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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 2862331, member: 289"]
I've used that site for years and watched most of these games live: 
[URL="https://www.d3football.com/playoffs/index"]Division III football playoff history[/URL]

Ithaca was in the title game in 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1988 and 1991, winning in 1979, 1988 and 1991, (all over teams that had previously beaten them in the final). Union made the finals in `1983 and 1989. Wagner won it in 1987. That's 10 appearances in 18 years. No NYS team has made the final since 1991.  That's 27 years with no appearances.

It used to be you'd see different schools in the final almost every year. Augustana in the mid 1980's was the only real dynasty. Now the rest of the country seems to have trouble competing with Mount Union, Whitewater, Mary Hardin-Baylor and a few other schools like St. John's and St. Thomas.

My impression i that those schools have, despite not being able to give out scholarships, have built their programs up in to something beyond what was intended for DIII and the rest of the division, including the NYS teams have stayed at the same level they were in the 70's and 80's. I'm not sure it's an area the NCAA bothers to look at but when I look at some of these scores, (playoff games of 84-6 and 75-9), I wonder if maybe they should.
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