1996 NCAA Division III football season

Regular season

August – November 1996

Playoffs

November – December 1996

National
championship

Salem Football Stadium
Salem, VA

Champions

Mount Union (2)

Gagliardi Trophy

Lon Erickson (QB), Illinois Wesleyan

Division III football seasons
« 1995	1997 »

The 1996 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 1996, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1996 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their second Division III championship by defeating the Rowan Profs, 56−24. The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Lon Erickson, quarterback from Illinois Wesleyan.^[1]

Conference and program changes

Conference changes

The American Southwest Conference began its first season of play in 1996.
The Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association dissolved after the 1996 season when most of members joined the American Southwest.

School	1995 Conference	1996 Conference
Austin College	TIAA	American Southwest
Hardin–Simmons	TIAA	American Southwest
Howard Payne	TIAA	American Southwest
McMurry	TIAA	American Southwest
Mississippi College	Independent	American Southwest
Sul Ross State	TIAA	American Southwest

Program changes

After Trenton State College changed its name to The College of New Jersey in 1996, the Trenton State Lions became the The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) Lions at the start of the 1996 season.

Conference champions

Conference champions
American Southwest Conference – Hardin–Simmons and Sul Ross State Centennial Conference – Ursinus College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Illinois Wesleyan Freedom Football Conference – Coast Guard Illini-Badger Football Conference – Lakeland Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference – DePauw Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Simpson Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion Middle Atlantic Conference – Lycoming Midwest Conference – Ripon Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Worcester State New Jersey Athletic Conference – TCNJ North Coast Athletic Conference – Allegheny Northwest Conference – Willamette 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 – Millsaps and Trinity (TX) University Athletic Association – Carnegie Mellon, Case Western, and Washington–Saint Louis Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Maranatha Baptist and Martin Luther Upstate Collegiate Athletic Conference – Union (NY) Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse

Postseason

The 1996 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 24th 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 second time. As of 2014, Salem has remained the yearly host of the Stagg Bowl. Like the previous eleven tournaments, this year's bracket featured sixteen teams.^[2]

Playoff bracket

Regionals Campus Sites		Quarterfinals Campus Sites		Semifinals Campus Sites		National Championship Game Salem Football Stadium Salem, Virginia


Mount Union	31

Allegheny	26
		Mount Union	49

		Illinois Wesleyan	14
Illinois Wesleyan	23

Albion	20
				Mount Union	39

				Wisconsin–La Crosse	21
Wisconsin–La Crosse	44

Wisconsin–River Falls	0
		Wisconsin–La Crosse	37

		Saint John's (MN)	30
Saint John's (MN)	21

Simpson	18
						Mount Union	56

						Rowan	24
Lycoming	31

Ursinus	24
		Lycoming	31

		Albright	13
Albright	31

Washington & Jefferson	17
				Lycoming	14

				Rowan	33
Rowan	21

Buffalo State	20
		Rowan	7

		TCNJ	3
TCNJ	17

Coast Guard	16

References

↑ "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
↑ "1996 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 26, 2014.

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