| Teamname: | Adams State Grizzlies football |
| Athleticdirector: | Katelyn Smith |
| Headcoach: | Jarrell Harrison |
| Headcoachyear: | 3rd |
| Hcwins: | 6 |
| Hclosses: | 27 |
| Stadium: | Rex Stadium |
| Stadcapacity: | 1,500 |
| Stadsurface: | FieldTurf |
| Location: | Alamosa, Colorado |
| Ncaadivision: | II |
| Conference: | RMAC |
| Pastaffiliations: | Independent (1930–1945, 1956) NMIC (1946–1955) |
| Atwins: | 381 |
| Atlosses: | 427 |
| Atties: | 19 |
| Bowlwins: | 2 |
| Bowllosses: | 0 |
| Playoffapps: | 2 |
| Playoffs: | 2–2 |
| Conftitles: | 8 |
| Divtitles: | 2 |
| Rivalries: | Fort Lewis[1] |
| Mascotdisplay: | Grizzly bear |
| Websitename: | asugrizzlies.com |
| Websiteurl: | https://asugrizzlies.com/sports/football |
The Adams State Grizzlies football team represents Adams State University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Grizzlies are members of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), fielding its team in the RMAC since 1957. The Grizzlies play their home games at Rex Stadium in Alamosa, Colorado. The team was formally known as the Adams State Indians.
Their head coach is Jarrell Harrison, who took over the position for the 2021 season.[2]
| Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clifton White[3] | 1930–1937 | 37 | 12 | 20 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2 | Henry Canine[4] | 1938 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 3 | Vernon Hopper | 1939–1942 | 19 | 6 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 4 | Neal Mehring | 1946–1947 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 5 | William C. Heiss | 1948–1949 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 6 | Orval Steffen | 1950–1951 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 7 | Michael Stimack | 1952–1956 | 44 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 8 | Ernie Smith[5] | 1957–1958 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 9 | Darrell Mudra[6] | 1959–1962 | 37 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 10 | Donald McKillip | 1963–1967, 1969 | 57 | 39 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 11 | Gene Carpenter[7] | 1968 | 9 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 12 | Ron Harms | 1970–1973 | 36 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |||
| 13 | Bill Schade | 1974–1976 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 14 | James Paronto[8] | 1977–1980 | 41 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||||
| 15 | Richard Ulrich | 1981 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 16 | Joel Swisher | 1982–1983 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 17 | Jeff Geiser | 1984–1996 | 135 | 65 | 68 | 2 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 1 | |||
| 18 | David Elsenrath[9] | 1997–1999 | 31 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 19 | Wayne McGinn | 2000–2007 | 87 | 35 | 52 | 28 | 36 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 20 | Marty Heaton[10] | 2008–2014 | 77 | 42 | 35 | 34 | 29 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 21 | Timm Rosenbach[11] | 2015–2017 | 32 | 9 | 23 | 9 | 20 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 22 | Josh Blankenship[12] | 2018–2020 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 23 | Jarrell Harrison[13] | 2021–present | 33 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 22 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 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 | ||||||||
| Adams State Indians | ||||||||||||||
| 1930 | 1930 | Clifton White | NCAA | — | Independent | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||||
| 1931 | 1931 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1932 | 1932 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1933 | 1933 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1934 | 1934 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1935 | 1935 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1936 | 1936 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1937 | 1937 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1938 | 1938 | Henry Canine | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| 1939 | 1939 | Vernon Hopper | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1941 | 1941 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1942 | 1942 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| No team from 1943 to 1945 | ||||||||||||||
| 1946 | 1946 | Neal Mehring | NCAA | — | NMIC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — |
| 1947 | 1947 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1948 | 1948 | William C. Heiss | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1949 | 1949 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1950 | 1950 | Orval Steffen | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3rd | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1951 | 1951 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1952 | 1952 | Michael Stimack | 2 | 5 | 1 | T–3rd | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1953 | 1953 | 3 | 6 | 0 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1954 | 1954 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
| 1956 | 1956 | College Division | Independent | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | Ernie Smith | RMAC | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6th | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | 1958 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1959 | 1959 | Darrell Mudra | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1960 | 1960 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1961 | 1961 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1962 | 1962 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | W Mineral Water | — | ||||
| 1963 | 1963 | Donald McKillip | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1964 | 1964 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1965 | 1965 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3rd | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1966 | 1966 | 8 | 2 | 0 | W Mineral Water | — | ||||||||
| 1967 | 1967 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1968 | 1968 | Gene Carpenter | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1969 | 1969 | Donald McKillip | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1st (Mountain) | 6 | 1 | 0 | L Conference championship | — | |||
| 1970 | 1970 | Ron Harms | NAIA | Division I | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3rd (Mountain) | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |
| 1971 | 1971 | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–1st (Mountain) | 5 | 1 | 0 | L Conference championship | — | ||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1973 | 1973 | 6 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1974 | 1974 | Bill Schade | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1975 | 1975 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | No. 15 | ||||
| 1976 | 1976 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1977 | 1977 | James Paronto | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1978 | 1978 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1979 | 1979 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1980 | 1980 | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | No. 10 | ||||
| 1981 | 1981 | Richard Ulrich | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5th | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1982 | 1982 | Joel Swisher | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | |||
| 1983 | 1983 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1984 | 1984 | Jeff Geiser | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | No. 20 | |||
| 1985 | 1985 | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1986 | 1986 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1987 | 1987 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | 1988 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | L NAIA Seminfinals | No. 16 | ||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | L NAIA First Round | No. 1 | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | No. 16 | ||||
| 1992 | 1992 | NCAA | Division II | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | 1993 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1994 | 1994 | 3 | 7 | 1 | T–5th | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1995 | 1995 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| Adams State Grizzlies | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | 1997 | David Elsenrath | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 1 | 10 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 1998 | 1998 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | Wayne McGinn | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2001 | 2001 | 2 | 9 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | 2005 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2006 | 2006 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | Marty Heaton | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2009 | 2009 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | Timm Rosenbach | 3 | 8 | 0 | T–7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2016 | 2016 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10th | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | Josh Blankenship | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2019 | 2019 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| No team in 2020 due to COVID-19 | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Jarrell Harrison | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2024 | 2024 | |||||||||||||