The 1982 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 1982, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1982 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama.
The West Georgia Wolves won their first Division III championship, defeating the Augustana (IL) Vikings by a final score of 14−0.
Conference changes and new programs New conference The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, and its nine members all from Minnesota, became an NCAA Division III conference this season, transitioning from Division II of the NAIA after the end of the 1981 season.
Conference changes Catholic University joined the ODAC this year, but was not eligible for the conference title until 1983. Westfield State, which began in 1980 as a club team, went varsity this year, joining the NEFC. Boston State dropped their football program when they merged with UMass Boston in 1982. Carleton played their final season in the Midwest Conference this year, as they joined the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1983. School 1981 conference 1982 conference Boston State NEFC Dropped Program Catholic University Independent (D-III) ODAC Trinity (TX) TIAA (NAIA) Independent (D-III) UCF Independent (D-III) Independent (D-II) Westfield State Club program NEFC
Conference standings
Conference champions Conference championsCollege 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 – Delaware Valley and 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 – Baldwin Wallace (Red Division), 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 – Concordia–St. Paul, Mount Senario, and 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 NCAA Division III college football. The championship Stagg Bowl game was held at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama for the tenth consecutive year. Like the previous seven championships, eight teams competed in this edition.
Playoff bracket
See also 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season 1982 NCAA Division II football season
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