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The 1994 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 1994, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1994 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Albion Britons won their first Division III championship by defeating the Washington & Jefferson Presidents, 38−15. The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Carey Bender, running back from Coe.[1]

Conference champions[]

Conference champions
  • Association of Mideast Colleges – Bluffton and Thomas More
  • Centennial Conference – Dickinson
  • College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL) and Illinois Wesleyan
  • Freedom Football Conference – Merchant Marine and Plymouth State
  • Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference – Hanover and Wabash
  • Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA)
  • Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion
  • Middle Atlantic Conference – Widener
  • Midwest ConferenceCoe
  • Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN)
  • New England Football Conference – Maine Maritime and Massachusetts–Dartmouth
  • New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Kean and Trenton State
  • North Coast Athletic Conference – Allegheny
  • Ohio Athletic Conference – Baldwin Wallace, John Carroll, and Mount Union
  • Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Emory & Henry
  • Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson
  • Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – La Verne
  • Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Trinity (TX)
  • Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association– Hardin–Simmons, Howard Payne, and Midwestern State
  • University Athletic Association – Carnegie Mellon and Washington–Saint Louis
  • Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Mount Senario
  • Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Whitewater

Postseason[]

The 1994 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 22nd 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 second time. As of 2014, Salem has remained the yearly host of the Stagg Bowl. Like the previous nine tournaments, this year's bracket featured sixteen teams.[2]

Playoff bracket[]

  Regionals
Campus Sites
Quarterfinals
Campus Sites
Semifinals
Campus Sites
National Championship Game
Salem Football Stadium
Salem, Virginia
                                     
 Mount Union 28  
 Allegheny 19  
   Mount Union 33  
 
   Albion 34  
 Albion 28
 Augustana (IL) 21  
   Albion 19  
   Saint John's (MN) 16  
 Wartburg 22  
 Central (IA) 21  
   Wartburg 14
 
   Saint John's (MN) 24  
 Saint John's (MN) 51
 La Verne 12  
   Albion 38
   Washington & Jefferson 15
 Widener 14  
 Dickinson 0  
   Washington & Jefferson 37
 
   Widener 21  
 Washington & Jefferson 28
 Trinity (TX) 0  
   Washington & Jefferson 23
   Ithaca 19  
 Plymouth State 19  
 Merchant Marine 18  
   Plymouth State 7
 
   Ithaca 22  
 Ithaca 10**
 Buffalo State 7  

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References[]

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