The Augustana Vikings football team represents Augustana College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Vikings are members of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW), fielding its team in the CCIW since 1946 when it was known as the College Conference of Illinois. The Vikings play their home games at Charles D. Lindberg Stadium in Rock Island, Illinois.[2]
| Augustana (Illinois) Vikings football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1893 |
| Athletic director | Mike Zapolski |
| Head coach | Steve Bell 10th season, 41–50 (.451) |
| Stadium | Charles D. Lindberg Stadium (capacity: 1,800) |
| Year built | 2013 |
| Field surface | FieldTurf |
| Location | Rock Island, Illinois |
| NCAA division | Division III |
| Conference | CCIW |
| Past conferences | Independent (1893–1894, 1901–1904) IIAC (1917–1937) ICC (1938–1945) |
| All-time record | 575–348–25 (.620) |
| Playoff appearances | NCAA D-III: 15 |
| Playoff record | NCAA D-III: 22–11 |
| Claimed national titles | NCAA D-III: 4 (1983–1986) |
| Conference titles | 1 IIAC (1934) 1 ICC (1949) 20 CCIW (1966, 1968, 1975, 1981–1988, 1990–1991, 1993–1994, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005–2006) |
| Colors | Blue and gold[1] |
| Mascot | Vikings |
| Website | athletics.augustana.edu |
The team's head coach is Steve Bell, who took over the position for the 2015 season.[3]
Conference affiliation
edit- Independent (1893–1894, 1901–1904)
- Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1917–1937)
- Illinois College Conference (1938–1945)
- College Conference of Illinois / College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (1946–present)
List of head coaches
editKey
edit| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
Coaches
edit| No. | Coach | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J. W. Cook | 1893 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.667 | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | No coach | 1894, 1901 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Paul Coldren | 1902–1904 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0.563 | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Ted Davenport | 1917 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Leo Liitt | 1918 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.750 | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Art Swedberg | 1919–1922 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0.518 | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Wally Swanson | 1923–1924 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0.313 | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Carl Peterson | 1925–1927 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0.522 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0.476 |
| 9 | Harold V. Almquist | 1928–1940 | 106 | 65 | 31 | 10 | 0.660 | 47 | 20 | 7 | 0.682 |
| 10 | John Briley | 1941–1942, 1946 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0.500 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0.500 |
| 11 | Lee. C Brissman | 1945 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Butch Stolfa | 1947–1949 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0.646 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0.700 |
| 13 | Ollie Olson | 1950 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.200 |
| 14 | Vincent Lundeen | 1951–1958 | 65 | 23 | 41 | 1 | 0.362 | 17 | 31 | 0 | 0.354 |
| 15 | Ray B. Leoschner | 1959–1963 | 44 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 0.591 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0.500 |
| 16 | Ralph Starenko | 1964–1968 | 43 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 0.663 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0.710 |
| 17 | Ben Newcomb | 1969–1978 | 90 | 55 | 34 | 1 | 0.617 | 48 | 30 | 1 | 0.614 |
| 18 | Bob Reade | 1979–1994 | 169 | 146 | 23 | 1 | 0.862 | 112 | 12 | 0 | 0.903 |
| 19 | Tom Schmulbach | 1995–1999 | 47 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 0.723 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0.743 |
| 20 | Jim Barnes[7] | 2000–2010 | 113 | 79 | 34 | 0 | 0.699 | 56 | 21 | 0 | 0.727 |
| 21 | Rob Cushman[8] | 2011–2014 | 40 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 0.425 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0.464 |
| 22 | Steve Bell[9] | 2015–present | 73 | 37 | 47 | 0 | 0.440 | 30 | 41 | 0 | 0.423 |
Year-by-year results
edit| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
| 1893 | 1893 | J. W. Cook | — | — | Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1894 | 1894 | No coach | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| No team from 1895 to 1900 | ||||||||||||||
| 1901 | 1901 | No coach | — | — | Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1902 | 1902 | Paul Coldren | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1903 | 1903 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1904 | 1904 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| No team from 1905 to 1916 | ||||||||||||||
| 1917 | 1917 | Ted Davenport | NCAA | — | IIAC | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1918 | 1918 | Leo Liitt | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1919 | 1919 | Art Swedberg | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1920 | 1920 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1921 | 1921 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1922 | 1922 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1923 | 1923 | Wally Swanson | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1924 | 1924 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1925 | 1925 | Carl Peterson | 4 | 3 | 1 | T–9th | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1926 | 1926 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7th | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1927 | 1927 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 19th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1928 | 1928 | Harold V. Almquist | 7 | 1 | 0 | T–3rd | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1929 | 1929 | 3 | 4 | 1 | T–13th | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1930 | 1930 | 4 | 3 | 0 | T–10th | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1931 | 1931 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||||
| 1932 | 1932 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3rd | 5 | 0 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1933 | 1933 | 7 | 1 | 1 | T–5th | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1934 | 1934 | 9 | 0 | 0 | T–1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | Conference Champions | — | ||||
| 1935 | 1935 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10th | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1936 | 1936 | 3 | 5 | 0 | T–10th | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1937 | 1937 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6th | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1938 | 1938 | ICC | 3 | 4 | 1 | T–8th | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1939 | 1939 | 4 | 4 | 0 | T–7th | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 4 | 2 | 2 | T–2nd | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1941 | 1941 | John Briley | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1942 | 1942 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| No team from 1943 to 1944 | ||||||||||||||
| 1945 | 1945 | Lee. C Brissman | NCAA | — | ICC | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1946 | 1946 | John Briley | CCI | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | 1947 | Butch Stolfa | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1948 | 1948 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1949 | 1949 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference Champions | — | ||||
| 1950 | 1950 | Ollie Olson | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1951 | 1951 | Vincent Lundeen | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1952 | 1952 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1953 | 1953 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1954 | 1954 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1956 | 1956 | College Division | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1957 | 1957 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1958 | 1958 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1959 | 1959 | Ray B. Leoschner | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4th | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1960 | 1960 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5th | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1961 | 1961 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1962 | 1962 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1963 | 1963 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1964 | 1964 | Ralph Starenko | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1965 | 1965 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | ||||
| 1966 | 1966 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | Conference Champions | — | ||||
| 1967 | 1967 | CCIW | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1968 | 1968 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 1 | 0 | Conference Champions | — | ||||
| 1969 | 1969 | Ben Newcomb | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1970 | 1970 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 6 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1973 | 1973 | Division III | 7 | 2 | 0 | T–2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1974 | 1974 | 5 | 3 | 1 | T–4th | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 2 | 0 | Conference Champions | — | ||||
| 1976 | 1976 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | — | ||||
| 1977 | 1977 | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1978 | 1978 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1979 | 1979 | Bob Reade | 6 | 3 | 0 | T–4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1980 | 1980 | 6 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1981 | 1981 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | L NCAA Division III First Round | — | ||||
| 1982 | 1982 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | L NCAA Division III Championship | — | ||||
| 1983 | 1983 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | W NCAA Division III Championship | — | ||||
| 1984 | 1984 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | W NCAA Division III Championship | — | ||||
| 1985 | 1985 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | W NCAA Division III Championship | — | ||||
| 1986 | 1986 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 1 | W NCAA Division III Championship | — | ||||
| 1987 | 1987 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | — | ||||
| 1988 | 1988 | 10 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | L NCAA Division III Semifinal | — | ||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 7 | 1 | 0 | L NCAA Division III First Round | — | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 8 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | L NCAA Division III First Round | — | ||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | Conference Champions | — | ||||
| 1992 | 1992 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1993 | 1993 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | Conference Champions | — | ||||
| 1994 | 1994 | 8 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 6 | 1 | 0 | L NCAA Division III First Round | — | ||||
| 1995 | 1995 | Tom Schmulbach | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1996 | 1996 | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1997 | 1997 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 1 | 0 | Conference Champions | — | ||||
| 1998 | 1998 | 7 | 2 | 0 | T–2nd | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 1 | 0 | L NCAA Division III Second Round | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | Jim Barnes | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4th | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2001 | 2001 | 10 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 6 | 1 | 0 | L NCAA Division III Second Round | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | 2005 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | L NCAA Division III Second Round | — | ||||
| 2006 | 2006 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 6 | 1 | 0 | Conference Champions | — | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2009 | 2009 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | Rob Cushman | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2012 | 2012 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | Steve Bell | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2016 | 2016 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2020–21 | 2020 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4th | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2021 | 2021 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2022 | 2022 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 7 | 2 | 0 | L Culver's Isthmus Bowl[11] | — | ||||
| 2024 | 2024 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
Notes
edit- ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[4]
- ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[5]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[6]
References
edit- ^ "AUGUSTANA COLLEGE". Retrieved October 20, 2021.
- ^ "Austin E. Knowlton Outdoor Athletic Complex". Augustana College Athletics. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ "Augustana hires Steve Bell as new head football coach". cciw.org. August 14, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ Staff Writer. "Jim Barnes resigns position as head football coach at Augustan". Aledo Times Record. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ "Cushman resigns as head football coach". Augustana College Athletics. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ "Steve Bell leaves Monmouth to become Augustana football coach". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ "UPDATED2022FBRecordBook (PDF)" (PDF). Augustana College Athletics. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ "Augustana to Play Wisconsin-Platteville in Culver's Isthmus Bowl". cciw.org. January 5, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
