2002 NCAA Division III football season

American college football season August 2023 NCAA Division III 2002 August – November 2002 November – December 2002 Salem Football StadiumSalem, VA Mount Union (7) Dan Pugh (RB), Mount Union The 2002 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 2002, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2002 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their seventh, and third consecutive, Division III championship by defeating the Trinity (TX) Tigers, 48−7. The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Dan Pugh, 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 changes and new programs Name changes Before the start of the season, Western Maryland College changed its name to McDaniel College. Its football program thus changed from the Western Maryland Green Terror to the McDaniel Green Terror. The team remained a member of the Centennial Conference. Conference standings Conference champions Conference championsAmerican Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin–Baylor Atlantic Central Football Conference – Frostburg State Centennial Conference – Johns Hopkins, McDaniel, and Muhlenberg College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Wheaton (IL) Dixie Intercollegiate Football Conference – Christopher Newport and Ferrum Empire 8 Conference – Ithaca Freedom Football Conference – Springfield Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Hanover Illini-Badger Football Conference – MacMurray Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA), Coe, and Wartburg Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Alma Middle Atlantic Conference – King's College and Widener Midwest Conference – Lake Forest and St. Norbert Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Westfield State (Bogan Division), UMass Dartmouth (Boyd Division) Championship Game: UMass Dartmouth 16, Westfield State 0 New England Small College Athletic Conference – Trinity (CT) and Williams New Jersey Athletic Conference – Rowan North Coast Athletic Conference – Wabash Northwest Conference – Linfield Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Bridgewater Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Redlands Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Trinity (TX) University Athletic Association – Washington–Saint Louis Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Northwestern–St. Paul Upstate Collegiate Athletic Conference – Hobart Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse Postseason The 2002 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 30th 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 10th time. This was the fourth bracket to feature 28 teams since last expanding in 1999.2002 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 Playoff bracket First RoundCampus Sites Second RoundCampus Sites QuarterfinalsCampus Sites SemifinalsCampus Sites National Championship GameSalem Football StadiumSalem, Virginia Wheaton (IL) 42 Alma 14 Wabash 42 MacMurray 7 Wittenberg 34 Hanover 33 Brockport 16 Springfield 0 John Carroll 27 Hobart 7 Muhlenberg 56 UMass Dartmouth 6 Wartburg 45 Lake Forest 0 Saint John's (MN) 31 Redlands 24 Coe 21 UW–La Crosse 18 King's (PA) 28 Salisbury State 0 Trinity (TX) 48 Mary Hardin–Baylor 38 Wash. & Jefferson 24 Christopher Newport 10 Mount Union 42 Wheaton (IL) 21 Wabash 25 Wittenberg 14 Rowan 12 Brockport 15 John Carroll 21 Muhlenberg 10 Linfield 52 Wartburg 15 Saint John's (MN) 45 Coe 14 Bridgewater (VA) 19 King's (PA) 17 Trinity (TX) 45 Wash. & Jefferson 10 Mount Union 45 Wabash 16 Brockport 10 John Carroll 16* Linfield 14 Saint John's (MN) 21 Bridgewater (VA) 32 Trinity (TX) 38 Mount Union 57 John Carroll 19 Saint John's (MN) 34 Trinity (TX) 41 Mount Union 48 Trinity (TX) 7 * Overtime See also 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season 2002 NCAA Division II football season References Category:2002 in American football