1983 NCAA Division III football season

Regular season

August – November 1983

Playoffs

November – December 1983

Galbreath Field
Kings Island, Mason, Ohio

Division III football seasons
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The 1983 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 1983, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1983 at Galbreath Field in Kings Island, Mason, Ohio. The Augustana (IL) Vikings won their first of four consecutive Division III championships by defeating the Union Dutchmen by a final score of 21−17.^[1]

Conference and program changes

The Centennial Conference began football play in 1983.

Conference champions

Conference champions
Centennial Conference – Gettysburg, Muhlenberg, and Swarthmore College Athletic Conference – Centre and Rose–Hulman College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL) Independent College Athletic Conference – St. Lawrence Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) and Wartburg Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Adrian Middle Atlantic Conference – Susquehanna Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Lake Forest Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – St. Thomas (MN) New England Football Conference – Massachusetts Maritime and Plymouth State New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Glassboro State, Montclair State, and Trenton State Northwest Conference – Pacific Lutheran Ohio Athletic Conference – Baldwin Wallace (Red Division), Wittenberg (Blue Division) Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Hampden–Sydney Presidents' Athletic Conference – Carnegie Mellon Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Occidental Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – McMurry and Sul Ross State Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Mount Senario and Northwestern (WI) Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Eau Claire

Postseason

The 1983 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 11th 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 Galbreath Field at the College Football Hall of Fame in Kings Island, Mason, Ohio for the first time. Like the previous eight championships, eight teams competed in this edition.^[2]

NCAA Division III Playoff bracket

Quarterfinals Campus Sites		Semifinals Campus Sites		National Championship Game Galbreath Field Kings Island, Mason, OH


Union (NY)	51

Hofstra	19
		Union (NY)	23

		Salisbury State	21
Salisbury State	16

Carnegie Mellon	14
				Union (NY)	17

				Augustana (IL)	21
Augustana (IL)	22

Adrian	21
		Augustana (IL)	21

		Wisconsin–La Crosse	15
Wisconsin–La Crosse	43

Occidental	42

References

↑ "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
↑ "1983 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 7, 2014.

NCAA football seasons

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