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The 1995 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 1995, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1995 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Wisconsin–La Crosse Eagles won their second Division III championship by defeating the Rowan Profs, 36−7. The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Chris Palmer, wide receiver from St. John's (MN).[1]

Conference changes and new programs[]

School 1994 Conference 1995 Conference
Albany D-III Independent D-II Independent

Conference champions[]

Conference champions
  • Association of Mideast Colleges‡ – Thomas More
  • Centennial Conference – Franklin & Marshall
  • College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Wheaton (IL)
  • Freedom Football Conference – Plymouth State
  • Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference – Hanover
  • Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA)
  • Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion
  • Middle Atlantic Conference – Widener
  • Midwest Conference – Cornell College
  • Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Concordia–Moorhead and Saint John's (MN)
  • New England Football Conference – Worcester State
  • New Jersey Athletic ConferenceRowan
  • North Coast Athletic Conference – Wittenberg
  • Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union
  • Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Emory & Henry
  • Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson
  • Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – La Verne
  • Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Centre, Rhodes, and Trinity (TX)
  • Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hardin–Simmons and Howard Payne
  • University Athletic Association – Carnegie Mellon and Washington–Saint Louis
  • Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Northwestern–St. Paul
  • Upstate Collegiate Athletic ConferenceUnion (NY)
  • Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse

Postseason[]

The 1995 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 23rd 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 ten 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 52  
 Hanover 18  
   Mount Union 40  
 
   Wheaton (IL) 14  
 Wheaton (IL) 63
 Wittenberg 41  
   Mount Union 17  
   Wisconsin–La Crosse 20  
 Wisconsin–La Crosse 45  
 Concordia–Moorhead 7  
   Wisconsin–La Crosse 28
 
   Wisconsin–River Falls 14  
 Wisconsin–River Falls 10
 Central (IA) 7  
   Wisconsin–La Crosse 36
   Rowan 7
 Washington & Jefferson 35  
 Emory & Henry 16  
   Washington & Jefferson 48
 
   Lycoming 0  
 Lycoming 31
 Widener 27  
   Washington & Jefferson 15
   Rowan 28  
 Rowan 46  
 Buffalo State 7  
   Rowan 38
 
   Union (NY) 7  
 Union (NY) 24
 Plymouth State 7  

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References[]

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