1986 NCAA Division III football season

Regular season

August – November 1986

Playoffs

November – December 1986

Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL

Division III football seasons
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The 1986 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 1986, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1986 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Augustana (IL) Vikings won the fourth of their four consecutive Division III championships by defeating the Salisbury State Sea Gulls by a final score of 31−3.^[1]

Conference champions

Conference champions
Centennial Conference – Franklin & Marshall and Muhlenberg College Athletic Conference – Rose–Hulman College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL) Independent College Athletic Conference – Ithaca Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope Middle Atlantic Conference – Susquehanna Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Lawrence Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Concordia–Moorhead New England Football Conference – Plymouth State New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Montclair State North Coast Athletic Conference – Denison Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Emory & Henry Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Claremont–Mudd–Scripps Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Tarleton State Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Northwestern–St. Paul Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse, Wisconsin–River Falls, and Wisconsin–Stevens Point

Postseason

The 1986 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 14th 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 Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama for the twelfth time and for the second consecutive year. Like the previous tournament, this year's bracket featured sixteen teams.^[2]

Playoff bracket

First Round Campus Sites		Quarterfinals Campus Sites		Semifinals Campus Sites		National Championship Game Garrett-Harrison Stadium Phenix City, Alabama


Ithaca (OT)	24

Union (NY)	17
		Ithaca	29

		Montclair State	15
Montclair State	24

Hofstra	21
				Ithaca	40

				Salisbury State	44
Susquehanna	35

Washington & Jefferson	22
		Susquehanna	17

		Salisbury State	31
Salisbury State	14

Emory & Henry	10
						Salisbury State	3

						Augustana (IL)	31
Mount Union	26

Dayton	10
		Mount Union	7

		Augustana (IL)	16
Augustana (IL)	35

Hope	3
				Augustana (IL)	41

				Concordia–Moorhead	7
Central (IA)	27

Buena Vista	7
		Central (IA)	14

		Concordia–Moorhead	17
Concordia–Moorhead	28

Wisconsin–Stevens Point	10

References

↑ "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
↑ "1986 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 8, 2014.

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1986 NCAA Division III football season

Conference champions

Postseason

Playoff bracket

See also

References