2001 NCAA Division III football season

2001 Atlantic Central Football Conference standings
	$ – Conference champion; § – Not an NCAA member;

2001 American Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant;

2001 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 2001
Playoffs	November – December 2001
National; championship	Salem Football Stadium; Salem, VA
Champion	Mount Union (6)
Gagliardi Trophy	Chuck Moore (RB), Mount Union
	NCAA Division III football seasons
	NCAA Division III football seasons

The 2001 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 2001, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2001 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their sixth, and second consecutive, Division III championship by defeating the Bridgewater (VA) Eagles, 30−27.

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Chuck Moore, running back from Mount Union.[1]

Conference standings

2001 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Central (IA) $^		8	–	1		9	–	2
Wartburg		7	–	2		8	–	2
Cornell (IA)		6	–	3		7	–	3
Coe		6	–	3		6	–	4
Buena Vista		4	–	5		5	–	5
Loras		4	–	5		5	–	5
Simpson		4	–	5		4	–	6
Upper Iowa		3	–	6		3	–	7
Luther		2	–	7		3	–	7
Dubuque		1	–	8		2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Widener $^		10	–	0		12	–	1
Lycoming		8	–	1		8	–	1
King's (PA)		7	–	2		7	–	3
Albright		5	–	4		6	–	4
Juniata		4	–	5		5	–	5
Susquehanna		4	–	5		4	–	6
Wilkes		4	–	5		4	–	6
Moravian		3	–	5		4	–	5
Delaware Valley		2	–	7		3	–	7
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham		1	–	7		1	–	8
Lebanon Valley		1	–	8		1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Rowan +^		5	–	1		11	–	2
Montclair State +^		5	–	1		9	–	2
TCNJ		4	–	2		6	–	4
Cortland		3	–	3		5	–	5
William Paterson		2	–	4		3	–	7
Kean		1	–	5		2	–	7
New Jersey City		1	–	5		1	–	8

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 Northwest Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Linfield +		4	–	1		7	–	2
Whitworth +		4	–	1		7	–	2
Pacific Lutheran +^		4	–	1		8	–	3
Willamette		2	–	3		4	–	5
Lewis & Clark		1	–	4		3	–	6
Puget Sound		0	–	5		0	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2001 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Washington & Jefferson $^		4	–	0		11	–	1
Bethany (WV)		2	–	2		6	–	3
Waynesburg		2	–	2		3	–	7
Grove City		1	–	3		2	–	8
Thiel		1	–	3		2	–	8
Westminster (PA) *		0	–	0		4	–	5

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant * Completing reclassification from NCAA Division II—games did not count in conference standings

Conference champions

Conference champions
American Southwest Conference – Hardin–Simmons Atlantic Central Football Conference – Wesley Centennial Conference – McDaniel and Muhlenberg College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL) and Illinois Wesleyan Dixie Intercollegiate Football Conference – Christopher Newport and Ferrum Freedom Football Conference – Plymouth State and Western Connecticut State Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Anderson and Defiance Illini-Badger Football Conference – MacMurray Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion Middle Atlantic Conference – Widener Midwest Conference – Ripon and St. Norbert Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Bethel (MN) and Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Westfield State (Bogan Division), Nichols (Boyd Division) Championship Game: Westfield State 12, Nichols 0 New England Small College Athletic Conference – Williams New Jersey Athletic Conference – Rowan North Coast Athletic Conference – Wittenberg Northwest Conference – Linfield, Pacific Lutheran, and Whitworth Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Bridgewater Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Occidental Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Trinity (TX) University Athletic Association – Washington–Saint Louis Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Northwestern–St. Paul Upstate Collegiate Athletic Conference – RPI Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Eau Claire and Wisconsin–Stevens Point

Postseason

The 2001 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 29th 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 ninth time. This was the third bracket to feature 28 teams since last expanding in 1999.[2]

Playoff bracket

First Round Campus Sites		Second Round Campus Sites		Quarterfinals Campus Sites		Semifinals Campus Sites		National Championship Game Salem Football Stadium Salem, Virginia


		Mount Union	32
Augustana (IL)	54	Augustana (IL)	7
Defiance	14			Mount Union	49
Wittenberg	38*			Wittenberg	21
Hardin–Simmons	35	Wittenberg	41
Thomas More	34	Thomas More	0
MacMurray	30					Mount Union	35
						Saint John's (MN)	14
		Central (IA)	21
Pacific Lutheran	27*	Pacific Lutheran	27*
Whitworth	26			Pacific Lutheran	6
Saint John's (MN)	27			Saint John's (MN)	31
St. Norbert	20	Saint John's (MN)	9
UW–Stevens Point	37	UW–Stevens Point	7
Bethel (MN)	27							Mount Union	30
								Bridgewater (VA)	27
		RPI	10
Ithaca	35	Ithaca	27
Montclair State	23			Ithaca	0
Rowan	40			Rowan	48
Brockport	17	Rowan	43
West. Conn. State	8	West. Conn. State	14
Westfield State	7					Rowan	24
						Bridgewater (VA)	29
		Bridgewater (VA)	41
Trinity (TX)	30	Trinity (TX)	37
Mary Hardin–Baylor	6			Bridgewater (VA)	57
Widener	56			Widener	32
Christopher Newport	7	Widener	46
Wash. & Jefferson	24	Wash. & Jefferson	30
McDaniel	21

* Overtime

References

"All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
"2001 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 28, 2014.

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[1] "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 28, 2014.

[2] "2001 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 28, 2014.

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