1989 NCAA Division III football season

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The 1989 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 1989, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1989 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Dayton Flyers won their second Division III championship by defeating the Union (NY) Dutchmen, 17−7. [1]

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Conference changes and new programs

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Evansville Mid-South (NAIA) D-III Independent
Fordham Liberty (D-III) I-AA Independent
Millsaps D-III Independent College Athletic Conference (CAC)

Conference standings

1989 Atlantic Collegiate Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Gallaudet + 4 1 07 3 0
St. John Fisher + 4 1 06 4 0
Marist 3 2 04 5 1
Saint Francis (PA) 2 3 02 8 0
Siena 2 3 02 8 0
Brooklyn 0 5 01 5 0
  • + Conference co-champions
1989 Centennial Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Dickinson $^ 7 0 09 1 1
Franklin & Marshall 6 1 010 1 0
Muhlenberg 4 2 15 4 1
Ursinus 3 4 05 5 0
Swarthmore 3 4 05 5 0
Gettysburg 2 4 12 7 1
Western Maryland 1 6 02 8 0
Johns Hopkins 1 6 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
1989 College Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Centre $ 4 0 08 1 0
Rhodes 3 1 07 1 0
Millsaps 2 2 05 4 0
Sewanee 1 3 04 4 1
Trinity (TX) 0 4 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
1989 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Millikin $^ 8 0 010 1 0
Augustana (IL) ^ 7 1 08 2 0
Carroll (WI) 6 2 06 3 0
Wheaton (IL) 5 3 06 3 0
Illinois Wesleyan 4 4 05 4 0
North Central (IL) 3 5 03 6 0
Carthage 1 7 01 8 0
Elmhurst 1 7 01 8 0
North Park 1 7 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
1989 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Stonehill $ 5 1 06 3 0
MIT 3 2 04 3 1
Western New England 3 3 05 3 0
Bentley 2 2 05 4 0
Assumption 0 5 00 7 1
  • $ Conference champion
1989 Independent College Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Alfred $ 3 0 09 2 0
Ithaca 2 1 07 3 0
St. Lawrence 2 2 05 5 0
RPI 1 1 03 6 0
Hobart 0 4 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
1989 Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Hanover $^ 7 0 09 1 1
Taylor 5 1 17 2 1
DePauw 4 1 26 2 2
Franklin (IN) 5 2 06 4 0
Wabash 3 4 05 4 0
Rose–Hulman 3 4 05 4 1
Anderson (IN) 1 6 02 8 0
Manchester 0 7 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
    None of the conference members played a full round-robin; each had one or more games against non-conference opponents designated as "wild card" games that counted in the conference standings.
1989 Iowa Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Central (IA) $^ 8 0 010 1 0
Simpson ^ 7 1 08 2 0
Loras 5 3 06 4 0
Wartburg 5 3 05 5 0
Luther 4 4 04 4 6
Buena Vista 3 5 05 5 0
Dubuque 3 5 04 6 0
William Penn 1 7 01 9 0
Upper Iowa 0 8 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
1989 Liberty Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
St. John's $ 5 0 09 1 0
Iona 4 1 08 2 0
Merchant Marine 2 3 05 4 0
C. W. Post 2 3 05 5 0
Stony Brook 1 4 03 7 0
Pace 1 4 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
1989 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Albion + 4 1 07 2 0
Adrian + 4 1 05 4 0
Hope 3 2 04 5 1
Alma 2 3 05 4 0
Olivet 1 4 04 5 0
Kalamazoo 1 4 01 7 1
  • + Conference co-champions
1989 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lycoming +^ 7 1 010 2 0
Susquehanna + 7 1 08 1 1
Moravian 6 2 08 2 0
Widener 6 2 08 2 0
Lebanon Valley 4 4 06 4 0
Delaware Valley 3 5 03 7 0
Albright 2 6 02 8 0
Juniata 1 7 02 8 0
Wilkes 0 8 01 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
1989 Midwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
North Division
St. Norbert xy$^ 6 0 08 3 0
Beloit 3 3 06 3 0
Lake Forest 2 4 03 6 0
Ripon 1 5 02 6 1
Lawrence 1 5 01 8 0
South Division
Monmouth (IL) xy 6 1 08 2 0
Coe 5 2 06 3 0
Illinois College 4 3 06 3 0
Cornell (IA) 3 3 04 5 0
Knox 3 4 03 6 0
Grinnell 1 5 03 6 0
Championship: St. Norbert 17, Monmouth (IL) 6
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
1989 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint John's (MN) $^ 8 0 110 1 1
Concordia–Moorhead 6 2 17 2 1
Carleton 6 3 07 3 0
Hamline 5 4 06 4 0
St. Olaf 5 4 06 4 0
Gustavus Adolphus 5 4 05 5 0
St. Thomas (MN) 4 4 14 5 1
Bethel (MN) 2 6 13 6 1
Augsburg 2 7 02 8 0
Macalester 0 9 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
1989 New England Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
North Division
Lowell xy 5 0 09 1 0
Plymouth State 4 1 08 2 0
Curry 3 2 06 2 0
Nichols 2 3 04 5 0
Maine Maritime 1 4 05 4 0
UMass–Boston 0 5 01 7 1
South Division
Bridgewater State xy$ 6 0 09 1 0
Framingham State 3 3 04 5 0
Worcester State 3 3 04 5 0
Westfield State 3 3 03 7 0
Fitchburg State 2 4 03 7 0
Massachusetts Maritime 2 4 02 7 0
Southeastern Massachusetts 2 4 02 7 0
Championship: Bridgewater State 14, Lowell 10
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
1989 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Montclair State $^ 5 0 19 2 1
Trenton State 4 1 18 1 1
Ramapo 4 2 07 2 0
Glassboro State 4 2 05 3 2
Kean 2 4 03 7 0
Jersey City State 1 5 04 6 0
William Paterson 0 6 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
1989 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Ohio Wesleyan + 5 1 08 1 1
Kenyon + 5 1 05 4 1
Allegheny 5 2 06 4 0
Wittenberg 4 3 04 5 0
Wooster 3 3 04 6 0
Denison 3 4 05 5 0
Case Western Reserve 3 4 04 6 0
Oberlin 1 5 04 6 0
Earlham 0 6 01 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions
1989 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
John Carroll $^ 7 1 09 2 0
Mount Union 6 1 17 2 1
Muskingum 6 2 07 3 0
Baldwin–Wallace 5 2 15 4 1
Heidelberg 5 3 07 3 0
Otterbein 3 5 04 6 0
Ohio Northern 2 6 03 7 0
Marietta 1 7 03 7 0
Capital 0 8 01 9 0
Hiram *   3 5 1
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
  • * – did not compete for championship
1989 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Randolph–Macon $ 3 1 05 5 0
Emory & Henry 3 1 06 4 0
Hampden–Sydney 2 2 06 4 0
Washington and Lee 1 3 05 5 0
Bridgewater 1 3 04 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Randolph–Macon won the conference title by virtue of a head-to-head win over Emory & Henry.
1989 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Washington & Jefferson +^ 4 1 08 2 0
Carnegie Mellon + 4 1 07 3 0
Thiel 3 2 03 6 0
Hiram 2 2 13 5 1
Grove City 1 3 12 6 1
Bethany (WV) 0 5 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
1989 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Occidental $ 4 0 17 2 0
La Verne 3 1 14 5 0
Redlands 3 1 14 5 0
Whittier 2 2 13 6 0
Claremont-Mudd 1 4 03 6 0
Pomona-Pitzer 0 5 01 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Each team played one other conference member twice. A head-to-head sweep of the two games counted as one win for the winner and one loss for the loser in the conference standings. A split of the two games counted as a tie for each team.
1989 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Wisconsin–La Crosse $^ 7 1 012 2 0
No. 9 Wisconsin–Stevens Point ^ 6 1 18 2 1
No. 22 Wisconsin–River Falls 6 2 07 3 0
Wisconsin–Platteville 5 2 16 2 1
No. 24 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 5 3 07 3 0
Wisconsin–Whitewater 2 5 14 5 1
Wisconsin–Stout 2 6 03 7 0
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 1 6 13 6 1
Wisconsin–Superior 0 8 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1989 NCAA Division III independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Dayton ^   13 0 1
Union (NY) ^   13 1 0
Frostburg State   9 1 0
Aurora   8 1 0
Ferrum ^   11 2 0
Cortland ^   9 2 0
Catholic University   8 2 0
UC Santa Barbara   8 2 0
San Diego   7 2 0
Quincy   7 2 1
Hofstra ^   8 3 0
Drake   7 3 0
Wagner   6 3 0
Duquesne   6 4 0
Albany   5 4 0
Canisius   5 4 0
Mercyhurst   5 4 0
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham   4 4 1
Wesley   4 5 0
Buffalo   4 6 0
Maryville (TN)   4 6 0
Menlo   3 6 0
Brockport   3 7 0
Salisbury State   2 6 1
Norwich   2 7 1
Davidson   2 8 0
Georgetown   2 8 0
Western Connecticut State   2 8 0
Buffalo State   1 8 0
Colorado College   1 8 0
Saint Peter's   0 7 0
Methodist   0 10 0
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant

Conference champions

Conference champions

Postseason

The 1989 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 17th 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 15th, and final, time and for the fifth consecutive year. Like the previous four tournaments, 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
            
Union (NY) 42
Cortland 14
Union (NY)45
Montclair State 6
Montclair State 23
Hofstra 6
Union (NY)37
Ferrum 21
Lycoming 21
Dickinson 0
Lycoming 24
Ferrum49
Ferrum 41
Washington & Jefferson 7
Union (NY) 7
Dayton17
Dayton 35
John Carroll 10
Dayton28
Millikin 16
Millikin 21
Augustana (IL) 12
Dayton28
Saint John's (MN) 0
Central (IA) 55
St. Norbert 7
Central (IA) 24
Saint John's (MN)27
Saint John's (MN) 42
Simpson 35

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References

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