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1999 Division III playoff pairings
All games noon local time.
Stagg Bowl XXVII
at Salem, Va.
Pacific Lutheran 42, Rowan 13
Semifinals
Rowan 24, Mount Union 17 (OT)
Pacific Lutheran 49, Trinity (Texas) 28
| North Bracket | 1.
Mount Union 42 5. Augustana 33 |
1.
Mount Union 56 4. Ohio Northern 31 |
| 5.
Augustana 39 7. St. Norbert 32 |
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| 3.
Hanover 14 4. Ohio Northern 56 |
4.
Ohio Northern 58 2. Wittenberg 24 |
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| 2.
Wittenberg 42 6. Alma 19 |
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| East Bracket | 1.
Western Connecticut 24 4. Montclair State 32 |
4.
Montclair State 13 5. Rowan 42 |
| 4.
Montclair State 37 6. Buffalo State 34 |
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| 3.
RPI 10 5. Rowan 29 |
5.
Rowan 55 7. Ursinus 0 |
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| 2.
Bridgewater State 38 7. Ursinus 43 |
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| West Bracket | 1.
Wartburg 14 7. Pacific Lutheran 49 |
7.
Pacific Lutheran 19 2. St. John's 9 |
| 6.
Willamette 24 7. Pacific Lutheran 28 |
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| 3.
UW-La Crosse 17 4. Central 38 |
4.
Central 9 2. St. John's 10 |
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| 2.
St. John's 23 6. UW-Stevens Point 10 |
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| South Bracket | 1.
Trinity 20 4. Western Maryland 16 |
1.
Trinity 40 3. Hardin-Simmons 33 |
| 4.
Western Maryland 20 5. Catholic 16 |
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| 3.
Hardin-Simmons 28 7. Washington U. 21 |
3.
Hardin-Simmons 51 6. Washington & Jefferson 3 |
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| 2.
Lycoming 7 6. Washington & Jefferson 14 |
Surprises? Sure, there are some surprises. We were quite surprised to see Western Connecticut gain the top seed in the East, as we had been projecting Lycoming to slide into that region. It appears that Lycoming's nine-game schedule might have hurt them, as Trinity is seeded ahead of them. In fact, it appears that the seeding is almost all by winning percentage. How else can we explain Bridgewater State, the champion of the weakest automatic qualifying conference, getting a No. 2 seed?
Other items of note: Western Maryland and Catholic finally play each other, in their third consecutive season reaching the South Bracket together. The last two years, they've each gone 10-0 through the regular season and lost to Lycoming and Trinity in the first round of the playoffs.
Of the four Pool C teams selected, not one got a home game. One did get a No. 4 seed (Central) but will be playing on the road thanks to the West bracket geography. And that's primarily caused by the selection of two Northwest Conference teams.
NCAA national football committee chair Mike Clary summed that up this way: "We felt all along that Pacific Lutheran was a strong team and Willamette by virtue of a great win against Linfield yesterday worked into the tournament. It was just a good pairing for us there."
Also, Pacific Lutheran's only loss on the season is to Willamette. Willamette is one of two three-loss teams in the field (the other is AQ UW-La Crosse), but two of those losses were to an NAIA and a Division II team.