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
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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

References

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

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2009 NCAA Division III football season

Conference champions

Postseason

Playoff bracket

See also

References