2000 NCAA Division III football season

The 2000 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 2000, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2000 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their fifth Division III championship by defeating the Saint John's (MN) Johnnies, 10−7.

2000 NCAA Division III football season
Regular seasonAugust – November 2000
PlayoffsNovember – December 2000
Salem Football Stadium
Salem, VA
ChampionMount Union (5)
Gagliardi TrophyChad Johnson (QB), Pacific Lutheran
NCAA Division III football seasons

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Chad Johnson, quarterback from Pacific Lutheran.[1]

Conference standings
2000 American Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Hardin–Simmons $^  9 –0     12 –1  
Mary Hardin–Baylor  8 –1     9 –1  
Austin  6 –3     7 –3  
Howard Payne  6 –3     6 –4  
McMurry  5 –4     6 –4  
Texas Lutheran  4 –5     4 –6  
Mississippi College  3 –6     3 –7  
Sul Ross  2 –7     2 –7  
Louisiana College  1 –8     2 –8  
East Texas Baptist  1 –8     2 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2000 Atlantic Central Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Wesley $^  6 –0     9 –2  
Ferrum  4 –2     6 –4  
Methodist  4 –2     6 –4  
Frostburg State  3 –3     4 –6  
Salisbury State  3 –3     5 –5  
Greensboro  1 –5     5 –5  
Chowan  0 –6     2 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2000 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Central (IA) $^  10 –0     12 –1  
Wartburg  9 –1     9 –1  
Buena Vista  7 –3     7 –3  
Coe  6 –4     6 –4  
Simpson  6 –4     6 –4  
Luther  5 –5     5 –5  
Loras  4 –6     4 –6  
Cornell (IA)  3 –7     3 –7  
Upper Iowa  3 –7     3 –7  
William Penn  2 –8     2 –8  
Dubuque  0 –10     0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2000 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Commonwealth
Widener x^  5 –0     12 –2  
Moravian  3 –2     6 –4  
Susquehanna  2 –3     7 –3  
Lebanon Valley  2 –3     4 –6  
Albright  2 –3     3 –7  
Juniata  1 –4     1 –9  
Freedom
Lycoming x  4 –0     7 –2  
King's (PA)  3 –1     7 –4  
Wilkes  2 –2     5 –5  
Delaware Valley  1 –3     3 –7  
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham  0 –4     1 –9  
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2000 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Montclair State $^  6 –0     7 –3  
Rowan  5 –1     7 –2  
Cortland  4 –2     4 –6  
TCNJ  3 –3     4 –5  
New Jersey City  2 –4     3 –7  
William Paterson  1 –5     2 –8  
Kean  0 –6     1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2000 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Linfield $^  5 –0     9 –1  
Pacific Lutheran ^  4 –1     9 –2  
Whitworth  3 –2     6 –3  
Puget Sound  2 –3     5 –4  
Lewis & Clark  1 –4     3 –6  
Willamette  0 –5     3 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
2000 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Washington & Jefferson $^  4 –0     9 –2  
Grove City  3 –1     6 –4  
Waynesburg  2 –2     6 –4  
Bethany (WV)  1 –3     5 –5  
Thiel  0 –4     2 –8  
Westminster (PA) *  0 –0     8 –2  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
  • * Completing reclassification from NCAA Division II—games do not count in conference standings

Conference champions
Conference champions
  • American Southwest Conference – Hardin–Simmons
  • Atlantic Central Football Conference – Wesley
  • Centennial Conference – McDaniel
  • College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Illinois Wesleyan, Millikin, and Wheaton (IL)
  • Dixie Intercollegiate Football Conference – No Champion Named
  • Freedom Football Conference – Springfield
  • Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Bluffton and Hanover
  • Illini-Badger Football Conference – Aurora
  • Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA)
  • Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope
  • Middle Atlantic Conference – Widener
  • Midwest Conference – St. Norbert
  • Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Bethel (MN)
  • New England Football Conference – Nichols and Salve Regina (Blue Division), Bridgewater State (Red Division)
    • Championship Game: Bridgewater State 27, Salve Regina 24
  • New England Small College Athletic Conference – Amherst, Colby, and Middlebury
  • New Jersey Athletic Conference – Montclair State
  • North Coast Athletic Conference – Wittenberg
  • Northwest Conference – Linfield
  • Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union
  • Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Emory & Henry
  • Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson
  • Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Redlands
  • Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – DePauw, Sewanee, and Trinity (TX)
  • University Athletic Association – Chicago
  • Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Mount Senario
  • Upstate Collegiate Athletic Conference – Hobart, Rochester, and Union (NY)
  • Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Stout

Postseason

The 2000 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 28th 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 eighth time. This was the second bracket to feature 28 teams since last expanding in 1999.[2]

Playoff bracket
First Round
Campus Sites		 Second Round
Campus Sites		 Quarterfinals
Campus Sites		 Semifinals
Campus Sites		 National Championship Game
Salem Football Stadium
Salem, Virginia
Mount Union 32
Ohio Northern 47 Ohio Northern 15
Millikin 21 Mount Union 32
Hanover 20 Wittenberg 21
Hope 3 Hanover 21
Wittenberg 31 Wittenberg 32
Aurora 20 Mount Union 70
Widener 30
Brockport 6
Springfield 31 Springfield 13
Montclair State 29 Springfield 27
Widener 33 Widener 61
Union (NY) 26 Widener 40
Hobart 25 Hobart 14
Bridgewater State 0 Mount Union 10
Saint John's (MN) 7
Linfield 17
Central (IA) 28 Central (IA) 20*
St. Norbert 14 Central (IA) 18
Pacific Lutheran 41 Saint John's (MN) 21
Bethel (MN) 13 Pacific Lutheran 21
Saint John's (MN) 20 Saint John's (MN) 28*
UW–Stout 19 Saint John's (MN) 38
Hardin–Simmons 14
Hardin–Simmons 32
McDaniel 38 McDaniel 10
Emory & Henry 14 Hardin–Simmons 33
Trinity (TX) 21 Trinity (TX) 30
Wesley 3 Trinity (TX) 47*
Bridgewater (VA) 59 Bridgewater (VA) 41
Wash. & Jefferson 42

* Overtime

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See also

References
  1. "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  2. "2000 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
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