1982 NCAA Division III football season

1982 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 1982
Playoffs	November – December 1982
National championship	Garrett-Harrison Stadium Phenix City, AL
Champions	West Georgia Wolves
Division III football seasons « 1981 1983 »

The 1982 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 1982, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1982 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The West Georgia Wolves won their first Division III championship, defeating the Augustana (IL) Vikings by a final score of 14−0.

Conference champions

See also: List of NCAA Division III football seasons

Conference champions

College Athletic Conference – Sewanee College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL) Independent College Athletic Conference – St. Lawrence Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wartburg Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope Middle Atlantic Conference – Delaware Valley and Lycoming (North), Widener (South) Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Ripon Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Plymouth State New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Montclair State Northwest Conference – Linfield Ohio Athletic Conference – Baldwin Wallace (Red Division), Ohio Northern (Blue Division) Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Hampden–Sydney Presidents' Athletic Conference – Hiram Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – La Verne Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Sul Ross State Twin Rivers Conference – Concordia–St. Paul, Mount Senario, and Northwestern–St. Paul Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse

Postseason

The 1982 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the tenth 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 Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama for the tenth consecutive year. Like the previous seven championships, eight teams competed in this edition.

NCAA Division III Playoff bracket

	Quarterfinals Campus Sites					Semifinals Campus Sites					National Championship Game Garrett-Harrison Stadium Phenix City, AL
	Augustana (IL)		28
	Baldwin Wallace		22
						Augustana (IL)		14
						St. Lawrence		0
	St. Lawrence		43
	Wagner		34
											Augustana (IL)		0
											West Georgia		14
	Bishop		32
	Wartburg		7
						Bishop		6
						West Georgia		27
	West Georgia (3OT)		31
	Widener		24

See also

• 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season
• 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season
• 1982 NCAA Division II football season