2012 NCAA Division III football season

2012 NCAA Division III football season
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Regular season	August – November 2012
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The 2012 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 2012, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2012 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their eleventh Division III championship by defeating the St. Thomas (MN) Tommies, 28−10.

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Scottie Williams, running back from Elmhurst (IL).

Conference champions

See also: List of NCAA Division III football seasons

Conference champions

American Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin–Baylor Centennial Conference – Johns Hopkins College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Elmhurst, North Central (IL), and Wheaton (IL) Eastern Collegiate Football Conference – Castleton State and Mount Ida Empire 8 Conference – Salisbury Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Franklin Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Coe Liberty League – Hobart Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Adrian Middle Atlantic Conference – Widener Midwest Conference – Lake Forest and St. Norbert Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – St. Thomas (MN) New England Football Conference – Framingham State (Bogan Division), Endicott and Salve Regina (Boyd Division) Championship Game: Framingham State 28, Salve Regina 16 New England Small College Athletic Conference – Trinity (CT) New Jersey Athletic Conference – SUNY Cortland North Coast Athletic Conference – Ohio Wesleyan and Wittenberg Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference – Concordia Chicago Northwest Conference – Linfield Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Washington & Lee Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson and Waynesburg Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – California Lutheran Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Trinity (TX) University Athletic Association – Washington–Saint Louis Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Greenville, Northwestern–St. Paul, and St. Scholastica USA South Athletic Conference – Christopher Newport, Ferrum, and Maryville (TN) Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Oshkosh

Postseason

The 2012 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 40th 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 20th time.

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	27
	Pacific Lutheran	24			Linfield	30
	North Central (IL)	41			North Central (IL)	14
	California Lutheran	21							Linfield	24
	Bethel (MN)	24							Wisconsin–Oshkosh	31*
	Concordia Chicago	23			Bethel (MN)	14
	Wisconsin–Oshkosh	55			Wisconsin–Oshkosh	37
	St. Scholastica	10											Wisconsin–Oshkosh	14
	Hobart	38											St. Thomas (MN)	28
	Washington & Lee	20			Hobart	35
	Wittenberg	52			Wittenberg	10
	Heidelberg	38							Hobart	7
	Elmhurst	27							St. Thomas (MN)	47
	Coe	24			Elmurst	17
	St. Thomas (MN)	48			St. Thomas (MN)	24
	St. Norbert	17															St. Thomas (MN)	10
	Mary Hardin–Baylor	59															Mount Union	28
	Louisiana College	20			Mary Hardin–Baylor	63
	Franklin	42			Franklin	17
	Adrian	10							Mary Hardin–Baylor	32
	SUNY Cortland	20							Wesley	20
	Framingham State	19			SUNY Cortland	6
	Wesley	73			Wesley	56
	Mount Ida	14											Mary Hardin–Baylor	35
	Widener	44											Mount Union	48
	Bridgewater State	14			Widener	28
	Salisbury	17			Salisbury	7
	Rowan	9							Widener	17
	Johns Hopkins	42							Mount Union	72
	Washington & Jefferson	10			Johns Hopkins	13
	Mount Union	72			Mount Union	55
	Christopher Newport	14

* Overtime

See also

• 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season
• 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season
• 2012 NCAA Division II football season