1993 NCAA Division III football season

The 1993 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 1993, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1993 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their first Division III championship by defeating the Rowan Profs, 34−24. The first Gagliardi Trophy was awarded to Mount Union's quarterback Jim Ballard.

1993 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 1993
Playoffs	November – December 1993
National championship	Salem Football Stadium Salem, VA
Champion	Mount Union
Gagliardi Trophy	Jim Ballard, Mount Union (QB)
NCAA Division III football seasons

Conference and program changes

Following an NCAA rule change passed in January 1991, which required Division I schools to conduct all sports at the Division I level by 1993, multiple Division I universities were forced to move their football programs from the Division III level. As such, teams from Butler University, the University of Dayton, Drake University, the University of Evansville, Valparaiso University, the University of San Diego, Jacksonville University, Creighton University, Bradley University, Davidson College, Georgetown University, Marist College, Canisius College, Duquesne University, Fairfield University, Iona College, St. John's University, St. Peter's University, and Siena College. Many of these teams became football members of non-scholarship Division I FCS football leagues like the Pioneer Football League, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, the Patriot League, and the Big South Conference.

Conference changes

School	1992 Conference	1993 Conference
Buffalo	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
Cal Lutheran	D-II Independent	SCIAC (D-III)
Canisius	D-III Independent	MAAC (I-AA)
Charleston Southern	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
Davidson	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
Dayton	D-III Independent	Pioneer (I-AA)
Drake	D-III Independent	Pioneer (I-AA)
Duquesne	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
Evansville	D-III Independent	Pioneer (I-AA)
FDU–Florham	D-III Independent	Middle Atlantic
Georgetown	D-III Independent	MAAC (I-AA)
Iona	D-III Independent	MAAC (I-AA)
Quincy	D-III Independent	IBFC (D-II)
St. Francis (PA)	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
St. John's (NY)	D-III Independent	MAAC (I-AA)
St. Peter's	D-III Independent	MAAC (I-AA)
San Diego	D-III Independent	Pioneer (I-AA)
Siena	D-III Independent	MAAC (I-AA)
UAB	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
Wagner	D-III Independent	I-AA Independent
Wisconsin–Superior	WSUC	Dropped program

Conference standings

1993 Association of Mideast Colleges football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Thomas More $ 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Defiance 2 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0 Wilmington (OH) 1 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Bluffton 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1993 Centennial Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Dickinson + 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0 Franklin & Marshall + 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Ursinus 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Gettysburg 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Muhlenberg 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Johns Hopkins 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Western Maryland 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 1 Swarthmore 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 + – Conference co-champions	1993 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Augustana (IL) $ 7 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Wheaton (IL) 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Millikin 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Illinois Wesleyan 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 North Park 2 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1 North Central (IL) 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Elmhurst 1 – 5 – 1 1 – 7 – 1 Carthage 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1993 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Bentley $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0 Stonehill 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 MIT 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0 Assumption 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Western New England 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1 Curry 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0 Nichols 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1993 Freedom Football Conference standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T WPI $ 5 – 0 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Plymouth State 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Stony Brook 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1 Coast Guard 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Merchant Marine 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 UMass Lowell 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Western Connecticut 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Norwich 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1993 Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Anderson (IN) $^ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0 Franklin (IN) 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Wabash 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Manchester 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Hanover 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Rose–Hulman 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 DePauw 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1993 Illini–Badger Football Conference standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Quincy $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0 Greenville 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 MacMurray 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Concordia (WI) 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Eureka 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Lakeland 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 9 – 0 Concordia (IL) 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 10 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1993 Iowa Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Wartburg $^ 8 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0 Central (IA) 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0 Loras 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 1 Simpson (IA) 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Luther 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Buena Vista 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Upper Iowa 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Dubuque 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 William Penn 0 – 8 – 0 1 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant	1993 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Albion $^ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0 Kalamazoo 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Hope 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Alma 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Adrian 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Olivet 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1993 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Commonwealth Moravian x^ 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0 Susquehanna 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Widener 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Lebanon Valley 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Albright 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Juniata 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0 Freedom Wilkes x^ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0 Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0 Lycoming 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Delaware Valley 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 Upsala 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0 King's (PA) 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 9 – 0 x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant	1993 Midwest Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T North Division Carroll (WI) xy 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 St. Norbert 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Beloit 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Ripon 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Lawrence 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Lake Forest 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 South Division Coe xy$^ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0 Cornell (IA) 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Knox 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Monmouth (IL) 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Illinois College 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Grinnell 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0 Championship: Coe 47, Carroll (WI) 20 $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant	1993 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Saint John's (MN) $^ 9 – 0 – 0 12 – 1 – 0 St. Thomas (MN) 8 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Hamline 6 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 Concordia–Moorhead 6 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Carleton 5 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Augsburg 4 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 St. Olaf 3 – 6 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Bethel (MN) 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 Gustavus Adolphus 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 Macalester 0 – 9 – 0 0 – 10 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1993 New England Football Conference standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Maine Maritime $ 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0 Westfield State 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 1 Worcester State 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 UMass Dartmouth 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Bridgewater State 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Framingham State 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Massachusetts Maritime 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 UMass–Boston 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Fitchburg State 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 8 – 1 $ – Conference champion	1993 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Trinity (CT) 8 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0 Williams 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0 Wesleyan 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0 Colby 5 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1 Middlebury 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0 Bowdoin 3 – 4 – 1 3 – 4 – 1 Amherst 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0 Hamilton 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 7 – 0 Tufts 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 7 – 0 Bates 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 8 – 0 No conference champion recognized	1993 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Rowan $^ 5 – 0 – 0 11 – 2 – 0 William Paterson ^ 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0 Montclair State 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 Trenton State 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 1 Kean 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Jersey City State 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 7 – 1 $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1993 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Allegheny $^ 8 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0 Wittenberg 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0 Ohio Wesleyan 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Earlham 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Kenyon 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Denison 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Case Western Reserve 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 Wooster 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Oberlin 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 10 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant	1993 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Mount Union $^ 9 – 0 – 0 14 – 0 – 0 Baldwin–Wallace 8 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0 Heidelberg 7 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 John Carroll 5 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Ohio Northern 4 – 4 – 1 5 – 4 – 1 Capital 4 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Otterbein 3 – 6 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Muskingum 2 – 6 – 1 2 – 7 – 1 Marietta 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 Hiram 0 – 9 – 0 0 – 10 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant	1993 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Randolph–Macon $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 1 Emory & Henry 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 Hampden–Sydney 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Bridgewater 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 Guilford 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 Washington and Lee 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1993 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Washington & Jefferson $^ 4 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0 Bethany (WV) 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1 Grove City 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Waynesburg 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Thiel 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant	1993 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T La Verne $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Occidental 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0 Redlands 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Cal Lutheran 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Whittier 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Claremont-Mudd 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 1 Pomona-Pitzer 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1993 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Trinity (TX) $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Millsaps 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Rhodes 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Centre 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Sewanee 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1993 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Wisconsin–La Crosse $^ 7 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Wisconsin–Whitewater 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Wisconsin–River Falls 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Wisconsin–Platteville 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Wisconsin–Oshkosh 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Wisconsin–Stout 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant	1993 NCAA Division III independents football records Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Union (NY) ^   –   9 – 1 – 0 Colorado College   –   8 – 1 – 0 Frostburg State ^   –   10 – 2 – 0 Wesley   –   7 – 3 – 1 Brockport   –   7 – 4 – 0 Albany   –   6 – 4 – 0 Buffalo State ^   –   6 – 4 – 0 Ithaca   –   6 – 4 – 0 Maryville (TN)   –   6 – 4 – 0 Hartwick   –   4 – 3 – 1 Ferrum   –   5 – 4 – 0 Aurora   –   4 – 5 – 0 Alfred   –   4 – 6 – 0 Methodist   –   4 – 6 – 0 Salisbury State   –   2 – 7 – 0 St. Lawrence   –   2 – 8 – 0 Catholic University   –   1 – 9 – 0 Cortland   –   1 – 9 – 0 Menlo   –   0 – 8 – 1 ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

Conference champions

Conference champions

Association of Mideast Colleges – Thomas More Centennial Conference – Dickinson and Franklin & Marshall College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL) Freedom Football Conference – WPI Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference – Anderson Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wartburg Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion Middle Atlantic Conference – Wilkes Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Coe Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Maine Maritime New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Rowan North Coast Athletic Conference – Allegheny Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Randolph-Macon Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – La Verne Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Trinity (TX) Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hardin–Simmons University Athletic Association – Carnegie Mellon Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Mount Senario Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse

Postseason

The 1993 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 21st 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 third time. As of 2014, Salem has remained the yearly host of the Stagg Bowl. Like the previous eight tournaments, this year's bracket featured sixteen teams.

Playoff bracket

	Regionals Campus Sites					Quarterfinals Campus Sites					Semifinals Campus Sites					National Championship Game Salem Football Stadium Salem, Virginia
	Mount Union		40
	Allegheny		7
						Mount Union		30
						Albion		16
	Albion		41
	Anderson (IN)		21
											Mount Union		56
											Saint John's (MN)		8
	Wisconsin–La Crosse		55
	Wartburg		26
						Wisconsin–La Crosse		25
						Saint John's (MN)		47
	Saint John's (MN)		32
	Coe		14
																Mount Union		34
																Rowan		24
	Washington & Jefferson		27
	Moravian		7
						Washington & Jefferson		28
						Frostburg State		7
	Frostburg State		26
	Wilkes		25
											Washington & Jefferson		16
											Rowan		23
	Rowan		29
	Buffalo State		16
						William Paterson		0
						Rowan		37
	William Paterson		17
	Union (NY)		7

See also

• 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season
• 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season
• 1993 NCAA Division II football season