2001 NCAA Division III football season

American college football season August 2023 NCAA Division III 2001 August – November 2001 November – December 2001 Salem Football StadiumSalem, VA Mount Union (6) Chuck Moore (RB), Mount Union 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.All-Time Division III Football Championship Records http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf NCAA NCAA.org November 28, 2014 4–15 Conference and program changes Conference changes School 2000 Conference 2001 Conference Christopher Newport New program Dixie Program changes After Salisbury State University shortened its name to Salisbury University in 2001, the Salisbury State Sea Gulls became the Salisbury Sea Gulls at the start of the 2001 season. Conference standings Conference champions Conference championsAmerican Southwest Conference – Hardin–Simmons Atlantic Central Football Conference – Wesley Centennial Conference – Western Maryland 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 1999.2001 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 14 Playoff bracket First RoundCampus Sites Second RoundCampus Sites QuarterfinalsCampus Sites SemifinalsCampus Sites National Championship GameSalem Football StadiumSalem, Virginia Augustana (IL) 54 Defiance 14 Wittenberg 38* Hardin–Simmons 35 Thomas More 34 MacMurray 30 Pacific Lutheran 27* Whitworth 26 Saint John's (MN) 27 St. Norbert 20 UW–Stevens Point 37 Bethel (MN) 27 Ithaca 35 Montclair State 23 Rowan 40 Brockport 17 West. Conn. State 8 Westfield State 7 Trinity (TX) 30 Mary Hardin–Baylor 6 Widener 56 Christopher Newport 7 Wash. & Jefferson 24 Western Maryland 21 Mount Union 32 Augustana (IL) 7 Wittenberg 41 Thomas More 0 Central (IA) 21 Pacific Lutheran 27* Saint John's (MN) 9 UW–Stevens Point 7 RPI 10 Ithaca 27 Rowan 43 West. Conn. State 14 Bridgewater (VA) 41 Trinity (TX) 37 Widener 46 Wash. & Jefferson 30 Mount Union 49 Wittenberg 21 Pacific Lutheran 6 Saint John's (MN) 31 Ithaca 0 Rowan 48 Bridgewater (VA) 57 Widener 32 Mount Union 35 Saint John's (MN) 14 Rowan 24 Bridgewater (VA) 29 Mount Union 30 Bridgewater (VA) 27 * Overtime See also 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season 2001 NCAA Division II football season References