1973 NCAA Division III football season

Regular season

August – November 1973

Playoffs

November – December 1973

Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL

Division III football seasons
« 1972	1974 »

The 1973 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 1973, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1973 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. In the first ever season of Division III football after these teams split away from the Division I Small College Division after the 1972 season.

Wittenberg won their first Division III championship, defeating Juniata in the championship game by a final score of 41−0.^[1]

Conference changes and new programs

School	1972 Conference	1973 Conference
Albany	New Program	D-III Independent

Conference champions

Conference champions
College Athletic Conference – Southwestern at Memphis College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Carthage Independent College Athletic Conference – Champion Unknown Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Buena Vista Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope Middle Atlantic Conference – Juniata (North), Franklin & Marshall (South) Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Coe Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Minnesota–Duluth and St. Thomas (MN) New England Football Conference – Nichols New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Montclair State Northwest Conference – Pacific Lutheran Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Division III) – Fisk Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Redlands Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse

Postseason

The 1973 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the first single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The inaugural edition had only four teams (in comparison with the 32 teams competing as of 2014). The championship game was held at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Wittenberg Tigers defeated the Juniata College Eagles, 41-0, to win their first national title.^[2]

NCAA Division III Playoff bracket

Semifinals Campus Sites		National Championship Game Garrett-Harrison Stadium Phenix City, AL


Juniata	35

Bridgeport	14
		Juniata	0

		Wittenberg	41
Wittenberg	21

San Diego	14

References

↑ "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
↑ "1973 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved October 23, 2014.

NCAA football seasons

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NCAA University Division/ Division I	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977

NCAA Division I-A/FBS	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

NCAA Division I-AA/FCS	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

NCAA Division II	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

NCAA Division III	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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