2002 NCAA Division III football season

2002 NCAA Division III football season
2002 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 2002
Playoffs	November – December 2002
National; championship	Salem Football Stadium; Salem, VA
Champion	Mount Union (7)
Gagliardi Trophy	Dan Pugh (RB), Mount Union

The 2002 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 2002, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2002 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their seventh, and third consecutive, Division III championship by defeating the Trinity (TX) Tigers, 48−7.

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Dan Pugh, running back from Mount Union.^[1]

Conference changes and new programs

Name changes

Before the start of the season, Western Maryland College changed its name to McDaniel College. Its football program thus changed from the Western Maryland Green Terror to the McDaniel Green Terror. The team remained a member of the Centennial Conference.

Conference standings

2002 American Southwest Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Mary Hardin–Baylor $^	9	–	0	10	–	1
Howard Payne	8	–	1	9	–	1
Hardin–Simmons	7	–	2	8	–	2
East Texas Baptist	6	–	3	6	–	4
Mississippi College	4	–	5	4	–	6
Austin *	4	–	5	4	–	6
Louisiana College	3	–	6	4	–	6
Texas Lutheran	2	–	7	2	–	8
McMurry *	0	–	9	0	–	10
Sul Ross *	2	–	7	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant * – Sul Ross forfeited wins over Austin and McMurry for use of ineligible player, but season records stood.

2002 Atlantic Central Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Frostburg State $	3	–	0	6	–	5
Salisbury ^	2	–	1	9	–	2
Wesley	1	–	2	5	–	5
Apprentice §	0	–	3	5	–	5

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant § – Not an NCAA member

2002 Centennial Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Muhlenberg +^	5	–	1	10	–	2
Johns Hopkins +	5	–	1	9	–	2
McDaniel +	5	–	1	9	–	2
Dickinson	3	–	3	5	–	5
Franklin & Marshall	2	–	4	4	–	6
Gettysburg	1	–	5	4	–	6
Ursinus	0	–	6	2	–	8

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

2002 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Wheaton (IL) $^	7	–	0	10	–	2
Augustana (IL)	6	–	1	7	–	2
Millikin	4	–	3	7	–	3
North Central (IL)	4	–	3	6	–	4
Illinois Wesleyan	3	–	4	6	–	4
Carthage	3	–	4	4	–	6
Elmhurst	1	–	6	3	–	7
North Park	0	–	7	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2002 Dixie Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Christopher Newport +^	5	–	1	6	–	5
Ferrum +	5	–	1	5	–	5
Shenandoah	4	–	2	5	–	5
Greensboro	4	–	2	4	–	6
Methodist	2	–	4	3	–	7
Averett	1	–	5	2	–	7
Chowan	0	–	6	0	–	10

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

2002 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Ithaca $	4	–	0	7	–	3
Hartwick	3	–	1	8	–	2
St. John Fisher	2	–	2	6	–	4
Alfred	1	–	3	4	–	6
Utica	0	–	4	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion

2002 Freedom Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Springfield (MA) $^	6	–	0	8	–	2
Merchant Marine	5	–	1	8	–	3
Western Connecticut	4	–	2	7	–	3
WPI	3	–	3	4	–	6
Norwich	2	–	4	4	–	6
Coast Guard	1	–	5	2	–	7
Plymouth State	0	–	6	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2002 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Hanover $^	6	–	0	10	–	1
Anderson (IN)	5	–	1	7	–	3
Mount St. Joseph	4	–	2	5	–	5
Manchester	2	–	4	3	–	7
Franklin (IN)	2	–	4	2	–	8
Bluffton	1	–	5	3	–	7
Defiance	1	–	5	3	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2002 Illini–Badger Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
MacMurray $^	7	–	0	10	–	1
Concordia (WI)	6	–	1	8	–	2
Aurora	5	–	2	5	–	4
Lakeland	4	–	3	6	–	4
Benedictine (IL)	3	–	4	4	–	6
Eureka	2	–	5	2	–	8
Greenville	1	–	6	1	–	9
Concordia (IL)	0	–	7	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2002 Iowa Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Coe +^	8	–	1	10	–	2
Wartburg +^	8	–	1	10	–	2
Central (IA) +	8	–	1	8	–	2
Simpson (IA)	6	–	3	6	–	4
Loras	4	–	5	5	–	5
Cornell (IA)	3	–	6	4	–	6
Luther	3	–	6	4	–	6
Buena Vista	3	–	6	3	–	7
Upper Iowa	2	–	7	2	–	8
Dubuque	0	–	9	1	–	9

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

2002 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Alma $^	6	–	0	9	–	2
Hope	4	–	2	5	–	5
Adrian	3	–	3	6	–	4
Olivet	3	–	3	5	–	4
Albion	3	–	3	5	–	5
Kalamazoo	2	–	5	4	–	5
Wisconsin Lutheran	0	–	6	3	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2002 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
King's (PA) $^	8	–	1	9	–	3
Widener	8	–	1	9	–	1
Moravian	7	–	2	7	–	4
Lycoming	6	–	3	6	–	3
Wilkes	5	–	4	7	–	4
Susquehanna	5	–	4	5	–	5
Juniata	4	–	5	5	–	5
Albright	2	–	7	2	–	8
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham	2	–	7	2	–	8
Delaware Valley	1	–	8	2	–	8
Lebanon Valley	1	–	8	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2002 Midwest Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
St. Norbert +^	8	–	1	9	–	1
Lake Forest +^	8	–	1	9	–	2
Ripon	7	–	2	7	–	3
Beloit	5	–	4	6	–	4
Knox	5	–	4	6	–	4
Monmouth (IL)	5	–	4	5	–	5
Grinnell	4	–	5	4	–	6
Illinois College	2	–	7	3	–	7
Carroll (WI)	1	–	8	1	–	9
Lawrence	0	–	9	0	–	10

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

2002 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Saint John's (MN) $^	8	–	0	–	0	12	–	2	–	0
Concordia–Moorhead	7	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Gustavus Adolphus	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Bethel (MN)	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
St. Thomas (MN)	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
St. Olaf	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Hamline	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Augsburg	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Carleton	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2002 New England Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Bogan Division
Westfield State xy	6	–	0	8	–	3
Worcester State	5	–	1	9	–	2
Fitchburg State	4	–	2	5	–	4
Bridgewater State	3	–	3	4	–	5
Framingham State	1	–	5	1	–	8
Maine Maritime	1	–	5	1	–	8
Massachusetts Maritime	1	–	5	1	–	8
Boyd Division
UMass Dartmouth xy$^	5	–	0	11	–	1
Curry	3	–	2	7	–	3
Nichols	3	–	2	5	–	4
MIT	2	–	3	4	–	5
Salve Regina	2	–	3	2	–	7
Western New England	0	–	5	1	–	8
Championship: UMass Dartmouth 16, Westfield State 0
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2002 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Trinity (CT) +	7	–	1	7	–	1
Williams +	7	–	1	7	–	1
Amherst	6	–	2	6	–	2
Wesleyan	5	–	3	5	–	3
Colby	4	–	4	4	–	4
Middlebury	4	–	4	4	–	4
Bates	3	–	5	3	–	5
Tufts	3	–	5	3	–	5
Bowdoin	1	–	7	1	–	7
Hamilton	0	–	8	0	–	8

+ – Conference co-champions

2002 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Rowan $^	6	–	0	10	–	1
Cortland	4	–	2	9	–	2
TCNJ	4	–	2	6	–	3
Montclair State	4	–	2	5	–	5
Kean	2	–	4	4	–	6
New Jersey City	1	–	5	1	–	8
William Paterson	0	–	6	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2002 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Wabash $^	7	–	0	12	–	1
Wittenberg ^	6	–	1	10	–	2
Wooster	5	–	2	8	–	2
Allegheny	4	–	3	5	–	5
Earlham	4	–	3	4	–	6
Ohio Wesleyan	3	–	4	5	–	5
Oberlin	3	–	4	3	–	7
Denison	2	–	5	2	–	8
Kenyon	1	–	6	1	–	9
Hiram	0	–	7	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2002 Northwest Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Linfield $^	5	–	0	10	–	1
Whitworth	3	–	2	7	–	3
Willamette	3	–	2	6	–	3
Pacific Lutheran	3	–	2	5	–	4
Lewis & Clark	1	–	4	3	–	6
Puget Sound	0	–	5	1	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2002 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Mount Union $^	9	–	0	14	–	0
John Carroll ^	8	–	1	12	–	2
Baldwin–Wallace	7	–	2	8	–	2
Capital	6	–	3	6	–	4
Ohio Northern	5	–	4	5	–	5
Muskingum	3	–	6	3	–	7
Marietta	2	–	7	3	–	7
Wilmington (OH)	2	–	7	3	–	7
Heidelberg	2	–	7	2	–	8
Otterbein	1	–	8	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2002 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Bridgewater $^	6	–	0	11	–	1
Hampden–Sydney	5	–	1	8	–	2
Randolph–Macon	3	–	3	6	–	4
Washington and Lee	3	–	3	5	–	5
Catholic University	2	–	4	4	–	6
Emory & Henry	2	–	4	4	–	6
Guilford	0	–	6	3	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2002 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Washington & Jefferson $^	5	–	0	9	–	3
Westminster (PA)	4	–	1	6	–	4
Waynesburg	2	–	3	5	–	4
Thiel	2	–	3	3	–	7
Bethany (WV)	1	–	4	3	–	7
Grove City	1	–	4	3	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2002 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Redlands $^	5	–	0	7	–	3
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	4	–	1	7	–	2
Cal Lutheran	3	–	2	4	–	5
Occidental	1	–	4	5	–	4
La Verne	1	–	4	3	–	5
Whittier	1	–	4	1	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2002 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Trinity (TX) $^	6	–	0	14	–	1
DePauw	5	–	1	7	–	3
Sewanee	4	–	2	5	–	5
Centre	2	–	4	6	–	4
Rose–Hulman	2	–	4	3	–	7
Rhodes	1	–	5	4	–	6
Millsaps	1	–	5	3	–	6

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2002 University Athletic Association football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Washington University $	3	–	0	6	–	4
Case Western Reserve	1	–	2	6	–	4
Carnegie Mellon	1	–	2	5	–	5
Chicago	1	–	2	4	–	5

$ – Conference champion

2002 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North
Northwestern (MN) x	3	–	0	8	–	2
Martin Luther	2	–	1	6	–	3
Crown	1	–	2	2	–	7
Trinity Bible	0	–	3	0	–	9
South
Maranatha Baptist x	4	–	0	6	–	3
Westminster (MO)	3	–	1	7	–	2
Principia	2	–	2	5	–	4
Rockford	1	–	3	4	–	6
Blackburn	0	–	4	1	–	8

x – Division champion/co-champions

2002 Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Hobart $^	4	–	0	8	–	2
Union (NY)	3	–	1	5	–	5
RPI	2	–	2	8	–	2
Rochester (NY)	1	–	3	2	–	8
St. Lawrence	0	–	4	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2002 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Wisconsin–La Crosse $^	6	–	1	7	–	4
Wisconsin–Eau Claire	5	–	2	8	–	2
Wisconsin–Stout	4	–	3	7	–	3
Wisconsin–Stevens Point	4	–	3	6	–	4
Wisconsin–Whitewater	4	–	3	5	–	5
Wisconsin–Oshkosh	2	–	5	4	–	6
Wisconsin–River Falls	2	–	5	3	–	7
Wisconsin–Platteville	1	–	6	2	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2002 NCAA Division III independents football records
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Brockport ^		–		10	–	3
Thomas More		–		7	–	3
Macalester		–		5	–	5
Menlo		–		5	–	5
Pomona-Pitzer		–		4	–	4
Chapman		–		3	–	7
Mount Ida		–		2	–	7
Colorado College		–		1	–	8
Buffalo State		–		1	–	9
Maryville (TN)		–		0	–	10

^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

Conference champions

Conference champions
American Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin–Baylor Atlantic Central Football Conference – Frostburg State Centennial Conference – Johns Hopkins, McDaniel, and Muhlenberg College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Wheaton (IL) Dixie Intercollegiate Football Conference – Christopher Newport and Ferrum Empire 8 Conference – Ithaca Freedom Football Conference – Springfield Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Hanover Illini-Badger Football Conference – MacMurray Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA), Coe, and Wartburg Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Alma Middle Atlantic Conference – King's College and Widener Midwest Conference – Lake Forest and St. Norbert Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Westfield State (Bogan Division), UMass Dartmouth (Boyd Division) Championship Game: UMass Dartmouth 16, Westfield State 0 New England Small College Athletic Conference – Trinity (CT) and Williams New Jersey Athletic Conference – Rowan North Coast Athletic Conference – Wabash Northwest Conference – Linfield Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Bridgewater Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Redlands Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Trinity (TX) University Athletic Association – Washington–Saint Louis Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Northwestern–St. Paul Upstate Collegiate Athletic Conference – Hobart Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse

Postseason

The 2002 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 30th 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 10th time. This was the fourth 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 Union	42
Wheaton (IL)	42	Wheaton (IL)	21
Alma	14			Mount Union	45
Wabash	42			Wabash	16
MacMurray	7	Wabash	25
Wittenberg	34	Wittenberg	14
Hanover	33					Mount Union	57
						John Carroll	19
		Rowan	12
Brockport	16	Brockport	15
Springfield	0			Brockport	10
John Carroll	27			John Carroll	16*
Hobart	7	John Carroll	21
Muhlenberg	56	Muhlenberg	10
UMass Dartmouth	6							Mount Union	48
								Trinity (TX)	7
		Linfield	52
Wartburg	45	Wartburg	15
Lake Forest	0			Linfield	14
Saint John's (MN)	31			Saint John's (MN)	21
Redlands	24	Saint John's (MN)	45
Coe	21	Coe	14
UW–La Crosse	18					Saint John's (MN)	34
						Trinity (TX)	41
		Bridgewater (VA)	19
King's (PA)	28	King's (PA)	17
Salisbury State	0			Bridgewater (VA)	32
Trinity (TX)	48			Trinity (TX)	38
Mary Hardin–Baylor	38	Trinity (TX)	45
Wash. & Jefferson	24	Wash. & Jefferson	10
Christopher Newport	10

* Overtime

References

^ "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
^ "2002 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved November 28, 2014.

[1] "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 28, 2014.

[2] "2002 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved November 28, 2014.

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