2005_NCAA_Division_III_football_season

2005 NCAA Division III football season

2005 NCAA Division III football season

American college football season

The 2005 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 2005, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2005 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their eighth Division III championship by defeating the Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks, 35−28. This was the first of eight subsequent championship games between Mount Union (3 wins) and Wisconsin–Whitewater (5 wins); only the 2012 Stagg Bowl featured a different team.

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The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Brett Elliott, quarterback from Linfield.[1]

Conference changes and new programs

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Conference standings

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Conference champions

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Postseason

The 2005 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 33rd 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 Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia for the 13th time. The bracket for this field expanded from 28 to 32 teams, where it has remained.[2]

Qualification

Twenty-one conferences met the requirements for an automatic ("Pool A") bid to the playoffs. Besides the NESCAC, which does not participate in the playoffs, five conferences had no Pool A bid. The PAC was in the first year of the two-year waiting period, while the ACFC, NWC, UAA, and UMAC failed to meet the seven-member requirement.

Schools not in Pool A conferences were eligible for Pool B. The number of Pool B bids was determined by calculating the ratio of Pool A conferences to schools in those conferences and applying that ratio to the number of Pool B schools. The 21 Pool A conferences contained 179 schools, an average of 8.5 teams per conference. Thirty-seven schools were in Pool B, enough for four bids.

The remaining seven playoff spots were at-large ("Pool C") teams.

Playoff bracket

First Round
Campus Sites 		Second Round
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
Campus Sites 		Semifinals
Campus Sites 		National Championship Game
Salem Football Stadium
Salem, Virginia
Linfield 63
Occidental 21 Linfield 28
Concordia–Moorhead 27 Concordia–Moorhead 14
Coe 14 Linfield 41
Saint John's (MN) 62 Wisconsin–Whitewater 44
Monmouth (IL) 3 Saint John's (MN) 7
Wisconsin–Whitewater 34 Wisconsin–Whitewater 34
Central (IA) 14 Wisconsin–Whitewater 58
Mary Hardin–Baylor 35 Wesley 6
Trinity (TX) 6 Mary Hardin–Baylor 36
Wesley 59 Wesley 46
Ferrum 14 Wesley 46
Bridgewater (VA) 30 Bridgewater (VA) 7
Washington & Jefferson 21 Bridgewater (VA) 24
Thiel 28 Thiel 13
Johns Hopkins 3 Wisconsin–Whitewater 28
Wabash 38 Mount Union 35
Albion 20 Wabash 11
Capital 21 Capital 14
North Central (IL) 19 Mount Union 34
Augustana (IL) 49 Capital 31
Lakeland 22 Augustana (IL) 7
Mount Union 49 Mount Union 44
Mount St. Joseph 6 Mount Union 19
Delaware Valley 37 Rowan 7
Curry 22 Delaware Valley 21
Hobart 23 Hobart 14
Cortland 22 Delaware Valley 21
Rowan 42 Rowan 27
Wilkes 3 Rowan 28
Union (NY) 55 Union (NY) 24
Ithaca 41

* Overtime

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  2. [2]
    "2005 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
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