2008_NCAA_Division_III_football_season

2008 NCAA Division III football season

2008 NCAA Division III football season

American college football season

The 2008 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 2008, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2008 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their tenth Division III championship by defeating the Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks, 31−26. This was the fourth of seven straight championship games between Mount Union (3 wins) and Wisconsin–Whitewater (4 wins).

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The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Greg Micheli, quarterback from Mount Union.[1]

Program changes

  • After Tri-State University changed its name to Trine University in 2008, the Tri-State Thunder became the Trine Thunder at the start of the 2008 season.

Conference standings

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Conference champions

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Postseason

The 2008 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 36th 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 16th time.[2]

Qualification

Twenty-three conferences met the requirements for an automatic ("Pool A") bid to the playoffs. Besides the NESCAC, which does not participate in the playoffs, four conferences had no Pool A bid. The SLIAC was in the first year of the two-year waiting period, while the ACFC, UAA, and UMAC failed to meet the seven-member requirement. The NWC received a Pool A bid for the first time, having attained seven members and passed through the waiting period.

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 23 Pool A conferences contained 197 schools, an average of 8.6 teams per conference. Twenty-seven schools were in Pool B, enough for three bids.

The remaining six 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
Mount Union 56
Randolph–Macon 0 Mount Union 42
Hobart 33 Hobart 7
Lycoming 15 Mount Union 41
Cortland 31 Cortland 14
Plymouth State 14 Cortland 42
Curry 26 Curry 0
Ithaca 21 Mount Union 45
North Central (IL) 44 Wheaton (IL) 24
Thomas More 23 North Central (IL) 28
Franklin 62 Franklin 38
Otterbein 45 Franklin 28
Wabash 20 Wheaton (IL) 45
Case Western Reserve 17 Wabash 28
Wheaton (IL) 14 Wheaton (IL) 59
Trine 0 Mount Union 31
Willamette 48 Wisconsin–Whitewater 26
Occidental 33 Willamette 27
Wisconsin–Whitewater 37 Wisconsin–Whitewater 30
Saint John's 7 Wisconsin–Whitewater 34
Wartburg 26 Wartburg 17
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 21 Wartburg 30
Monmouth (IL) 42 Monmouth (IL) 28
Aurora 13 Wisconsin–Whitewater 39
Millsaps 51 Mary Hardin–Baylor 13
LaGrange 26 Washington & Jefferson 35
Washington & Jefferson 35 Millsaps 20
Christopher Newport 29 Washington & Jefferson 7
Wesley 20 Mary Hardin–Baylor 63
Muhlenberg 0 Wesley 14
Mary Hardin–Baylor 38 Mary Hardin–Baylor 46
Hardin–Simmons 35

* Overtime

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  2. [2]
    "2008 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
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