1984 NCAA Division III football season

1984 NCAA Division III football season
Regular seasonAugust – November 1984
PlayoffsNovember – December 1984
Galbreath Field
Kings Island, Mason, Ohio
ChampionAugustana (IL) (2)
← 1983 · NCAA Division III football seasons · 1985 →

The 1984 NCAA Division III football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division III level, began in August 1984, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1984 at Galbreath Field in Kings Island, Mason, Ohio. The Augustana (IL) Vikings won the second of their four consecutive Division III championships by defeating the Central (Iowa) Dutch by a final score of 21−12.[1]

Conference and program changes

Conference changes

Program changes

  • Fisk University closed its football program.
  • After Southwestern University at Memphis changed its name to Rhodes College in 1984, the Southwestern Lynx became the Rhodes Lynx at the start of the 1984 season.
  • The Villanova University football program was officially reinstated with St. Lawrence University head coach Andy Talley hired to the same position, as a Division III program. The program simply practiced and redshirted the entire team in preparation for a 1985 launch as a limited-season team.

Conference standings

1984 Centennial Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Swarthmore + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Gettysburg + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Muhlenberg 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Franklin & Marshall 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Johns Hopkins 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Ursinus 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Western Maryland 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Dickinson 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1984 College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Centre $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Rose–Hulman 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Earlham 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Rhodes 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Sewanee 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1984 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Augustana (IL) $^ 8 – 0 – 0 12 – 0 – 0
Millikin 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Elmhurst 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Wheaton (IL) 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Illinois Wesleyan 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Carroll (WI) 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Carthage 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
North Central (IL) 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
North Park 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1984 Independent College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ithaca $ 3 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Alfred 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Hobart 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
RPI 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
St. Lawrence 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1984 Iowa Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central (IA) $^ 7 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
Wartburg 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Buena Vista 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Luther 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
William Penn 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Dubuque 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Simpson (IA) 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Upper Iowa 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1984 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
St. John's $ 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Pace 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Marist 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Brooklyn 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Saint Peter's 0 – 0 – 0 0 – 1 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Saint Peter's cancelled the remainder of their season after their first game.
1984 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hope $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Alma 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Albion 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Adrian 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Olivet 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Kalamazoo 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1984 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Widener $ 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Lycoming 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Moravian 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Susquehanna 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Delaware Valley 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Upsala 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Albright 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Juniata 2 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Wilkes 0 – 7 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1984 Midwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Division
Beloit xy 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
St. Norbert 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Lake Forest 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Ripon 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Lawrence 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Chicago 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
South Division
Cornell (IA) xy$ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Coe x 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Monmouth (IL) 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Grinnell 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Knox 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Illinois College 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Championship: Cornell 31, Beloit 14
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
1984 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hamline $ 8 – 0 – 1 9 – 0 – 1
Gustavus Adolphus 6 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
St. Thomas (MN) 6 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Saint John's (MN) 6 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
St. Olaf 4 – 3 – 2 5 – 3 – 2
Macalester 4 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Concordia–Moorhead 3 – 5 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Carleton 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Augsburg 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Bethel (MN) 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1984 New England Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Plymouth State $^ 9 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Western Connecticut State 8 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Curry 7 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Massachusetts Maritime 6 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Westfield State 4 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Maine Maritime 3 – 5 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Bridgewater State 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Nichols 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Western New England 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Framingham State 1 – 7 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1984 New Jersey State Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Montclair State $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Glassboro State 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Kean 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Ramapo 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Jersey City State 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Trenton State 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
William Paterson 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1984 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Case Western Reserve $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Denison 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Kenyon 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Oberlin 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Ohio Wesleyan 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Allegheny 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Wooster 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1984 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Baldwin–Wallace $ 8 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Muskingum 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Mount Union 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wittenberg 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Capital 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Heidelberg 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Ohio Northern 2 – 5 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Otterbein 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Marietta 0 – 7 – 1 1 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1984 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Randolph–Macon $^ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Hampden–Sydney 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Emory & Henry 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Washington and Lee 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Maryville (TN) 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Bridgewater 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1984 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington & Jefferson $^ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Carnegie Mellon 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Bethany (WV) 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
John Carroll 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Grove City 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Hiram 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Thiel 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1984 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Occidental $^ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Whittier 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 4 – 0
La Verne 2 – 1 – 2 6 – 3 – 0
Redlands 1 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 0
Claremont-Mudd 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Pomona-Pitzer 0 – 4 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
  • Each team played two other conference members 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.
1984 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wisconsin–River Falls + 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Wisconsin–Whitewater + 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 10 Wisconsin–La Crosse 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 11 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Wisconsin–Platteville 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Wisconsin–Stout 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Wisconsin–Superior 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1984 NCAA Division III independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dayton ^   –   10 – 1 – 0
Hofstra   –   9 – 1 – 0
Mercyhurst   –   8 – 1 – 0
Millsaps   –   8 – 1 – 0
Norwich   –   9 – 2 – 0
Union (NY) ^   –   9 – 2 – 0
Wabash   –   8 – 2 – 0
Salisbury State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Frostburg State   –   6 – 3 – 1
Buffalo   –   6 – 4 – 0
DePauw   –   6 – 4 – 0
Wagner   –   6 – 4 – 0
Buffalo State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Catholic University   –   5 – 4 – 0
Albany   –   5 – 5 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 5 – 0
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham   –   4 – 5 – 0
Stony Brook   –   4 – 5 – 0
Cortland   –   4 – 6 – 0
Duquesne   –   3 – 5 – 0
Canisius   –   2 – 8 – 0
Iona   –   2 – 8 – 0
San Diego   –   1 – 8 – 1
Georgetown   –   1 – 6 – 0
Saint Francis (PA)   –   1 – 7 – 0
Brockport   –   1 – 8 – 0
Colorado College   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rochester (NY)   –   1 – 8 – 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

Conference champions

Conference champions

Postseason

The 1984 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 12th 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 Galbreath Field at the College Football Hall of Fame in Kings Island, Mason, Ohio for the second consecutive time. This was the final tournament to feature eight teams before expanding to sixteen in 1985.[2]

Playoff bracket

Quarterfinals
Campus Sites 		Semifinals
Campus Sites 		National Championship Game
Galbreath Field
Kings Island, Mason, OH
         
Union (NY) 26
Plymouth State 14
Union (NY) 6
Augustana (IL) 23
Augustana (IL) 14
Dayton 13
Augustana (IL) 21
Central (IA) 12
Washington & Jefferson 22
Randolph–Macon 21
Washington & Jefferson 0
Central (IA) 20
Central (IA) 23
Occidental 22

See also

References

  1. ^ "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  2. ^ "1984 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 7, 2014.