1975 NCAA Division III football season

American college football season

1975 NCAA Division III football season

Regular season| August – November 1975
Playoffs| November – December 1975

National
championship

| Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL
Champion| Wittenberg
| <- 1974 · | NCAA Division III football seasons | · 1976 ->

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The 1975 NCAA Division III football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division III level, began in August 1975, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1975 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Wittenberg Tigers won their second Division III championship, defeating the Ithaca Bombers by a final score of 28−0.[1]

## Conference standings

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1975 College Athletic Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Rose–Hulman \+  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Sewanee \+  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Centre | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Southwestern (TN) | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Principia | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 9  | - | 0

* \+ - Conference co-champions

1975 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings |

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Augustana (IL) $  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
North Central (IL) | 5  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Carroll (WI) | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Millikin | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Wheaton (IL) | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Illinois Wesleyan | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Carthage | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Elmhurst | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
North Park | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1975 Independent College Athletic Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Ithaca $^  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 1  | - | 0
Alfred | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
St. Lawrence | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Hobart | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
RIT | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
RPI | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

1975 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Butler $  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
Indiana Central ^  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
Evansville | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
DePauw | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Valparaiso | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Saint Joseph's (IN) | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 8  | - | 0
Wabash | 0  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

1975 Iowa Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 3 William Penn $^  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 1  | - | 0
No. 9 Buena Vista | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Central (IA) | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Luther | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Dubuque | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 1
Wartburg | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Simpson (IA) | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
Upper Iowa | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 9  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant

Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1975 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
C. W. Post $  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
Merchant Marine | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Wagner | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Fordham | 1  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Hofstra | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Seton Hall | 0  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 1

* $ - Conference champion

1975 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Hope $  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 1
Alma | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Albion | 2  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Adrian | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Olivet | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Kalamazoo | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1975 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Northern Division
Albright x^  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Juniata | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Lycoming | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Upsala | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Wilkes | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Susquehanna | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Delaware Valley | 0  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0
Southern Division
Widener x^  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 1  | - | 0
Franklin & Marshall | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Lebanon Valley | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Moravian | 5  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Johns Hopkins | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Dickinson | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Muhlenberg | 2  | - | 5  | - | 2 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 2
Ursinus | 1  | - | 6  | - | 1 |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 1
Western Maryland | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
Swarthmore | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0
Gettysburg | 0  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0

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

1975 Midwest Conference football standings |

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Lawrence $  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Cornell (IA) | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Ripon | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Coe | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Knox | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Grinnell | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Beloit | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Carleton | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
Lake Forest | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
Monmouth (IL) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion
* Games against Monmouth (IL) were not counted in the conference standings.

1975 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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No. 13 Saint John's (MN) $  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 1
Minnesota–Duluth | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Hamline | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Gustavus Adolphus | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
St. Olaf | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Concordia–Moorhead | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
St. Thomas (MN) | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Augsburg | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 8  | - | 0
Macalester | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 10  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1975 New England Football Conference standings |

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Nichols \+  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Boston State \+  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Framingham State | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Bridgewater State | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Plymouth State | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Maine Maritime | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Massachusetts Maritime | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
New Haven | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
Curry | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0

* \+ - Conference co-champions

1975 New Jersey State Athletic Conference football standings |

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Glassboro State $  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
Montclair State | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 2
Trenton State | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Kean | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
Jersey City State | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
William Paterson | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1975 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings |

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Blue Division
Wittenberg xy$^  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 12  | - | 1  | - | 0
Denison | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Mount Union | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Ohio Wesleyan | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Capital | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
Red Division
Muskingum xy  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Baldwin–Wallace | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Marietta | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Heidelberg | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Otterbein | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Wooster | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
Not competing for championship
Ohio Northern |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Kenyon |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Oberlin |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0
Championship: Muskingum 9, Wittenberg 0

* $ - Conference champion
* x - Division champion/co-champions
* y - Championship game participant
* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

1975 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football standings |

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East Division
East Stroudsburg xy$  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 0  | - | 0
Millersville | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
West Chester | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Kutztown | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Mansfield | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Cheyney | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Bloomsburg | 0  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
West Division
Edinboro xy  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
IUP | 4  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 1
Clarion | 3  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Shippensburg | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
Slippery Rock | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Lock Haven | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
California (PA) | 0  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0
Championship: East Stroudsburg 24, Edinboro 20

* $ - Conference champion
* x - Division champion/co-champions
* y - Championship game participant

1975 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings |

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Bethany (WV) $  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Washington & Jefferson | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Carnegie Mellon | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Thiel | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Hiram | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
John Carroll | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Case Western Reserve | 0  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0
Allegheny *  | 0  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion
* * – Ineligible for conference title

1975 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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Redlands \+  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
La Verne \+  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 1
Claremont-Mudd | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Whittier | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 1
Occidental | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Pomona-Pitzer | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 9  | - | 0

* \+ - Conference co-champions

1975 Virginia College Athletic Association football standings |

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Madison $  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 1
Virginia Union | 2  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
Hampden–Sydney | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Virginia State | 2  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 8  | - | 0
Randolph–Macon | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Hampton | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Saint Paul's (VA) | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 8  | - | 0
Emory & Henry | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 9  | - | 0
Washington and Lee | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 1
Bridgewater | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1975 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings |

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No. 14 Wisconsin–River Falls \+  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Wisconsin–La Crosse \+  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
Wisconsin–Whitewater \+  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
Wisconsin–Stout | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
Wisconsin–Platteville | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
Wisconsin–Superior | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 9  | - | 0

* \+ - Conference co-champions

Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1975 NCAA Division III independents football records |

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Bowie State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
Millsaps ^  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 0
Albany |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Colorado College ^  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
Georgetown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Saint Peter's |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
St. Norbert |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Plattsburgh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Canisius |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Grove City |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Rochester (NY) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Trinity (TX) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Norwich |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Ashland |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Cortland |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 1
Saint Mary's |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 8  | - | 0
San Diego |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
Brockport |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 1
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0
Chicago |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0
Maryville (TN) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 9  | - | 0

* ^ - NCAA Division III playoff participant

## Conference champions

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Conference champions

* College Athletic Conference – Rose–Hulman and Sewanee
* College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL)
* Independent College Athletic Conference – Ithaca
* Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wiliam Penn
* Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope
* Middle Atlantic Conference – Albright (North), Widener (South)
* Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Lawrence
* Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN)
* New England Football Conference – Boston State and Nichols[2]
* New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Glassboro State
* Northwest Conference – Linfield, Pacific Lutheran, and Whitworth
* Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Division III) – Fisk
* Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – La Verne and Redlands
* Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse, Wisconsin–River Falls, and Wisconsin–Whitewater

## Postseason

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The 1975 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the third annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship game was held at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama for the third consecutive year. The bracket expanded from four to eight teams.[3]

### Playoff bracket

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| Quarterfinals
Campus Sites | | | Semifinals
Campus Sites | | | National Championship Game
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL |

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| Albright | 6 |
| | Widener | 14 |
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| Ithaca | 41 |

| Fort Valley State | 12 |
| | Ithaca | 0 |
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| Wittenberg | 14 | |

| Indiana Central | 13 |
| | Wittenberg | 55 |
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| | | Millsaps | 22 |
| Millsaps | 28 |

| Colorado College | 21 |

## Coaching changes

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This list includes all head coaching changes announced during or after the season.

School  | Outgoing coach  | Reason  | Replacement  | Previous position

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Augsburg | Bill Caris | Resigned[4] | Al Kloppen[4] | Augustana (IL) defensive coordinator (1975)
Beloit | Charles Ross | Resigned[5] | Bob Nicholls[6] | Beloit athletic director (1965–1976)
Bloomsburg | Bill Sproule | Resigned[7] | Ron Puhl[8] | Bloomsburg track and field coach (1967–1975)
Bowie State | Clarence Thomas | Resigned[9] | John Organ[10] | Howard assistant coach (1968–1975)
Brockport | Dave Hutter | Resigned[11] | Bud Sims[12] | Brockport defensive coordinator (1975)
Carnegie Mellon | Joe Gasparella | Fired[13] | Chuck Klausing[14] | West Virginia assistant head coach and defensive coordinator (1973–1975)
Case Western Reserve | Flory Mauriocourt | Fired  | Bob Del Rosa[15] | Case Western Reserve defensive line coach (1970–1975)
Chicago | Walter Hass | Retired  | Bob Lombardi[16] | Homewood-Flossmoor HS (IL) head coach (1967–1975)
Coast Guard | Otto Graham | Resigned[17] | Bill Hickey | Army defensive line coach (1975)
Delaware Valley | Tom Shreiner | Resigned[18] | Al Wilson[19] | Princeton defensive ends coach and linebackers coach (1973–1975)
Elmhurst | Al Hanke (interim)  | Permanent replacement hired  | Tom Beck[20] | Northern Illinois offensive coordinator (1975)
Heidelberg | Armin Riesen | Hired as backfield coach for Bowling Green[21] | Bob Rankin[22] | Michigan State offensive line coach (1974–1975)
Jersey City State | Bill McKeown | Resigned[23] | Harry Massey[24] | Lincoln HS (NJ) head coach (1968–1975)
Lock Haven | Bob Weller | Fired[25] | Bill Connor[26] | Ripon head coach (1973–1975)
Macalester | Don Hudson | Hired as head coach for Lincoln (MO)[27] | Clint Ewald[28] | Blaine HS (MN) head coach
Merchant Marine | George Paterno | Fired  | Clive Rush[29] | Boston Patriots head coach (1969–1970)
Montclair State | Clary Anderson | Retired[30] | Fred Hill[30] | Pequannock Township HS (NJ) head coach (1970–1975)
New Haven | Joe McHugh | Resigned[31] | Thomas H. Bell[32] | Plymouth State head coach (1972–1975)
New York Tech | Jack Boyle | Fired  | Pete Pizzarelli | Stony Brook offensive coordinator (1975)
Occidental | Hal Lefler | Resigned[33] | Bill McQueary[34] | UC Riverside offensive coordinator and offensive line coach (1974–1975)
Olivet | Doug Kay | Hired as offensive coordinator for San Jose State[35] | Bob Friedlund[36] | Sarnia Imperials head coach (1955)
Plymouth State | Thomas H. Bell | Hired as head coach for New Haven[32] | Charlie Currier[37] | Plymouth State offensive coordinator (1972–1975)
Ripon | Bill Connor | Hired as head coach for Lock Haven[26] | Bob Giesey[38] | Ripon defensive coordinator (1975)
San Diego | Dick Logan | Resigned[39] | Bill Williams | San Diego defensive coordinator (1974–1975)
Shippensburg | Gene Epley | Hired as offensive line coach for Virginia[40] | Joe Mark[41] | Duke defensive ends coach (spring 1976)
Southwestern (TN) | Don Lear | Fired[42] | Dick Thornton[42] | The Hawaiians front office (1975)
Upper Iowa | George Richards | Resigned[43] | Everett Eischeid (interim)[43] | Upper Iowa head coach (1960–1968)
Ursinus | Richard J. Whatley | Resigned[44] | Larry Karas[45] | Ursinus linebackers coach (1975)
William Penn | Ron Randleman | Hired as head coach for Pittsburg State[46] | Craig Boller[47] | William Penn defensive coordinator (1974–1975)

## See also

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* 1975 NCAA Division I football season
* 1975 NCAA Division II football season
* 1975 NAIA Division I football season
* 1975 NAIA Division II football season

## References

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1. ^ "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
2. ^ "Co-champs head all-NE grid roster". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. November 29, 1975. p. 14. Retrieved January 5, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
3. ^ "1975 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
4. ^ a b "Augsburg selects Alvin Kloppen of Augustana as head grid coach". The Minneapolis Star. December 24, 1975. p. 28. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
5. ^ "Former Beloit coach takes Appleton grid job". Wisconsin State Journal. June 1, 1976. p. 14. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
6. ^ "Beloit College shakes up staff". Wisconsin State Journal. January 16, 1976. p. 56. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
7. ^ "Bill Sproule resigns BSC football position". The Morning Press. November 25, 1975. p. 12. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
8. ^ "Ron Puhl lands Bloomsburg grid post". The Mercury. December 24, 1975. p. 26. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
9. ^ "Bowie grid coach quits". The Baltimore Sun. May 5, 1976. p. 36. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
10. ^ "Bowie State names Organ". The Mobile Register. June 23, 1976. p. 18. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
11. ^ Martzke, Rudy (July 27, 1976). "Hutter quits Brockport". Democrat and Chronicle. p. 35. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
12. ^ Martzke, Rudy (August 26, 1976). "Sims named football coach at Brockport". Democrat and Chronicle. p. 45. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
13. ^ Feeney, Charley (November 14, 1975). "CMU Fires Gasparella". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 16. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
14. ^ "Klausing to Coach At Carnegie Mellon". The Patriot-News. December 3, 1975. p. 40. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
15. ^ "Del Rosa named new grid coach". The Newark Advocate. December 19, 1975. p. 19. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
16. ^ "Bob Lombardi Named College Grid Mentor". The Salem News. Salem, Ohio. Associated Press. May 21, 1976. p. 8. Retrieved August 2, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
17. ^ "Sports Of All Sorts". Beaver County Times. January 22, 1976. p. B3. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
18. ^ "Football: Schreiner 'Quits' Delval". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 4, 1975. p. 23. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
19. ^ "Al Wilson To Coach At Delaware Valley". The Sentinel. January 8, 1976. p. 9. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
20. ^ "Beck Named Grid Coach At Elmhurst College". The Taylorville Daily Breeze Courier. January 14, 1976. p. 11. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
21. ^ "Riesen Resigns Coaching Post At Heidelberg". Telegraph-Forum. July 23, 1976. p. 8. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
22. ^ Lustig, Dennis (August 9, 1976). "College notes". The Plain Dealer. p. 10. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
23. ^ Wevurski, Pete (February 16, 1976). "Bill McKeown quits as JCSC grid coach". The Jersey Journal. p. 23. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
24. ^ Wevurski, Pete (April 27, 1976). "Massey JCSC football coach". The Jersey Journal. p. 37. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
25. ^ "Lock Haven fires Weller". The Evening News. January 19, 1976. p. 21. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
26. ^ a b "Connor leaves Ripon to coach Lock Haven". The Baltimore Sun. May 25, 1976. p. 33. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
27. ^ "Hudson resigns". St. Cloud Times. February 6, 1976. p. 10. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
28. ^ "Macalester gets new grid coach". The Austin Daily Herald. April 12, 1976. p. 11. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
29. ^ Gross, Jane (July 31, 1976). "Kings Point Picks Coach". Newsday (Nassau Edition). p. 16. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
30. ^ a b Grodt, Rod (April 29, 1976). "Hill To Succeed Clary Anderson". The Montclair Times. p. 34. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
31. ^ "Coach resigning after 2 victories". The Bradenton Herald. November 19, 1975. p. 50. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
32. ^ a b "Tom Bell named coach at N. Haven". The Berkshire Eagle. February 19, 1976. p. 25. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
33. ^ "Hal Lefler Resigns as Oxy Football Coach". The Los Angeles Times. December 26, 1975. p. 12. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
34. ^ "Riverside Assistant New Coach at Oxy". The Los Angeles Times. March 18, 1976. p. 57. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
35. ^ "Doug Kay resigns as Olivet grid coach". Battle Creek Enquirer. June 14, 1976. p. 12. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
36. ^ "Friedlund resigns as Olivet football coach". Battle Creek Enquirer. November 3, 1976. p. 15. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
37. ^ "Currier named coach". The Portsmouth Herald. March 17, 1976. p. 2. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
38. ^ Cotton, Ken (September 2, 1976). "Redmen will be mixture of old and new". The Oshkosh Northwestern. p. 19. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
39. ^ "San Diego U. Coach Dick Logan Resigns". York Daily Record. November 20, 1975. p. 21. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
40. ^ "Gene Epley quits post". The News-Chronicle. February 6, 1976. p. 9. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
41. ^ Hutter, Skip (May 9, 1976). "Shippensburg's Grid Mentor Learned at the Top". The Patriot-News. p. 45. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
42. ^ a b Rea, Larry (April 21, 1976). "Southwestern Hires Thornton As Athletic Director". The Commercial Appeal. p. 25. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
43. ^ a b Kruse, Don (September 10, 1976). "Eischeid back Saturday in opener at West Union". The Courier. p. 16. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
44. ^ "Spectrum". The Reporter. March 13, 1976. p. 8. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
45. ^ "Ursinus picks grid coach". The Mercury. March 15, 1976. p. 31. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
46. ^ "William Penn Coach Picked at Pittsburg". Omaha World-Herald. June 9, 1976. p. 62. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
47. ^ "Penn Grid Job To Aide Boller". Des Moines Tribune. June 9, 1976. p. 34. Retrieved May 11, 2025.

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