1987 NCAA Division III football season

	1987 NCAA Division III football season
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Regular season	August – November 1987
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The 1987 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 1987, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1987 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama.

Wagner won their first Division III championship by defeating Dayton in the championship game, 19−3. Due to NCAA rule changes in 1991, both schools are now members Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA).^[1]

Conference changes and new programs[]

School	1986 Conference	1987 Conference
Drake	Revived Program	D-III Independent

Conference champions[]

Conference champions
Centennial Conference – Franklin & Marshall College Athletic Conference – Rhodes College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL) Independent College Athletic Conference‡ – Ithaca Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope Middle Atlantic Conference – Susquehanna and Widener Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – St. Norbert Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Gustavus Adolphus New England Football Conference – Plymouth State New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Kean North Coast Athletic Conference – Allegheny Ohio Athletic Conference – Capital Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Hampden–Sydney Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Claremont–Mudd–Scripps and Occidental Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Tarleton State Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Mount Senario Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–River Falls and Wisconsin–Whitewater

Postseason[]

The 1987 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 15th 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 13th time and for the third consecutive year. Like the previous two tournaments, this year's bracket featured sixteen teams.^[2]

NCAA Division III Playoff bracket[]

First Round Campus Sites			Quarterfinals Campus Sites			Semifinals Campus Sites			National Championship Game Garrett-Harrison Stadium Phenix City, Alabama

	Wagner	38
	Rochester (NY)	14
				Wagner	21

				Fordham	0
	Fordham	41

	Hofstra	6
							Wagner	20

							Emory & Henry	13
	Washington & Jefferson	23*

	Allegheny	17
				Washington & Jefferson	16

				Emory & Henry	23
	Emory & Henry	49

	Ferrum	7
										Wagner	19

										Dayton	3
	Dayton	52

	Capital (OH)	28
				Dayton	38

				Augustana (IL)	36
	Augustana (IL)	53

	Hiram	0
							Dayton	34

							Central (IA)	0
	Saint John's (MN)	7

	Gustavus Adolphus	3
				Saint John's (MN)	3

				Central (IA)	13
	Central (IA)	17

	Menlo	0

References[]

↑ "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records". NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4-15. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
↑ "1987 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket". NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 14. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf. Retrieved November 13, 2014.

[1] "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records". NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4-15. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf. Retrieved November 13, 2014.

[2] "1987 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket". NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 14. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf. Retrieved November 13, 2014.

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