2004 NCAA Division III football season

2004 NCAA Division III football season
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Regular season	August – November 2004
College football seasons « 2003 2005 »

The 2004 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 2004, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2004 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Linfield Wildcats won their first Division III championship by defeating the Mary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders, 28−21.

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Rocky Myers, safety from Wesley (DE).

Conference champions

See also: List of NCAA Division III football seasons

Conference champions

American Southwest Conference – Hardin–Simmons Atlantic Central Football Conference – Salisbury Centennial Conference – Dickinson, Franklin & Marshall, Johns Hopkins, McDaniel, and Muhlenberg College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Carthage and Wheaton (IL) Empire 8 Conference – Ithaca and St. John Fisher Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Mount St. Joseph Illini-Badger Football Conference – Aurora, Concordia (WI), and Lakeland Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Coe and Wartburg Liberty League – Hobart Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Alma Middle Atlantic Conference – Delaware Valley Midwest Conference – St. Norbert Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Concordia–Moorhead New England Football Conference – Fitchburg State (Bogan Division), Curry and Endicott (Boyd Division) Championship Game: Curry 17, Fitchburg State 7 New England Small College Athletic Conference – Trinity (CT) New Jersey Athletic Conference – Rowan North Coast Athletic Conference – Wooster Northwest Conference – Linfield Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Bridgewater Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Occidental Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – DePauw and Trinity (TX) University Athletic Association – Washington–Saint Louis Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Westminster (MO) USA South Athletic Conference – Christopher Newport and Shenandoah Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse

Postseason

The 2004 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 32nd 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 12th time. This was the last bracket to feature 28 teams before expanding to 32 teams in 2005.

Playoff bracket

	First Round Campus Sites				Second Round Campus Sites				Quarterfinals Campus Sites				Semifinals Campus Sites				National Championship Game Salem Football Stadium Salem, Virginia
					Linfield	52
	UW–La Crosse	37			UW–La Crosse	14
	St. Norbert	23							Linfield	56
	Occidental	28							Occidental	27
	Willamette	14			Occidental	42
	Concordia–Moorhead	28			Concordia–Moorhead	40
	Wartburg	14											Linfield	52
													Rowan	0
					Rowan	45
	Hobart	35			Hobart	14
	Curry	16							Rowan	56
	St. John Fisher	31							Delaware Valley	7
	Muhlenberg	3			St. John Fisher	20
	Delaware Valley	21			Delaware Valley	26
	Shenandoah	17															Linfield	28
																	Mary Hardin–Baylor	21
					Hardin–Simmons	28
	Mary Hardin–Baylor	32			Mary Hardin–Baylor	42
	Trinity (TX)	31							Mary Hardin–Baylor	52
	Christopher Newport	35							Wash. & Jefferson	16
	Salisbury	24			Christopher Newport	14
	Wash. & Jefferson	55**			Wash. & Jefferson	24
	Bridgewater (VA)	48											Mary Hardin–Baylor	38
													Mount Union	35
					Mount Union	27
	Wheaton (IL)	31			Wheaton (IL)	6
	Mount St. Joseph	7							Mount Union	38
	Carthage	31							Carthage	20
	Alma	28			Carthage	14
	Wooster	41			Wooster	7
	Aurora	34

* Overtime

See also

• 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season
• 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season
• 2004 NCAA Division II football season