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1981 NCAA Division III football season

The 1981 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 1981, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1981 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Widener Pioneers won their second Division III championship, defeating the defending national champion by a final score of 17−10.

Conference changes and new programs

  • Western New England College joined Division III this year after competing for 11 years as a club team. Buffalo State also abandoned club status to join Division III this year.
  • West Georgia revived their football program after last fielding a team in 1958.
  • This was the first year that Mercyhurst fielded a football team, just 12 years after the school started admitting male students. They joined Division III as an independent.

Conference standings

Conference champions

Postseason

The 1981 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the ninth 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 ninth consecutive year. Like the previous six championships, eight teams competed in this edition.

Playoff bracket

See also

References