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American college football season
1984 NCAA Division III football season Regular season August – November 1984 Playoffs November – December 1984 Augustana (IL) (2)
The 1984 NCAA Division III football season , part of
Augustana (IL) Vikings won the second of their four consecutive Division III championships by defeating the
Central (Iowa) Dutch by a final score of 21−12.
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Conference and program changes
Conference changes
Program changes
Fisk University closed its football program.
After Southwestern University at Memphis changed its name to Rhodes College in 1984, the Southwestern Lynx became the Rhodes Lynx at the start of the 1984 season.
The Villanova University football program was officially reinstated with St. Lawrence University head coach Andy Talley hired to the same position, as a Division III program. The program simply practiced and redshirted the entire team in preparation for a 1985 launch as a limited-season team.
Conference standings
1984 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Augustana (IL) $^
8
–
0
–
0
12
–
0
–
0
Millikin
7
–
1
–
0
7
–
2
–
0
Elmhurst
5
–
3
–
0
6
–
3
–
0
Wheaton (IL)
5
–
3
–
0
6
–
3
–
0
Illinois Wesleyan
5
–
3
–
0
5
–
4
–
0
Carroll (WI)
2
–
6
–
0
3
–
6
–
0
Carthage
2
–
6
–
0
2
–
7
–
0
North Central (IL)
2
–
6
–
0
2
–
7
–
0
North Park
0
–
8
–
0
0
–
9
–
0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1984 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Widener
$
7
–
1
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
Lycoming
6
–
2
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
Moravian
6
–
2
–
0
7
–
2
–
0
Susquehanna
5
–
3
–
0
6
–
3
–
0
Delaware Valley
4
–
4
–
0
5
–
5
–
0
Upsala
3
–
5
–
0
4
–
6
–
0
Albright
2
–
6
–
0
3
–
6
–
0
Juniata
2
–
5
–
1
3
–
6
–
1
Wilkes
0
–
7
–
1
1
–
7
–
1
1984 Midwest Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Beloit
xy
6
–
1
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
St. Norbert
6
–
1
–
0
6
–
2
–
0
Lake Forest
5
–
2
–
0
6
–
2
–
0
Ripon
2
–
4
–
1
2
–
6
–
1
Lawrence
1
–
5
–
1
2
–
6
–
1
Chicago
1
–
6
–
0
3
–
6
–
0
Cornell (IA)
xy$
6
–
1
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
Coe x
6
–
1
–
0
6
–
3
–
0
Monmouth (IL)
3
–
4
–
0
3
–
6
–
0
Grinnell
2
–
5
–
0
2
–
6
–
0
Knox
2
–
5
–
0
2
–
6
–
0
Illinois College
1
–
6
–
0
1
–
8
–
0
Championship: Cornell 31 , Beloit 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant
1984 New Jersey State Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Montclair State
$
6
–
0
–
0
7
–
3
–
0
Glassboro State
4
–
2
–
0
4
–
5
–
0
Kean
3
–
2
–
1
4
–
4
–
1
Ramapo
2
–
3
–
1
5
–
3
–
1
Jersey City State
2
–
4
–
0
5
–
4
–
0
Trenton State
2
–
4
–
0
3
–
7
–
0
William Paterson
1
–
5
–
0
2
–
8
–
0
1984 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Baldwin–Wallace
$
8
–
0
–
0
9
–
1
–
0
Muskingum
7
–
1
–
0
9
–
1
–
0
Mount Union
5
–
3
–
0
6
–
4
–
0
Wittenberg
5
–
3
–
0
6
–
4
–
0
Capital
3
–
5
–
0
5
–
5
–
0
Heidelberg
3
–
5
–
0
3
–
7
–
0
Ohio Northern
2
–
5
–
1
2
–
6
–
1
Otterbein
2
–
6
–
0
3
–
7
–
0
Marietta
0
–
7
–
1
1
–
8
–
1
1984 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Occidental
$^
5
–
0
–
0
10
–
1
–
0
Whittier
3
–
1
–
1
6
–
4
–
0
La Verne
2
–
1
–
2
6
–
3
–
0
Redlands
1
–
3
–
1
5
–
5
–
0
Claremont-Mudd
1
–
3
–
1
3
–
5
–
1
Pomona-Pitzer
0
–
4
–
1
1
–
6
–
1
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Each team played two other conference members twice. A head-to-head sweep of the two games counted as one win for the winner and one loss for the loser in the conference standings. A split of the two games counted as a tie for each team.
Conference champions
Conference champions
Centennial Conference –
College Athletic Conference – Centre
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL)
Independent College Athletic Conference – Ithaca
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central College (IA)
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope
Middle Atlantic Conference – Widener
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Cornell College
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Hamline
New England Football Conference – Plymouth State
New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Montclair State
North Coast Athletic Conference – Case Western Reserve
Northwest Conference – Linfield
Ohio Athletic Conference – Baldwin Wallace
Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Randolph-Macon
Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Occidental
Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Austin
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Northwestern–St. Paul
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–River Falls and Wisconsin–Whitewater
Postseason
The 1984 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 12th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's
Kings Island,
Mason, Ohio for the second consecutive time. This was the final tournament to feature eight teams before expanding to sixteen in 1985.
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Playoff bracket
See also
References