2005 NCAA Division III football season

American college football season August 2023 NCAA Division III 2005 August – November 2005 November – December 2005 December 17, 2005 Salem Football StadiumSalem, VA Mount Union (8) Brett Elliott (QB), Linfield The 2005 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 2005, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2005 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their eighth Division III championship by defeating the Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks, 35−28. This was the first of eight subsequent championship games between Mount Union (3 wins) and Wisconsin–Whitewater (5 wins); only the 2012 Stagg Bowl featured a different team. The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Brett Elliott, quarterback from Linfield.All-Time Division III Football Championship Records http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf NCAA NCAA.org November 30, 2014 4–15 Conference changes and new programs School 2004 conference 2005 conference Becker Hawks No program Independent Chowan Hawks USA South Independent (Division II) Conference standings Conference champions Conference championsAmerican Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin–Baylor Atlantic Central Football Conference – SUNY Brockport, Salisbury, and Wesley Centennial Conference – Johns Hopkins College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL) Empire 8 Conference – Ithaca Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Mount St. Joseph Illini-Badger Football Conference – Lakeland Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) and Coe Liberty League – Union (NY) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion Middle Atlantic Conference – Delaware Valley Midwest Conference – Monmouth (IL) Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Fitchburg State (Bogan Division), Curry (Boyd Division) Championship Game: Curry 17, Fitchburg State 14 (2OT) New England Small College Athletic Conference – Trinity (CT) New Jersey Athletic Conference – Rowan and SUNY Cortland North Coast Athletic Conference – Wabash Northwest Conference – Linfield Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Bridgewater Presidents' Athletic Conference – Thiel Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Occidental Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Trinity (TX) University Athletic Association – Chicago Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Northwestern–St. Paul USA South Athletic Conference – Ferrum and Methodist Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Whitewater Postseason The 2005 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 33rd 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 13th time. The bracket for this field expanded from 28 to 32 teams, where it has remained.2005 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf NCAA NCAA.org November 28, 2014 15 Qualification Twenty-one conferences met the requirements for an automatic ("Pool A") bid to the playoffs. Besides the NESCAC, which does not participate in the playoffs, five conferences had no Pool A bid. The PAC was in the first year of the two-year waiting period, while the ACFC, NWC, UAA, and UMAC 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 21 Pool A conferences contained 179 schools, an average of 8.5 teams per conference. Thirty-seven schools were in Pool B, enough for four bids. The remaining seven 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 Linfield 63 Occidental 21 Concordia–Moorhead 27 Coe 14 Saint John's (MN) 62 Monmouth (IL) 3 Wisconsin–Whitewater 34 Central (IA) 14 Mary Hardin–Baylor 35 Trinity (TX) 6 Wesley 59 Ferrum 14 Bridgewater (VA) 30 Washington & Jefferson 21 Thiel 28 Johns Hopkins 3 Wabash 38 Albion 20 Capital 21 North Central (IL) 19 Augustana (IL) 49 Lakeland 22 Mount Union 49 Mount St. Joseph 6 Delaware Valley 37 Curry 22 Hobart 23 Cortland 22 Rowan 42 Wilkes 3 Union (NY) 55 Ithaca 41 Linfield 28 Concordia–Moorhead 14 Saint John's (MN) 7 Wisconsin–Whitewater 34 Mary Hardin–Baylor 36 Wesley 46 Bridgewater (VA) 24 Thiel 13 Wabash 11 Capital 14 Augustana (IL) 7 Mount Union 44 Delaware Valley 21 Hobart 14 Rowan 28 Union (NY) 24 Linfield 41 Wisconsin–Whitewater 44 Wesley 46 Bridgewater (VA) 7 Mount Union 34 Capital 31 Delaware Valley 21 Rowan 27 Wisconsin–Whitewater 58 Wesley 6 Mount Union 19 Rowan 7 Wisconsin–Whitewater 28 Mount Union 35 * Overtime See also 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season 2005 NCAA Division II football season References