1977 NCAA Division III football season
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The 1977 NCAA Division III football season -- part of
college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...
in the United States organized by the
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at the
Division III In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Association football *Belgian Thir ...
level—began in August 1977, and concluded with the
NCAA Division III Football Championship The NCAA Division III Football Championship began in 1973. The Division III playoffs begin with 32 teams selected to participate in the Division III playoffs. The Division III championship game, known as the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl or Stagg Bowl ...
in December 1977 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in
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. The Widener Pioneers won their first Division III championship, defeating the
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by a final score of 39−36.


Conference standings


Conference champions


Postseason

The 1977 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the fifth annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's
NCAA Division III NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletic scholarships to their stu ...
college football. The championship game was held at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in
Phenix City, Alabama Phenix City is a city in Lee and Russell counties in the U.S. state of Alabama, and the county seat of Russell County. As of the 2020 Census, the population of the city was 38,817. Phenix City lies immediately west across the Chattahoochee R ...
for the fifth consecutive year. Like the previous two championships, eight teams competed in this edition.


Playoff bracket


See also

* 1977 NCAA Division I football season * 1977 NCAA Division II football season * 1977 NAIA Division I football season *
1977 NAIA Division II football season The 1977 NAIA Division II football season was the 22nd season of college football sponsored by the NAIA and the eighth season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football. The season was played from August to November 1977 and culminated i ...


References

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