2006 NCAA Division III football season

2006 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 2006
Playoffs	November – December 2006
National championship	Salem Football Stadium Salem, VA
Champions	Mount Union (9)
Gagliardi Trophy	Josh Brehm (QB), Alma
Division III football seasons « 2005 2007 »

The 2006 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 2006, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2006 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their ninth Division III championship by defeating the Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks, 35−16. This was the second of seven straight championship games between Mount Union (3 wins) and Wisconsin–Whitewater (4 wins) and the second straight win for Mount Union.

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Josh Brehm, quarterback from Alma.

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 – Dickinson College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL), North Central (IL), and Wheaton (IL) Empire 8 Conference – St. John Fisher and Springfield Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Mount St. Joseph Illini-Badger Football Conference – Concordia (WI) Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) Liberty League – Hobart and Union (NY) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope Middle Atlantic Conference – Wilkes Midwest Conference – St. Norbert Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Bethel (MN) and Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Coast Guard (Bogan Division), Curry (Boyd Division) Championship Game: Curry 34, Coast Guard 28 New England Small College Athletic Conference – Williams New Jersey Athletic Conference – Rowan and SUNY Cortland North Coast Athletic Conference – Wabash and Wittenberg Northwest Conference – Whitworth Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Washington & Lee Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Occidental Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Millsaps University Athletic Association – Carnegie Mellon Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Minnesota–Morris USA South Athletic Conference – Averett and Christopher Newport Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Whitewater

Postseason

The 2006 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 34th 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 14th 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	49
	Hope	0			Mount Union	35
	Wheaton (IL)	42			Wheaton (IL)	3
	Mount St. Joseph	28							Mount Union	17
	North Central (IL)	35							Capital	14
	Concordia Wisconsin	6			North Central (IL)	13
	Capital	32			Capital	41
	Wittenberg	14											Mount Union	26
	Wilkes	42											St. John Fisher	14
	Washington & Lee	0			Wilkes	14
	Rowan	20			Rowan	21
	Hobart	18							Rowan	0
	St. John Fisher	49							St. John Fisher	31
	Union (NY)	21			St. John Fisher	27
	Springfield	42			Springfield	21
	Curry	14															Mount Union	35
	Wesley	49															Wisconsin–Whitewater	16
	Dickinson	21			Wesley	37
	Carnegie Mellon	21			Carnegie Mellon	0
	Millsaps	0							Wesley	34
	Washington & Jefferson	27							Mary Hardin–Baylor	28
	Christopher Newport	23			Washington & Jefferson	27
	Mary Hardin–Baylor	33			Mary Hardin–Baylor	30
	Hardin–Simmons	21											Wesley	7
	Wisconsin–Whitewater	59											Wisconsin–Whitewater	44
	St. Norbert	17			Wisconsin–Whitewater	24
	Wisconsin–La Crosse	28			Wisconsin–La Crosse	21
	Bethel (MN)	21							Wisconsin–Whitewater	17
	Whitworth	27							Saint John's (MN)	14
	Occidental	23			Whitworth	3
	Saint John's (MN)	21			Saint John's (MN)	21
	Central (IA)	13

* Overtime

See also

• 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season
• 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season
• 2006 NCAA Division II football season