| 1993 NCAA Division III football season | ||||
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| Regular season | August – November 1993 | |||
| Playoffs | November – December 1993 | |||
| Salem Football Stadium Salem, VA | ||||
| Champion | Mount Union | |||
| Gagliardi Trophy | Jim Ballard,Mount Union (QB) | |||
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The1993 NCAA Division III football season, part of thecollege football season organized by theNCAA at theDivision III level in the United States, began in August 1993, and concluded with theNCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1993 atSalem Football Stadium inSalem, Virginia. TheMount Union Purple Raiders won their first Division III championship by defeating theRowan Profs, 34−24.[1] The firstGagliardi Trophy was awarded to Mount Union's quarterbackJim Ballard.
Following an NCAA rule change passed in January 1991, which required Division I schools to conduct all sports at the Division I level by 1993, multiple Division I universities were forced to move their football programs from the Division III level. As such, teams fromButler University, theUniversity of Dayton,Drake University, theUniversity of Evansville,Valparaiso University, theUniversity of San Diego,Jacksonville University,Creighton University,Bradley University,Davidson College,Georgetown University,Marist College,Canisius College,Duquesne University,Fairfield University,Iona College,St. John's University,St. Peter's University, andSiena College. Many of these teams became football members of non-scholarshipDivision I FCS football leagues like thePioneer Football League, theMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference, thePatriot League, and theBig South Conference.[2]
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The1993 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 21st annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men'sNCAA Division III college football. The championship Stagg Bowl game was held atSalem Football Stadium inSalem, Virginia for the third time. As of 2014, Salem has remained the yearly host of the Stagg Bowl. Like the previous eight tournaments, this year's bracket featured sixteen teams.[3]
| Regionals Campus Sites | Quarterfinals Campus Sites | Semifinals Campus Sites | National Championship Game Salem Football Stadium Salem, Virginia | ||||||||||||||||
| Mount Union | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Allegheny | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mount Union | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Albion | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Albion | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anderson (IN) | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mount Union | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Saint John's (MN) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–La Crosse | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wartburg | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–La Crosse | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Saint John's (MN) | 47 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Saint John's (MN) | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coe | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mount Union | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rowan | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Washington & Jefferson | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Moravian | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Washington & Jefferson | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frostburg State | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frostburg State | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wilkes | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Washington & Jefferson | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rowan | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rowan | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Buffalo State | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Paterson | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rowan | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Paterson | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Union (NY) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||