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Football Year-By-Year Results & Coaching Records

YEAR OVERALL RECORD CCIW RECORD FINISH HEAD COACH CAPTAINS

1893

2-1

--

--

J.W. Cook

1894

1-1

--

--

 

1901

0-2

--

--

1902

2-2

--

--

Paul Coldren

1903

2-2-1

--

--

Paul Coldren

Eric Johnson

1904

4-2-1

--

--

Paul Coldren

Emil Bergren

1917

2-2

--

--

Ted Davenport

Laurence Eckstrom, Paul Randolph

1918

3-1

--

--

Leo Liitt

Ralph Bengston

1919

3-1

--

--

Art Swedberg

W.A. Anderson

1920

6-1-1

--

--

Art Swedberg

Wallie Swanson

1921

4-3

--

--

Art Swedberg

Charles Larson

1922

1-8

--

--

Art Swedberg

Carl Wilson

1923

3-4

--

--

Wally Swanson

Willard Larson

1924

2-7

--

--

Wally Swanson

Milt Scheurman

1925

3-4-1

--

--

Carl Peterson

Ephraim Erickson

1926

5-2-1

--

--

Carl Peterson

Melford Anderson

1927

2-5

--

--

Carl Peterson

Ed ”Hooty” Thorson

1928

7-1

--

--

H.V. Almquist

Hugo “Ox” Alvine

1929

3-4-1

--

--

H.V. Almquist

Maurice Martin

1930

4-3

--

--

H.V. Almquist

William Mason

1931

5-2-2

--

--

H.V. Almquist

LeRoy Brissman

1932

6-0-2

--

--

H.V. Almquist

Lester McWhinney

1933

7-1-1

--

--

H.V. Almquist

John Schroeder

1934

9-0

--

--

H.V. Almquist

Bob Marak, Herb McCall

1935

5-3

--

 --

H.V. Almquist

Gus Larson, Felix Rogenski

1936

3-5

--

--

H.V. Almquist

Sam Oakleaf

1937

5-2-1

--

--

H.V. Almquist

William Bohman

1938

3-4-1

--

--

H.V. Almquist

Mike Tangorra, George Lenc

1939

4-4

--

--

H.V. Almquist

Bob Christ

1940

4-2-2

--

--

H.V. Almquist

John Nelson

1941

2-6

--

--

John Briley

Bill Carlstrom

1942

7-1

--

--

John Briley

Byron Swedberg

1943-1944

No Football

1945

1-3

--

--

L.C. Brissman

Delmar Riefe

1946

3-5

2-2

5th

John Briley

Enfrid Johnson

1947

4-2-2

3-1-1

3rd

A.J. Stolfa

Bill Oaks

1948

4-3-1

2-3

5th

A.J. Stolfa

Bill Oaks

1949

6-2

5-0

1st

A.J. Stolfa

Bill Oaks

1950

2-6

`1-4

6th

Oliver Olson

Art Whalen

1951

3-4-1

2--3

6th

Vince Lundeen

Kent Buikema

1952

3-5

3-2

4th

Vince Lundeen

Jerry Schiller

1953

5-4

3-2

3rd

Vince Lundeen

Jerry Schiller

1954

3-5

2-4

5th

Vince Lundeen 

Chris Devona

1955

2-6

2-4

5th

Vince Lundeen

Charlie Peterson

1956

1-7

1-6

6th

Vince Lundeen 

Clyde Lundgren

1957

4-4

3-4

5th

Vince Lundeen

Harvey Fladeland, John Sutherland

1958

2-6

1`-6

7th

Vince Lundeen

Tom Linnabary, Lee Hanlon

1959

5-3

4-3

4th

Ray Loeschner

Jan Jamison, Steve Perry, Ken Lersten

1960

3-4-2

1-3-1

5th

Ray Loeschner

Lee Stopoulos, Arvid Herstedt

1961

5-4

2-4

5th

Ray Loeschner

Tom Tingle

1962

5-4

4-3

3rd

Ray Loeschner

Terry Hudson

1963

7-2

4-2

2nd

Ray Loeschner

Lloyd Powless, Steve Hofstetter

1964

7-1

5-1

2nd

Ralph Starenko

Jack Crabtree, Al Henning, Jerry Kloostra

1965

4-2-2

2-2-2

4th

Ralph Starenko

Bernie Mnichowicz, John Coy, Ken Thomson

1966

6-2-1

5-1

1st

Ralph Starenko

Fred Johnson, Harry Moravec, Ron Walter

1967

4-5

3-3

4th

Ralph Starenko

Pat Keenan, Dick Haugen, Chuck Bashaar

1968

6-3

6-1

1st

Ralph Starenko

Vic Butch, Jeff Maurus, Paul Ander

1969

7-2

6-1

2nd

Ben Newcomb

Joe Tomasiewicz, Mike Severns, Mark Fiore

1970

3-6

3-5

6th

Ben Newcomb

Ken Anderson, Paul Terwilliger, Dave Markward, Norm Evans

1971

5-4

5-3

2nd

Ben Newcomb

Leroy Marsh, Dave Miller, Chuck Degand

1972

6-3

5-3

3rd

Ben Newcomb

Dennis Koster, Willie Van, Rich Eichhorn

1973

7-2

6-2

2nd

Ben Newcomb

Bob Martin, Tom Enger, Mark Watts

1974

5-3-1

4-3-1

4th

Ben Newcomb

John Each, Bill Schnure

1975

7-2

6-2

1st

Ben Newcomb

Kent Swinson, Cecil Youngblood

1976

7-3

6-2

2nd

Ben Newcomb

Joe Thompson, Dave Feiza

1977

4-5

4-4

4th

Ben Newcomb

John Boettcher, Gary Goforth, Butch Necastro

1978

4-5

3-5

6th

Ben Newcomb

Mike Sturek, Randy Ems

1979

6-3

5-3

4th

Bob Reade

Dave Bell, Wes Williams, Mel Blaser

1980

6-3

5-3

3rd

Bob Reade

Jim Barnes, Mark Schick

1981

9-1

8-0

1st

Bob Reade

Greg Bednar, Tom Losby

1982

11-1

8-0

1st

Bob Reade

Pete Vernon, Lance Hofer, Jon Kuperus, Don Eli

1983

12-0

8-0

1st

Bob Reade

Jay Penney, Pete Kasap, Doug McCoy, Craig Allison

1984

12-0

8-0

1st

Bob Reade

Joe Wheeler, Greg King

1985

13-0

8-0

1st

Bob Reade

Steve Sanders, Robert Woolridge, Tim Holmstrom, Mark Long 

1986

12-0-1

7-0-1

1st

Bob Reade

Brad Price, Lynn Thomsen, Troy Westerman

1987

10-1

8-0

1st

Bob Reade

Greg Wallace, Mike Ricketts, Tom Kula, Dave Torri

1988

10-2

7-1

1st

Bob Reade

John Bothe, Erik Burgwald, Frank Bojniewicz

1989

8-2

7-1

2nd

Bob Reade

Game Captains 

1990

8-2

7-1

1st

Bob Reade

Heath Meyer, Rick Papke

1991

8-1

7-1

1st

Bob Reade

Mike Hesler, Jack Skole, James Fambro

1992

6-3

6-1

2nd

Bob Reade

George Annang, Brian Dunlavy, Marc Rosello, Karl Youngquist

1993

7-2

7-0

1st

Bob Reade

Steve Lindmark, Greg Weber, Craig Kruse

1994

8-2

6-1

1st

Bob Reade

Steve Lindmark, Tim Beagle, Tommy King, Dave Williams

1995

6-3

5-2

3rd

Tom Schmulbach

Tommy King, Scott Tumilty, Rusty Van Wetzinga, Doug Raiser

1996

5-4

4-3

3rd

Tom Schmulbach

Ryan Carpenter, Spencer Davis, Chad Murry

1997

7-2

6-1

1st

Tom Schmulbach

Jim Somerville, Kevin Dajka, Dusty Behringer, Zach Bartels

1998

7-2

5-2

2nd

Tom Schmulbach

Kevin Dajka, Brian Gosnell, Jim King, Chris Meskan

1999

9-2

6-1

1st

Tom Schmulbach

Mark Goodwin, Ben Nelson, Phil Netznik, Joe Schmulbach

2000

7-3

43

4th

Jim Barnes

Mackenzie Hay, Chris Sally

2001

10-2

6-1

1st

Jim Barnes 

Todd Baldwin, Brad Haverback, J.D. Sheldon, Jim Triveri

2002

7-2

6-1

2nd

Jim Barnes

Todd Baldwin, J.D. Sheldon, Brad Wendell, Tim Williams

2003

7-3

6-1

2nd

Jim Barnes

Mike Hansen, Brad Wendell, Kyle Zick, Adam Guy, Mike Brasile

2004

7-3

5-2

3rd

Jim Barnes

Jeff Purcell, Blair Westerly, Beau Biagi, Steve Szpejnowski

2005

10-2

7-0

1st

Jim Barnes

Matt Roe, Mike Zeifert, Jeremy Hall, Chris Studer

2006

7-3

6-1

1st

Jim Barnes

Mike Guzman, Joe Youngbauer, Chris Studer

2007

5-5

3-4

6th

Jim Barnes

Brad Monier, Ryan McGinnis, Scott Kretzmann, Justin Jacobs

2008

7-3

5-2

2nd

Jim Barnes

Brad Monier, Billy Lynch, Tim Podulka, Wyatt Breiser

2009

6-4

4-3

3rd

Jim Barnes

Preston Jones, Jake Parke, Aaron Setchell, Blaine Westemeyer

2010

6-4

4-3

3rd

Jim Barnes

Andrew Hansen, John Mago, Cody Wickenhauser, Robert Wood

2011

2-8

2-5

5th

Rob Cushman

David Lee, Cody Wickenhauser

2012

5-5

4-3

4th

Rob Cushman

Rob Mago, Erik Westerberg

2013

5-5

3-4

4th

Rob Cushman

Erik Westerberg

2014

5-5

4-3

3rd

Rob Cushman

Ben Fornek, Benjamin Hodges

2015

4-6

3-4

5th

Steve Bell

Sam Frasco, Brandon Stiers, Jack Asquini, Sean Fitzgerald, Frank Kalble, Tommy Wilson

2016

3-7

2-6

7th

Steve Bell

Jack Asquini, Tommy Wilson

2017

1-9

1-7

9th

Steve Bell

Travon Aldridge, Riley Donald, Ryan Pitra, Lukas Stoutenour, Daniel Tjaden

2018

4-6

3-6

7th

Steve Bell

Ryan Pitra

2019

6-4

5-4

5th

Steve Bell

Zach Fuller, Xavier Holley, Ethan Jennings, Matt McKay, Luke Sawicki, Daniel Tjaden

2020 1-2 (scrimmages only) -- -- Steve Bell
2021 5-5 4-5 5th Steve Bell Matt Payton, Daniel Skold, Tim Swaney, Chase Tatum
2022 5-5 4-5 6th Steve Bell Vincent D'Orazio, Bobby Inserra, Daniel Skold, Tim Swaney, Chase Tatum
2023 8-3 7-2 3rd Steve Bell Chase Tatum, Bobby Inserra, Hugh Keany, Rukkus Hunkins, Tim Swaney, Daniel Skold
2024 4-6 3-6 7th Steve Bell

Season-by-season results (since 2013)
Season-by-season results (prior to 2013)

Coaching Records

COACH YEARS RECORD PCT.
Bob Reade 1979-94 146-23-1 .862
Jim Barnes 2000-10 79-34 .699
H.V. Almquist 1928-40 65-31-10 .660
Ben Newcomb 1969-78 55-35-1 .610
Steve Bell 2015-present 41-51 .446
Tom Schmulbach 1995-99 34-13 .723
Ralph Starenko 1964-68 27-13-3 .663
Ray Loeschner 1959-63 25-17-2 .591
Vince Lundeen 1951-58 23-41-1 .362
Rob Cushman 2011-14 17-23 .425
A.J. Stolfa 1947-49 14-7-3 .646
John Briley 1941-42, 46 12-12 .500
Arthur Swedberg 1919-1922 12-14-4 .467
Carl J. Peterson 1925-27 10-11-2 .479
Paul Coldren 1902-04 8-6-2 .563
Wally Swanson 1923-24 5-11 .313
Leo Liitt 1918 3-1 .750
Unknown 1893-94, 1901 3-4 .429
Ted Davenport 1917 2-2 .500
Oliver Olson 1950 2-6 .250
L.C. Brissman 1945 1-3 .250

Augustana in the Postseason

1976
*St. John’s 46, Augustana 7 

1981
*Dayton 19, Augustana 7

1982
*Augustana 28, Baldwin-Wallace
#Augustana 14, St. Lawrence 0 
%West Georgia 14, Augustana 0 

1983
Augustana 22, Adrian 21 
#Augustana 21, UW-LaCrosse 15 
%Augustana 21, Union 

1984
*Augustana 14, Dayton 13
#Augustana 23, Union 6 
%Augustana 21, Central 12 

1985 @Augustana 26, Albion 10 
*Augustana 21, Mount Union 14
#Augustana 14, Central 7 
%Augustana 20, Ithaca 7 

1986
@Augustana 34, Hope 10 
*Augustana 16, Mount Union 7
#Augustana 41, Concordia 7 
%Augustana 31, Salisbury 3 

1987
@Augustana 53, Hiram 0 
*Dayton 38, Augustana 36

1988
@Augustana 25, Adrian 7 
*Augustana 28, Wittenberg 14
#Central 23 Augustana 17 (2 OT) 

1989
@Millikin 21, Augustana 12 

1990
@Dayton 24, Augustana 14 

1994
@Albion 28, Augustana 21 

1999
@Augustana 39, St. Norbert 32 
@Mount Union 42, Augustana 33 

2001
@Augustana 54, Defiance 14 
@Mount Union 32, Augustana 7 

2005
@Augustana 40, Lakeland 22 
@Mount Union 44, Augustana 7 

2023
UW-Platteville 36, Augustana 10 (Culver's Isthmus Bowl | Sun Prairie, Wis.)

@ - Preliminary Round 

*- Quarterfinal

# -Semifinal 

% -Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl