1986 NCAA Division III football season

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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 standings

1986 Centennial Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Franklin & Marshall +610830
Muhlenberg +610730
Gettysburg520640
Swarthmore430450
Johns Hopkins241351
Ursinus241261
Dickinson250460
Western Maryland0700100
  • + – Conference co-champions
1986 College Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Rose–Hulman $400820
No. 13 Centre310810
Rhodes220630
Sewanee130270
Earlham040180
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NCAA Division III poll
1986 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Augustana (IL) $^7011201
Millikin620720
Wheaton (IL)620720
Illinois Wesleyan431531
North Central (IL)431531
Carthage350360
Elmhurst251261
Carroll (WI)260270
North Park080090
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division III poll
1986 Independent College Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Ithaca $^3001110
Alfred210920
Hobart220540
St. Lawrence130351
RPI020370
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division III poll
1986 Iowa Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Central (IA) $^8001110
No. T–15 Buena Vista ^710920
Luther620730
Loras530650
Wartburg440550
William Penn350361
Dubuque260290
Simpson170180
Upper Iowa080090
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division III poll
1986 Liberty Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Merchant Marine $410820
Fordham311451
St. John's320640
Pace221541
C. W. Post230270
Iona0500110
  • $ – Conference champion
1986 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Hope $^401721
Adrian410810
Albion311621
Alma230540
Kalamazoo140180
Olivet050360
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division III poll
1986 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Susquehanna $^9001110
Juniata720920
Lycoming720720
Wilkes630630
Widener630740
Moravian351451
Delaware Valley351361
Albright270370
Lebanon Valley180280
Upsala090290
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division III poll
1986 Midwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
North Division
Lawrence xy610820
Lake Forest430530
Beloit340450
St. Norbert340360
Chicago250360
Ripon250270
South Division
Coe xy$700910
Monmouth (IL)610810
Cornell (IA)430540
Knox340351
Grinnell250350
Illinois College070180
Championship: Lawrence 14, Coe 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
1986 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Concordia–Moorhead $^9001120
Macalester621721
Carleton630730
St. Thomas (MN)630730
Saint John's (MN)441441
St. Olaf450550
Gustavus Adolphus450460
Hamline450460
Augsburg180190
Bethel (MN)090190
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division III poll
1986 New England Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Plymouth State $801911
Curry810810
Bridgewater State612612
Framingham State630640
Westfield State540540
Massachusetts Maritime541541
Worcester State450450
Nichols360360
Western New England270270
Maine Maritime180190
Fitchburg State090090
  • $ – Conference champion
1986 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Montclair State $^6001020
Glassboro State420550
William Paterson321631
Jersey City State330640
Trenton State330460
Kean150370
Ramapo051091
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division III poll
1986 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. T–15 Denison $600910
Case Western Reserve510711
Allegheny420640
Wooster330450
Kenyon240460
Oberlin150280
Ohio Wesleyan0600100
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NCAA Division III poll
1986 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Mount Union $^8001110
Baldwin–Wallace620730
Muskingum620730
Wittenberg530730
Marietta440640
Heidelberg350550
Capital350450
Otterbein170190
Ohio Northern080090
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division III poll
1986 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 14 Emory & Henry $^5001020
Hampden–Sydney410820
Randolph–Macon320730
Maryville (TN)140370
Bridgewater140261
Washington and Lee140270
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division III poll
1986 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 Washington & Jefferson $^600820
Carnegie Mellon420630
Grove City420540
Hiram330531
John Carroll240270
Thiel150170
Bethany (WV)150180
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division III poll
1986 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 19 Claremont-Mudd $410810
La Verne311630
Occidental311531
Whittier221550
Pomona-Pitzer131360
Redlands0500100
  • $ – 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.
Rankings from NCAA Division III poll
1986 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Wisconsin–La Crosse +*7101020
Wisconsin–River Falls +710820
No. T–15 Wisconsin–Stevens Point +^710840
Wisconsin–Whitewater431631
Wisconsin–Platteville350650
Wisconsin–Eau Claire350460
Wisconsin–Stout251281
Wisconsin–Oshkosh260460
Wisconsin–Superior080190
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
  • * – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll for Wisconsin–La Crosse and NCAA Division III poll for Wisconsin–Stevens Point
1986 NCAA Division III independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Salisbury State ^  1310
No. 1 Dayton ^  1010
No. 9 Union (NY) ^  910
Villanova  810
No. 20 Buffalo  920
No. 12 Hofstra ^  920
Wagner  920
Millsaps  720
MacMurray  630
Wabash  630
Duquesne  531
DePauw  640
Mercyhurst  640
Western Connecticut State  640
Canisius  540
Colorado College  540
Georgetown  440
Menlo  441
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham  450
Saint Francis (PA)  450
UC Santa Barbara  450
Albany  460
Brockport  460
Brooklyn  460
San Diego  460
Marist  350
Frostburg State  370
Ferrum  380
Catholic University  281
Aurora  140
Norwich  280
Rochester (NY)  171
Buffalo State  180
Cortland  180
Saint Peter's  080
Wesley  080
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division III poll

Conference champions

Conference champions

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
Ithaca29
Montclair State15
Montclair State24
Hofstra21
Ithaca40
Salisbury State44
Susquehanna35
Washington & Jefferson22
Susquehanna17
Salisbury State31
Salisbury State35
Emory and Henry20
Salisbury State3
Augustana (IL)31
Mount Union42
Dayton36
Mount Union7
Augustana (IL)16
Augustana (IL)35
Hope3
Augustana (IL)41
Concordia–Moorhead7
Central (IA)27
Buena Vista7
Central (IA)14
Concordia–Moorhead17
Concordia–Moorhead28
Wisconsin–Stevens Point10

See also

References