2009 NCAA Division III football season

American college football season August 2023 NCAA Division III 2009 August – November 2009 November – December 2009 Salem Football StadiumSalem, VA Wisconsin–Whitewater (2) Blaine Westemeyer (OT), Augustana (IL) The 2009 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 2009, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2009 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks won their second Division III championship by defeating the Mount Union Purple Raiders, 38−28. This was the fifth of seven straight championship games between Mount Union (3 wins) and Wisconsin–Whitewater (4 wins). The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Blaine Westemeyer, offensive tackle from Augustana (IL).All-Time Division III Football Championship Records http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf NCAA NCAA.org December 3, 2014 4–15 Conference changes and new programs School 2008 conference 2009 conference Blackburn SLIAC Program dropped Colorado College SCAC Program dropped Principia UMAC Program dropped Conference standings Conference champions Conference championsAmerican Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin–Baylor and Mississippi College Atlantic Central Football Conference – Wesley Centennial Conference – Johns Hopkins College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Illinois Wesleyan and North Central (IL) Eastern Collegiate Football Conference – Norwich Empire 8 Conference – Alfred and St. John Fisher and Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Mount St. Joseph Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) Liberty League – Susquehanna and Union (NY) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Trine Middle Atlantic Conference – Delaware Valley Midwest Conference – Monmouth (IL) Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Maine Maritime (Bogan Division), Curry (Boyd Division) Championship Game: Maine Maritime 48, Curry 42 New England Small College Athletic Conference – Amherst New Jersey Athletic Conference – Montclair State North Coast Athletic Conference – Wittenberg Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference – Lakeland Northwest Conference – Linfield Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Hampden–Sydney Presidents' Athletic Conference – Thomas More Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Cal Lutheran Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – DePauw and Millsaps University Athletic Association – Case Western Reserve Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Martin Luther and Greenville USA South Athletic Conference – North Carolina Wesleyan Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Whitewater Postseason The 2009 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 37th 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 17th time.2009 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf NCAA NCAA.org December 3, 2014 15 Qualification Twenty-three conferences met the requirements for an automatic ("Pool A") bid to the playoffs. Besides the NESCAC, which does not participate in the playoffs, four conferences had no Pool A bid. The ECFC and UMAC were in the first year of the two-year waiting period, while the ACFC and UAA failed to meet the seven-member requirement. Schools not in Pool A conferences were eligible for Pool B. The number of Pool B bids was determined by calculating the ratio of Pool A conferences to schools in those conferences and applying that ratio to the number of Pool B schools. The 23 Pool A conferences contained 196 schools, an average of 8.5 teams per conference. Twenty-eight schools were in Pool B, enough for three bids. The remaining six playoff spots were at-large ("Pool C") teams. Playoff bracket First RoundCampus Sites Second RoundCampus Sites QuarterfinalsCampus Sites SemifinalsCampus Sites National Championship GameSalem Football StadiumSalem, Virginia 155 30 Mount Union 55 Washington & Jefferson 0 Montclair State 38 Maine Maritime 22 Albright 35 Alfred 25 Delaware Valley 66 Susquehanna 7 Wesley 55 North Carolina Wesleyan 23 Mississippi College 56 Huntingdon 35 Johns Hopkins 23 Hampden–Sydney 7 Thomas More 49 DePauw 39 Wisconsin–Whitewater 70 Lakeland 7 Illinois Wesleyan 41 Wabash 35 Trine 51 Case Western 38 Wittenberg 42 Mount St. Joseph 14 Coe 34 Saint John's (MN) 27 St. Thomas (MN) 43 Monmouth (IL) 21 Mary Hardin–Baylor 42 Central (IA) 40 Linfield 38 Cal Lutheran 17 Mount Union 62 Montclair State 14 Albright 27 Delaware Valley 3 Wesley 43 Mississippi College 9 Johns Hopkins 31 Thomas More 29 Wisconsin–Whitewater 45 Illinois Wesleyan 7 Trine 17 Wittenberg 34 Coe 7 St. Thomas (MN) 34 Mary Hardin–Baylor 21 Linfield 53 Mount Union 55 Albright 3 Wesley 12 Johns Hopkins 0 Wisconsin–Whitewater 31 Wittenberg 13 St. Thomas (MN) 20 Linfield 31 Mount Union 24 Wesley 7 Wisconsin–Whitewater 27 Linfield 17 Mount Union 28 Wisconsin–Whitewater 38 * Overtime See also 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season 2009 NCAA Division II football season References