1991 NCAA Division III football season

The 1991 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 1991, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1991 at Hawkins Stadium in Bradenton, Florida. The Ithaca Bombers won their third Division III championship by defeating the Dayton Flyers, 34−20.[1]

1991 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 1991
Playoffs	November – December 1991
National championship	Hawkins Stadium Bradenton, FL
Champion	Ithaca
NCAA Division III football seasons

Conference changes and new programs

School	1990 Conference	1991 Conference
UAB	New Program	D-III Independent
Charleston Southern	New Program	D-III Independent
Thomas More	D-III Independent	AMC

Conference standings

1991 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Simpson $^ 8 – 0 – 0     10 – 1 – 0 Central (IA) 7 – 1 – 0     8 – 1 – 0 Loras 5 – 3 – 0     7 – 3 – 0 Wartburg 5 – 3 – 0     6 – 4 – 0 Luther 5 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Upper Iowa 2 – 6 – 0     2 – 8 – 0 William Penn 2 – 6 – 0     2 – 8 – 0 Dubuque 1 – 7 – 0     1 – 8 – 0 Buena Vista 1 – 7 – 0     1 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant	1991 Liberty Football Conference standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T St. John's $ 4 – 1 – 0     6 – 4 – 0 Iona 3 – 1 – 1     7 – 2 – 1 C. W. Post 3 – 2 – 0     4 – 6 – 0 Stony Brook 2 – 3 – 0     6 – 4 – 0 Merchant Marine 1 – 3 – 1     2 – 6 – 1 Pace 1 – 4 – 0     2 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1991 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Lycoming $^ 8 – 0 – 0     10 – 1 – 0 Susquehanna ^ 7 – 1 – 0     11 – 2 – 0 Moravian 5 – 3 – 0     7 – 3 – 0 Lebanon Valley 5 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 1 Albright 3 – 5 – 0     5 – 5 – 0 Delaware Valley 3 – 5 – 0     3 – 7 – 0 Juniata 3 – 5 – 0     3 – 7 – 0 Widener 2 – 6 – 0     3 – 7 – 0 Wilkes 0 – 8 – 0     1 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1991 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Glassboro State $^ 5 – 1 – 0     9 – 2 – 0 William Paterson 4 – 1 – 1     8 – 1 – 1 Ramapo 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 Trenton State 3 – 2 – 1     5 – 2 – 1 Montclair State 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 5 – 0 Kean 1 – 5 – 0     3 – 7 – 0 Jersey City State 0 – 6 – 0     0 – 9 – 1 $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

Conference champions

Conference champions

Association of Mideast Colleges – Thomas More Centennial Conference – Dickinson College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL) Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference – Wabash Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Simpson Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion Middle Atlantic Conference – Lycoming Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Coe Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Massachusetts–Lowell New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Glassboro State North Coast Athletic Conference – Allegheny Ohio Athletic Conference – Baldwin Wallace Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Guilford Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Redlands Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Millsaps Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Midwestern State University Athletic Association – Carnegie Mellon Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Concordia–St. Paul Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse

Postseason

The 1991 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 19th 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 Hawkins Stadium in Bradenton, Florida for the second time. Like the previous six tournaments, this year's bracket featured sixteen teams.[2]

Playoff bracket

	Regionals Campus Sites					Quarterfinals Campus Sites					Semifinals Campus Sites					National Championship Game Hawkins Stadium Bradenton, Florida
	Ithaca		31
	Glassboro State		10
						Ithaca		35
						Union (NY)		23
	Union (NY)		55
	Mass–Lowell		16
											Ithaca		49
											Susquehanna		13
	Lycoming		18
	Washington & Jefferson		16
						Lycoming		24
						Susquehanna		31
	Susquehanna		21
	Dickinson		20
																Ithaca		34
																Dayton		20
	St. John's (MN)		75
	Coe		2
						Saint John's (MN)		29
						Wisconsin–La Crosse		10
	Wisconsin–La Crosse		28
	Simpson		13
											Saint John's (MN)		7
											Dayton		19
	Allegheny		24*
	Albion		21
						Allegheny		25
						Dayton		28*
	Dayton		27
	Baldwin Wallace		10

See also

• 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season
• 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season
• 1991 NCAA Division II football season

References

1. "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
2. "1991 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 22, 2014.