| Teamname: | Augustana (Illinois) Vikings football |
| Firstyear: | 1893 |
| Athleticdirector: | Mike Zapolski |
| Headcoach: | Steve Bell |
| Headcoachyear: | 9th |
| Hcwins: | 26 |
| Hclosses: | 47 |
| Stadium: | Charles D. Lindberg Stadium |
| Stadiumbuilt: | 2013 |
| Stadcapacity: | 1,800 |
| Stadsurface: | FieldTurf |
| Location: | Rock Island, Illinois |
| Ncaadivision: | III |
| Conference: | CCIW |
| Pastaffiliations: | Independent (1893–1894, 1901–1904) IIAC (1917–1937) ICC (1938–1945) |
| Atwins: | 575 |
| Atlosses: | 348 |
| Atties: | 25 |
| Playoffapps: | NCAA D-III: 15 |
| Playoffs: | NCAA D-III: 22–11 |
| Natltitles: | NCAA D-III: 4 (1983–1986) |
| Conftitles: | 1 IIAC (1934) 1 ICC (1949) 20 CCIW (1966, 1968, 1975, 1981–1988, 1990–1991, 1993–1994, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005–2006) |
| Mascotdisplay: | Vikings |
| Websitename: | athletics.augustana.edu |
| Websiteurl: | https://athletics.augustana.edu/sports/football |
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.[1]
The team's head coach is Steve Bell, who took over the position for the 2015 season.[2]
| Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J. W. Cook | 1893 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2 | No coach | 1894, 1901 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | ||
| 3 | Paul Coldren | 1902–1904 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||
| 4 | Ted Davenport | 1917 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | ||
| 5 | Leo Liitt | 1918 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | ||
| 6 | Art Swedberg | 1919–1922 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||
| 7 | Wally Swanson | 1923–1924 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | – | – | – | – | ||
| 8 | Carl Peterson | 1925–1927 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | |||
| 9 | Harold V. Almquist | 1928–1940 | 106 | 65 | 31 | 10 | 47 | 20 | 7 | |||
| 10 | John Briley | 1941–1942, 1946 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 11 | Lee. C Brissman | 1945 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | ||
| 12 | Butch Stolfa | 1947–1949 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 13 | Ollie Olson | 1950 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 14 | Vincent Lundeen | 1951–1958 | 65 | 23 | 41 | 1 | 17 | 31 | 0 | |||
| 15 | Ray B. Leoschner | 1959–1963 | 44 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 1 | |||
| 16 | Ralph Starenko | 1964–1968 | 43 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 2 | |||
| 17 | Ben Newcomb | 1969–1978 | 90 | 55 | 34 | 1 | 48 | 30 | 1 | |||
| 18 | Bob Reade | 1979–1994 | 169 | 146 | 23 | 1 | 112 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Tom Schmulbach | 1995–1999 | 47 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 20 | Jim Barnes[3] | 2000–2010 | 113 | 79 | 34 | 0 | 56 | 21 | 0 | |||
| 21 | Rob Cushman[4] | 2011–2014 | 40 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 0 | |||
| 22 | Steve Bell[5] | 2015–present | 73 | 37 | 47 | 0 | 0.440 | 30 | 41 | 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 | ||||||||
| Augustana Vikings | ||||||||||||||
| 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[7] | — | ||||
| 2024 | 2024 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||