2009 NCAA Division III football season

2009 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 2009
Playoffs	November – December 2009
National championship	Salem Football Stadium Salem, VA
Champions	Wisconsin–Whitewater (2)
Gagliardi Trophy	Blaine Westemeyer (OT), Augustana (IL)
Division III football seasons « 2008 2010 »

The 2009 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 2009, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2009 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks won their second Division III championship by defeating the Mount Union Purple Raiders, 38−28. This was the fifth of seven straight championship games between Mount Union (3 wins) and Wisconsin–Whitewater (4 wins).

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Blaine Westemeyer, offensive tackle from Augustana (IL).^[1]

Conference champions

Conference champions

American Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin–Baylor and Mississippi College Atlantic Central Football Conference – Wesley Centennial Conference – Johns Hopkins College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Illinois Wesleyan and North Central (IL) Eastern Collegiate Football Conference – Norwich Empire 8 Conference – Alfred and St. John Fisher and Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Mount St. Joseph Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) Liberty League – Susquehanna and Union (NY) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Trine Middle Atlantic Conference – Delaware Valley Midwest Conference – Monmouth (IL) Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Maine Maritime (Bogan Division), Curry (Boyd Division) Championship Game: Maine Maritime 48, Curry 42 New England Small College Athletic Conference – Amherst New Jersey Athletic Conference – Montclair State North Coast Athletic Conference – Wittenberg Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference – Lakeland Northwest Conference – Linfield Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Hampden–Sydney Presidents' Athletic Conference – Thomas More Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – California Lutheran Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – DePauw and Millsaps University Athletic Association – Case Western Reserve Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Martin Luther and Greenville USA South Athletic Conference – North Carolina Wesleyan Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Whitewater

Postseason

The 2009 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 37th 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 17th time.^[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	55
	Washington & Jefferson	0			Mount Union	62
	Montclair State	38			Montclair State	14
	Maine Maritime	22							Mount Union	55
	Albright	35							Albright	3
	Alfred	25			Albright	27
	Delaware Valley	66			Delaware Valley	3
	Susquehanna	7											Mount Union	24
	Wesley	55											Wesley	7
	North Carolina Wesleyan	23			Wesley	43
	Mississippi College	56			Mississippi College	9
	Huntingdon	35							Wesley	12
	Johns Hopkins	23							Johns Hopkins	0
	Hampden–Sydney	7			Johns Hopkins	31
	Thomas More	49			Thomas More	29
	DePauw	39															Mount Union	28
	Wisconsin–Whitewater	70															Wisconsin–Whitewater	38
	Lakeland	7			Wisconsin–Whitewater	45
	Illinois Wesleyan	41			Illinois Wesleyan	7
	Wabash	35							Wisconsin–Whitewater	31
	Trine	51							Wittenberg	13
	Case	38			Trine	17
	Wittenberg	42			Wittenberg	34
	Mount St. Joseph	14											Wisconsin–Whitewater	27
	Coe	34											Linfield	17
	Saint John's (MN)	27			Coe	7
	St. Thomas (MN)	43			St. Thomas (MN)	34
	Monmouth (IL)	21							St. Thomas (MN)	20
	Mary Hardin–Baylor	42							Linfield	31
	Central (IA)	40			Mary Hardin–Baylor	21
	Linfield	38			Linfield	53
	California Lutheran	17

* Overtime

See also

• 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season
• 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season
• 2009 NCAA Division II football season

References

1. "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
2. "2009 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved December 3, 2014.