1975 NCAA Division III football season

The 1975 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 1975, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1975 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Wittenberg Tigers won their second Division III championship, defeating the Ithaca Bombers by a final score of 28−0.^[1]

1975 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 1975
Playoffs	November – December 1975
National championship	Garrett-Harrison Stadium Phenix City, AL
Champion	Wittenberg
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Conference standings

1975 College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Rose–Hulman + 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 Sewanee + 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Centre 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1 Southwestern (TN) 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 Principia 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0 + – Conference co-champions	1975 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Augustana (IL) $ 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 North Central (IL) 5 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1 Carroll (WI) 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Millikin 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Wheaton (IL) 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Illinois Wesleyan 4 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1 Carthage 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Elmhurst 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 North Park 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1975 Independent College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Ithaca $^ 4 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0 Alfred 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 St. Lawrence 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Hobart 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 RIT 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 RPI 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1975 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Butler $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0 Indiana Central ^ 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0 Evansville 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 DePauw 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Valparaiso 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Saint Joseph's (IN) 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 Wabash 0 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant	1975 Iowa Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T William Penn $^ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0 Buena Vista 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Central (IA) 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Luther 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Dubuque 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 1 Wartburg 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Simpson 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Upper Iowa 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant	1975 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T C. W. Post $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0 Merchant Marine 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Wagner 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 1 Fordham 1 – 2 – 1 3 – 5 – 1 Hofstra 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Seton Hall 0 – 4 – 1 2 – 7 – 1 $ – Conference champion
1975 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Hope $ 4 – 0 – 1 8 – 0 – 1 Alma 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Albion 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1 Adrian 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Olivet 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Kalamazoo 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1975 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Northern Albright x^ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Juniata 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Lycoming 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0 Upsala 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Wilkes 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0 Susquehanna 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Delaware Valley 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0 Southern Widener x^ 8 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0 Franklin & Marshall 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Lebanon Valley 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Moravian 5 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1 Johns Hopkins 3 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1 Dickinson 3 – 5 – 1 3 – 5 – 1 Muhlenberg 2 – 5 – 2 2 – 6 – 2 Ursinus 1 – 6 – 1 1 – 6 – 1 Western Maryland 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Swarthmore 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0 Gettysburg 0 – 0 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant	1975 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Saint John's (MN) $ 6 – 0 – 1 8 – 1 – 1 Minnesota–Duluth 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Hamline 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Gustavus Adolphus 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 St. Olaf 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1 Concordia–Moorhead 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 St. Thomas (MN) 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Augsburg 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 Macalester 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1975 New England Football Conference standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Nichols + 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0 Boston State + 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 Framingham State 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0 Bridgewater State 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 Plymouth State 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Maine Maritime 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 Massachusetts Maritime 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0 New Haven 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Curry 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 8 – 0 + – Conference co-champions	1975 New Jersey State Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Glassboro State $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 1 Montclair State 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 2 Trenton State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Kean 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Jersey City State 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0 William Paterson 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1975 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Blue Division Wittenberg xy$^ 4 – 0 – 0 12 – 1 – 0 Denison 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Mount Union 2 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Ohio Wesleyan 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Capital 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0 Red Division Muskingum xy 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Baldwin–Wallace 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Marietta 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Heidelberg 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Otterbein 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Wooster 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0 Not competing for championship Ohio Northern   –   4 – 4 – 1 Kenyon   –   3 – 6 – 0 Oberlin   –   2 – 4 – 0 Championship: Muskingum 9, Wittenberg 0 $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1975 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Bethany (WV) $ 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Washington & Jefferson 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Carnegie Mellon 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0 Thiel 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Hiram 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 John Carroll 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Case Western Reserve 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0 Allegheny * 0 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0 $ – Conference champion * – Ineligible for conference title	1975 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Redlands + 4 – 0 – 1 7 – 2 – 1 La Verne + 4 – 0 – 1 6 – 3 – 1 Claremont-Mudd 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 Whittier 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 1 Occidental 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0 Pomona-Pitzer 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0 + – Conference co-champions	1975 Virginia College Athletic Association football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Madison $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 1 Virginia Union 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 4 – 0 Hampden–Sydney 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Virginia State 2 – 1 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 Randolph–Macon 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Hampton 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Saint Paul's (VA) 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 Emory & Henry 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 9 – 0 Washington and Lee 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 8 – 1 Bridgewater 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1975 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Wisconsin–River Falls + 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Wisconsin–La Crosse + 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0 Wisconsin–Whitewater + 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Wisconsin–Oshkosh 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Wisconsin–Stout 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Wisconsin–Platteville 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Wisconsin–Superior 0 – 8 – 0 1 – 9 – 0 + – Conference co-champions	1975 NCAA Division III independents football records v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Bowie State   –   9 – 1 – 0 Albany   –   7 – 2 – 0 Colorado College ^   –   7 – 2 – 1 Georgetown   –   5 – 3 – 0 Saint Peter's   –   5 – 3 – 0 Canisius   –   5 – 4 – 0 Rochester (NY)   –   5 – 4 – 0 Trinity (TX)   –   5 – 4 – 0 Norwich   –   4 – 5 – 0 Cortland   –   2 – 6 – 1 Saint Mary's   –   3 – 8 – 0 San Diego   –   2 – 7 – 0 Brockport   –   1 – 6 – 1 Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham   –   1 – 6 – 0 Maryville (TN)   –   0 – 9 – 0 ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

Conference champions

Conference champions

College Athletic Conference – Rose–Hulman and Sewanee College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL) Independent College Athletic Conference – Ithaca Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wiliam Penn Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope Middle Atlantic Conference – Albright (North), Widener (South) Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Lawrence Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Boston State and Nichols^[2] New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Glassboro State Northwest Conference – Linfield, Pacific Lutheran, and Whitworth Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Division III) – Fisk Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – La Verne and Redlands Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse, Wisconsin–River Falls, and Wisconsin–Whitewater

Postseason

The 1975 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the third 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 third consecutive year. Unlike the two previous championships, this year's bracket expanded from four to eight teams.^[3]

Playoff bracket

	Quarterfinals Campus Sites					Semifinals Campus Sites					National Championship Game Garrett-Harrison Stadium Phenix City, AL
	Widener		14
	Albright		6
						Widener		14
						Ithaca		23
	Ithaca		41
	Fort Valley State		12
											Ithaca		0
											Wittenberg		28
	Wittenberg		14
	Indiana Central		13
						Wittenberg		55
						Millsaps		22
	Millsaps		28
	Colorado College		21

See also

• 1975 NCAA Division I football season
• 1975 NCAA Division II football season
• 1975 NAIA Division I football season
• 1975 NAIA Division II football season

References

1. "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
2. "Co-champs head all-NE grid roster". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. November 29, 1975. p. 14. Retrieved January 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
3. "1975 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved October 26, 2014.