1978 NCAA Division III football season

American college football season August 2023 NCAA Division III 1978 August – November 1978 November – December 1978 Garrett–Harrison StadiumPhenix City, AL Baldwin–Wallace The 1978 NCAA Division III football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division III level, began in August 1978, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1978 at Garrett–Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Baldwin–Wallace Yellow Jackets won their first Division III championship, defeating the 1978 Wittenberg Tigers Wittenberg Tigers by a score of 24−10.All-Time Division III Football Championship Records http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf NCAA NCAA.org November 1, 2014 4–15 Conference standings Conference champions Conference championsCollege Athletic Conference – Southwestern at Memphis and Sewanee College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Elmhurst and Millikin Independent College Athletic Conference – Ithaca Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Buena Vista, Central (IA), Dubuque, and Luther Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope Middle Atlantic Conference – Lycoming (North), Widener (South) Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Cornell College and Ripon Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Concordia–Moorhead and St. Olaf New England Football Conference – Boston State and Nichols New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Montclair State Northwest Conference – Linfield Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Randolph-Macon Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – East Stroudsburg Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Clark Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Redlands Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Tarleton State Twin Rivers Conference – Northwestern (WI) Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse and Wisconsin–Whitewater Postseason The 1978 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the sixth annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship game was held at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama for the sixth consecutive year. Like the previous three championships, eight teams competed in this edition.1978 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf NCAA NCAA.org November 1, 2014 14 Playoff bracket QuarterfinalsCampus sites SemifinalsCampus sites National Championship GameGarrett–Harrison StadiumPhenix City, AL 1978 Minnesota-Morris Cougars Minnesota–Morris 23 1978 St. Olaf Oles St. Olaf 10 1978 Wittenberg Tigers Wittenberg 6 1978 Ithaca Bombers Ithaca 3 1978 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Carnegie Mellon 24 1978 Dayton Flyers Dayton 21 Baldwin–Wallace 71 1978 St. Lawrence Saints St. Lawrence 7 Minnesota–Morris 14 Wittenberg 35 Carnegie Mellon 6 Baldwin–Wallace 31 Wittenberg 10 Baldwin–Wallace 24 See also 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season 1978 NCAA Division II football season 1978 NAIA Division I football season 1978 NAIA Division II football season References