Saint John's (MN)49
Norhtwestern-St. Paul0
Date not documented
Winner advances →Division III Football Championship
Division III · National playoff
Final: Date not documented
Final site: Annapolis, MD
Rounds and bracket
Follow the winner’s link to the next round.
First Round
Wartburg14
Wis-La Crosse6
Date not documented
Winner advances →Alma41
Mt. St. Joesph21
Date not documented
Winner advances →Aurora33
Wis-Whitewater28
Date not documented
Winner advances →Mount Union51
Salisbury0
Date not documented
Winner advances →Utica17
Susquehanna10
Date not documented
Winner advances →Randolph-Macon35
Cortland28
Date not documented
Winner advances →Delaware Valley59
Gallaudet0
Date not documented
Winner advances →North Central (IL)50
Lake Forest0
Date not documented
Winner advances →Carnegie Mellon45
DePauw14
Date not documented
Winner advances →Springfield17
Endicott14
Date not documented
Winner advances →Ithaca63
UMass Darrtmouth20
Date not documented
Winner advances →Trinity (TX)14
Hardin-Simmons7
Date not documented
Winner advances →Mary Hardin-Bayloir54
Huntington0
Date not documented
Bethel (MN)34
Wheaton (IL)32
Date not documented
Winner advances →Linfield51
Pomona-Pitzer24
Date not documented
Second Round
Wartburg23
Saint John's (MN)20
Date not documented
Winner advances →Aurora48
Alma26
Date not documented
Winner advances →Mount Union45
Utica7
Date not documented
Winner advances →Delaware Valley39
Randolph-Macon32
Date not documented
Winner advances →North Central (IL)28
Carnegie Mellon7
Date not documented
Winner advances →Ithaca31
Springfield20
Date not documented
Winner advances →Mary Hardin-Baylor24
Trinity (TX)17
Date not documented
Winner advances →Bethel (MN)30
Linfeld13
Date not documented
Winner advances →Quarterfinals
Wartburg45
Aurora17
Date not documented
Winner advances →Mount Union22
Delaware Valley6
Date not documented
Winner advances →North Central (IL)48
Ithaca7
Date not documented
Mary Hardin-Baylor41
Bethel (MN)28
Date not documented
Winner advances →Semifinals
Mount Union34
Wartburg31
Date not documented
Winner advances →North Central49
Mary-Hardin Baylor14
Date not documented
Championship
North Central (IL)28
Mount Union21
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
An exact game date has not been documented in this edition’s sources.
Advancement has not been reconciled for 4 recorded games; participant labels are retained as published.
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