| Teamname: | Montana State–Northern Lights football |
| Firstyear: | 1957 |
| Athleticdirector: | Christian Oberquell |
| Headcoach: | Jerome Souers |
| Headcoachyear: | 2nd |
| Hcwins: | 1 |
| Hclosses: | 19 |
| Stadium: | Tilleman Field |
| Stadiumbuilt: | 2020 |
| Stadcapacity: | 2,000 |
| Stadsurface: | FieldTurf |
| Location: | Havre, Montana |
| Conference: | Frontier |
| Atwins: | 64 |
| Atlosses: | 185 |
| Playoffapps: | NAIA: 1 |
| Playoffs: | NAIA: 0–1 |
| Mascotdisplay: | Northern lights |
| Websitename: | golightsgo.com |
| Websiteurl: | https://golightsgo.com/sports/football |
The Montana State–Northern Lights football team represents Montana State University–Northern in college football in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The Lights are members of the Frontier Conference, fielding its team in the Frontier Conference since 1999. The Lights play their home games at Tilleman Field in Havre, Montana.[1] [2]
The school's head coach is Jerome Souers, who took over the position for the 2022 season.[3]
| Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walt Currie[4] | 1999–2003 | 52 | 10 | 42 | 0 | 7 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 2 | Mark Samson | 2004–2013 | 104 | 45 | 59 | 0 | 40 | 56 | 0 | |||
| 3 | Jake Eldridge[5] | 2014, 2017 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | Aaron Christensen[6] [7] | 2015–2017 | 32 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | Andrew Rolin[8] [9] | 2018–2021 | 37 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 33 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | Jerome Souers[10] | 2022–present | 20 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 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 | ||||||||
| Montana State–Northern Lights | ||||||||||||||
| 1999 | 1999 | Walt Currie | NAIA | — | Frontier | 3 | 8 | 0 | T–4th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2000 | 2000 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | 2001 | 3 | 8 | 0 | T–3rd | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | Mark Samson | 1 | 10 | 0 | T–4th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2005 | 2005 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2006 | 2006 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 8 | 2 | 0 | NAIA First Round | 11 | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 6 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | 21 | ||||
| 2009 | 2009 | 2 | 9 | 0 | T–5th | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5th | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3rd | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | Jake Eldridge | 3 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2015 | 2015 | Aaron Christensen | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2016 | 2016 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8th | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | Aaron Christensen / Jake Eldridge (interim, last 3 games) | 1 | 10 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2018 | 2018 | Andrew Rolin | 1 | 10 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2019 | 2019 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2020 | 2020 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2021 | 2021 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 8th | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2022 | 2022 | Jerome Souers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2023 | 2023 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||||