1977 NCAA Division III football season

1977 NCAA Division III football season
1977 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 1977
Playoffs	November – December 1977
National; championship	Garrett-Harrison Stadium; Phenix City, AL
Champion	Widener

The 1977 NCAA Division III football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division III level, began in August 1977, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1977 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Widener Pioneers won their first Division III championship, defeating the Wabash Little Giants by a final score of 39−36.^[1]

Conference champions

Conference champions
College Athletic Conference – Southwestern at Memphis College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Illinois Wesleyan and Millikin Independent College Athletic Conference – Champion Unknown Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion Middle Atlantic Conference – Albright (North), Widener (South) Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Ripon Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Massachusetts Maritime New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Glassboro State Northwest Conference – Linfield Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Hampden–Sydney Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Clarion Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Division III) – Clark Atlanta and Miles Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Redlands Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Tarleton State Twin Rivers Conference – Concordia–St. Paul Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Stevens Point

Postseason

The 1977 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the fifth annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship game was held at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama for the fifth consecutive year. Like the previous two championships, eight teams competed in this edition.^[2]

Bracket

Quarterfinals Campus Sites		Semifinals Campus Sites		National Championship Game Garrett-Harrison Stadium Phenix City, AL

Minnesota–Morris	13

Albion	10
		Minnesota–Morris	21

		Wabash	37
Wabash	20

St. John's (MN)	9
				Wabash	36

				Widener	39
Widener	19

Central (IA)	0
		Widener	33

		Albany	15
Albany	51

Hampden–Sydney	41

References

^ "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
^ "1977 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved October 31, 2014.

[1] "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved October 31, 2014.

[2] "1977 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved October 31, 2014.

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Conference champions

Postseason

Bracket

See also

References