DIVISION III FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK 2019 Championship 2 History 3 All-Time Results 24 Brackets 31 2019 CHAMPIONSHIP North Central (IL) 51, Wabash 15 Quarterfinals RESULTS Mary Hardin-Baylor 43, Redlands 14 Central (IA) 38, Wis,-Oshkosh 37 North Central (IL) 31, Delaware Valley 14 First Round Wheaton (IL) 51, Luther 7 Saint John's (MN) 34, Wheaton (IL) 33 Wis.-Whitewater 26, Mary Hardin-Baylor 7 Chapman 68, Linfield 65 Muhlenberg 38, MIT 0 Muhlenberg 24, Salisbury 8 Huntingdon 27, Berry 24 Second Round Semifinals Wesley 58, Framingham St. 21 Mount Union 65, Hanover 14 Wis.-Whitewater 41, Wartburg 28 North Central (IL) 45, Muhlenberg 14 Wartburg 41, Hope 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor 42, Huntindgon 6 Wis.-Whitewater 35, Saint John's (MN) 32 Union (NY) 24, CWRU 21 Delaware Valley 45, Wesley 10 Championship Salisbury 83, SUNY Maritime 0 Muhlenberg 42, Brockport 0 Brockport 33, Western New Eng. 28 Wheaton (IL) 49, Central (IA) 13 North Central (IL) 41, Wis.-Whitewater 14 Delaware Valley 30, Bridgewater (VA) 22 Saint John's (MN) 55, Chapman 26 Saint John's (MN) 51, Aurora 47 Salisbury 62, Union (NY) 41 Wis.-Whitewater 35, Monmouth (IL) 10 North Central (IL) 59, Mount Union 52 HISTORY REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS (Before Division III Championship) East (Knute Rockne Bowl) Year Champion Coach Score Runner-Up Site 1969 Randolph-Macon Ted Keller 47-28 Bridgeport Bridgeport, Conn. 1970 Montclair St. Clary Anderson 7-6 Hampden-Sydney Atlantic City, N.J. 1971 Bridgeport Ed Farrell 17-12 Hampden-Sydney Atlantic City, N.J. 1972 Bridgeport Ed Farrell 27-22 Slippery Rock Atlantic City, N.J. West (Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl) Year Champion Coach Score Runner-Up Site 1969 Wittenberg Dave Maurer 27-21 William Jewell Springfield, Ohio 1970 Capital Gene Slaughter 34-21 Luther Columbus, Ohio 1971 Samford* Wayne Grubb 20-10 Ohio Wesleyan Phenix City, Ala. 1972 Heidelberg Pete Riesen 28-16 Fort Valley St. Phenix City, Ala. *Samford’s participation in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions. RESULTS Year Champion Coach Score Runner-Up Site 1973 Wittenberg Dave Maurer 41-0 Juniata Phenix City, AL 1974 Central (IA) Ron Schipper 10-8 Ithaca Phenix City, AL 1975 Wittenberg Dave Maurer 28-0 Ithaca Phenix City, AL 1976 Saint John’s (MN) John Gagliardi 31-28 Towson Phenix City, AL 1977 Widener Bill Manlove 39-36 Wabash Phenix City, AL 1978 Baldwin Wallace Lee Tressel 24-10 Wittenberg Phenix City, AL 1979 Ithaca Jim Butterfield 14-10 Wittenberg Phenix City, AL 1980 Dayton Rick Carter 63-0 Ithaca Phenix City, AL 1981 Widener Bill Manlove 17-10 Dayton Phenix City, AL 1982 West Ga. Bobby Pate 14-0 Augustana (IL) Phenix City, AL 1983 Augustana (IL) Bob Reade 21-17 Union (NY) Kings Island, OH 1984 Augustana (IL) Bob Reade 21-12 Central (IA) Kings Island, OH 1985 Augustana (IL) Bob Reade 20-7 Ithaca Phenix City, AL 1986 Augustana (IL) Bob Reade 31-3 Salisbury Phenix City, AL 2019 Championship 2 Year Champion Coach Score Runner-Up Site 1987 Wagner Walt Hameline 19-3 Dayton Phenix City, AL 1988 Ithaca Jim Butterfield 39-24 Central (IA) Phenix City, AL 1989 Dayton Mike Kelly 17-7 Union (NY) Phenix City, AL 1990 Allegheny Ken O’Keefe 21-14 (OT) Lycoming Bradenton, FL 1991 Ithaca Jim Butterfield 34-20 Dayton Bradenton, FL 1992 Wis.-La Crosse Roger Harring 16-12 Wash. & Jeff. Bradenton, FL 1993 Mount Union Larry Kehres 34-24 Rowan Salem, VA 1994 Albion Pete Schmidt 38-15 Wash. & Jeff. Salem, VA 1995 Wis.-La Crosse Roger Harring 36-7 Rowan Salem, VA 1996 Mount Union Larry Kehres 56-24 Rowan Salem, VA 1997 Mount Union Larry Kehres 61-12 Lycoming Salem, VA 1998 Mount Union Larry Kehres 44-24 Rowan Salem, VA 1999 Pacific Lutheran Frosty Westering 42-13 Rowan Salem, VA 2000 Mount Union Larry Kehres 10-7 Saint John’s (MN) Salem, VA 2001 Mount Union Larry Kehres 30-27 Bridgewater (VA) Salem, VA 2002 Mount Union Larry Kehres 48-7 Trinity (TX) Salem, VA 2003 Saint John’s (MN) John Gagliardi 24-6 Mount Union Salem, VA 2004 Linfield Jay Locey 28-21 Mary Hardin-Baylor Salem, VA 2005 Mount Union Larry Kehres 35-28 Wis.-Whitewater Salem, VA 2006 Mount Union Larry Kehres 35-16 Wis.-Whitewater Salem, VA 2007 Wis.-Whitewater Lance Leipold 31-21 Mount Union Salem, VA. 2008 Mount Union Larry Kehres 31-26 Wis.-Whitewater Salem, VA 2009 Wis.-Whitewater Lance Leipold 38-28 Mount Union Salem, VA 2010 Wis.-Whitewater Lance Leipold 31-21 Mount Union Salem, VA 2011 Wis.-Whitewater Lance Leipold 13-10 Mount Union Salem, VA 2012 Mount Union Larry Kehres 28-10 St. Thomas (MN) Salem, VA 2013 Wis.-Whitewater Lance Leipold 52-14 Mount Union Salem, VA 2014 Wis.-Whitewater Lance Leipold 43-34 Mount Union Salem, VA 2015 Mount Union Vince Kehres 49-35 St. Thomas (MN) Salem, VA *2016 Mary Hardin-Baylor Pete Fredenburg 10-7 Wis.-Oshkosh Salem, VA 2017 Mount Union Vince Kehres 12-0 Mary Hardin-Baylor Salem, VA 2018 Mary Hardin-Baylor Pete Fredenburg 24-16 Mount Union Shenandoah, TX 2019 North Central (IL) Jeff Thorne 41-14 Wis.-Whitewater Shenandoah, TX *Team’s appearance later vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions. TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS STAGG BOWL MOST Mount Union 13 OUTSTANDING PLAYER Wis.-Whitewater 6 2000 Chuck Moore, Mount Union, Sr., RB Augustana (IL) 4 2001 Chuck Moore, Mount Union, Sr./5th, RB Ithaca 3 2002 Dan Pugh, Mount Union, Sr., RB Dayton 2 2003 Blake Elliott, Saint John’s (MN), Sr., WR Saint John’s (MN) 2 2004 Riley Jenkins, Linfield, Sr., RB Widener 2 2005 Nate Kmic, Mount Union, Fr., RB Wis.-La Crosse 2 2006 Greg Micheli, Mount Union, So., QB Wittenberg 2 2007 Justin Beaver, Wis.-Whitewater, Sr., RB Albion 1 2008 Greg Micheli, Mount Union, Sr., QB Allegheny 1 2009 Levell Coppage, Wis.-Whitewater, So., RB Baldwin Wallace 1 2010 Levell Coppage, Wis.-Whitewater, Jr., RB Central (IA) 1 2011 Loussaint Minett, Wis.-Whitewater, So., DE Linfield 1 2012 Kevin Burke, Mount Union, So., QB Mary Hardin-Baylor 1* 2013 Matt Behrendt, Wis.-Whitewater, Jr., QB North Central (IL) 1 2014 Matt Behrendt, Wis.-Whitewater, Sr., QB Pacific Lutheran 1 2015 Taurice Scott, Mt. Union, Sr., QB Wagner 1 2016 Blake Jackson, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Sr., QB West Ga. 1 2017 Nick Brish, Mount Union, Jr., DB *Mary Hardin-Baylor’s 2016 championship vacated by NCAA Committee on 2018 T.J. Josey, Mary Hardin-Baylor, WR Infractions. 2019 Ethan Greenfield, North Central (IL), RB *Player is selected by media attending the Stagg Bowl History 3 Zmich, Franklin (21) vs. Wis.-Whitewater Net Yards Passing INDIVIDUAL (52), 11-20-2010 1,522—Kevin Burke, Mount Union, 2012 [264 vs. Chris. Newport, 388 vs. Johns Hopkins, 380 RECORDS Net Yards Receiving 273—Steve Koudossou, Wesley (59) vs. Mount vs. Widener, 268 vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor, Union (62), 12-7-2013 (11 catches) 222 vs. St. Thomas (MN)] Passes Attempted Game Touchdown receptions 177—Dan Cole, Rensselaer, 2003 [44 vs. Curry, Net Yards Rushing 5—Logan Deffner, Franklin (62) vs. Otterbein 44 vs. Springfield, 43 vs. Ithaca, 46 vs. Saint 389—Ricky Gales, Simpson (35) vs. Saint John’s (45), 11-22-2008; Jasper Collins, Mount John’s (MN)] (MN) (42), 11-18-89 Union (55) vs. Johns Hopkins (13), 11-24- 2012 Rushes Attempted Passes Completed 109—Brett Elliott, Linfield, 2005 (31 vs. 58—Wesley Schools, Grove City vs. Morrisville Interceptions St., 11-17-18 3—Jonny Bianchi, Springfield vs. SUNY Occidental, 31 vs. Concordia-M’head, 47 Maritime, 11-17-18; Matt Sutherland, North vs. Wis.-Whitewater) Touchdowns by Rushing 5—Wesley Schools, Grove City, vs. Morrisville Central (IL) vs. Hanover, 11-17-18;Johnny Passes Had Intercepted St., 11-17-18; Jeff Norman, Saint John’s Eagan, Wis.-Oshkosh (34) vs. St. Thomas 9—Anthony Moeglin, John Carroll, 2016 (1 vs. (MN) (46) vs. Augustana (IL) (7), 11-20- (MN) (31), 12-3-16; John Bertino, Ithaca Olivet, 4 vs. Wesley, 1 vs. Wis.-Whitewater, 76; Mike Coppa, Salisbury (44) vs. Ithaca (27) vs. Dubuque (7), 11-17-79; Troy 3 vs. Wis.-Oshkosh); Rollie Wiebers, Buena (40), 12-6-86; Paul Parker, Ithaca (62) Westerman, Augustana (IL) (23) vs. Union Vista, 1976 [4 vs. Carroll (WI), 5 vs. Saint vs. Ferrum (28), 12-3-88; Kevin Hofacre, (NY) (6), 11-24-84; Mike Gray, Augustana John’s (MN)] (IL) (23) vs. Union (NY) (6), 11-24-84; Rich Dayton (35) vs. John Carroll (10), 11-18- Touchdown Passes 89; Casey Donaldson, Wittenberg (32) vs. Samuelson, Union (NY) (17) vs. Ithaca 17—Jim Ballard, Mount Union, 1993 [5 vs. Hanover (21), 11-25-2000; David Russell, (24) (OT), 11-22-86; Mike Gray, Augustana Allegheny, 1 vs. Albion, 8 vs. Saint John’s Linfield (52) vs. Wartburg (15), 11-30-2002; (IL) (31) vs. Salisbury (3), 12-13-86; Tom (MN), 3 vs. Rowan]; Bill Borchert, Mount Dan Pugh, Mount Union (57) vs. John Knapp, Ithaca (39) vs. Central (IA) (24), Union, 1996 (4 vs. Allegheny, 3 vs. Ill. Carroll (19), 12-14-2002; Tony Sutton, 12-10-88; Bill Luette, Rowan (37) vs. Wm. Wesleyan, 3 vs. Wis.-La Crosse, 7 vs. Wooster (41) vs. Aurora (34), 11-20-2004; Paterson (0), 11-27-93; David Lefere, Albion Rowan); Brett Elliott, Linfield, 2004 (5 vs. Tom Arcidiacono, Union (NY) (55) vs. Ithaca (19) vs. Saint John’s (MN) (16), 12-3-94; Wis.-La Crosse, 7 vs. Occidental, 3 vs.