1988 NCAA Division III football season

The 1988 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 1988, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1988 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Ithaca Bombers won their third Division III championship by defeating the Central (IA) Dutch, 39−24.[1]

1988 NCAA Division III football season
Regular seasonAugust – November 1988
PlayoffsNovember – December 1988
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL
ChampionIthaca
NCAA Division III football seasons

Conference standings
1988 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Simpson $^ 8 –0 –0  9 –2 –0
Central (IA) ^ 7 –1 –0  11 –2 –0
Buena Vista 5 –3 –0  7 –3 –0
Loras 4 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
Luther 4 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Upper Iowa 3 –5 –0  4 –6 –0
Dubuque 3 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Wartburg 2 –6 –0  3 –7 –0
William Penn 0 –8 –0  1 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1988 Liberty Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Fordham + 5 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
C. W. Post + 5 –1 –0  5 –5 –0
Stony Brook 4 –2 –0  5 –4 –0
St. John's 3 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Iona 2 –4 –0  3 –6 –0
Pace 1 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Merchant Marine 1 –5 –0  2 –8 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1988 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Moravian +^ 7 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
Widener +^ 7 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
Susquehanna 6 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Lycoming 5 –3 –0  7 –3 –0
Juniata 5 –3 –0  6 –3 –1
Delaware Valley 3 –5 –0  5 –5 –0
Lebanon Valley 2 –6 –0  3 –6 –1
Wilkes 1 –7 –0  2 –8 –0
Albright 0 –8 –0  2 –8 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1988 New Jersey 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  8 –2 –0
Ramapo 4 –2 –0  6 –2 –0
Glassboro State 3 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Kean 2 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
William Paterson 2 –4 –0  3 –7 –0
Jersey City State 0 –6 –0  2 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1988 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Washington & Jefferson $ 6 –0 –0  7 –1 –1
John Carroll 4 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Hiram 4 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Carnegie Mellon 2 –3 –1  5 –4 –1
Grove City 2 –3 –1  4 –4 –1
Bethany (WV) 2 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Thiel 0 –6 –0  0 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Conference champions
Conference champions
  • Centennial Conference – Dickinson and Franklin & Marshall
  • College Athletic Conference – Rose–Hulman
  • College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL) and Carroll (WI)
  • Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Simpson
  • Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Adrian and Alma
  • Middle Atlantic Conference – Moravian and Widener
  • Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – St. Norbert
  • Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Concordia–Moorhead and Hamline
  • New England Football Conference – Plymouth State
  • New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Trenton State
  • North Coast Athletic Conference – Allegheny
  • Ohio Athletic Conference – Baldwin Wallace and Wittenberg
  • Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Emory & Henry
  • Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson
  • Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Occidental
  • Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Austin
  • Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Concordia–Saint Paul
  • Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Whitewater

Postseason

The 1988 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 16th 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 14th time and for the fourth consecutive year. Like the previous three tournaments, this year's bracket featured sixteen teams.[2]

NCAA Division III Playoff bracket
First Round
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
Campus Sites 		Semifinals
Campus Sites 		National Championship Game
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, Alabama
            
SUNY Cortland 32
Hofstra 17
SUNY Cortland 17
Ithaca 24
Ithaca 34*
Wagner 31
Ithaca 62
Ferrum 28
Ferrum 34
Rhodes 10
Ferrum 49
Moravian 28
Moravian 17
Widener 7
Ithaca 39
Central (IA) 24
Wittenberg 35*
Dayton 28
Wittenberg 14
Augustana (IL) 28
Augustana (IL) 25
Adrian 7
Augustana (IL) 17
Central (IA) 23**
Central (IA) 7
Concordia–Moorhead 0
Central (IA) 16
Wisconsin–Whitewater 13
Wisconsin–Whitewater 29
Simpson 27

See also

References
  1. "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  2. "1988 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
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