1994 NCAA Division III football season

The 1994 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 1994, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1994 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Albion Britons won their first Division III championship by defeating the Washington & Jefferson Presidents, 38−15. The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Carey Bender, running back from Coe.[1]

1994 NCAA Division III football season
Regular seasonAugust – November 1994
PlayoffsNovember – December 1994
Salem Football Stadium
Salem, VA
ChampionAlbion
Gagliardi TrophyCarey Bender, Coe (RB)
NCAA Division III football seasons

Conference standings
1994 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Central (IA) $^ 8 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
Wartburg ^ 7 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
Upper Iowa 6 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Simpson 5 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Loras 4 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
Buena Vista 3 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
Luther 2 –6 –0  4 –6 –0
Dubuque 1 –7 –0  1 –9 –0
William Penn 0 –8 –0  1 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1994 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Commonwealth
Widener x^ 5 –0 –0  10 –2 –0
Moravian 3 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Susquehanna 3 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Lebanon Valley 2 –3 –0  3 –6 –0
Albright 2 –3 –0  3 –5 –1
Juniata 0 –5 –0  2 –8 –0
Freedom
Wilkes x 4 –0 –0  8 –2 –0
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham 2 –2 –0  5 –4 –0
Lycoming 2 –2 –0  5 –4 –0
King's (PA) 1 –3 –0  2 –6 –1
Delaware Valley 1 –3 –0  2 –7 –0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1994 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Kean + 3 –1 –1  7 –2 –1
Trenton State + 3 –1 –1  5 –4 –1
Rowan 3 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
William Paterson 3 –2 –0  3 –7 –0
Montclair State 2 –3 –0  4 –6 –0
Jersey City State 0 –5 –0  0 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

Conference champions
Conference champions
  • Association of Mideast Colleges – Bluffton and Thomas More
  • Centennial Conference – Dickinson
  • College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL) and Illinois Wesleyan
  • Freedom Football Conference – Merchant Marine and Plymouth State
  • Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference – Hanover and Wabash
  • Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA)
  • Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion
  • Middle Atlantic Conference – Widener
  • Midwest Conference – Coe
  • Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN)
  • New England Football Conference – Maine Maritime and Massachusetts–Dartmouth
  • New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Kean and Trenton State
  • North Coast Athletic Conference – Allegheny
  • Ohio Athletic Conference – Baldwin Wallace, John Carroll, and Mount Union
  • Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Emory & Henry
  • Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson
  • Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – La Verne
  • Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Trinity (TX)
  • Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association– Hardin–Simmons, Howard Payne, and Midwestern State
  • University Athletic Association – Carnegie Mellon and Washington–Saint Louis
  • Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Mount Senario
  • Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Whitewater

Postseason

The 1994 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 22nd 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 Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia for the second time. As of 2014, Salem has remained the yearly host of the Stagg Bowl. Like the previous nine tournaments, this year's bracket featured sixteen teams.[2]

Playoff bracket
Regionals
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
Campus Sites 		Semifinals
Campus Sites 		National Championship Game
Salem Football Stadium
Salem, Virginia
            
Mount Union 28
Allegheny 19
Mount Union 33
Albion 34
Albion 28
Augustana (IL) 21
Albion 19
Saint John's (MN) 16
Wartburg 22
Central (IA) 21
Wartburg 14
Saint John's (MN) 24
Saint John's (MN) 51
La Verne 12
Albion 38
Washington & Jefferson 15
Widener 14
Dickinson 0
Washington & Jefferson 37
Widener 21
Washington & Jefferson 28
Trinity (TX) 0
Washington & Jefferson 23
Ithaca 19
Plymouth State 19
Merchant Marine 18
Plymouth State 7
Ithaca 22
Ithaca 10**
Buffalo State 7

See also

References
  1. "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  2. "1994 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
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