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The 2001 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 2001, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship , also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2001 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia . The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their sixth, and second consecutive, Division III championship by defeating the Bridgewater (VA) Eagles , 30−27.
The Gagliardi Trophy , given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Chuck Moore , running back from Mount Union .[1]
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The 2001 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 29th 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 ninth time. This was the third bracket to feature 28 teams since last expanding in 1999.[2]
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First Round Campus Sites
Second Round Campus Sites
Quarterfinals Campus Sites
Semifinals Campus Sites
National Championship Game Salem Football Stadium Salem, Virginia
Mount Union
32
Augustana (IL)
54
Augustana (IL)
7
Defiance
14
Mount Union
49
Wittenberg
38*
Wittenberg
21
Hardin–Simmons
35
Wittenberg
41
Thomas More
34
Thomas More
0
MacMurray
30
Mount Union
35
Saint John's (MN)
14
Central (IA)
21
Pacific Lutheran
27*
Pacific Lutheran
27*
Whitworth
26
Pacific Lutheran
6
Saint John's (MN)
27
Saint John's (MN)
31
St. Norbert
20
Saint John's (MN)
9
UW–Stevens Point
37
UW–Stevens Point
7
Bethel (MN)
27
Mount Union
30
Bridgewater (VA)
27
RPI
10
Ithaca
35
Ithaca
27
Montclair State
23
Ithaca
0
Rowan
40
Rowan
48
Brockport
17
Rowan
43
West. Conn. State
8
West. Conn. State
14
Westfield State
7
Rowan
24
Bridgewater (VA)
29
Bridgewater (VA)
41
Trinity (TX)
30
Trinity (TX)
37
Mary Hardin–Baylor
6
Bridgewater (VA)
57
Widener
56
Widener
32
Christopher Newport
7
Widener
46
Wash. & Jefferson
24
Wash. & Jefferson
30
Western Maryland
21
* Overtime
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