1992 NCAA Division III football season
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The 1992 NCAA Division III football season, part of the
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season organized by the
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at the
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level in the
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, began in August 1992, 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 ...
, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1992 at
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in
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. The
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won their first Division III championship by defeating the
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, 16−12.


Program changes

*After Glassboro State College changed its name to Rowan College of New Jersey in 1992, the Glassboro State Profs became the
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at the start of the 1992 season.


Conference standings


Conference champions


Postseason

The 1992 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 20th 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 Stagg Bowl game was held at
Hawkins Stadium Manatee High School is the oldest public high school in Bradenton, Florida, operated by the Manatee County School District. History Bradentown High School would open in 1897 located on what is now 15th Street West and Ballard Park Drive operating ...
in
Bradenton, Florida Bradenton ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Manatee County, Florida, Manatee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the city's population is 55,698. History Late 18th and early 19th centuries ...
for the third, and final, time. Like the previous seven tournaments, this year's bracket featured sixteen teams.


Playoff bracket


See also

* 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season * 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season * 1992 NCAA Division II football season


References

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