The 1991 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 1991, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1991 at Hawkins Stadium in Bradenton, Florida. The Ithaca Bombers won their third Division III championship by defeating the Dayton Flyers, 34−20.
Conference changes and new programs Name change New England Football Conference member Southeastern Massachusetts University and the University of Lowell both joined the UMass system before the season. The former football program hence changed from the Southeastern Massachusetts Corsairs to the UMass Dartmouth Corsairs, while the latter changed from the Lowell Chiefs became the UMass Lowell Chiefs.
The Independent College Athletic Conference stopped sponsoring football in 1991, shortly before its rebrand to become the Empire Athletic Association.
Conference changes School 1990 Conference 1991 Conference Alfred ICAC D-III Independent Bluffton D-III Independent AMC Brooklyn ACFC Dropped Program Cal Lutheran D-II Independent SCIAC Charleston Southern New Program D-III Independent Defiance NAIA Independent AMCHobartICACD-III Independent Ithaca ICAC D-III Independent RPI ICAC D-III Independent Sacred Heart New Program D-III Independent St. Lawrence ICAC D-III Independent Siena ACFC ECFCTaylorIndianaNAIA Independent Thomas More D-III Independent AMC UAB New Program D-III Independent UC Santa Barbara D-III Independent D-II Independent Wilmington (OH) D-III Independent AMC
Conference standings
Conference champions Conference championsAssociation of Mideast Colleges – Thomas More Centennial Conference – Dickinson College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL) Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference – Wabash Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Simpson Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion Middle Atlantic Conference – Lycoming Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Coe Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Massachusetts–Lowell New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Glassboro State North Coast Athletic Conference – Allegheny Ohio Athletic Conference – Baldwin Wallace Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Guilford Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Redlands Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Millsaps Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Midwestern State University Athletic Association – Carnegie Mellon Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Concordia–St. Paul Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse
Postseason The 1991 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 19th 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 Hawkins Stadium in Bradenton, Florida for the second time. Like the previous six tournaments, this year's bracket featured sixteen teams.
Playoff bracket
See also 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season 1991 NCAA Division II football season
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