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1996 NCAA Division III football season

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Regular season
  
August – November 1996

Champions
  
Mount Union (2)

Playoffs
  
November – December 1996

National championship
  
Salem Football Stadium Salem, VA

Gagliardi Trophy
  
Lon Erickson (QB), Illinois Wesleyan

The 1996 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 1996, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1996 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their second Division III championship by defeating the Rowan Profs, 56−24. The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Lon Erickson, quarterback from Illinois Wesleyan.

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Conference changes

  • The American Southwest Conference began its first season of play in 1996.
  • The Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association dissolved after the 1996 season when most of members joined the American Southwest.

    • Program changes

  • After Trenton State College changed its name to The College of New Jersey in 1996, the Trenton State Lions became the The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) Lions at the start of the 1996 season.

    • Postseason

    The 1996 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 24th 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. Like the previous eleven tournaments, this year's bracket featured sixteen teams.

    References

    1996 NCAA Division III football season Wikipedia
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