2000 NCAA Division III football season

2000 NCAA Division III football season
2000 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 2000
Playoffs	November – December 2000
National; championship	Salem Football Stadium; Salem, VA
Champion	Mount Union (5)
Gagliardi Trophy	Chad Johnson (QB), Pacific Lutheran

The 2000 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 2000, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2000 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their fifth Division III championship by defeating the Saint John's (MN) Johnnies, 10−7.

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Chad Johnson, quarterback from Pacific Lutheran.^[1]

Conference standings

2000 American Southwest Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Hardin–Simmons $^	9	–	0	12	–	1
Mary Hardin–Baylor	8	–	1	9	–	1
Austin	6	–	3	7	–	3
Howard Payne	6	–	3	6	–	4
McMurry	5	–	4	6	–	4
Texas Lutheran	4	–	5	4	–	6
Mississippi College	3	–	6	3	–	7
Sul Ross	2	–	7	2	–	7
Louisiana College	1	–	8	2	–	8
East Texas Baptist	1	–	8	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 Atlantic Central Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Wesley $^	6	–	0	9	–	2
Ferrum	4	–	2	6	–	4
Methodist	4	–	2	6	–	4
Salisbury State	3	–	3	5	–	5
Frostburg State	3	–	3	4	–	6
Greensboro	1	–	5	5	–	5
Chowan	0	–	6	2	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 Centennial Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Western Maryland $^	7	–	0	10	–	2
Muhlenberg	5	–	2	9	–	2
Ursinus	5	–	2	8	–	3
Johns Hopkins	4	–	3	5	–	5
Dickinson	4	–	3	5	–	5
Swarthmore	2	–	5	4	–	5
Gettysburg	1	–	6	1	–	9
Franklin & Marshall	0	–	7	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Illinois Wesleyan +	6	–	1	9	–	1
Millikin +^	6	–	1	9	–	2
Wheaton (IL) +	6	–	1	8	–	2
Augustana (IL)	4	–	3	7	–	3
North Central (IL)	3	–	4	5	–	5
Carthage	1	–	6	4	–	6
North Park	1	–	6	3	–	7
Elmhurst	1	–	6	2	–	8

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 Freedom Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Springfield (MA) $^	6	–	0	11	–	2
Western Connecticut	5	–	1	10	–	1
Norwich	3	–	3	7	–	3
Plymouth State	3	–	3	5	–	5
Merchant Marine	3	–	3	3	–	6
WPI	1	–	5	2	–	8
Coast Guard	0	–	6	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Bluffton +	5	–	1	7	–	3
Hanover +^	5	–	1	8	–	4
Defiance	4	–	2	7	–	3
Anderson (IN)	3	–	3	4	–	6
Franklin (IN)	3	–	3	4	–	6
Manchester	1	–	5	2	–	8
Mount St. Joseph	0	–	6	2	–	8

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 Illini–Badger Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Aurora $^	7	–	0	7	–	4
Benedictine (IL)	6	–	1	7	–	3
Concordia (WI)	5	–	2	7	–	3
Greenville	3	–	4	6	–	5
MacMurray	3	–	4	5	–	5
Lakeland	3	–	4	4	–	6
Eureka	1	–	6	2	–	8
Concordia (IL)	0	–	7	0	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 Iowa Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Central (IA) $^	10	–	0	12	–	1
Wartburg	9	–	1	9	–	1
Buena Vista	7	–	3	7	–	3
Coe	6	–	4	6	–	4
Simpson (IA)	6	–	4	6	–	4
Luther	5	–	5	5	–	5
Loras	4	–	6	4	–	6
Cornell (IA)	3	–	7	3	–	7
Upper Iowa	3	–	7	3	–	7
William Penn	2	–	8	2	–	8
Dubuque	0	–	10	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Hope $^	5	–	0	8	–	2
Albion	3	–	2	7	–	3
Alma	3	–	2	6	–	4
Kalamazoo	3	–	2	5	–	4
Adrian	1	–	4	2	–	8
Olivet	0	–	5	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Commonwealth
Widener x^	5	–	0	12	–	2
Moravian	3	–	2	6	–	4
Susquehanna	2	–	3	7	–	3
Lebanon Valley	2	–	3	4	–	6
Albright	2	–	3	3	–	7
Juniata	1	–	4	1	–	9
Freedom
Lycoming x	4	–	0	7	–	2
King's (PA)	3	–	1	7	–	4
Wilkes	2	–	2	5	–	6
Delaware Valley	1	–	3	3	–	7
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham	0	–	4	1	–	9

x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 Midwest Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
St. Norbert $^	9	–	0	10	–	1
Ripon	8	–	1	9	–	1
Illinois College	5	–	4	6	–	4
Carroll (WI)	5	–	4	5	–	5
Grinnell	5	–	4	5	–	5
Beloit	3	–	6	3	–	7
Lake Forest	3	–	6	3	–	7
Monmouth (IL)	3	–	6	3	–	7
Knox	2	–	7	2	–	8
Lawrence	2	–	7	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Bethel (MN) $^	9	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Saint John's (MN) ^	8	–	1	–	0	13	–	2	–	0
St. Olaf	6	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
St. Thomas (MN)	6	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Gustavus Adolphus	6	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Concordia–Moorhead	4	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Augsburg	3	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Hamline	2	–	7	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Carleton	1	–	8	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
Macalester	0	–	9	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 New England Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Bogan Division
Worcester State x	5	–	1	7	–	2
Bridgewater State xy$^	5	–	1	8	–	3
Fitchburg State	4	–	2	5	–	4
Massachusetts Maritime	3	–	3	5	–	4
Westfield State	2	–	4	3	–	6
Framingham State	2	–	4	3	–	7
Maine Maritime	0	–	6	0	–	9
Boyd Division
Salve Regina xy	4	–	1	7	–	3
Nichols	4	–	2	7	–	3
UMass Dartmouth	4	–	2	5	–	4
Curry	3	–	3	6	–	4
MIT	3	–	3	4	–	5
Western New England	2	–	4	4	–	5
UMass–Boston	0	–	5	1	–	9
Championship: Bridgewater State 27, Salve Regina 24
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Amherst +	7	–	1	7	–	1
Colby +	7	–	1	7	–	1
Middlebury +	7	–	1	7	–	1
Trinity (CT)	5	–	3	5	–	3
Williams	5	–	3	5	–	3
Wesleyan	4	–	4	4	–	4
Bates	2	–	6	2	–	6
Tufts	2	–	6	2	–	6
Hamilton	1	–	7	1	–	7
Bowdoin	0	–	8	0	–	8

+ – Conference co-champions

2000 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Montclair State $^	6	–	0	7	–	3
Rowan	5	–	1	7	–	2
Cortland	4	–	2	4	–	6
TCNJ	3	–	3	4	–	5
New Jersey City	2	–	4	3	–	7
William Paterson	1	–	5	2	–	8
Kean	0	–	6	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 Northwest Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Linfield $^	5	–	0	9	–	1
Pacific Lutheran ^	4	–	1	9	–	2
Whitworth	3	–	2	6	–	3
Puget Sound	2	–	3	5	–	4
Lewis & Clark	1	–	4	3	–	6
Willamette	0	–	5	3	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Wittenberg $^	7	–	0	12	–	1
Allegheny	6	–	1	7	–	3
Ohio Wesleyan	4	–	3	6	–	4
Earlham	4	–	3	6	–	4
Wooster	4	–	3	6	–	4
Hiram	2	–	5	3	–	7
Wabash	5	–	2	6	–	4
Denison	2	–	5	2	–	8
Kenyon	1	–	6	3	–	7
Oberlin	0	–	7	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Mount Union $^	9	–	0	14	–	0
Ohio Northern ^	8	–	1	9	–	3
Wilmington (OH)	7	–	2	7	–	3
John Carroll	6	–	3	7	–	3
Baldwin–Wallace	5	–	4	5	–	5
Muskingum	3	–	6	4	–	6
Otterbein	3	–	6	4	–	6
Capital	2	–	7	3	–	7
Marietta	2	–	7	3	–	7
Heidelberg	0	–	9	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Emory & Henry $^	5	–	1	8	–	3
Bridgewater ^	5	–	1	10	–	2
Catholic University	4	–	2	6	–	4
Washington and Lee	2	–	4	5	–	5
Hampden–Sydney	2	–	4	4	–	6
Randolph–Macon	2	–	4	3	–	7
Guilford	1	–	5	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Washington & Jefferson $^	4	–	0	9	–	2
Grove City	3	–	1	6	–	4
Waynesburg	2	–	2	6	–	4
Bethany (WV)	1	–	3	5	–	5
Thiel	0	–	4	2	–	8
Westminster (PA) *	0	–	0	8	–	2

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant * Completing reclassification from NCAA Division II—games did not count in conference standings.

2000 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Redlands $	5	–	0	7	–	2
Whittier	4	–	1	4	–	5
Occidental	2	–	3	5	–	4
La Verne	2	–	3	2	–	7
Claremont-Mudd	1	–	4	4	–	5
Cal Lutheran	1	–	4	3	–	6

$ – Conference champion

2000 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Trinity (TX) +^	4	–	2	10	–	3
DePauw +	4	–	2	6	–	4
Sewanee +	4	–	2	6	–	4
Rhodes	3	–	3	5	–	4
Centre	3	–	3	5	–	5
Millsaps	2	–	4	5	–	5
Rose–Hulman	1	–	5	2	–	8

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Hobart +^	3	–	1	9	–	2
Union (NY) +^	3	–	1	9	–	2
Rochester (NY) +	3	–	1	6	–	3
RPI	1	–	3	3	–	6
St. Lawrence	0	–	4	1	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Wisconsin–Stout $^	7	–	0	10	–	1
Wisconsin–La Crosse	6	–	1	7	–	3
Wisconsin–River Falls	5	–	2	6	–	4
Wisconsin–Eau Claire	4	–	3	6	–	4
Wisconsin–Whitewater	3	–	4	5	–	5
Wisconsin–Oshkosh	1	–	6	3	–	7
Wisconsin–Platteville	1	–	6	2	–	8
Wisconsin–Stevens Point	1	–	6	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 NCAA Division III independents football records
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Thomas More		–		9	–	1
Brockport		–		8	–	1
Ithaca		–		7	–	3
Buffalo State		–		7	–	4
Hartwick		–		7	–	4
Menlo		–		6	–	4
Principia		–		5	–	4
Pomona-Pitzer		–		4	–	4
Alfred		–		4	–	6
Colorado College		–		3	–	6
Maryville (TN)		–		3	–	7
Wisconsin Lutheran		–		3	–	7
Chapman		–		2	–	7
Westminster (MO)		–		2	–	8
Maranatha Baptist		–		1	–	8
Blackburn		–		1	–	9
Rockford		–		1	–	9
St. John Fisher		–		1	–	9
Mount Ida		–		0	–	8

Conference champions

Conference champions
American Southwest Conference – Hardin–Simmons Atlantic Central Football Conference – Wesley Centennial Conference – Western Maryland College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Illinois Wesleyan, Millikin, and Wheaton (IL) Dixie Intercollegiate Football Conference – No Champion Named Freedom Football Conference – Springfield Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Bluffton and Hanover Illini-Badger Football Conference – Aurora Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope Middle Atlantic Conference – Widener Midwest Conference – St. Norbert Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Bethel (MN) New England Football Conference – Nichols and Salve Regina (Blue Division), Bridgewater State (Red Division) Championship Game: Bridgewater State 27, Salve Regina 24 New England Small College Athletic Conference – Amherst, Colby, and Middlebury New Jersey Athletic Conference – Montclair State North Coast Athletic Conference – Wittenberg Northwest Conference – Linfield Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Emory & Henry Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Redlands Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – DePauw, Sewanee, and Trinity (TX) University Athletic Association – Chicago Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Mount Senario Upstate Collegiate Athletic Conference – Hobart, Rochester, and Union (NY) Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Stout

Postseason

The 2000 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 28th 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 Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia for the eighth time. This was the second bracket to feature 28 teams since last expanding in 1999.^[2]

Playoff bracket

First Round Campus Sites		Second Round Campus Sites		Quarterfinals Campus Sites		Semifinals Campus Sites		National Championship Game Salem Football Stadium Salem, Virginia

		Mount Union	32
Ohio Northern	47	Ohio Northern	15
Millikin	21			Mount Union	32
Hanover	20			Wittenberg	21
Hope	3	Hanover	21
Wittenberg	31	Wittenberg	32
Aurora	20					Mount Union	70
						Widener	30
		Brockport	6
Springfield	31	Springfield	13
Montclair State	29			Springfield	27
Widener	33			Widener	61
Union (NY)	26	Widener	40
Hobart	25	Hobart	14
Bridgewater State	0							Mount Union	10
								Saint John's (MN)	7
		Linfield	17
Central (IA)	28	Central (IA)	20*
St. Norbert	14			Central (IA)	18
Pacific Lutheran	41			Saint John's (MN)	21
Bethel (MN)	13	Pacific Lutheran	21
Saint John's (MN)	26	Saint John's (MN)	28*
UW–Stout	19					Saint John's (MN)	38
						Hardin–Simmons	14
		Hardin–Simmons	32
Western Maryland	38	Western Maryland	10
Emory & Henry	14			Hardin–Simmons	33
Trinity (TX)	21			Trinity (TX)	30
Wesley	3	Trinity (TX)	47*
Bridgewater (VA)	59	Bridgewater (VA)	41
Wash. & Jefferson	42

* Overtime

Final AFCA Top 25 Poll

Team	Final Record	Points
1. Mount Union	14-0	1,150
2. St. John's	13–2	1,104
3. Hardin-Simmons	12–1	991
4. Central(IA)	12–1	983
5. Wittenberg	12–1	974
6. Widener	12–2	876
7. Pacific Lutheran	9–2	821
8. Linfield	9–1	795
9. Wisconsin-Stout	10–1	673
10. Springfield	11–2	603
11. Western Maryland	10–2	572
12. Brockport State	8–1	564
13. Trinity(TX)	10–3	537
14. Bethel	10–1	481
15. Bridgewater	10–2	428
16. Washington & Jefferson	9–2	406
17. St. Norbert	10–1	387
18. Wartburg	9–1	362
19. Ohio Northern	9–3	354
20. Western Connecticut State	10–1	282
21. Millikin	9–2	274
22. Union	9–2	265
23. Illinois Wesleyan	9–1	251
24. Mary Hardin-Baylor	9–1	152
25. Hanover	8–4	120

Others receiving votes: Wesley, 86; Hobart, 78; Thomas More, 76; Montclair St., 74; Hope, 65; Rowan, 44; Aurora, 34; Ripon, 20; Emory & Henry, 20; Middlebury, 14; Amherst, 11; Bridgewater St., 9; Wheaton, 8; Lycoming, 4; Augustana, 2.^[3]

Awards

Gagliardi Trophy: Chad Johnson, Pacific Lutheran

AFCA Coach of the Year: Larry Kehres, Mount Union

AFCA Regional Coach of the Year: Region 1: Mike DeLong, Springfield Region 2: Bill Zwaan, Widener Region 3: Pete Fredenburg, Mary Hardin-Baylor Region 4: Larry Kehres, Mount Union Region 5: Ed Meierkort, Wisconsin-Stout^[4]

References

^ "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
^ "2000 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
^ "- Mount Union No. 1 in Final AFCA Division III Coaches' Poll of 2000". February 1, 2001. Archived from the original on February 1, 2001. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
^ "- 2000 AFCA Regional Coach of the Year Winner Bios". February 8, 2001. Archived from the original on February 8, 2001. Retrieved September 29, 2021.

[1] "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 28, 2014.

[2] "2000 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 28, 2014.

[3] "- Mount Union No. 1 in Final AFCA Division III Coaches' Poll of 2000". February 1, 2001. Archived from the original on February 1, 2001. Retrieved September 29, 2021.

[4] "- 2000 AFCA Regional Coach of the Year Winner Bios". February 8, 2001. Archived from the original on February 8, 2001. Retrieved September 29, 2021.

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