Prior to the 1993 NCAA Division III football season, 20 schools were removed from the D-III Independent conference, including Cal Lutheran.
Buffalo Cal Lutheran Canisius Charleston Southern Davidson Dayton Drake Duquesne Evansville FDUFlorham Georgetown Iona Quincy St. Francis (PA) St. John's (NY) St. Peter's San Diego Siena UAB Wagner Following an NCAA rule change passed in January 1991, which required Division I schools to conduct all sports at the Division I level by 1993, multiple Division I universities were forced to move their football programs from the Division III level. The 1993 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 1993, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1993 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. 
