1998 NCAA Division III football season

The 1998 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 1998, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1998 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their fourth, and third consecutive, Division III championship by defeating the Rowan Profs, 44−24.

1998 NCAA Division III football season
Regular seasonAugust – November 1998
PlayoffsNovember – December 1998
Salem Football Stadium
Salem, VA
ChampionMount Union (4)
Gagliardi TrophyScott Hvistendahl (WR, P), Augsburg
NCAA Division III football seasons

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Scott Hvistendahl, wide receiver and punter from Augsburg.[1]

Conference standings
1998 American Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Hardin–Simmons $  7 –0   9 –1  
McMurry  6 –1   8 –2  
Howard Payne  5 –2   8 –2  
Austin  4 –3   4 –6  
Mississippi College  2 –5   4 –6  
Texas Lutheran  2 –5   4 –6  
Mary Hardin–Baylor  2 –5   3 –7  
Sul Ross  0 –7   1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
1998 Atlantic Central Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Wesley $  3 –0   7 –3  
Methodist  3 –1   7 –3  
Frostburg State  2 –2   7 –3  
Chowan  2 –3   5 –5  
Ferrum  2 –3   6 –4  
Salisbury State  1 –4   3 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
1998 Centennial Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Western Maryland $^  7 –0   10 –2  
Dickinson  5 –2   8 –3  
Johns Hopkins  5 –2   7 –3  
Franklin & Marshall  4 –3   4 –6  
Muhlenberg  3 –4   5 –5  
Gettysburg  2 –5   3 –7  
Ursinus  2 –5   3 –7  
Swarthmore  0 –7   0 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1998 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Millikin $^  6 –1   8 –2  
Augustana (IL)  5 –2   7 –2  
Illinois Wesleyan  5 –2   7 –2  
Wheaton (IL)  5 –2   6 –3  
Carthage  4 –3   5 –4  
Elmhurst  1 –6   3 –6  
North Central (IL)  1 –6   3 –6  
North Park  1 –6   2 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1998 Freedom Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Springfield (MA) $^  6 –0   9 –2  
Plymouth State  4 –2   7 –4  
Merchant Marine  4 –2   6 –3  
Western Connecticut  3 –3   5 –5  
WPI  3 –3   4 –5  
Norwich  1 –5   5 –6  
Coast Guard  0 –6   1 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1998 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Wabash $  7 –0   9 –1  
Hanover  6 –1   9 –1  
Franklin (IN)  4 –3   6 –4  
Bluffton  4 –3   5 –5  
Wilmington (OH)  3 –4   4 –6  
Manchester  2 –5   2 –8  
Mount St. Joseph  2 –5   2 –8  
Anderson (IN)  0 –7   0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
1998 Illini–Badger Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Aurora $  7 –0   7 –3  
MacMurray  6 –1   9 –1  
Concordia (WI)  5 –2   7 –3  
Lakeland  4 –3   7 –3  
Benedictine (IL)  3 –4   3 –7  
Eureka  2 –5   4 –6  
Greenville  1 –6   2 –8  
Concordia (IL)  0 –7   1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
1998 Iowa Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Central (IA) $^  10 –0   10 –1  
Wartburg  9 –1   9 –1  
Buena Vista  7 –3   7 –3  
Simpson  7 –3   7 –3  
Coe  5 –5   5 –5  
Upper Iowa  5 –5   5 –5  
Cornell (IA)  4 –6   4 –6  
Loras  4 –6   4 –6  
Luther  3 –7   3 –7  
William Penn  1 –9   1 –9  
Dubuque  0 –10   0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1998 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Albion $^  6 –0   8 –2  
Hope  4 –2   5 –4  
Adrian  3 –3   5 –4  
Alma  3 –3   5 –4  
Olivet  2 –4   5 –4  
Kalamazoo  2 –4   4 –5  
Defiance  1 –5   3 –6  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1998 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Commonwealth
Widener x  4 –1   8 –2  
Susquehanna x  4 –1   6 –3  
Juniata  3 –2   5 –5  
Albright  2 –3   4 –6  
Moravian  2 –3   3 –7  
Lebanon Valley  0 –5   1 –9  
Freedom
Lycoming x^  4 –0   10 –1  
Wilkes  3 –1   5 –4  
King's (PA)  2 –2   3 –7  
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham  1 –3   2 –8  
Delaware Valley  0 –4   3 –7  
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1998 Midwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Grinnell $  9 –0   10 –0  
Beloit  7 –2   7 –3  
Ripon  7 –2   7 –3  
Knox  6 –3   6 –4  
St. Norbert  5 –4   5 –5  
Lake Forest  4 –5   4 –6  
Carroll (WI)  3 –6   4 –6  
Lawrence  2 –7   2 –8  
Monmouth (IL)  2 –7   2 –8  
Illinois College  0 –9   0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
1998 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint John's (MN) $^ 9 –0 –011 –1 –0
Bethel (MN) 7 –2 –08 –2 –0
Gustavus Adolphus 7 –2 –08 –2 –0
St. Thomas (MN) 7 –2 –07 –3 –0
Augsburg 5 –4 –06 –4 –0
Concordia–Moorhead 4 –5 –04 –6 –0
Hamline 2 –7 –02 –8 –0
St. Olaf 2 –7 –02 –8 –0
Carleton 1 –8 –02 –8 –0
Macalester 1 –8 –02 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1998 New England Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Blue Division
Salve Regina x  6 –0   10 –1  
UMass Dartmouth  5 –1   8 –2  
Curry  4 –2   6 –4  
Western New England  3 –3   5 –4  
Nichols  2 –4   5 –5  
MIT  1 –5   1 –8  
UMass–Boston  0 –6   0 –10  
Red Division
Bridgewater State x  5 –1   7 –3  
Maine Maritime x  5 –1   5 –5  
Massachusetts Maritime  4 –2   6 –4  
Worcester State  3 –3   4 –6  
Westfield State  2 –4   5 –5  
Fitchburg State  2 –4   3 –7  
Framingham State  0 –6   2 –8  
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
1998 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Williams  8 –0   8 –0  
Tufts  7 –1   7 –1  
Wesleyan  6 –2   6 –2  
Amherst  5 –3   5 –3  
Bowdoin  5 –3   5 –3  
Middlebury  3 –5   3 –5  
Trinity (CT)  2 –6   2 –6  
Colby  2 –6   2 –6  
Bates  1 –7   1 –7  
Hamilton  1 –7   1 –7  
  • No conference champion recognized
1998 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
TCNJ $^  5 –0   8 –3  
Rowan ^  4 –1   10 –3  
Montclair State  3 –2   8 –3  
New Jersey City  2 –3   6 –4  
Kean  1 –4   1 –9  
William Paterson  0 –5   0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1998 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Wittenberg $^  8 –0   11 –1  
Allegheny  6 –1   8 –2  
Wooster  6 –2   8 –2  
Case Western Reserve  4 –2   5 –5  
Ohio Wesleyan  4 –4   6 –4  
Kenyon  2 –5   4 –6  
Denison  2 –6   3 –7  
Earlham  2 –6   2 –8  
Oberlin  0 –8   0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1998 Northwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Pacific Lutheran $^  5 –0   8 –2  
Linfield  4 –1   7 –2  
Willamette  3 –2   7 –3  
Whitworth  2 –3   5 –5  
Puget Sound  1 –4   2 –8  
Lewis & Clark  0 –5   1 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1998 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Mount Union $^  9 –0   14 –0  
Baldwin–Wallace  8 –1   8 –2  
John Carroll  7 –2   8 –2  
Ohio Northern  6 –3   7 –3  
Marietta  5 –4   6 –4  
Muskingum  4 –5   5 –5  
Otterbein  3 –6   4 –6  
Heidelberg  2 –7   2 –8  
Hiram  1 –8   2 –8  
Capital  0 –9   1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1998 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Emory & Henry $  5 –0   10 –0  
Randolph–Macon  4 –1   7 –3  
Guilford  3 –2   4 –6  
Hampden–Sydney  2 –3   3 –7  
Washington and Lee  1 –4   4 –6  
Bridgewater  0 –5   0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1998 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Washington & Jefferson +  3 –1   5 –4  
Waynesburg +  3 –1   5 –4  
Grove City +  3 –1   5 –5  
Bethany (WV)  1 –3   2 –8  
Thiel  0 –4   1 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
1998 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Whittier $  5 –0   7 –2  
Redlands  4 –1   7 –2  
Cal Lutheran  2 –3   5 –4  
La Verne  2 –3   4 –5  
Claremont-Mudd  1 –4   2 –7  
Occidental  1 –4   1 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
1998 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Trinity (TX) $^  6 –0   12 –1  
DePauw  5 –1   7 –3  
Rhodes  4 –2   5 –5  
Centre  3 –3   3 –7  
Rose–Hulman  2 –4   3 –7  
Sewanee  1 –5   2 –7  
Millsaps  0 –6   3 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1998 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
MacMurray $  4 –0   9 –1  
Westminster (MO)  3 –1   9 –1  
Blackburn  2 –2   4 –5  
Greenville  1 –3   2 –8  
Principia  0 –4   0 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
1998 Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
RPI +  3 –1   7 –2  
Hobart +  3 –1   6 –3  
Union (NY)  2 –2   6 –3  
Rochester (NY)  1 –3   1 –8  
St. Lawrence  1 –3   1 –8  
  • + – Conference co-champions
1998 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Wisconsin–Stevens Point +  5 –2   7 –2  
Wisconsin–Whitewater +  5 –2   7 –2  
Wisconsin–Eau Claire +^  5 –2   10 –3  
Wisconsin–River Falls +  5 –2   7 –3  
Wisconsin–La Crosse  4 –3   4 –5  
Wisconsin–Stout  3 –4   5 –5  
Wisconsin–Oshkosh  2 –6   4 –6  
Wisconsin–Platteville  0 –7   1 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1998 NCAA Division III independents football records
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Catholic University ^   –   10 –1  
Ithaca   –   9 –2  
Hartwick   –   9 –2  
Buffalo State ^   –   9 –3  
Pomona-Pitzer   –   6 –2  
Maranatha Baptist   –   6 –4  
Alfred   –   5 –4  
Maryville (TN)   –   4 –6  
Cortland   –   4 –6  
Brockport   –   3 –6  
Colorado College   –   3 –6  
Thomas More   –   3 –7  
Chapman   –   2 –7  
St. John Fisher   –   2 –7  
Menlo   –   2 –8  
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

Conference champions
Conference champions

Postseason

The 1998 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 26th 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 Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia for the second time. As of 2014, Salem has remained the yearly host of the Stagg Bowl. This was the final bracket to feature sixteen teams before expanding to 28 teams in 1999.[2]

Playoff bracket
Regionals
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
Campus Sites 		Semifinals
Campus Sites 		National Championship Game
Salem Football Stadium
Salem, Virginia
            
Mount Union 21
Albion 19
Mount Union 21
Wittenberg 19
Wittenberg 13
Millikin 10
Mount Union 34
Trinity (TX) 29
Lycoming 49
Catholic University 14
Lycoming 21
Trinity (TX) 37
Trinity (TX) 30
Western Maryland 20
Mount Union 44
Rowan 24
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 28
Central (IA) 21
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 10
Saint John's (MN) 3
Saint John's (MN) 33
Pacific Lutheran 20
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 19
Rowan 22
Buffalo State 38
Springfield 35
Buffalo State 17
Rowan 19
Rowan 26
TCNJ 2

Final NCAA Regional Poll

East Region
TeamRecord
1. Springfield(Mass.)9–0
2. Ithaca8–1
3. New Jersey7–2
4. Rowan6–2
5. Buffalo State7–2
6. Montclair State7–2

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Hartwick, Hobart, Rensselaer Polytechnic, and Salve Regina.

South Region
TeamRecord
1. Lycoming9–0
2. Trinity(TX)9–0
3. Western Maryland9–0
4. Catholic 9–0
5. Emory and Henry 9–0
6. Hardin-Simmons 8–1

Others receiving votes: McMurry, Pomona-Pitzer, Westminster, and Widener.

North Region
TeamRecord
1. Mt. Union 9–0
2. Wittenberg 9–0
3. Wabash9–0
4. Baldwin-Wallace8–1
5. Albion8–1
6. Millikin7–1

Others receiving votes: Allegheny, Hanover, John Carroll, and MacMurray.

West Region
TeamRecord
1. Central(IA)9–0
2. St. John's9–0
3. Pacific Lutheran7–1
4. Wisconsin-Eau Claire7–2
5. Gustavus Adolphus8–1
6. Wisconsin-Stevens Point6–2

Others receiving votes: Grinnell, Linfield, Wartburg, and Wisconsin-Whitewater.[3]

*This was the final time the NCAA conducted a regional poll for Division III, starting with the 1999 season, American Football Coaches Association conducted a top 25 coaches poll.[4]

Awards

Gagliardi Trophy: Scott Hvistendahl, Augsburg

AFCA Coach of the Year: Larry Kehres, Mount Union

AFCA Regional Coach of the Year: Region 1: Mike DeLong, Springfield Region 2: Frank Girardi, Lycoming Region 3: Steve Mohr, Trinity(TX) Region 4: Joe Fincham, Wittenberg Region 5: Rich Kacmarynski, Central(IA)[5]

See also

References
  1. "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  2. "1998 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  3. "Football Polls". February 20, 1999. Archived from the original on February 20, 1999. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  4. "- AFCA to Publish Division III Coaches' Poll in 1999". January 20, 2000. Archived from the original on January 20, 2000. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  5. "Past AFCA Regional Coaches of the Year". December 2, 2016. Archived from the original on December 2, 2016. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
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