1982 NCAA Division III football season Regular season August – November 1982
The 1982 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 1982, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship , also known as the Stagg Bowl , in December 1982 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama .
The West Georgia Wolves won their first Division III championship, defeating the Augustana (IL) Vikings by a final score of 14−0.[1]
Conference changes and new programs [ ]
School
1981 conference
1982 conference
Westfield State Owls No program NEFC
Conference champions [ ]
Conference champions
College Athletic Conference – Sewanee
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL)
Independent College Athletic Conference – St. Lawrence
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wartburg
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope
Middle Atlantic Conference – Delaware Valley and Lycoming (North), Widener (South)
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Ripon
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN)
New England Football Conference – Plymouth State
New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Montclair State
Northwest Conference – Linfield
Ohio Athletic Conference – Baldwin Wallace (Red Division), Ohio Northern (Blue Division)
Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Hampden–Sydney
Presidents' Athletic Conference – Hiram
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – La Verne
Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Sul Ross State
Twin Rivers Conference – Concordia–St. Paul , Mount Senario , and Northwestern–St. Paul
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse
Postseason [ ] The 1982 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the tenth 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 Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama for the tenth consecutive year. Like the previous seven championships, eight teams competed in this edition.[2]
NCAA Division III Playoff bracket [ ]
Quarterfinals Campus Sites
Semifinals Campus Sites
National Championship Game Garrett-Harrison Stadium Phenix City, AL
Augustana (IL)
28
Baldwin Wallace
22
Augustana (IL)
14
St. Lawrence
0
St. Lawrence
43
Wagner
34
Augustana (IL)
0
West Georgia
14
Bishop
32
Wartburg
7
Bishop
6
West Georgia
27
West Georgia (3OT )
31
Widener
24
See also [ ] References [ ] 
