2008 NCAA Division III football season

American college football season August 2023 NCAA Division III 2008 August – November 2008 November – December 2008 Salem Football StadiumSalem, VA Mount Union (10) Greg Micheli (QB), Mount Union The 2008 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 2008, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2008 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their tenth Division III championship by defeating the Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks, 31−26. This was the fourth 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 Greg Micheli, quarterback 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 December 3, 2014 4–15 Program changes After Tri-State University changed its name to Trine University in 2008, the Tri-State Thunder became the Trine Thunder at the start of the 2008 season. Conference standings Conference champions Conference championsAmerican Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin–Baylor Atlantic Central Football Conference – Wesley Centennial Conference – Muhlenberg College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – North Central (IL) Empire 8 Conference – Ithaca Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Franklin Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wartburg Liberty League – Hobart Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Trine Middle Atlantic Conference – Albright, Delaware Valley, and Lycoming Midwest Conference – Monmouth (IL) Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Bridgewater State and Maine Maritime (Bogan Division), Plymouth State (Boyd Division) Championship Game: Plymouth State 46, Maine Maritime 16 New England Small College Athletic Conference – Trinity (CT) New Jersey Athletic Conference – SUNY Cortland North Coast Athletic Conference – Wabash Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference – Aurora Northwest Conference – Willamette Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Catholic, Emory & Henry, Hampden–Sydney, and Randolph-Macon Presidents' Athletic Conference – Thomas More Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Occidental Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Millsaps University Athletic Association – Case Western Reserve Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Northwestern–St. Paul USA South Athletic Conference – Christopher Newport Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Stevens Point and Wisconsin–Whitewater Postseason The 2008 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 36th 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 16th time.2008 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 SLIAC was in the first year of the two-year waiting period, while the ACFC, UAA, and UMAC failed to meet the seven-member requirement. The NWC received a Pool A bid for the first time, having attained seven members and passed through the waiting period. 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 197 schools, an average of 8.6 teams per conference. Twenty-seven 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 56 Randolph–Macon 0 Hobart 33 Lycoming 15 Cortland 31 Plymouth State 14 Curry 26 Ithaca 21 North Central (IL) 44 Thomas More 23 Franklin 62 Otterbein 45 Wabash 20 Case Western Reserve 17 Wheaton (IL) 14 Trine 0 Willamette 48 Occidental 33 Wisconsin–Whitewater 37 Saint John's 7 Wartburg 26 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 21 Monmouth (IL) 42 Aurora 13 Millsaps 51 LaGrange 26 Washington & Jefferson 35 Christopher Newport 29 Wesley 20 Muhlenberg 0 Mary Hardin–Baylor 38 Hardin–Simmons 35 Mount Union 42 Hobart 7 Cortland 42 Curry 0 North Central (IL) 28 Franklin 38 Wabash 28 Wheaton (IL) 59 Willamette 27 Wisconsin–Whitewater 30 Wartburg 30 Monmouth (IL) 28 Washington & Jefferson 35 Millsaps 20 Wesley 14 Mary Hardin–Baylor 46 Mount Union 41 Cortland 14 Franklin 28 Wheaton (IL) 45 Wisconsin–Whitewater 34 Wartburg 17 Washington & Jefferson 7 Mary Hardin–Baylor 63 Mount Union 45 Wheaton (IL) 24 Wisconsin–Whitewater 39 Mary Hardin–Baylor 13 Mount Union 31 Wisconsin–Whitewater 26 * Overtime See also 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season 2008 NCAA Division II football season References