
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, August 29, 1993                   TAG: 9308310091
SECTION: COLLEGE FOOTBALL                    PAGE: FB2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Jack Bogaczyk
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

OLD NAMES, NEW TERRITORY

NCAA Division III football has lost some prominent schools this season. That doesn't mean, however, that those schools were notable because of their performance on the field.

Most of the schools exiting Division III football are known for their Division I basketball programs.

Legislation passed at the 1991 NCAA convention, effective with the 1993-94 school year, changed the membership classification for 31 schools that played Division III football last season. Those schools were Division I or II members in other sports. That leaves 198 schools in Division III football for 1993.

Many of the schools that were reclassified still will not give athletic grants-in-aid for football, but they are not eligible for the Division III playoffs and the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, the national championship game that will be played at Salem Stadium.

The most prominent Division III football program changing classification is Dayton, which will be a I-AA member. The Flyers have won two of their five Stagg Bowl appearances and have appeared in the 16-team playoffs the past seven years.

\ Others moving from Division III to I-A football: Alabama-Birmingham, Buffalo State, Canisius, Charleston Southern, Davidson, Drake, Duquesne, Evansville, Georgetown, Hofstra, Iona, Marist, San Diego, Siena, St. Francis (Pa.), St. John's (N.Y.), St. Peter's and Wagner.

\ Schools moving up to Division II in football: Assumption, Bentley, Gannon, Hardin-Simmons, Kentucky Wesleyan, C.W. Post, Massachusetts-Lowell, Mercyhurst, Pace, Quincy, Sacred Heart and Stonehill.

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