| Teamname: | Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings football |
| Athleticdirector: | Josh Morton |
| Headcoach: | Jerry Olszewski |
| Headcoachyear: | 10th |
| Hcwins: | 74 |
| Hclosses: | 41 |
| Stadium: | Kirkeby–Over Stadium |
| Stadiumbuilt: | 2009 |
| Stadcapacity: | 6,500 |
| Stadsurface: | FieldTurf |
| Location: | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Ncaadivision: | II |
| Conference: | NSIC |
| Pastaffiliations: | Independent (1920–1921) SDIC (1922–1941) NCC (1942–2007) |
| Atwins: | 451 |
| Atlosses: | 493 |
| Atties: | 15 |
| Bowlwins: | 1 |
| Bowllosses: | 1 |
| Playoffapps: | NCAA D-II: 7 |
| Playoffs: | NCAA D-II: 2-7 |
| Conftitles: | 8 SDIC (1932–1937, 1939, 1941) 2 NCC (1942, 1959) 1 NSIC (2023) |
| Divtitles: | 2 NSIC South Division (2010, 2021) |
| Mascotdisplay: | Vikings |
| Websitename: | goaugie.com |
| Websiteurl: | https://goaugie.com/sports/football |
| Rivalries: | Sioux Falls[1] |
The Augustana Vikings football team represents Augustana University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Vikings are members of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC), fielding its team in the NSIC since 2008. The Vikings play their home games at Kirkeby–Over Stadium in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.[2] [3]
The team's head coach is Jerry Olszewski, who took over the position for the 2013 season.[4]
| Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jorgen A. Johnson | 1920–1921 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2 | Carl Anderson | 1922–1924 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 3 | Martin Cole | 1925–1926 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 4 | H. Paul Dee | 1927–1930 | 31 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 5 | Leonard A. Olson | 1931–1942 | 96 | 74 | 21 | 1 | 46 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Harry Lackey | 1945 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 7 | Leonard A. Olson | 1946 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 8 | Bob Fitch | 1947 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 9 | Jerry Thompson | 1948–1950 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | |||
| 10 | Linn Wells | 1951–1952 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 11 | Vic Pederson | 1953 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 12 | Pinky Falgren | 1954–1955 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 13 | Bob Burns | 1956–1961 | 50 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 14 | Jim Malmquist | 1962–1968 | 63 | 21 | 41 | 1 | 11 | 30 | 1 | |||
| 15 | Ralph Starenko | 1969–1976 | 79 | 31 | 46 | 2 | 16 | 35 | 1 | |||
| 16 | Joel Swisher | 1977–1980 | 39 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 17 | Lyle Eidsness | 1981–1984 | 43 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Jim Heinitz[5] | 1985–1992, 1996–2004 | 185 | 79 | 105 | 1 | 51 | 93 | 1 | |||
| 19 | Denny Moller | 1993–1995 | 31 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 1 | |||
| 20 | Brad Salem[6] | 2005–2009 | 57 | 31 | 26 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 | |||
| 21 | Mike Aldrich[7] | 2010–2012 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 22 | Jerry Olszewski[8] | 2013–present | 115 | 74 | 41 | 0 | 72 | 37 | 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 | ||||||||||||||
| 1920 | 1920 | Jorgen A. Johnson | NCAA | — | Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1921 | 1921 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1922 | 1922 | Carl Anderson | SDIC | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | 1923 | 4 | 3 | 1 | T–5th | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1924 | 1924 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1925 | 1925 | Martin Cole | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1926 | 1926 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1927 | 1927 | H. Paul Dee | 2 | 4 | 0 | T–6th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1928 | 1928 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5th | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1929 | 1929 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1930 | 1930 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1931 | 1931 | Leonard A. Olson | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1932 | 1932 | 6 | 1 | 0 | T–1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
| 1933 | 1933 | 5 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
| 1934 | 1934 | 6 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champions | — | ||||
| 1935 | 1935 | 7 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
| 1936 | 1936 | 8 | 1 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
| 1937 | 1937 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1938 | 1938 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5th | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1939 | 1939 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1941 | 1941 | 7 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 3 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champions | — | ||||
| 1942 | 1942 | NCC | 8 | 0 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | |||
| No team from 1943 to 1944 | ||||||||||||||
| 1945 | 1945 | Harry Lackey | NCAA | — | NCC | 1 | 3 | 0 | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1946 | 1946 | Leonard A. Olson | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1947 | 1947 | Bob Fitch | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1948 | 1948 | Jerry Thompson | 3 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1949 | 1949 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1950 | 1950 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1951 | 1951 | Linn Wells | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1952 | 1952 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1953 | 1953 | Vic Pederson | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1954 | 1954 | Pinky Falgren | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7th | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1956 | 1956 | Bob Burns | College Division | 6 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | 1957 | 0 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1958 | 1958 | 5 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1959 | 1959 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1st | 4 | 1 | 1 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1960 | 1960 | 6 | 2 | 0 | T–2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1961 | 1961 | 5 | 3 | 1 | T–3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1962 | 1962 | Jim Malmquist | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1963 | 1963 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1964 | 1964 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1965 | 1965 | 1 | 6 | 1 | T–5th | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1966 | 1966 | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1967 | 1967 | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1968 | 1968 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1969 | 1969 | Ralph Starenko | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1970 | 1970 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1973 | 1973 | Division II | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5th | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1974 | 1974 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1976 | 1976 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1977 | 1977 | Joel Swisher | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1978 | 1978 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1979 | 1979 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1980 | 1980 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1981 | 1981 | Lyle Eidsness | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1982 | 1982 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1983 | 1983 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1984 | 1984 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10th | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1985 | 1985 | Jim Heinitz | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1986 | 1986 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1987 | 1987 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 10th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | 1988 | 8 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 6 | 3 | 0 | L NCAA Division II First Round | 18 | ||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 8 | 3 | 1 | T–2nd | 6 | 2 | 1 | L NCAA Division II First Round | 11 | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10th | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1992 | 1992 | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1993 | 1993 | Denny Moller | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1994 | 1994 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1995 | 1995 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8th | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | Jim Heinitz | 3 | 8 | 0 | 9th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1997 | 1997 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1998 | 1998 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | 2001 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | 2005 | Brad Salem | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2006 | 2006 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | NSIC | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3rd (South) | 7 | 3 | 0 | W Mineral Water | — | |||
| 2009 | 2009 | 8 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd (South) | 7 | 3 | 0 | L Mineral Water | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | Mike Aldrich | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1st (South) | 9 | 1 | 0 | L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal | 6 | |||
| 2011 | 2011 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th (South) | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5th (South) | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | Jerry Olszewski | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th (South) | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2014 | 2014 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th (South) | 6 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 9 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd (South) | 9 | 2 | 0 | L NCAA Division II First Round | 24 | ||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd (South) | 8 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6th (South) | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd (South) | 7 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2nd (South) | 9 | 2 | 0 | L NCAA Division II First Round | — | ||||
| No team in 2020 due to COVID-19. | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Jerry Olszewski | NCAA | Division II | NSIC | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1st (South) | 9 | 2 | 0 | L NCAA Division II First Round | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5th (South) | 7 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 9 | 1 | 0 | L NCAA Division II Second Round | 13 | 15 | |||