2011 NCAA Division III football season

2011 NCAA Division III football season
2011 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 2011
Playoffs	November – December 2011
National; championship	Salem Football Stadium; Salem, VA
Champion	Wisconsin–Whitewater (4)
Gagliardi Trophy	Michael Zweifel (WR), Dubuque

The 2011 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 2011, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2011 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks won their fourth, and third consecutive, Division III championship by defeating the Mount Union Purple Raiders, 13−10. This was the seventh 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 Michael Zweifel, wide receiver from Dubuque.^[1]

Conference standings

2011 American Southwest Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 5 Mary Hardin–Baylor $^	8	–	0	12	–	1
No. 14 McMurry ^	7	–	1	9	–	3
Louisiana College	5	–	3	7	–	3
Hardin–Simmons	4	–	4	6	–	4
East Texas Baptist	4	–	4	5	–	5
Texas Lutheran	4	–	4	5	–	5
Mississippi College	2	–	6	3	–	7
Sul Ross	1	–	7	2	–	8
Howard Payne	1	–	7	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2011 Centennial Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 18 Johns Hopkins $^	9	–	0	10	–	1
Muhlenberg	7	–	2	7	–	3
Gettysburg	6	–	3	6	–	4
Ursinus	6	–	3	6	–	4
Susquehanna	5	–	4	6	–	4
Dickinson	4	–	5	4	–	6
Franklin & Marshall	3	–	6	3	–	7
McDaniel	2	–	7	2	–	8
Moravian	2	–	7	2	–	8
Juniata	1	–	8	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2011 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 8 North Central (IL) $^	7	–	0	10	–	2
No. 21 Illinois Wesleyan ^	6	–	1	9	–	2
No. 22 Wheaton (IL)	5	–	2	8	–	2
Elmhurst	4	–	3	6	–	4
Carthage	2	–	5	5	–	5
Millikin	2	–	5	4	–	6
Augustana (IL)	2	–	5	2	–	8
North Park	0	–	7	3	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2011 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Norwich $^	7	–	0	7	–	4
SUNY Maritime	6	–	1	8	–	2
Mount Ida	5	–	2	6	–	5
Gallaudet	4	–	3	5	–	5
Castleton	3	–	4	4	–	6
Anna Maria	2	–	5	2	–	8
Becker	1	–	6	1	–	9
Husson	0	–	7	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2011 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 9 Salisbury $^	7	–	0	11	–	2
No. 11 St. John Fisher ^	6	–	1	10	–	3
Alfred	4	–	3	8	–	3
Springfield	4	–	3	6	–	4
Frostburg State	3	–	4	4	–	6
Utica	2	–	5	5	–	5
Ithaca	2	–	5	4	–	6
Hartwick	0	–	7	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2011 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 15 Franklin (IN) $^	8	–	0	10	–	2
Mount St. Joseph	5	–	3	6	–	4
Bluffton	5	–	3	5	–	5
Hanover	5	–	3	5	–	5
Rose-Hulman	5	–	3	5	–	5
Defiance	4	–	4	4	–	6
Manchester	3	–	5	4	–	6
Anderson (IN)	1	–	7	1	–	9
Earlham	0	–	8	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2011 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Dubuque $^	7	–	1	9	–	2
Wartburg	6	–	2	8	–	2
Central (IA)	6	–	2	7	–	3
Coe	6	–	2	6	–	4
Simpson	5	–	3	5	–	5
Luther	3	–	5	3	–	7
Buena Vista	2	–	6	2	–	8
Cornell (IA)	1	–	7	3	–	7
Loras	0	–	8	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2011 Liberty League football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Hobart +^	5	–	1	7	–	2
Union (NY) +	5	–	1	6	–	4
Rochester (NY)	3	–	3	4	–	5
RPI	3	–	3	4	–	5
St. Lawrence	2	–	4	3	–	6
Merchant Marine	2	–	4	3	–	7
WPI	1	–	5	2	–	7

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2011 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Albion $^	6	–	0	6	–	5
Hope	5	–	1	7	–	3
Adrian	4	–	2	8	–	2
Trine	3	–	3	7	–	3
Kalamazoo	1	–	5	4	–	6
Alma	1	–	5	2	–	8
Olivet	1	–	5	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2011 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 13 Delaware Valley $^	8	–	0	11	–	1
Widener	6	–	2	9	–	2
Lycoming	6	–	2	8	–	2
Lebanon Valley	5	–	3	8	–	3
Albright	4	–	4	6	–	5
Wilkes	4	–	4	4	–	5
Stevenson	1	–	7	2	–	8
FDU Florham	1	–	7	1	–	9
King's	1	–	7	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2011 Midwest Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 19 Monmouth (IL) $^	9	–	0	10	–	2
Illinois College ^	8	–	1	9	–	2
St. Norbert	7	–	2	7	–	3
Carroll (WI)	6	–	3	7	–	3
Ripon	5	–	4	6	–	4
Grinnell	4	–	5	5	–	5
Lake Forest	3	–	6	3	–	7
Beloit	2	–	7	2	–	8
Lawrence	1	–	8	1	–	9
Knox	0	–	9	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2011 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 St. Thomas (MN) $^	8	–	0	13	–	1
No. 25 Bethel (MN)	6	–	2	8	–	2
St. Olaf	6	–	2	8	–	2
Saint John's (MN)	5	–	3	6	–	4
Augsburg	4	–	4	6	–	4
Concordia–Moorhead	4	–	4	6	–	4
Gustavus Adolphus	2	–	6	2	–	8
Carleton	1	–	7	2	–	8
Hamline	0	–	8	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2011 New England Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Bogan Division
Framingham State xy	6	–	1	7	–	4
Worcester State	5	–	2	8	–	3
Bridgewater State	5	–	2	7	–	3
Westfield State	4	–	3	5	–	5
Massachusetts Maritime	3	–	4	5	–	4
Maine Maritime	2	–	5	4	–	5
Coast Guard	2	–	5	2	–	7
Fitchburg State	1	–	6	2	–	8
Boyd Division
Western New England xy$^	7	–	0	10	–	2
Endicott	6	–	1	10	–	1
Salve Regina	5	–	2	8	–	3
UMass Dartmouth	4	–	3	5	–	5
Curry	3	–	4	5	–	5
Plymouth State	2	–	5	4	–	6
MIT	1	–	6	2	–	7
Nichols	0	–	7	0	–	10
Championship: Western New England 20, Framingham State 13
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2011 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Amherst $	8	–	0	8	–	0
Trinity (CT)	7	–	1	7	–	1
Williams	5	–	3	5	–	3
Bowdoin	4	–	4	4	–	4
Middlebury	4	–	4	4	–	4
Bates	3	–	5	3	–	5
Colby	3	–	5	3	–	5
Hamilton	3	–	5	3	–	5
Wesleyan	3	–	5	3	–	5
Tufts	0	–	8	0	–	8

$ – Conference champion

2011 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 10 Kean $^	8	–	1	10	–	2
Cortland	7	–	2	9	–	2
Montclair State	7	–	2	8	–	2
TCNJ	6	–	3	7	–	3
Buffalo State	5	–	4	5	–	5
Rowan	5	–	4	5	–	5
William Paterson	3	–	6	4	–	6
Brockport	3	–	6	3	–	7
Morrisville State	1	–	8	1	–	9
Western Connecticut	0	–	9	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2011 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 7 Wabash $^	6	–	0	12	–	1
Wittenberg	5	–	1	8	–	2
Denison	4	–	2	5	–	5
Allegheny	3	–	3	5	–	5
Ohio Wesleyan	3	–	3	4	–	6
Wooster	3	–	3	4	–	6
Oberlin	2	–	4	3	–	7
Hiram	1	–	5	1	–	9
Kenyon	0	–	6	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2011 Northern Athletics Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Concordia (IL) +	6	–	1	8	–	2
Benedictine (IL) +^	6	–	1	7	–	4
Wisconsin Lutheran	5	–	2	6	–	4
Concordia (WI)	4	–	3	4	–	6
Lakeland	4	–	3	4	–	6
Aurora	2	–	5	3	–	7
Maranatha Baptist	1	–	6	3	–	7
Rockford	0	–	7	0	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2011 Northwest Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 6 Linfield $^	6	–	0	10	–	1
Lewis & Clark	4	–	2	7	–	2
Pacific Lutheran	4	–	2	6	–	3
Whitworth	3	–	3	4	–	6
Willamette	3	–	3	4	–	6
Pacific (OR)	1	–	5	1	–	8
Puget Sound	0	–	6	0	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2011 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Mount Union $^	9	–	0	14	–	1
No. 24 Baldwin–Wallace	7	–	2	8	–	2
Heidelberg	7	–	2	8	–	2
Ohio Northern	5	–	4	6	–	4
Capital	5	–	4	5	–	5
John Carroll	5	–	4	5	–	5
Muskingum	3	–	6	4	–	6
Marietta	2	–	7	3	–	7
Otterbein	2	–	7	3	–	7
Wilmington (OH)	0	–	9	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2011 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Washington and Lee +	5	–	1	8	–	2
Hampden–Sydney +^	5	–	1	8	–	3
Randolph–Macon	4	–	2	8	–	2
Bridgewater	3	–	3	6	–	4
Emory & Henry	2	–	4	5	–	5
Catholic University	1	–	5	5	–	5
Guilford	1	–	5	2	–	8

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2011 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 23 Thomas More $^	7	–	1	9	–	2
Washington & Jefferson	5	–	3	6	–	4
Saint Vincent	5	–	3	6	–	5
Waynesburg	5	–	3	5	–	5
Westminster (PA)	4	–	4	5	–	5
Geneva	4	–	4	4	–	6
Bethany (WV)	3	–	5	5	–	5
Grove City	3	–	5	3	–	7
Thiel	0	–	8	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2011 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 12 Cal Lutheran $^	6	–	0	8	–	2
No. 20 Redlands ^	5	–	1	8	–	2
Occidental	3	–	3	5	–	4
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps	3	–	3	4	–	5
La Verne	3	–	3	4	–	5
Whittier	1	–	5	2	–	7
Pomona–Pitzer	0	–	6	0	–	9
Chapman *		–		4	–	5

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant ^* – Chapman played a full conference schedule, but games against them were not counted in the standings. Rankings from D3football.com

2011 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 17 Trinity (TX) $^	6	–	0	10	–	1
No. 16 Centre ^	5	–	1	9	–	2
Birmingham–Southern	4	–	2	7	–	2
Millsaps	3	–	3	4	–	6
Sewanee	2	–	4	5	–	5
Rhodes	1	–	5	3	–	6
Austin	0	–	6	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2011 University Athletic Association football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Case Western Reserve $	3	–	0	9	–	1
Washington University	2	–	1	6	–	4
Carnegie Mellon	1	–	2	5	–	5
Chicago	0	–	3	5	–	5

$ – Conference champion

2011 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
St. Scholastica $^	9	–	0	10	–	1
Westminster (MO)	7	–	2	8	–	2
Greenville	7	–	2	7	–	4
Northwestern (MN)	6	–	3	6	–	4
Minnesota–Morris	5	–	4	5	–	5
Eureka	4	–	5	4	–	6
Presentation	3	–	6	3	–	7
MacMurray	2	–	7	2	–	8
Martin Luther	2	–	7	2	–	8
Crown	0	–	9	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2011 USA South Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Christopher Newport $^	7	–	0	8	–	3
Ferrum	6	–	1	7	–	3
Shenandoah	5	–	2	6	–	4
Maryville (TN)	4	–	3	4	–	6
Averett	2	–	5	3	–	7
Methodist	2	–	5	3	–	7
North Carolina Wesleyan	2	–	5	2	–	8
Greensboro	0	–	7	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2011 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 Wisconsin–Whitewater $^	7	–	0	15	–	0
Wisconsin–Oshkosh	5	–	2	7	–	3
Wisconsin–Platteville	5	–	2	7	–	3
Wisconsin–Eau Claire	3	–	4	5	–	5
Wisconsin–Stout	3	–	4	5	–	5
Wisconsin–Stevens Point	2	–	5	4	–	6
Wisconsin–La Crosse	2	–	5	3	–	7
Wisconsin–River Falls	1	–	6	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

2011 NCAA Division III independents football records
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3 Wesley ^		–		12	–	2
Huntingdon		–		7	–	3
DePauw		–		4	–	5
Macalester		–		4	–	5
LaGrange		–		4	–	6

^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

Conference champions

Conference champions
American Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin–Baylor Centennial Conference – Johns Hopkins College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – North Central (IL) Eastern Collegiate Football Conference – Norwich Empire 8 Conference – Salisbury Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Franklin Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Dubuque Liberty League – Hobart and Union (NY) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion Middle Atlantic Conference – Delaware Valley Midwest Conference – Monmouth (IL) Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – St. Thomas (MN) New England Football Conference – Framingham State (Bogan Division), Western New England (Boyd Division) Championship Game: Western New England 20, Framingham State 13 (OT) New England Small College Athletic Conference – Amherst New Jersey Athletic Conference – Kean North Coast Athletic Conference – Wabash Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference – Benedictine (IL) and Concordia Chicago Northwest Conference – Linfield Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Hampden–Sydney and Washington & Lee Presidents' Athletic Conference – Thomas More Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Cal Lutheran Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Trinity (TX) University Athletic Association – Case Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – St. Scholastica USA South Athletic Conference – Christopher Newport Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Whitewater

Postseason

The 2011 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 39th 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 19th time.^[2]

Qualification

Twenty-five conferences met the requirements for an automatic ("Pool A") bid to the playoffs. Besides the NESCAC, which does not participate in the playoffs, the UAA had no Pool A bid, failing to meet the seven-member requirement. The ECFC and UMAC received Pool A bids for the first time, having passed through the two-year waiting period.

Schools not in Pool A conferences were eligible for Pool B. The number of Pool B bids was determined by calculating the ratio of Pool A conferences to schools in those conferences and applying that ratio to the number of Pool B schools. The 25 Pool A conferences contained 220 schools, an average of 8.8 teams per conference. Nine schools were in Pool B, enough for one bid.

The remaining six playoff spots were at-large ("Pool C") teams.

Playoff bracket

First Round Campus Sites		Second Round Campus Sites		Quarterfinals Campus Sites		Semifinals Campus Sites		National Championship Game Salem Football Stadium Salem, Virginia

Wisconsin–Whitewater	59
Albion	0	Wisconsin–Whitewater	41
Franklin	24	Franklin	14
Thomas More	21			Wisconsin–Whitewater	34
Kean	34			Salisbury	14
Christopher Newport	10	Kean	47
Salisbury	62	Salisbury	49
Western New England	24					Wisconsin–Whitewater	20
St. Thomas (MN)	48					St. Thomas (MN)	0
St. Scholastica	2	St. Thomas (MN)	38
Monmouth (IL)	33	Monmouth (IL)	10
Illinois Wesleyan	24			St. Thomas (MN)	45
St. John Fisher	23			St. John Fisher	10
Johns Hopkins	12	St. John Fisher	27
Delaware Valley	62	Delaware Valley	14
Norwich	10							Wisconsin–Whitewater	13
Mary Hardin–Baylor	34							Mount Union	10
Redlands	13	Mary Hardin–Baylor	49
McMurry	25	McMurry	20
Trinity (TX)	16			Mary Hardin–Baylor	24
Linfield	30			Wesley	27
Cal Lutheran	27	Linfield	34
Wesley	35	Wesley	49
Hobart	28					Wesley	21
Wabash	38					Mount Union	28
Illinois College	20	Wabash	29
North Central (IL)	59	North Central (IL)	28
Dubuque	13			Wabash	8
Centre	51			Mount Union	20
Hampden–Sydney	41	Centre	10
Mount Union	47	Mount Union	30
Benedictine (IL)	7

* Overtime

References

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