The 1980 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the eighth 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 eighth consecutive year. Like the previous five championships, eight teams competed in this edition.[2]
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^"1980 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
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The 1980 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 1980 and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1980 at Garrett Harrison Stadium in Phenix City Alabama The Dayton Flyers won their first Division III championship defeating the defending national champion Ithaca Bombers by a final score of 63 0 1 1980 NCAA Division III football seasonRegular seasonAugust November 1980PlayoffsNovember December 1980NationalchampionshipGarrett Harrison StadiumPhenix City ALChampionDayton 1979 NCAA Division III football seasons 1981 Contents 1 Conference changes and new programs 2 Conference standings 3 Conference champions 4 Postseason 4 1 Playoff bracket 5 See also 6 ReferencesConference changes and new programs EditSchool 1979 Conference 1980 ConferenceJames Madison D III Independent I AA IndependentConference standings Edit1980 College Athletic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TCentre 4 0 1 4 4 1Rose Hulman 4 1 0 6 4 0Sewanee 3 2 0 4 5 0Southwestern TN 2 2 1 5 4 1Illinois College 1 4 0 3 6 0Principia 0 5 0 3 6 0 Conference champion 1980 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TElmhurst 6 2 0 7 2 0Illinois Wesleyan 6 2 0 6 3 0Augustana IL 5 3 0 6 3 0Carthage 5 3 0 6 3 0Millikin 5 3 0 6 3 0North Central IL 5 3 0 6 3 0North Park 2 6 0 3 6 0Wheaton IL 1 7 0 2 7 0Carroll WI 1 7 0 1 8 0 Conference co champions 1980 Independent College Athletic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TIthaca 3 0 0 12 1 0Alfred 2 1 0 7 2 1Hobart 1 2 1 1 7 1RPI 0 1 1 5 3 1St Lawrence 1 3 0 5 4 0 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participant1980 Iowa Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TDubuque 6 1 0 8 2 1Buena Vista 5 2 0 6 3 0Luther 5 2 0 6 3 0Central IA 5 2 0 5 4 0Simpson 3 4 0 5 4 0Upper Iowa 2 5 0 3 6 0Wartburg 1 6 0 2 7 0William Penn 1 6 0 3 7 0 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participant 1980 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TPace 5 0 0 6 3 0Iona 3 1 1 6 4 1Saint Peter s 3 1 1 4 4 1Marist 2 3 0 2 7 0St John s 1 4 0 3 7 0Brooklyn 0 5 0 1 9 0 Conference champion 1980 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TAdrian 5 0 0 9 0 0Hope 4 1 0 4 5 0Albion 2 3 0 5 4 0Olivet 2 3 0 2 6 0Kalamazoo 1 4 0 3 5 0Alma 1 4 0 2 7 0 Conference champion1980 Middle Atlantic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TNorthernDelaware Valley x 7 0 0 7 3 0Lycoming 6 1 0 9 1 0Albright 4 3 0 5 4 0Juniata 4 3 0 4 5 0Wilkes 3 4 0 3 6 0Upsala 2 5 0 3 6 1Susquehanna 2 5 0 2 7 0Fairleigh Dickinson Florham 0 7 0 1 8 0SouthernWidener x 8 0 0 11 1 0Muhlenberg 7 1 0 8 1 0Franklin amp Marshall 6 2 0 7 2 0Western Maryland 5 3 0 5 4 0Gettysburg 4 3 1 6 3 1Moravian 4 4 0 5 4 0Ursinus 3 4 1 3 5 1Swarthmore 3 5 0 4 5 0Dickinson 2 5 1 2 6 1Lebanon Valley 0 7 1 0 8 1Johns Hopkins 0 8 0 1 8 0x Division champion co champions NCAA Division III playoff participant 1980 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TConcordia Moorhead 7 1 0 8 2 0Gustavus Adolphus 6 2 0 7 3 0Saint John s MN 5 3 0 5 3 0Hamline 5 3 0 5 4 0St Olaf 4 4 0 6 4 0Augsburg 4 4 0 5 5 0St Thomas MN 2 5 1 3 6 1Bethel MN 2 6 0 2 8 0Macalester 0 7 1 1 7 1 Conference champion 1980 New Jersey State Athletic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TTrenton State 6 0 0 8 1 1Montclair State 5 1 0 8 2 0Glassboro State 4 2 0 4 6 0Ramapo 2 4 0 5 5 0William Paterson 2 4 0 5 5 0Kean 2 4 0 4 5 0Jersey City State 0 6 0 2 8 0 Conference champion1980 New England Football Conference standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TMaine Maritime 8 1 0 8 1 0New Haven 6 2 1 6 3 1Massachusetts Maritime 6 3 0 6 3 0Plymouth State 5 3 1 6 3 1Bridgewater State 5 3 1 5 3 1Boston State 5 4 0 5 4 0Framingham State 4 5 0 4 5 0Nichols 3 5 1 3 5 1Curry 0 8 1 0 8 1Western Connecticut State 0 8 1 0 8 1 Conference champion 1980 Ohio Athletic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TBlue DivisionWittenberg xy 6 0 0 8 2 0Ohio Northern 4 2 0 6 2 1Capital 4 2 0 6 3 0Wooster 3 2 1 6 2 1Denison 2 3 1 4 4 1Ohio Wesleyan 1 5 0 2 6 1Muskingum 0 6 0 1 8 0Red DivisionBaldwin Wallace xy 5 0 0 10 1 0Mount Union 4 1 0 5 4 0Otterbein 2 3 0 5 4 0Heidelberg 2 3 0 3 6 0Kenyon 1 4 0 3 6 0Marietta 1 4 0 1 7 1Not competing for championshipOberlin 1 8 0Championship Baldwin Wallace 16 Wittenberg 0 Conference championx Division champion co championsy Championship game participant NCAA Division III playoff participant 1980 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TBridgewater 4 1 0 6 3 0Maryville TN 3 2 0 5 5 0Randolph Macon 3 2 0 4 5 0Washington and Lee 2 3 0 6 4 0Hampden Sydney 2 3 0 3 7 0Emory amp Henry 1 4 0 2 8 0 Conference champion1980 Presidents Athletic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TBethany WV 7 0 0 9 1 0Carnegie Mellon 6 1 0 8 1 0John Carroll 4 3 0 4 5 0Thiel 4 3 0 4 5 0Allegheny 3 3 1 3 4 1Hiram 2 4 1 2 6 1Washington amp Jefferson 1 6 0 2 7 0Case Western Reserve 0 7 0 0 9 0 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participant 1980 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TRedlands 5 0 0 6 4 0Claremont Mudd 4 1 0 6 3 0Whittier 3 2 0 5 5 0Occidental 2 3 0 4 6 0La Verne 1 4 0 2 8 0Pomona Pitzer 0 5 0 0 9 0 Conference champion 1980 Wisconsin State University Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TWisconsin La Crosse 6 2 0 8 2 0Wisconsin River Falls 6 2 0 8 2 0Wisconsin Whitewater 6 2 0 8 3 0Wisconsin Platteville 6 2 0 7 3 0Wisconsin Stout 5 3 0 6 4 0Wisconsin Oshkosh 3 5 0 4 6 0Wisconsin Stevens Point 2 6 0 4 6 0Wisconsin Eau Claire 2 6 0 3 8 0Wisconsin Superior 0 8 0 0 10 0 Conference co champions1980 NCAA Division III independents football recordsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TDayton 14 0 0Wabash 8 0 1Hofstra 8 2 0Wagner 8 2 0DePauw 7 2 1Salisbury State 7 3 1Catholic University 6 3 0Sonoma State 6 4 0Canisius 5 4 0Brockport 5 4 1Buffalo 6 5 0Albany 5 5 0Georgetown 4 4 0San Diego 5 5 0UCF 4 4 1Saint Mary s 5 6 0Duquesne 4 5 0Frostburg State 4 5 0Norwich 4 6 0Rochester NY 3 5 1Cortland 3 7 0Colorado College 2 7 0Saint Francis PA 2 7 0Union NY 1 7 0Fordham 0 9 0 NCAA Division III playoff participantConference champions EditConference championsCollege Athletic Conference Centre College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Elmhurst and Illinois Wesleyan Independent College Athletic Conference Ithaca Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Dubuque Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Adrian Middle Atlantic Conference Delaware Valley North Widener South Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference Cornell College and Lawrence Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Concordia Moorhead New England Football Conference Maine Maritime New Jersey State Athletic Conference Trenton State Northwest Conference Linfield Ohio Athletic Conference Baldwin Wallace Red Division Wittenberg Blue Division Old Dominion Athletic Conference Bridgewater Presidents Athletic Conference Bethany WV Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Redlands Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association McMurry Twin Rivers Conference Mount Senario Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Wisconsin La Crosse Wisconsin Platteville Wisconsin River Falls and Wisconsin WhitewaterPostseason EditThe 1980 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the eighth 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 eighth consecutive year Like the previous five championships eight teams competed in this edition 2 Playoff bracket Edit QuarterfinalsCampus SitesSemifinalsCampus SitesNational Championship GameGarrett Harrison StadiumPhenix City AL Ithaca41Wagner13Ithaca36Minnesota Morris0Minnesota Morris41Dubuque35Ithaca0Dayton63Dayton34Baldwin Wallace0Dayton28Widener24Widener43Bethany WV 12See also Edit1980 NCAA Division I A football season 1980 NCAA Division I AA football season 1980 NCAA Division II football season 1980 NAIA Division I football season 1980 NAIA Division II football seasonReferences Edit All Time Division III Football Championship Records PDF NCAA NCAA org pp 4 15 Retrieved November 6 2014 1980 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket PDF NCAA NCAA org p 14 Retrieved November 6 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1980 NCAA Division III football season amp oldid 1075117478, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,