1989 NCAA Division III football season

{{Infobox college football season

| type = NCAA Division III

| year = 1989

| image =

| image_caption =

| regular_season = August – November 1989

| playoffs = November – December 1989

| championship = Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL

| champion = Dayton

}}

The 1989 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 1989, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1989 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Dayton Flyers won their second Division III championship by defeating the Union (NY) Dutchmen, 17−7.{{cite web|title=All-Time Division III Football Championship Records|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf|work=NCAA|publisher=NCAA.org|access-date=November 19, 2014|pages=4–15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222172639/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf|archive-date=December 22, 2014}}

Conference changes and new programs

School	1988 Conference	1989 Conference
class="wikitable sortable"
style="text-align:center;" \| Evansville	Mid-South (NAIA)	D-III Independent
style="text-align:center;" \| Fordham	Liberty (D-III)	I-AA Independent
style="text-align:center;" \| Millsaps	D-III Independent	College Athletic Conference (CAC)

Conference standings

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|valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 Atlantic Collegiate Football Conference standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 Centennial Conference football standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 College Athletic Conference football standings}}

valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 Independent College Athletic Conference football standings}}

valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 Iowa Conference football standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 Liberty Football Conference standings}}

valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 Midwest Conference football standings}}

valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 New England Football Conference standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings}}

valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings}}

valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings}}

valign="top" width=25em|{{1989 NCAA Division III independents football records}}

Conference champions

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Conference champions
*Centennial Conference – Dickinson College Athletic Conference – Centre College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Millikin Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference – Hanover Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Adrian and Albion Middle Atlantic Conference – Lycoming and Susquehanna Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – St. Norbert Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Bridgewater State New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Montclair State North Coast Athletic Conference – Kenyon and Ohio Wesleyan Ohio Athletic Conference – John Carroll Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Randolph-Macon Presidents' Athletic Conference – Carnegie Mellon and Washington & Jefferson Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Occidental Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Howard Payne and Tarleton State Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Mount Senario Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse

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Conference champions

*Centennial Conference – Dickinson

College Athletic Conference – Centre
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Millikin
Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference – Hanover
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA)
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Adrian and Albion
Middle Atlantic Conference – Lycoming and Susquehanna
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – St. Norbert
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN)
New England Football Conference – Bridgewater State
New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Montclair State
North Coast Athletic Conference – Kenyon and Ohio Wesleyan
Ohio Athletic Conference – John Carroll
Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Randolph-Macon
Presidents' Athletic Conference – Carnegie Mellon and Washington & Jefferson
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Occidental
Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Howard Payne and Tarleton State
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Mount Senario
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse

Postseason

The 1989 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 17th 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 Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama for the 15th, and final, time and for the fifth consecutive year. Like the previous four tournaments, this year's bracket featured sixteen teams.{{cite web|title=1989 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf|work=NCAA|publisher=NCAA.org|access-date=November 14, 2014|pages=14|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222172639/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf|archive-date=December 22, 2014}}

=Playoff bracket=

{{16TeamBracket | RD1=First Round
Campus Sites

| RD2=Quarterfinals
Campus Sites

| RD3=Semifinals
Campus Sites

| RD4=National Championship Game
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, Alabama

| team-width=

| RD1-seed01=

| RD1-team01= {{cfb link|year=1989|team=Union Dutchmen|title=Union (NY)}}

| RD1-score01= 42

| RD1-seed02=

| RD1-team02= {{cfb link|year=1989|team=Cortland Red Dragons|title=Cortland}}

| RD1-score02= 14

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-team03= {{cfb link|year=1989|team=Montclair State Indians|title=Montclair State}}

| RD1-score03= 23

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-team04= {{cfb link|year=1989|team=Hofstra Flying Dutchmen|title=Hofstra}}

| RD1-score04= 6

| RD1-seed05=

| RD1-team05={{cfb link|year=1989|team=Lycoming Warriors|title=Lycoming}}

| RD1-score05= 21

| RD1-seed06=

| RD1-team06= {{cfb link|year=1989|team=Dickinson Red Devils|title=Dickinson}}

| RD1-score06= 0

| RD1-seed07=

| RD1-team07= {{cfb link|year=1989|team=Ferrum Panthers|title=Ferrum}}

| RD1-score07= 41

| RD1-seed08=

| RD1-team08= {{cfb link|year=1989|team=Washington & Jefferson Presidents|title=Washington & Jefferson}}

| RD1-score08= 7

| RD1-seed09=

| RD1-team09= Dayton

| RD1-score09= 35

| RD1-seed10=

| RD1-team10= {{cfb link|year=1989|team=John Carroll Blue Streaks|title=John Carroll}}

| RD1-score10= 10

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-team11= {{cfb link|year=1989|team=Millikin Big Blue|title=Millikin}}

| RD1-score11= 21

| RD1-seed12=

| RD1-team12= {{cfb link|year=1989|team=Augustana (Illinois) Vikings|title=Augustana (IL)}}

| RD1-score12= 12

| RD1-seed13=

| RD1-team13= {{cfb link|year=1989|team=Central Dutch|title=Central (IA)}}

| RD1-score13= 55

| RD1-seed14=

| RD1-team14= {{cfb link|year=1989|team=St. Norbert Green Knights|title=St. Norbert}}

| RD1-score14= 7

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-team15= {{cfb link|year=1989|team=Saint John's Johnnies|title=Saint John's (MN)}}

| RD1-score15= 42

| RD1-seed16=

| RD1-team16= {{cfb link|year=1989|team=Simpson Storm|title=Simpson}}

| RD1-score16= 35

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-team01= Union (NY)

| RD2-score01= 45

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-team02= Montclair State

| RD2-score02= 6

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team03= Lycoming

| RD2-score03= 24

| RD2-seed04=

| RD2-team04= Ferrum

| RD2-score04= 49

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team05= Dayton

| RD2-score05= 28

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-team06= Millikin

| RD2-score06= 16

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team07= Central (IA)

| RD2-score07= 24

| RD2-seed08=

| RD2-team08= Saint John's (MN)

| RD2-score08= 27

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team01= Union (NY)

| RD3-score01= 37

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-team02= Ferrum

| RD3-score02= 21

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team03= Dayton

| RD3-score03= 28

| RD3-seed04=

| RD3-team04= Saint John's (MN)

| RD3-score04= 0

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team01= Union (NY)

| RD4-score01= 7

| RD4-seed02=

| RD4-team02= Dayton

| RD4-score02= 17

}}

{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=January 24, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222172639/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf |archive-date=December 22, 2014}}

1989 NCAA Division III football season

Conference changes and new programs

Conference standings

Conference champions

Postseason

=Playoff bracket=

See also

References