The 1975 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 1975, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1975 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Wittenberg Tigers won their second Division III championship, defeating the Ithaca Bombers by a final score of 28−0.
Conference standings
Conference champions Conference champions College Athletic Conference – Rose–Hulman and Sewanee College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL) Independent College Athletic Conference – Ithaca Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wiliam Penn Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope Middle Atlantic Conference – Albright (North), Widener (South) Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Lawrence Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – and New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Glassboro State Northwest Conference – Linfield, Pacific Lutheran, and Whitworth Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Division III) – Fisk Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – La Verne and Redlands Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse, Wisconsin–River Falls, and Wisconsin–Whitewater
Postseason The 1975 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the third annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship game was held at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama for the third consecutive year. The bracket expanded from four to eight teams.
Playoff bracket
Coaching changes This list includes all head coaching changes announced during or after the season. School Outgoing coach Reason Replacement Previous positionAugsburgBill CarisResignedAl KloppenAugustana (IL) defensive coordinator (1975)BeloitCharles RossResignedBob NichollsBeloit athletic director (1965–1976)BloomsburgBill SprouleResignedRon PuhlBloomsburg track and field coach (1967–1975)Bowie StateClarence ThomasResignedJohn OrganHoward assistant coach (1968–1975)BrockportDave HutterResignedBud SimsBrockport defensive coordinator (1975)Carnegie MellonJoe GasparellaFiredChuck KlausingWest Virginia assistant head coach and defensive coordinator (1973–1975)Case Western ReserveFlory MauriocourtFiredBob Del RosaCase Western Reserve defensive line coach (1970–1975)ChicagoWalter HassRetiredBob LombardiHomewood-Flossmoor HS (IL) head coach (1967–1975)Coast GuardOtto GrahamResignedBill HickeyArmy defensive line coach (1975)Delaware ValleyTom ShreinerResignedAl WilsonPrinceton defensive ends coach and linebackers coach (1973–1975)ElmhurstAl Hanke (interim)Permanent replacement hiredTom BeckNorthern Illinois offensive coordinator (1975)HeidelbergArmin RiesenHired as backfield coach for Bowling GreenBob RankinMichigan State offensive line coach (1974–1975)Jersey City StateBill McKeownResignedHarry MasseyLincoln HS (NJ) head coach (1968–1975)Lock HavenBob WellerFiredBill ConnorRipon head coach (1973–1975)MacalesterDon HudsonHired as head coach for Lincoln (MO)Clint EwaldBlaine HS (MN) head coachMerchant MarineGeorge PaternoFiredClive RushBoston Patriots head coach (1969–1970)Montclair StateClary AndersonRetiredFred HillPequannock Township HS (NJ) head coach (1970–1975)New HavenJoe McHughResignedThomas H. BellPlymouth State head coach (1972–1975)New York TechJack BoyleFiredPete PizzarelliStony Brook offensive coordinator (1975)OccidentalHal LeflerResignedBill McQuearyUC Riverside offensive coordinator and offensive line coach (1974–1975)OlivetDoug KayHired as offensive coordinator for San Jose StateBob FriedlundSarnia Imperials head coach (1955)Plymouth StateThomas H. BellHired as head coach for New HavenCharlie CurrierPlymouth State offensive coordinator (1972–1975)RiponBill ConnorHired as head coach for Lock HavenBob GieseyRipon defensive coordinator (1975)San DiegoDick LoganResignedBill WilliamsSan Diego defensive coordinator (1974–1975)ShippensburgGene EpleyHired as offensive line coach for VirginiaJoe MarkDuke defensive ends coach (spring 1976)Southwestern (TN)Don LearFiredDick ThorntonThe Hawaiians front office (1975)Upper IowaGeorge RichardsResignedEverett Eischeid (interim)Upper Iowa head coach (1960–1968)UrsinusRichard J. WhatleyResignedLarry KarasUrsinus linebackers coach (1975)William PennRon RandlemanHired as head coach for Pittsburg StateCraig BollerWilliam Penn defensive coordinator (1974–1975)
See also 1975 NCAA Division I football season 1975 NCAA Division II football season 1975 NAIA Division I football season 1975 NAIA Division II football season
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