The 1979 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 1979, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1979 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Ithaca Bombers won their first Division III championship, defeating the Wittenberg Tigers by a final score of 14−10 in a re-match of the 1975 championship (won by Wittenberg).
Conference changes and new programs School 1978 conference 1979 conference FDU–Florham D-III Independent Middle Atlantic Central Florida New program D-III Independent Duquesne Revived program D-III Independent Miles SIAC Dropped Program Plattsburgh Independent Dropped Program Western Connecticut Independent (NAIA) NEFC
Conference standings
Conference champions Conference championsCollege Athletic Conference – Southwestern at Memphis, Rose–Hulman, and Sewanee College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Millikin Independent College Athletic Conference – Ithaca Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Dubuque Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope Middle Atlantic Conference – Lycoming (North), Widener (South) Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Lawrence Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Concordia–Moorhead, Saint John's (MN), St. Olaf, and St. Thomas (MN) New England Football Conference – New Haven New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Montclair State Northwest Conference – Pacific Lutheran Ohio Athletic Conference – Denison (Red Division), Wittenberg (Blue Division) Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Randolph-Macon Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference‡ – Lock Haven Presidents' Athletic Conference – Carnegie Mellon Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Claremont–Mudd–Scripps Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Morehouse Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Austin Twin Rivers Conference – Northwestern–St. Paul Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–River Falls
Postseason The 1979 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the seventh 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 seventh consecutive year. Like the previous four championships, eight teams competed in this edition.
Playoff bracket
See also 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season 1979 NCAA Division II football season 1979 NAIA Division I football season 1979 NAIA Division II football season
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