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TexasTowelie

(112,210 posts)
Fri Dec 15, 2017, 11:45 PM Dec 2017

Stagg Bowl (Div. III Championship): Mount Union defeats Mary Hardin-Baylor for 13th championship

The 45th Stagg Bowl is history. Mount Union is DIII football's 2017 national champion after defeating Mary Hardin-Baylor 12-0 Friday night in Salem, Va.

There was plenty to watch for in the 2017 Division III Football Championship. It was the final Stagg Bowl played at Salem Stadium, its home for the past 25 years. It pitted Mount Union, who has more Stagg Bowl championships than any other program, against Mary Hardin-Baylor, the reigning DIII champions. It was the No. 1 offense (Mount Union) against the No. 1 defense (UMHB).

It was everything a championship football game should be, and ended as the lowest scoring Stagg Bowl in history.

It was a defensive battle from start to finish, with both teams totaling a mere 200 yards of net offense in the first half. Yards and points came at a premium, as a 31-yard Alex Louthan gave Mount Union entered the 3-0 halftime lead.

Read more: http://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2017-12-14/diii-football-championship-mount-union-defeats-mary-hardin-baylor

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Stagg Bowl (Div. III Championship): Mount Union defeats Mary Hardin-Baylor for 13th championship (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2017 OP
7 of those 12 points was a fluke TD Auggie Dec 2017 #1
I had my doubts about Mary Hardin Baylor when they played Southwestern (SU). TexasTowelie Dec 2017 #3
Mary Hardin-Baylor??? I thought it was a Stagg bowl?? Yavin4 Dec 2017 #2

Auggie

(31,172 posts)
1. 7 of those 12 points was a fluke TD
Sun Dec 17, 2017, 07:59 PM
Dec 2017

Score easily could have been 5-0 (Mount scored on a safety). That’s one awesome football program in Alliance.

TexasTowelie

(112,210 posts)
3. I had my doubts about Mary Hardin Baylor when they played Southwestern (SU).
Tue Dec 19, 2017, 12:20 AM
Dec 2017

This was SU's first year as an associate member of the American Southwest Conference and we held MHB to only 10 points (only one dominating drive) in the first half of our game. The defense at MHB is impressive though and it looked like several of the players could play on a Division I team.

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