2005 NCAA Division III football season

2005 NCAA Division III football season
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Regular season	August – November 2005
College football seasons « 2004 2006 »

The 2005 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 2005, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2005 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their eighth Division III championship by defeating the Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks, 35−28. This was the first of eight subsequent championship games between Mount Union (3 wins) and Wisconsin–Whitewater (5 wins); only the 2012 Stagg Bowl featured a different team.

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Brett Elliott, quarterback from Linfield.

Conference changes and new programs

School	2004 conference	2005 conference
Becker Hawks	No program	Independent

Conference champions

See also: List of NCAA Division III football seasons

Conference champions

American Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin–Baylor Atlantic Central Football Conference – SUNY Brockport, Salisbury, and Wesley Centennial Conference – Johns Hopkins College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL) Empire 8 Conference – Ithaca Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Mount St. Joseph Illini-Badger Football Conference – Lakeland Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) and Coe Liberty League – Union (NY) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion Middle Atlantic Conference – Delaware Valley Midwest Conference – Monmouth (IL) Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Fitchburg State (Bogan Division), Curry (Boyd Division) Championship Game: Curry 17, Fitchburg State 14 (2OT) New England Small College Athletic Conference – Trinity (CT) New Jersey Athletic Conference – Rowan and SUNY Cortland North Coast Athletic Conference – Wabash Northwest Conference – Linfield Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Bridgewater Presidents' Athletic Conference – Thiel Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Occidental Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Trinity (TX) University Athletic Association – Chicago Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Northwestern–St. Paul USA South Athletic Conference – Ferrum and Methodist Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Whitewater

Postseason

The 2005 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 33rd 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 13th time. The bracket for this field expanded from 28 to 32 teams, where it has remained.

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	63
	Occidental	21			Linfield	28
	Concordia–Moorhead	27			Concordia–Moorhead	14
	Coe	14							Linfield	41
	Saint John's (MN)	62							Wisconsin–Whitewater	44
	Monmouth (IL)	3			Saint John's (MN)	7
	Wisconsin–Whitewater	34			Wisconsin–Whitewater	34
	Central (IA)	14											Wisconsin–Whitewater	58
	Mary Hardin–Baylor	35											Wesley	6
	Trinity (TX)	6			Mary Hardin–Baylor	36
	Wesley	59			Wesley	46
	Ferrum	14							Wesley	46
	Bridgewater (VA)	30							Bridgewater (VA)	7
	Washington & Jefferson	21			Bridgewater (VA)	24
	Thiel	28			Thiel	13
	Johns Hopkins	3															Wisconsin–Whitewater	28
	Wabash	38															Mount Union	35
	Albion	20			Wabash	11
	Capital	21			Capital	14
	North Central (IL)	19							Mount Union	34
	Augustana (IL)	49							Capital	31
	Lakeland	22			Augustana (IL)	7
	Mount Union	49			Mount Union	44
	Mount St. Joseph	6											Mount Union	19
	Delaware Valley	37											Rowan	7
	Curry	22			Delaware Valley	21
	Hobart	23			Hobart	14
	Cortland	22							Delaware Valley	21
	Rowan	42							Rowan	27
	Wilkes	3			Rowan	28
	Union (NY)	55			Union (NY)	24
	Ithaca	41

* Overtime

See also

• 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season
• 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season
• 2005 NCAA Division II football season