1982 NCAA Division III football season

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1982 NCAA Division III football season
Regular seasonAugust – November 1982
PlayoffsNovember – December 1982
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL
ChampionWest Georgia
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The 1982 NCAA Division III football season, part of

Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama
.

The

Augustana (IL) Vikings by a final score of 14−0.[1]

Conference changes and new programs

New conference

Conference changes

School 1981 conference 1982 conference
Westfield State Owls
 No program
NEFC

Conference standings

1982 College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Sewanee $ 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Centre 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Southwestern (TN)
 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Principia
 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Rose–Hulman
 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Illinois College
 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1982 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Augustana (IL) $^ 8 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
North Central (IL)
 6 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Millikin
 5 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Elmhurst
 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Carthage
 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Illinois Wesleyan
 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Wheaton (IL)
 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
North Park
 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Carroll (WI)
 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1982 Independent College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
St. Lawrence
$^ 		4 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Alfred
 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Ithaca 1 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Hobart
 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
RPI
 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1982 Iowa Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wartburg $^ 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Central (IA) 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Luther 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Dubuque 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Buena Vista 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Simpson
 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Upper Iowa
 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
William Penn
 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1982 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
St. John's
$ 		4 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Pace
 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Marist 2 – 2 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Brooklyn
 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Saint Peter's 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1982 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hope
$ 		5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Adrian
 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Kalamazoo 2 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Albion
 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Alma
 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Olivet 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1982 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northern
Delaware Valley
x 		6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Lycoming
x 		6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Susquehanna
 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Juniata
 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Upsala
 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Albright
 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Wilkes
 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham
 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Southern
Widener
x^ 		7 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore x 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Franklin & Marshall 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Gettysburg
 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Muhlenberg 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Ursinus
 3 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Moravian
 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Western Maryland
 2 – 5 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Johns Hopkins 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Lebanon Valley
 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Dickinson 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1982 Midwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Division
Ripon
xy$ 		4 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Lawrence
 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Beloit
 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Lake Forest 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Chicago 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
South Division
Cornell (IA)
xy 		5 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Carleton 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Coe 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Monmouth (IL)
 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Knox
 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Grinnell 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Championship: Ripon 16, Cornell 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
1982 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Saint John's (MN) $^ 8 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
No. 12 St. Thomas (MN) 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Gustavus Adolphus
 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Concordia–Moorhead
 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Hamline # 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Augsburg
 2 – 5 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Bethel (MN) 1 – 6 – 1 1 – 8 – 1
Macalester
 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
St. Olaf
 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Carleton * 0 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
    # – Hamline initially forfeited 5 conference wins—over Augsburg, St. Olaf, Macalester, Concordia–Moorhead, and Bethel (MN)—because a player was ruled ineligible under NAIA rules, but the player was later ruled eligible under MIAC code, and the wins were restored to Hamline.
    * – ineligible for conference title
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1982 New England Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Plymouth State $ 9 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Massachusetts Maritime 7 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Maine Maritime 6 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Bridgewater State 5 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Nichols 5 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Western New England
 4 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Framingham State 3 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Western Connecticut State
 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Westfield State 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Curry
 1 – 8 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1982 New Jersey State Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Montclair State
$ 		6 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 2
Trenton State
 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Ramapo
 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Glassboro State
 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
William Paterson
 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Kean
 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Jersey City State
 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1982 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6
Moorhead State
$^ 		5 – 0 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Minnesota Duluth 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Minnesota Morris 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 2
Northern State
 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Southwest State (MN)
 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Bemidji State
 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Winona State 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1982 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Blue Division
Ohio Northern
xy 		4 – 0 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Wittenberg 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Otterbein
 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Ohio Wesleyan
 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Denison
 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 5 – 2
Marietta
 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
Red Division
Baldwin–Wallace
xy$^ 		5 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Mount Union 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Capital
 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Heidelberg
 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Wooster
 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Muskingum
 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Not competing for championship
Kenyon
   –   4 – 4 – 0
Oberlin   –   2 – 7 – 0
Championship: Baldwin–Wallace 24, Ohio Northern 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1982 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hampden–Sydney
$ 		4 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Randolph–Macon 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Washington and Lee 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Bridgewater
 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Emory & Henry
 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Maryville (TN) 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Catholic University *   –   5 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Ineligible for conference title
1982 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hiram
$ 		6 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Case Western Reserve 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Mellon 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
John Carroll 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Bethany (WV)
 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Washington & Jefferson 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Allegheny
 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Thiel
 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1982 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
La Verne
+ 		4 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Whittier
+ 		4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Occidental
 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Redlands
 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Claremont-Mudd
 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Pomona-Pitzer
 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1982 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11
Wisconsin–La Crosse
$ 		7 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Wisconsin–River Falls 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin–Stout 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Wisconsin–Whitewater 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin–Platteville 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 1 – 7 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Wisconsin–Superior
 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Wisconsin–Stevens Point forfeited 3 games.
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1982 NCAA Division III independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
West Georgia ^   –   12 – 0 – 0
Wabash   –   10 – 0 – 0
Union (NY)
   –   8 – 1 – 0
Wagner ^   –   8 – 1 – 1
DePauw   –   8 – 2 – 0
Frostburg State
   –   6 – 2 – 2
Albany   –   6 – 3 – 0
Canisius   –   6 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 3 – 0
Millsaps   –   6 – 3 – 0
Iona   –   5 – 3 – 1
Dayton   –   6 – 4 – 0
Hofstra
   –   6 – 4 – 0
Norwich
   –   6 – 4 – 0
Colorado College   –   5 – 4 – 0
Salisbury State
   –   5 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   5 – 5 – 0
Mercyhurst   –   4 – 5 – 0
San Diego   –   4 – 5 – 0
Buffalo State   –   4 – 6 – 0
Cortland   –   4 – 6 – 0
Georgetown   –   3 – 5 – 0
St. Norbert   –   3 – 7 – 0
Grove City
   –   2 – 7 – 0
Fordham   –   2 – 8 – 0
Rochester (NY)
   –   2 – 8 – 0
Brockport   –   1 – 8 – 0
Saint Francis (PA)   –   0 – 8 – 1
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

Conference champions

Conference champions
  • College Athletic Conference – Sewanee
  • College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL)
  • Independent College Athletic Conference –
    St. Lawrence
  • Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wartburg
  • Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association –
    Hope
  • Middle Atlantic Conference –
    Lycoming (North), Widener
    (South)
  • Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference –
    Ripon
  • Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN)
  • New England Football Conference – Plymouth State
  • New Jersey State Athletic Conference –
    Montclair State
  • Northwest Conference –
    Linfield
  • Ohio Athletic Conference –
    Ohio Northern
    (Blue Division)
  • Old Dominion Athletic Conference –
    Hampden–Sydney
  • Presidents' Athletic Conference –
    Hiram
  • Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference –
    La Verne
  • Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association –
    Sul Ross
  • Twin Rivers Conference –
    Northwestern–St. Paul
  • Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse

Postseason

The 1982 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the tenth annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's

Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama for the tenth consecutive year. Like the previous seven championships, eight teams competed in this edition.[3]

Playoff bracket

Quarterfinals
Campus Sites 		Semifinals
Campus Sites 		National Championship Game
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL
         
Augustana (IL) 28
Baldwin Wallace
22
Augustana (IL) 14
St. Lawrence 0
St. Lawrence
 		43
Wagner 34
Augustana (IL) 0
West Georgia 14
Bishop
 		32
Wartburg 7
Bishop 6
West Georgia 27
West Georgia (3OT) 31
Widener 24

See also

References

  1. ^ "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  2. ^ "NAIA Football Regular Season Records" (PDF). NAIA. p. 21. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "1982 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
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