Playoffs

The scores of all Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowls, starting with the first Division III national championship in 1973. Clicking on a year (for years that are linked) will bring up a wrapup of that year's playoffs. Looking for information on the current playoff format? Check out our FAQ.

Year Champion Score Runner-up Att.
Games played in Phenix City, Ala.
1973 Wittenberg 41-0 Juniata N/A
1974 Central 10-8 Ithaca 5,500
1975 Wittenberg 28-0 Ithaca 6,000
1976 St. John's (Minn.) 31-28 Towson State 7,214
1977 Widener 39-36 Wabash 7,852
1978 Baldwin-Wallace 24-10 Wittenberg 7,500
1979 Ithaca 14-10 Wittenberg 6,500
1980 Dayton 63-0 Ithaca 8,701
1981 Widener 17-10 Dayton 6,100
1982 West Georgia 14-0 Augustana 9,000
Games played in Kings Island,Ohio
1983 Augustana 21-17 Union (N.Y.) 3,800
1984 Augustana 21-12 Central 2,300
Games played in Phenix City, Ala.
1985 Augustana 20-7 Ithaca 1,879
1986 Augustana 31-3 Salisbury State 2,000
1987 Wagner 19-3 Dayton 4,000
1988 Ithaca 39-24 Central 4,000
1989 Dayton 17-7 Union (N.Y.) 3,500
Games played in Bradenton, Fla.
1990 Allegheny 21-14 (OT) Lycoming 4,800
1991 Ithaca 34-20 Dayton 5,469
1992 UW-La Crosse 16-12 Washington and Jefferson 5,329
Games played in Salem, Va.
1993 Mount Union 34-24 Rowan 7,304
1994 Albion 38-15 Washington and Jefferson 7,168
1995 UW-La Crosse 36-7 Rowan 4,905
1996 Mount Union 56-24 Rowan 5,048
1997 Mount Union 61-12 Lycoming 5,777
1998 Mount Union 44-24 Rowan 5,145
1999 Pacific Lutheran 42-13 Rowan 4,101
2000 Mount Union 10-7 St. John's 4,436
2001 Mount Union 30-27 Bridgewater (Va.) 7,992
2002 Mount Union 48-7 Trinity (Texas) 4,398
2003 St. John's 24-6 Mount Union 5,073
2004 Linfield 28-21 Mary Hardin-Baylor 3,240
2005 Mount Union 35-28 UW-Whitewater 4,619
2006 Mount Union 35-16 UW-Whitewater 6,051
2007 UW-Whitewater 31-21 Mount Union 5,099
2008 Mount Union 31-26 UW-Whitewater 5,344
2009 UW-Whitewater 38-28 Mount Union 3,468
2010 UW-Whitewater 31-21 Mount Union 4,598
2011 UW-Whitewater 13-10
Mount Union
3,784
2012 Mount Union 28-10 St. Thomas 6,027
       

Regional championship results

From 1969-72, small-college NCAA football played two regional championships, but no national final. The results of those games:

EAST (Knute Rockne Bowl)
1969 Randolph-Macon 47-28 Bridgeport
1970 Montclair State 7-6 Hampden-Sydney
1971 Bridgeport 17-12 Hampden-Sydney
1972 Bridgeport 27-22 Slippery Rock
       
WEST (Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl)
1969 Wittenberg 27-21 William Jewell
1970 Capital 34-21 Luther
1971 (vacated by Samford) 20-10 Ohio Wesleyan
1972 Heidelberg 28-16 Fort Valley State
Sep. 6
6:00 PM
Widener at Wesley
Sep. 7
12:00 PM
Hobart at Dickinson
1:00 PM
Rowan at Delaware Valley
1:00 PM
Washington U. at UW-Whitewater
1:30 PM
Franklin at Mount Union
1:30 PM
St. John Fisher at Otterbein
2:00 PM
UW-Eau Claire at St. Thomas
2:00 PM
UW-Oshkosh at Central
2:00 PM
Buena Vista at UW-Platteville
6:00 PM
Christopher Newport at Salisbury
8:00 PM
Wheaton (Ill.) at Benedictine
10:00 PM
Mary Hardin-Baylor at Redlands
Sep. 5
7:30 PM
Trine at Manchester
8:00 PM
Loras at Elmhurst
Sep. 6
TBA
Becker at Fitchburg State
TBA
Hardin-Simmons at Willamette
6:00 PM
Widener at Wesley
7:00 PM
Pacific at Adrian
7:00 PM
Curry at WPI
Live Stats Video
7:00 PM
North Carolina Wesleyan at Stevenson
7:00 PM
TCNJ at Ursinus
7:00 PM
Mount Ida at Mass-Dartmouth
7:00 PM
Westfield State at Nichols
8:00 PM
St. John's at UW-River Falls
Sep. 7
TBA
Norwich at RPI
TBA
Defiance at Albion
TBA
Buffalo State at Cortland State
12:00 PM
Lewis and Clark at Utica
12:00 PM
Bridgewater State at Salve Regina
12:00 PM
Coast Guard at St. Lawrence
12:00 PM
Hobart at Dickinson
12:00 PM
Morrisville State at Wilkes
1:00 PM
Husson at Hartwick
1:00 PM
Worcester State at Anna Maria
1:00 PM
Lycoming at Brockport State
1:00 PM
Franklin and Marshall at Washington and Lee
1:00 PM
St. Vincent at Bridgewater (Va.)
1:00 PM
Guilford at Greensboro
1:00 PM
Rose-Hulman at Kalamazoo
1:00 PM
Averett at Hampden-Sydney
1:00 PM
Johns Hopkins at Randolph-Macon
1:00 PM
Olivet at Wilmington
1:00 PM
Alfred State at Ohio Northern
Live Stats Audio
1:00 PM
William Paterson at King's
1:00 PM
Gettysburg at Misericordia
1:00 PM
Rowan at Delaware Valley
1:00 PM
Grinnell at Carleton
1:00 PM
Springfield at Western New England
1:00 PM
Westminster (Mo.) at Hendrix
1:00 PM
Ferrum at Emory and Henry
1:00 PM
Methodist at Southern Virginia
1:00 PM
Moravian at Ithaca
1:00 PM
Framingham State at Endicott
Live Stats Video
1:00 PM
Castleton State at Plymouth State
1:00 PM
Apprentice School at Muhlenberg
1:00 PM
Washington U. at UW-Whitewater
1:30 PM
Franklin at Mount Union
1:30 PM
Thomas More at Capital
1:30 PM
Carnegie Mellon at Grove City
1:30 PM
Bethany at Centre
1:30 PM
Muskingum at Waynesburg
1:30 PM
Illinois College at Hanover
1:30 PM
St. John Fisher at Otterbein
1:30 PM
Alma at Heidelberg
2:00 PM
Austin at Rhodes
2:00 PM
Coe at Monmouth
2:00 PM
Augsburg at Concordia (Wis.)
2:00 PM
Lakeland at Carroll
2:00 PM
Concordia-Chicago at Lake Forest
2:00 PM
Jamestown at Concordia-Moorhead
2:00 PM
DePauw at Sewanee
Audio
2:00 PM
UW-Eau Claire at St. Thomas
2:00 PM
Illinois Wesleyan at Aurora
2:00 PM
Hope at North Park
2:00 PM
Greenville at Millikin
2:00 PM
Minnesota-Morris at Hamline
2:00 PM
Buena Vista at UW-Platteville
2:00 PM
Wartburg at MacMurray
2:00 PM
UW-Oshkosh at Central
2:00 PM
Luther at Presentation
2:00 PM
Lawrence at Cornell
2:00 PM
Knox at Eureka
2:00 PM
Dakota Wesleyan at UW-Stout
2:00 PM
Northwestern (Minn.) at St. Olaf
2:00 PM
Iowa Wesleyan at Simpson
2:00 PM
Maranatha Baptist at Martin Luther
2:00 PM
Kenyon at Allegheny
2:30 PM
Susquehanna at Merchant Marine
4:00 PM
MIT at Pomona-Pitzer
4:30 PM
St. Scholastica at Whitworth
5:00 PM
John Carroll at St. Norbert
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6:00 PM
Wittenberg at Butler
Audio
6:00 PM
Birmingham-Southern at LaGrange
6:00 PM
Maryville (Tenn.) at Berry
Live Stats
6:00 PM
Montclair State at Lebanon Valley
6:00 PM
Bluffton at Ohio Wesleyan
6:00 PM
Christopher Newport at Salisbury
7:00 PM
Catholic at McDaniel
7:00 PM
Gallaudet at Shenandoah
7:00 PM
Earlham at Denison
7:00 PM
Washington and Jefferson at Wooster
7:00 PM
Marietta at Case Western Reserve
Live Stats
7:00 PM
Macalester at Crown
7:00 PM
Anderson at Taylor (Ind.)
7:00 PM
Westminster (Pa.) at Hiram
7:00 PM
Belhaven at Louisiana College
7:00 PM
Kean at Albright
7:00 PM
Trinity (Texas) at Howard Payne
7:00 PM
Sul Ross State at Tex. A&M-Commerce
7:00 PM
Rockford at UW-Stevens Point
7:00 PM
Chicago at Beloit
7:00 PM
Dubuque at UW-La Crosse
7:30 PM
Frostburg State at Geneva
8:00 PM
Millsaps at Mississippi College
8:00 PM
Ripon at Wisconsin Lutheran
8:00 PM
Wheaton (Ill.) at Benedictine
8:00 PM
Mount St. Joseph at Augustana
8:00 PM
Texas Lutheran at Southwestern
10:00 PM
Mary Hardin-Baylor at Redlands