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The 2002 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 2002, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship , also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2002 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia . The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their seventh, and third consecutive, Division III championship by defeating the Trinity (TX) Tigers , 48−7.
The Gagliardi Trophy , given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Dan Pugh , running back from Mount Union .[1]
Conference standings
Conference champions
Postseason
The 2002 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 30th 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 10th time. This was the fourth 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
42
Wheaton (IL)
42
Wheaton (IL)
21
Alma
14
Mount Union
45
Wabash
42
Wabash
16
MacMurray
7
Wabash
25
Wittenberg
34
Wittenberg
14
Hanover
33
Mount Union
57
John Carroll
19
Rowan
12
Brockport
16
Brockport
15
Springfield
0
Brockport
10
John Carroll
27
John Carroll
16*
Hobart
7
John Carroll
21
Muhlenberg
56
Muhlenberg
10
UMass Dartmouth
6
Mount Union
48
Trinity (TX)
7
Linfield
52
Wartburg
45
Wartburg
15
Lake Forest
0
Linfield
14
Saint John's (MN)
31
Saint John's (MN)
21
Redlands
24
Saint John's (MN)
45
Coe
21
Coe
14
UW–La Crosse
18
Saint John's (MN)
34
Trinity (TX)
41
Bridgewater (VA)
19
King's (PA)
28
King's (PA)
17
Salisbury State
0
Bridgewater (VA)
32
Trinity (TX)
48
Trinity (TX)
38
Mary Hardin–Baylor
38
Trinity (TX)
45
Wash. & Jefferson
24
Wash. & Jefferson
10
Christopher Newport
10
* Overtime
See also
References