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.[2]
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^"2001 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
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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 2001 NCAA Division III football seasonRegular seasonAugust November 2001PlayoffsNovember December 2001NationalchampionshipSalem Football StadiumSalem VAChampionMount Union 6 Gagliardi TrophyChuck Moore RB Mount Union 2000 NCAA Division III football seasons 2002 The Gagliardi Trophy given to the most outstanding player in Division III football was awarded to Chuck Moore running back from Mount Union 1 Contents 1 Conference and program changes 2 Conference standings 3 Conference champions 4 Postseason 4 1 Playoff bracket 5 See also 6 ReferencesConference and program changes EditSchool 2000 Conference 2001 ConferenceChristopher Newport New program DixieConference standings Edit2001 American Southwest Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Hardin Simmons 8 0 8 2 Mary Hardin Baylor 7 1 8 2 Howard Payne 7 2 8 2 Mississippi College 6 3 7 3 East Texas Baptist 4 5 5 5 Austin 3 5 3 6 Louisiana College 3 6 4 6 Sul Ross 3 6 3 7 Texas Lutheran 2 7 2 8 McMurry 0 8 0 9 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participant 2001 Atlantic Central Football Conference standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Wesley 3 0 7 3 Frostburg State 2 1 4 5 Salisbury 1 2 4 6 Apprentice 0 3 2 7 Conference champion Not an NCAA member 2001 Centennial Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Western Maryland 5 1 8 3 Muhlenberg 5 1 7 4 Johns Hopkins 4 2 6 3 Ursinus 3 3 6 4 Dickinson 3 3 5 5 Gettysburg 1 5 4 6 Franklin amp Marshall 0 6 1 9 Conference co champions NCAA Division III playoff participant2001 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Augustana IL 6 1 10 2 Illinois Wesleyan 6 1 7 2 Millikin 5 2 8 2 Wheaton IL 5 2 6 4 Carthage 3 4 6 4 North Central IL 2 5 3 7 Elmhurst 1 6 2 8 North Park 0 7 2 8 Conference co champions NCAA Division III playoff participant 2001 Dixie Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Ferrum 5 1 6 4 Christopher Newport 5 1 5 5 Greensboro 3 3 5 5 Methodist 3 3 5 5 Shenandoah 3 3 5 5 Chowan 2 4 2 7 Averett 0 6 1 8 Conference co champions NCAA Division III playoff participant 2001 Freedom Football Conference standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Western Connecticut 5 1 8 2 Plymouth State 5 1 7 3 Merchant Marine 3 3 4 5 Springfield MA 3 3 4 5 WPI 3 3 4 6 Norwich 1 5 4 6 Coast Guard 1 5 2 7 Conference co champions NCAA Division III playoff participant2001 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Anderson IN 5 1 8 2 Defiance 5 1 8 3 Bluffton 4 2 5 5 Hanover 4 2 5 5 Franklin IN 2 4 3 7 Manchester 1 5 2 8 Mount St Joseph 0 6 0 10 Conference co champions NCAA Division III playoff participant 2001 Illini Badger Football Conference standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L MacMurray 7 0 9 2 Aurora 6 1 7 2 Concordia WI 4 3 6 4 Benedictine IL 4 3 4 6 Lakeland 3 4 4 6 Greenville 2 5 5 5 Concordia IL 1 6 1 9 Eureka 1 6 1 9 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participant 2001 Iowa Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Central IA 8 1 9 2 Wartburg 7 2 8 2 Cornell IA 6 3 7 3 Coe 6 3 6 4 Buena Vista 4 5 5 5 Loras 4 5 5 5 Simpson 4 5 4 6 Upper Iowa 3 6 3 7 Luther 2 7 3 7 Dubuque 1 8 2 8 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participant2001 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Albion 5 0 8 2 Hope 4 1 7 2 Alma 3 2 6 4 Adrian 2 3 2 8 Kalamazoo 1 4 5 4 Olivet 0 5 1 9 Conference champion 2001 Middle Atlantic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Widener 10 0 12 1 Lycoming 8 1 8 1 King s PA 7 2 7 3 Albright 5 4 6 4 Juniata 4 5 5 5 Susquehanna 4 5 4 6 Wilkes 4 5 4 6 Moravian 3 5 4 5 Delaware Valley 2 7 3 7 Fairleigh Dickinson Florham 1 7 1 8 Lebanon Valley 1 8 1 9 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participant 2001 Midwest Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Ripon 7 1 8 2 St Norbert 8 1 9 1 Monmouth IL 6 2 8 2 Grinnell 5 3 5 5 Illinois College 4 4 6 4 Lake Forest 4 4 5 5 Beloit 2 6 3 7 Carroll WI 2 6 2 7 Knox 2 6 2 7 Lawrence 1 7 2 8 Conference co champions NCAA Division III playoff participant2001 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TBethel MN 8 1 0 9 2 0Saint John s MN 8 1 0 11 3 0St Thomas MN 7 2 0 7 3 0Gustavus Adolphus 6 3 0 7 3 0St Olaf 5 4 0 6 4 0Concordia Moorhead 4 5 0 5 5 0Augsburg 4 5 0 4 6 0Hamline 2 7 0 2 8 0Carleton 1 8 0 1 9 0Macalester 0 9 0 0 10 0 Conference co champions NCAA Division III playoff participant 2001 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Williams 8 0 8 0 Amherst 7 1 7 1 Tufts 6 2 6 2 Colby 4 4 4 4 Middlebury 4 4 4 4 Trinity CT 4 4 4 4 Wesleyan 4 4 4 4 Bates 1 7 1 7 Bowdoin 1 7 1 7 Hamilton 1 7 1 7 Conference champion 2001 New England Football Conference standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Bogan DivisionWestfield State xy 6 0 10 1 Worcester State 5 1 10 1 Bridgewater State 3 3 5 4 Framingham State 2 4 2 7 Maine Maritime 2 4 2 7 Massachusetts Maritime 2 4 2 7 Fitchburg State 1 5 2 7 Boyd DivisionNichols xy 5 0 6 4 Curry 4 1 9 2 UMass Dartmouth 3 2 6 4 Salve Regina 2 3 4 4 Western New England 1 4 3 5 MIT 0 5 1 8 Championship Westfield State 12 Nichols 0 Conference championx Division champion co championsy Championship game participant NCAA Division III playoff participant2001 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Rowan 5 1 11 2 Montclair State 5 1 9 2 TCNJ 4 2 6 4 Cortland 3 3 5 5 William Paterson 2 4 3 7 Kean 1 5 2 7 New Jersey City 1 5 1 8 Conference co champions NCAA Division III playoff participant 2001 North Coast Athletic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Wittenberg 7 0 11 2 Ohio Wesleyan 6 1 9 1 Wabash 6 1 8 2 Allegheny 4 3 5 5 Earlham 3 4 4 6 Wooster 3 4 4 6 Denison 2 5 2 8 Oberlin 2 5 2 8 Hiram 1 6 3 7 Kenyon 1 6 1 9 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participant 2001 Northwest Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Linfield 4 1 7 2 Whitworth 4 1 7 2 Pacific Lutheran 4 1 8 3 Willamette 2 3 4 5 Lewis amp Clark 1 4 3 6 Puget Sound 0 5 0 9 Conference co champions NCAA Division III playoff participant2001 Ohio Athletic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Mount Union 9 0 14 0 Ohio Northern 8 1 8 2 Capital 6 3 7 3 John Carroll 6 3 7 3 Baldwin Wallace 5 4 5 5 Wilmington OH 4 5 5 5 Otterbein 3 6 4 6 Muskingum 2 7 3 7 Marietta 1 8 2 8 Heidelberg 1 8 1 9 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participant 2001 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Bridgewater 6 0 12 1 Emory amp Henry 3 3 5 5 Hampden Sydney 3 3 5 5 Washington and Lee 3 3 5 5 Guilford 3 3 4 6 Randolph Macon 2 4 4 6 Catholic University 1 5 3 7 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participant 2001 Presidents Athletic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Washington amp Jefferson 4 0 11 1 Bethany WV 2 2 6 3 Waynesburg 2 2 3 7 Grove City 1 3 2 8 Thiel 1 3 2 8 Westminster PA 0 0 4 5 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participant Completing reclassification from NCAA Division II games did not count in conference standings 2001 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Occidental 5 0 8 1 Cal Lutheran 3 2 6 3 Redlands 3 2 5 3 Claremont Mudd Scripps 2 3 5 3 Whittier 2 3 2 7 La Verne 0 5 1 8 Conference champion 2001 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Trinity TX 6 0 9 2 Centre 5 1 9 1 DePauw 4 2 5 5 Millsaps 3 3 6 4 Sewanee 2 4 5 5 Rhodes 1 5 5 5 Rose Hulman 0 6 2 8 Conference champion NCAA Division III playoff participant 2001 Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L RPI 4 0 8 1 Union NY 3 1 9 2 Hobart 2 2 6 3 Rochester NY 1 3 3 7 St Lawrence 0 4 0 10 Conference champion2001 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Wisconsin Eau Claire 5 2 8 2 Wisconsin Stevens Point 5 2 8 3 Wisconsin Stout 4 3 6 3 Wisconsin River Falls 4 3 4 5 Wisconsin La Crosse 3 4 4 6 Wisconsin Platteville 3 4 4 6 Wisconsin Whitewater 2 5 5 5 Wisconsin Oshkosh 2 5 3 6 Conference co champions NCAA Division III playoff participant 2001 NCAA Division III independents football recordsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Thomas More 11 1 Ithaca 11 2 Brockport 9 2 Menlo 8 2 Hartwick 7 4 Rockford 5 4 Alfred 4 5 Martin Luther 4 5 Wisconsin Lutheran 4 5 Chapman 3 6 Colorado College 3 6 Maranatha Baptist 3 6 Principia 2 4 St John Fisher 3 7 Pomona Pitzer 2 6 Maryville TN 2 8 Westminster MO 2 8 Buffalo State 1 8 Mount Ida 1 8 Utica 0 8 Blackburn 0 10 NCAA Division III playoff participantConference champions EditConference 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 amp 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 PointPostseason EditThe 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 2 Playoff bracket Edit First RoundCampus SitesSecond RoundCampus SitesQuarterfinalsCampus SitesSemifinalsCampus SitesNational Championship GameSalem Football StadiumSalem VirginiaMount Union32Augustana IL 54Augustana IL 7Defiance14Mount Union49Wittenberg38 Wittenberg21Hardin Simmons35Wittenberg41Thomas More34Thomas More0MacMurray30Mount Union35Saint John s MN 14Central IA 21Pacific Lutheran27 Pacific Lutheran27 Whitworth26Pacific Lutheran6Saint John s MN 27Saint John s MN 31St Norbert20Saint John s MN 9UW Stevens Point37UW Stevens Point7Bethel MN 27Mount Union30Bridgewater VA 27RPI10Ithaca35Ithaca27Montclair State23Ithaca0Rowan40Rowan48Brockport17Rowan43West Conn State8West Conn State14Westfield State7Rowan24Bridgewater VA 29Bridgewater VA 41Trinity TX 30Trinity TX 37Mary Hardin Baylor6Bridgewater VA 57Widener56Widener32Christopher Newport7Widener46Wash amp Jefferson24Wash amp Jefferson30Western Maryland21 OvertimeSee also Edit2001 NCAA Division I A football season 2001 NCAA Division I AA football season 2001 NCAA Division II football seasonReferences Edit All Time Division III Football Championship Records PDF NCAA NCAA org pp 4 15 Retrieved November 28 2014 2001 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket PDF NCAA NCAA org p 14 Retrieved November 28 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2001 NCAA Division III football season amp oldid 1075118010, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,