Alabama
            
Ithaca (OT) 24
Union (NY) 17
Ithaca 29
Montclair State 15
Montclair State 24
Hofstra 21
Ithaca 40
Salisbury State 44
Susquehanna 35
Washington & Jefferson 22
Susquehanna 17
Salisbury State 31
Salisbury State 35
Emory & Henry 20
Salisbury State 3
Augustana (IL) 31
Mount Union 42
Dayton 36
Mount Union 7
Augustana (IL) 16
Augustana (IL) 35
Hope 3
Augustana (IL) 41
Concordia–Moorhead 7
Central (IA) 27
Buena Vista 7
Central (IA) 14
Concordia–Moorhead 17
Concordia–Moorhead 28
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 10

See also

References
  1. "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  2. "1986 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
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