1973 NCAA Division III football season

1973 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant;

1973 College Athletic Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1973 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 1973
Playoffs	November – December 1973
National; championship	Garrett-Harrison Stadium; Phenix City, AL
Champion	Wittenberg
	NCAA Division III football seasons
	NCAA Division III football seasons

The 1973 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 1973, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1973 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. This was the first season for Division III (and Division II) football, which were formerly in the College Division in 1972 and prior.

Wittenberg won their first Division III championship, defeating Juniata in the championship game by a final score of 41−0.[1]

Conference changes and new programs

School	1972 conference	1973 conference
Albany	New program	NCAA Division III independent

Conference standings

1973 Independent College Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Ithaca $	2	–	0	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Hobart	3	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Alfred	2	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
St. Lawrence	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
RIT	0	–	2	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
RPI	0	–	3	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1973 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Butler $	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
DePauw	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Evansville	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Indiana Central	2	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Valparaiso	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Saint Joseph's (IN)	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Wabash	0	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1973 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Buena Vista $	7	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Central (IA)	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Wartburg	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Dubuque	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
William Penn	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Luther	2	–	4	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Simpson	1	–	5	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Upper Iowa	0	–	6	–	1	1	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion

1973 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
C. W. Post $	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Hofstra	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Fordham	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Merchant Marine	1	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Seton Hall	0	–	2	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Saint Peter's	0	–	2	–	0	0	–	9	–	0
Wagner	0	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1973 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Hope $	5	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Olivet	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Albion	3	–	2	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Alma	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Kalamazoo	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Adrian	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1973 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Northern
Juniata x^	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Wilkes	5	–	1	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Albright	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Delaware Valley	4	–	3	–	1	4	–	3	–	0
Lycoming	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Susquehanna	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Upsala	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Wagner *	2	–	1	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Southern
Franklin & Marshall x	8	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Widener	7	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Muhlenberg	7	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Johns Hopkins	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Western Maryland	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Moravian	3	–	5	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Lebanon Valley	2	–	5	–	2	2	–	5	–	2
Dickinson	1	–	5	–	2	1	–	5	–	2
Ursinus	1	–	5	–	1	2	–	5	–	1
Swarthmore	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	7	–	0

x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant * – Ineligible due to insufficient conference games Juniata won Southern Northern Section on Hazlett point system

1973 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
St. Thomas (MN) +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Minnesota–Duluth +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Augsburg	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Gustavus Adolphus	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Concordia–Moorhead	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Saint John's (MN)	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Hamline	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Macalester	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

1973 New England Football Conference standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Nichols $	4	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Plymouth State	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Bridgewater State	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Curry	2	–	2	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Maine Maritime	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Boston State	0	–	4	–	1	1	–	6	–	1

$ – Conference champion

1973 New Jersey State Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Montclair State $	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Jersey City State	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Trenton State	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Glassboro State	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Kean	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
William Paterson	0	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1973 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
John Carroll $	5	–	0	–	2	7	–	1	–	2
Allegheny	5	–	1	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Thiel	4	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Hiram	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Mellon	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Bethany (WV)	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Washington & Jefferson	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Case Western Reserve	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1973 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Redlands $	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Whittier	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
La Verne	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Claremont-Mudd	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Occidental	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Pomona-Pitzer	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion

1973 NCAA Division III independents football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Bridgeport ^		–		9	–	1	–	0
Colorado College		–		9	–	1	–	0
San Diego ^		–		9	–	2	–	1
Albany		–		7	–	2	–	0
Salisbury State		–		7	–	2	–	0
Norwich		–		6	–	3	–	0
Rochester (NY)		–		6	–	3	–	0
Brockport		–		5	–	3	–	0
Maryville (TN)		–		5	–	4	–	0
Lake Forest		–		3	–	4	–	1
Saint Mary's		–		3	–	4	–	1
Georgetown		–		3	–	5	–	0
Cortland		–		1	–	7	–	1

^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

Conference champions

Conference	Champion(s)
College Athletic Conference	Southwestern at Memphis
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin	Carthage
Independent College Athletic Conference	Champion unknown
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Buena Vista
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Hope
Middle Atlantic Conference	North: Juniata South: Franklin & Marshall
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference	Coe
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Minnesota–Duluth St. Thomas (MN)
New England Football Conference	Nichols
New Jersey State Athletic Conference	Montclair State
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Division III)	Fisk
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Redlands

Postseason

The 1973 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the first single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The inaugural edition had only four teams (in comparison with the 32 teams competing as of 2014). The championship game was held at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Wittenberg Tigers defeated the Juniata College Eagles, 41−0, to win their first national title.[2]

Playoff bracket

Semifinals Campus Sites		National Championship Game Garrett-Harrison Stadium Phenix City, AL


Juniata	35

Bridgeport	14
		Juniata	0

		Wittenberg	41
Wittenberg	21

San Diego	14

References

"All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
"1973 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved October 23, 2014.

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[1] "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved October 23, 2014.

[2] "1973 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved October 23, 2014.

NCAA football seasons
Pre-divisional	1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
NCAA University Division	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
NCAA Division I	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
NCAA Division I-A/FBS	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
NCAA Division I-AA/FCS	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020–21 2021
NCAA College Division	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
NCAA Division II	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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