Linfield27
Pacific Lutheran24
Date not documented
Winner advances →Division III Football Championship
Division III · National playoff
Final: Date not documented
Final site: Salem, VA
Rounds and bracket
Follow the winner’s link to the next round.
First Round
North Central (IL)41
Cal Lutheran21
Date not documented
Winner advances →Bethel (MN)24
Concordia Chicago23
Date not documented
Winner advances →Wis.-Oshkosh55
St. Scholastica10
Date not documented
Winner advances →Hobart38
Wash. & Lee20
Date not documented
Winner advances →Wittenberg52
Heidelberg38
Date not documented
Winner advances →Elmhurst27
Coe24
Date not documented
Elmhurst’s appearance or championship was vacated by the NCAA. On-field scores are retained; see the source footnote.
Winner advances →St. Thomas (MN)48
St. Norbert17
Date not documented
Winner advances →Mary Hardin-Baylor59
Louisiana Col.20
Date not documented
Winner advances →Franklin42
Adrian10
Date not documented
Winner advances →SUNY Cortland20
Framingham St.19
Date not documented
Winner advances →Wesley73
Mount Ida14
Date not documented
Winner advances →Widener44
Bridgewater St.14
Date not documented
Winner advances →Salisbury17
Rowan9
Date not documented
Winner advances →Johns Hopkins42
Wash. & Jeff.10
Date not documented
Winner advances →Mount Union72
Chris. Newport14
Date not documented
Winner advances →Second Round
Linfield30
North Central (IL)14
Date not documented
Winner advances →Wis.-Oshkosh37
Bethel (MN)14
Date not documented
Winner advances →Hobart35
Wittenberg10
Date not documented
Winner advances →St. Thomas (MN)24
Elmhurst17
Date not documented
Elmhurst’s appearance or championship was vacated by the NCAA. On-field scores are retained; see the source footnote.
Winner advances →Mary Hardin-Baylor63
Franklin17
Date not documented
Winner advances →Wesley56
SUNY Cortland6
Date not documented
Winner advances →Widener28
Salisbury7
Date not documented
Winner advances →Mount Union55
Johns Hopkins13
Date not documented
Winner advances →Quarterfinals
Wis.-Oshkosh31
Linfield24
Date not documented
(OT)
Winner advances →St. Thomas (MN)47
Hobart7
Date not documented
Winner advances →Mary Hardin-Baylor32
Wesley20
Date not documented
Winner advances →Mount Union72
Widener17
Date not documented
Winner advances →Semifinals
St. Thomas (MN)28
Wis.-Oshkosh14
Date not documented
Winner advances →Mount Union48
Mary Hardin-Baylor35
Date not documented
Winner advances →Championship
Mount Union28
St. Thomas (MN)10
Date not documented
Format and selection
NCAA championship selection
32 teams in a single-elimination playoff. Recorded games are organized by round.
- The NCAA championship committee selected and placed the field under that season’s championship regulations.
- The recorded bracket documents the participants and advancement. Earlier field sizes, automatic qualifiers and seeding arrangements should not be inferred from the current format.
These are documented selection procedures. They do not explain why a particular participant was chosen unless the source expressly records that decision.
History
The NCAA has organized this national championship since 1973.
A single-elimination bracket determines the champion. The field size and qualifying arrangements changed over time.
Sources and coverage
The NCAA records mark a vacated appearance or championship in this season. Consult the championship history footnote; on-field scores are preserved.
An exact game date has not been documented in this edition’s sources.
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