2007 NCAA Division III football season

2007 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 2007
Playoffs	November – December 2007
National championship	Salem Football Stadium Salem, VA
Champions	Wisconsin–Whitewater (1)
Gagliardi Trophy	Justin Beaver (RB), Wisconsin–Whitewater
Division III football seasons « 2006 2008 »

The 2007 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 2007, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2007 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks won their first Division III championship by defeating the Mount Union Purple Raiders, 31−21. This was the third of seven straight championship games between Mount Union (3 wins) and Wisconsin–Whitewater (4 wins).

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Justin Beaver, running back from Wisconsin–Whitewater.

Conference champions

See also: List of NCAA Division III football seasons

Conference champions

American Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin–Baylor Atlantic Central Football Conference – Wesley Centennial Conference – Muhlenberg College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Illinois Wesleyan and North Central (IL) Empire 8 Conference – Hartwick and St. John Fisher Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Franklin Illini-Badger Football Conference‡ – Concordia (WI) and Lakeland Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) Liberty League – Hobart and RPI Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope and Olivet Middle Atlantic Conference – Widener Midwest Conference – St. Norbert Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Bethel (MN) New England Football Conference – Coast Guard (Bogan Division), Curry (Boyd Division) Championship Game: Curry 10, Coast Guard 7 New England Small College Athletic Conference – Middlebury New Jersey Athletic Conference – SUNY Cortland and TCNJ North Coast Athletic Conference – Wabash Northwest Conference – Whitworth Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Hampden–Sydney Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – California Lutheran and Redlands Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Millsaps and Trinity (TX) University Athletic Association – Case Western Reserve Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Northwestern–St. Paul USA South Athletic Conference – North Carolina Wesleyan Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Whitewater

Postseason

The 2007 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 35th 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 15th time.

Playoff bracket

	First Round Campus Sites				Second Round Campus Sites				Quarterfinals Campus Sites				Semifinals Campus Sites				National Championship Game Salem Football Stadium Salem, Virginia
	Mount Union	42
	Ithaca	18			Mount Union	59
	TCNJ	17			TCNJ	7
	RPI	14							Mount Union	52
	Curry	42							St. John Fisher	10
	Hartwick	21			Curry	7
	St. John Fisher	24			St. John Fisher	38
	Hobart	7											Mount Union	62
	Central (IA)	38											Bethel (MN)	14
	Olivet	17			Central (IA)	37
	Saint John's (MN)	41			Saint John's (MN)	7
	Redlands	13							Central (IA)	13
	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	24							Bethel (MN)	27
	St. Norbert	20			Wisconsin–Eau Claire	12
	Bethel (MN)	28			Bethel (MN)	21
	Concordia Wisconsin	0															Mount Union	21
	North Carolina Wesleyan	35*															Wisconsin–Whitewater	31
	Washington & Jefferson	34			North Carolina Wesleyan	0
	Mary Hardin–Baylor	52			Mary Hardin–Baylor	64
	Trinity (TX)	23							Mary Hardin–Baylor	27
	Muhlenberg	31							Wesley	10
	Salisbury	21			Muhlenberg	21
	Wesley	45			Wesley	38
	Hampden–Sydney	17											Mary Hardin–Baylor	7
	Wisconsin–Whitewater	34											Wisconsin–Whitewater	16
	Capital	14			Wisconsin–Whitewater	59
	North Central (IL)	44			North Central (IL)	28
	Franklin	42							Wisconsin–Whitewater	47
	Wabash	31							Wabash	7
	Mount St. Joseph	21			Wabash	38
	Case	21			Case	23
	Widener	20

* Overtime

See also

• 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season
• 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season
• 2007 NCAA Division II football season