1998 NCAA Division III football season

1998 NCAA Division III football season
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Regular season	August – November 1998
College football seasons « 1997 1999 »

The 1998 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 1998, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1998 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their fourth, and third consecutive, Division III championship by defeating the Rowan Profs, 44−24.

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Scott Hvistendahl, wide receiver and punter from Augsburg.

Conference champions

See also: List of NCAA Division III football seasons

Conference champions

American Southwest Conference – Hardin–Simmons Centennial Conference – McDaniel College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Millikin Freedom Football Conference – Springfield Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Wabash Illini-Badger Football Conference – Aurora Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion Middle Atlantic Conference – Lycoming Midwest Conference – Grinnell Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Salve Regina (Blue Division), Bridgewater State (Red Division) New Jersey Athletic Conference – TCNJ North Coast Athletic Conference – Wittenberg Northwest Conference – Pacific Lutheran Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Emory & Henry Presidents' Athletic Conference – Grove City, Washington & Jefferson, and Waynesburg Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Whittier Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Trinity (TX) University Athletic Association – Chicago Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Maranatha Baptist, Martin Luther, and Mount Senario Upstate Collegiate Athletic Conference – RPI Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Eau Claire, Wisconsin–River Falls, Wisconsin–Stevens Point, and Wisconsin–Whitewater

Postseason

The 1998 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 26th 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. This was the final bracket to feature sixteen teams before expanding to 32 teams in 1998.

Playoff bracket

	Regionals Campus Sites					Quarterfinals Campus Sites					Semifinals Campus Sites					National Championship Game Salem Football Stadium Salem, Virginia
		Mount Union	21
		Albion	19
							Mount Union	21
							Wittenberg	19
		Wittenberg	13
		Millikin	10
												Mount Union	34
											Trinity (TX)	29
		Lycoming	49
		Catholic	14
							Lycoming	21
							Trinity (TX)	37
		Trinity (TX)	30
		McDaniel	20
																	Mount Union	44
																Rowan	24
		Wisconsin–Eau Claire	28
		Central (IA)	21
							Wisconsin–Eau Claire	10
							Saint John's (MN)	3
		Saint John's (MN)	33
		Pacific Lutheran	20
												Wisconsin–Eau Claire	19
											Rowan	22
		Buffalo State	38
		Springfield	35
							Buffalo State	17
							Rowan	19
		Rowan	26
		TCNJ	2

See also

• 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season
• 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season
• 1998 NCAA Division II football season