2003 NCAA Division III football season

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The 2003 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 2003, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2003 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Saint John's (MN) Johnnies won second Division III championship by defeating the three-time defending national champion Mount Union Purple Raiders, 24−6.

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The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Blake Elliott, wide receiver, punter, and kick returner from Saint John's (MN). [1]

Conference changes and new programs

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New Jersey City Gothic Knights NJAC Dropped program
Upper Iowa Peacocks Iowa Northern Sun (Division II)

Conference standings

2003 American Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 15 Mary Hardin–Baylor +  8 1   9 1  
Hardin–Simmons +  8 1   8 2  
No. 14 East Texas Baptist +^  8 1   9 3  
Howard Payne  6 3   6 4  
McMurry  4 5   4 6  
Louisiana College  4 5   4 6  
Austin  3 6   3 7  
Mississippi College  2 7   3 7  
Texas Lutheran  2 7   2 8  
Sul Ross  0 9   0 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2003 Atlantic Central Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Frostburg State $  3 0   4 5  
Salisbury  2 1   7 2  
Wesley  1 2   6 4  
Apprentice §  0 3   1 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • § – Not an NCAA member
2003 Centennial Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 25 Johns Hopkins +  5 1   10 1  
Muhlenberg +  5 1   7 3  
McDaniel  4 2   5 5  
Franklin & Marshall  3 3   4 6  
Gettysburg  2 4   5 5  
Dickinson  2 4   4 6  
Ursinus  0 6   3 7  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2003 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 6 Wheaton (IL) $^  7 0   12 1  
Augustana (IL)  6 1   7 3  
Millikin  4 3   7 3  
North Central (IL)  4 3   7 3  
Elmhurst  3 4   6 4  
Illinois Wesleyan  3 4   5 5  
Carthage  1 6   3 7  
North Park  0 7   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2003 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 Ithaca $^  4 0   10 3  
St. John Fisher  3 1   8 3  
Alfred  2 2   5 5  
Hartwick  1 3   2 7  
Utica  0 4   1 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2003 Freedom Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 13 Springfield (MA) $^  6 0   10 1  
Norwich  4 2   6 5  
Merchant Marine  3 3   6 4  
Western Connecticut  3 3   6 4  
Coast Guard  3 3   4 5  
WPI  2 4   4 6  
Plymouth State  0 6   0 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2003 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Hanover $^  6 0   8 3  
Anderson (IN)  5 1   7 3  
Mount St. Joseph  4 2   6 4  
Defiance  3 3   4 6  
Franklin (IN)  2 4   2 8  
Manchester  1 5   2 8  
Bluffton  0 6   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
2003 Illini–Badger Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Concordia (WI) $^  7 0   9 2  
Lakeland  6 1   8 2  
Aurora  5 2   5 5  
MacMurray  3 4   5 5  
Greenville  2 5   3 7  
Benedictine (IL)  2 5   2 8  
Concordia (IL)  2 5   2 8  
Eureka  1 6   1 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
2003 Iowa Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Wartburg $^  8 0   11 1  
No. 23 Simpson  7 1   9 2  
Loras  5 3   7 3  
Buena Vista  4 4   6 4  
Luther  4 4   6 4  
Central (IA)  3 5   5 5  
Coe  3 5   5 5  
Cornell (IA)  2 6   4 6  
Dubuque  1 7   2 8  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2003 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Hope $^  5 1   7 4  
Adrian  4 2   8 2  
Albion  4 2   6 4  
Alma  3 3   6 4  
Wisconsin Lutheran  3 3   5 5  
Kalamazoo  2 4   6 4  
Olivet  0 6   4 6  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
2003 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 11 Lycoming $^  8 1   9 2  
Delaware Valley  7 2   9 2  
Wilkes  7 2   8 3  
Albright  6 3   7 3  
King's (PA)  6 3   7 4  
Widener  4 5   5 5  
Susquehanna  4 5   4 6  
Juniata  3 6   3 7  
Moravian  3 6   3 7  
Lebanon Valley  1 8   1 9  
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham  0 9   1 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2003 Midwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 16 St. Norbert $^  9 0   11 1  
Monmouth (IL)  8 1   8 2  
Lake Forest  6 3   7 3  
Ripon  5 4   6 4  
Beloit  3 6   4 6  
Illinois College  3 6   4 6  
Knox  3 6   4 6  
Carroll (WI)  3 6   3 7  
Lawrence  3 6   3 7  
Grinnell  2 7   3 7  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2003 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Saint John's (MN) $^ 8 0 014 0 0
No. 12 Bethel (MN) ^ 7 1 09 2 0
Concordia–Moorhead 6 2 07 3 0
Augsburg 4 4 05 5 0
Gustavus Adolphus 4 4 04 6 0
St. Olaf 3 5 04 6 0
St. Thomas (MN) 3 5 03 7 0
Carleton 1 7 03 7 0
Hamline 0 8 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2003 New England Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Bogan Division
Westfield State xy  6 0   7 3  
Worcester State  5 1   8 3  
Bridgewater State  4 2   6 3  
Fitchburg State  3 3   5 4  
Massachusetts Maritime  2 4   2 7  
Maine Maritime  1 5   1 8  
Framingham State  0 6   0 9  
Boyd Division
Curry xy$^  6 0   11 1  
UMass Dartmouth  4 2   9 2  
Nichols  4 2   6 4  
Endicott  3 3   5 4  
Salve Regina  2 4   2 8  
MIT  1 5   3 6  
Western New England  1 5   2 7  
Championship: Curry 36, Westfield State 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
2003 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Trinity (CT) $  8 0   8 0  
Williams  6 2   6 2  
Colby  5 3   5 3  
Tufts  5 3   5 3  
Amherst  4 4   4 4  
Middlebury  4 4   4 4  
Wesleyan  4 4   4 4  
Bates  2 6   2 6  
Hamilton  2 6   2 6  
Bowdoin  0 8   0 8  
  • $ Conference champion
2003 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 17 Montclair State $^  5 0   9 2  
TCNJ  4 1   6 4  
Rowan  3 2   7 3  
Cortland  2 3   5 5  
Kean  1 4   1 9  
William Paterson  0 5   1 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2003 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Allegheny $^  7 0   7 4  
Wittenberg  4 2   8 2  
Wabash  4 2   7 3  
Oberlin  4 2   5 5  
Wooster  4 3   7 3  
Ohio Wesleyan  2 4   4 6  
Denison  2 4   3 7  
Earlham  1 5   2 8  
Hiram  0 6   1 9  
Kenyon  0 0   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
2003 Northwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 Linfield $^  5 0   11 1  
Willamette  4 1   7 3  
Pacific Lutheran  3 2   6 3  
Whitworth  2 3   4 6  
Lewis & Clark  1 4   3 6  
Puget Sound  0 5   0 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2003 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Mount Union $^  9 0   13 1  
No. 9 Baldwin–Wallace ^  8 1   10 2  
Capital  7 2   8 2  
John Carroll  6 3   7 3  
Muskingum  4 5   5 5  
Ohio Northern  4 5   4 6  
Otterbein  3 6   3 7  
Wilmington (OH)  2 7   2 8  
Marietta  1 8   2 8  
Heidelberg  1 8   1 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2003 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 7 Bridgewater $^  6 0   12 2  
No. 21 Hampden–Sydney  5 1   9 1  
Emory & Henry  3 3   5 5  
Randolph–Macon  3 3   4 6  
Catholic University  2 4   3 7  
Washington and Lee  1 5   3 7  
Guilford  1 5   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2003 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 22 Waynesburg $^  6 0   9 2  
Washington & Jefferson  4 1   8 2  
Westminster (PA)  3 2   5 5  
Grove City  2 3   5 5  
Thiel  1 4   3 7  
Bethany (WV)  0 5   1 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2003 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Redlands $^  5 1   6 4  
Occidental  4 2   7 2  
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps  4 2   6 3  
Cal Lutheran  4 2   5 4  
Pomona-Pitzer  3 3   5 4  
Whittier  1 5   1 8  
La Verne  0 6   1 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
2003 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Centre +  5 1   8 2  
No. 24 Trinity (TX) +^  5 1   8 3  
Rhodes  4 2   7 3  
DePauw  3 3   5 5  
Rose–Hulman  3 3   5 5  
Millsaps  1 5   1 9  
Sewanee  0 6   3 7  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2003 University Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Washington University $  3 0   6 4  
Carnegie Mellon  2 1   6 4  
Chicago  1 2   2 7  
Case Western Reserve  0 3   5 4  
  • $ Conference champion
2003 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North
Martin Luther x  5 2   7 2  
Northwestern (MN) x  5 2   6 4  
Minnesota Morris  4 2   5 6  
Crown  3 4   4 7  
Trinity Bible  0 7   0 9  
South
Westminster (MO) x$  7 0   7 2  
Rockford  5 1   7 3  
Principia  2 5   3 6  
Maranatha Baptist  2 5   2 7  
Blackburn  1 6   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
2003 Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 5 RPI +^  3 1   11 2  
Hobart +  3 1   6 4  
Rochester (NY)  2 2   5 5  
Union (NY)  2 2   5 5  
St. Lawrence  0 4   2 8  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2003 USA South Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Shenandoah +  5 1   8 2  
No. 19 Christopher Newport +^  5 1   8 3  
Ferrum  3 2   6 4  
Averett  3 3   5 4  
Methodist  3 3   4 5  
Greensboro  1 5   3 7  
Chowan  0 5   2 7  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2003 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 8 Wisconsin–La Crosse $^  6 1   10 2  
No. 18 Wisconsin–Stevens Point  5 2   8 2  
Wisconsin–Whitewater  5 2   7 3  
Wisconsin–Stout  4 3   6 4  
Wisconsin–Eau Claire  4 3   5 5  
Wisconsin–River Falls  2 5   2 7  
Wisconsin–Oshkosh  1 6   4 6  
Wisconsin–Platteville  1 6   3 7  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com
2003 NCAA Division III independents football records
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 20 Brockport ^    9 2  
Menlo    7 3  
Thomas More    6 4  
Mount Ida    4 6  
Chapman    3 7  
Colorado College    2 7  
Buffalo State    2 8  
Maryville (TN)    2 8  
Macalester    1 8  
Huntingdon    0 7  
Husson    0 7  
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com

Conference champions

Conference champions

Postseason

The 2003 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 31st 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 11th time. This was the fifth bracket to feature 28 teams since last expanding in 1999. [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 Union39
UW–La Crosse52UW–La Crosse 14
Concordia Wisconsin 13 Mount Union56
Wheaton (IL)55Wheaton (IL) 10
Hope 45 Wheaton (IL)16
Baldwin Wallace54Baldwin Wallace 12
Hanover 32 Mount Union66
Bridgewater (VA) 0
Lycoming16*
East Texas Baptist42East Texas Baptist 15
Trinity (TX) 41 Lycoming 9
Bridgewater (VA)28Bridgewater (VA)13
Waynesburg 24 Bridgewater (VA)26
Christopher Newport24Christopher Newport 3
Muhlenberg 20 Mount Union 6
Saint John's (MN)24
Springfield 34
RPI34RPI40
Curry 20 RPI21
Ithaca14Ithaca 16
Brockport 9 Ithaca33
Montclair State20Montclair State 13
Allegheny 19 RPI 10
Saint John's (MN)38
Saint John's (MN)38
St. Norbert26**St. Norbert 13
Simpson 20 Saint John's (MN)31
Wartburg21Linfield 25
Bethel (MN) 7 Wartburg 20
Linfield31Linfield23
Redlands 23

* Overtime

Final D3football.com Poll

TeamFinal RecordPoints
1. St. John's (25)14–0625
2. Mount Union13–1595
3. Linfield11–1575
4. Wartburg11–1489
5. RPI11–2483
6. Wheaton12–1475
7. Bridgewater12–2453
8. UW-La Crosse10–2441
9. Baldwin-Wallace10–2399
10. Ithaca10–3355
11. Lycoming9–2353
12. Bethel9–2342
13. Springfield10–1336
14. East Texas Baptist9–3259
15. Mary Hardin-Baylor9–1234
16. St. Norbert11–1218
17. Montclair State9–2189
18. UW-Stevens Point8–2176
19. Christopher Newport8–3175
20. Brockport State9–2163
21. Hampden-Sydney9–1140
22. Waynesburg9–2103
23. Simpson9–281
24. Trinty(Tx.)8–366
25. Johns Hopkins10–160

Others receiving votes: 26. Capital 50, 27. Hardin-SImmons 47, 28. Allegheny 42, 29. Trinity(Conn.) 38, 30. Redlands 22, 31. Hope 21, 32. UW-Whitewater 19, 32. Hanover 19, 34. Curry 18, 35. Concordia(Wis.) 16, 36. Washington and Jefferson 12, 37. Muhlenberg 9, 38. Rowan 7, 38. Augustana 7, 40. Delaware Valley 6, 41. Menlo 3, 42. Willamette 2, 43. New Jersey 1, 43. Shenandoah 1. [3]

Awards

Gagliardi Trophy: Blake Elliott

AFCA Coach of the Year: John Gagliardi

AFCA Regional Coach of the Year: Region 1: Mike DeLong, Springfield College Region 2: Jeff Hand, Waynesburg College Region 3: Ralph Harris, East Texas Baptist University Region 4: Mike Swider, Wheaton College Region 5: John Gagliardi, St. John’s University (Minn.) [4]

See also

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The 2012 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 2012, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2012 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their eleventh Division III championship by defeating the St. Thomas (MN) Tommies, 28−10.

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