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.

The team's head coach is Jerry Olszewski, who took over the position for the 2013 season.

Conference affiliation

Independent (1920–1921) South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (1922–1941) North Central Conference (1942–2007) Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (2008–present)

List of head coaches Key

Coaches + List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, and conference records No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% 1 Jorgen A. Johnson 1920–19217331 – – – – 2 Carl Anderson 1922–1924231391 10 6 1 3 Martin Cole 1925–1926165110 4 10 0 4 H. Paul Dee 1927–19303111191 10 9 0 5 Leonard A. Olson 1931–19429674211 46 5 1 6 Harry Lackey 19454130 0 0 0 7 Leonard A. Olson 19467061 0 4 0 8 Bob Fitch 19478350 2 3 0 9 Jerry Thompson 1948–1950267190 4 14 0 10 Linn Wells 1951–1952173140 1 10 0 11 Vic Pederson 19539180 0 6 0 12 Pinky Falgren 1954–1955183132 1 10 1 13 Bob Burns 1956–19615028202 24 10 1 14 Jim Malmquist 1962–19686321411 11 30 1 15 Ralph Starenko 1969–19767931462 16 35 1 16 Joel Swisher 1977–19803917211 10 16 0 17 Lyle Eidsness 1981–19844313300 8 24 0 18 Jim Heinitz 1985–1992, 1996–2004185791051 51 93 1 19 Denny Moller 1993–19953111191 8 18 1 20 Brad Salem 2005–20095731260 21 21 0 21 Mike Aldrich 2010–20123522130 20 11 0 22 Jerry Olszewski 2013–present11582450 80 39 0

Year-by-year results National championsConference championsBowl game berthPlayoff berth SeasonYearHead coachAssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal rankingOverallConferenceWinLossTieFinishWinLossTieAugustana Vikings 1920 1920Jorgen A. JohnsonNCAA—Independent 1 1 0 —— 1921 1921 2 2 1 —— 1922 1922Carl AndersonSDIC 3 4 0 6th 120—— 1923 1923 4 3 1 T–5th 331—— 1924 1924 6 2 0 2nd 610—— 1925 1925Martin Cole 4 4 0 7th 340—— 1926 1926 1 7 0 9th 160—— 1927 1927H. Paul Dee 2 4 0 T–6th 230—— 1928 1928 3 4 1 5th 320—— 1929 1929 4 4 0 4th 310—— 1930 1930 2 7 0 7th 230—— 1931 1931Leonard A. Olson 2 5 0 6th 220—— 1932 1932 6 1 0 T–1st 500Conference co-champion— 1933 1933 5 2 0 T–1st 400Conference co-champion— 1934 1934 6 2 0 T–1st 400Conference co-champions— 1935 1935 7 2 0 T–1st 500Conference co-champion— 1936 1936 8 1 0 T–1st 400Conference co-champion— 1937 1937 8 0 0 1st 400Conference champion— 1938 1938 5 2 1 5th 221—— 1939 1939 6 2 0 1st 500Conference champions— 1940 1940 6 2 0 3rd 410—— 1941 1941 7 2 0 T–1st 300Conference co-champions— 1942 1942NCC 8 0 0 T–1st 400Conference co-champion—No team from 1943 to 1944 1945 1945Harry LackeyNCAA—NCC 1 3 0 N/A 0 00—— 1946 1946Leonard A. Olson 0 6 1 7th 040—— 1947 1947Bob Fitch 3 5 0 5th 230—— 1948 1948Jerry Thompson 3 6 0 T–4th 240—— 1949 1949 2 6 0 6th 150—— 1950 1950 2 7 0 6th 150—— 1951 1951Linn Wells 3 5 0 7th 140—— 1952 1952 0 9 0 7th 060—— 1953 1953Vic Pederson 1 8 0 7th 060—— 1954 1954Pinky Falgren 1 7 1 7th 051—— 1955 1955 2 6 1 6th 150—— 1956 1956Bob BurnsCollege Division 6 3 0 T–2nd 420—— 1957 1957 0 7 0 T–6th 500—— 1958 1958 5 3 0 T–3rd 330—— 1959 1959 6 2 1 1st 411Conference champion— 1960 1960 6 2 0 T–2nd 420—— 1961 1961 5 3 1 T–3rd 420—— 1962 1962Jim Malmquist 6 3 0 3rd 420—— 1963 1963 2 8 0 5th 240—— 1964 1964 1 8 0 7th 060—— 1965 1965 1 6 1 T–5th 141—— 1966 1966 5 4 0 T–4th 240—— 1967 1967 4 5 0 T–4th 240—— 1968 1968 2 7 0 7th 060—— 1969 1969Ralph Starenko 3 6 0 7th 150——197019704604th330—— 1971 1971 1 8 1 7th 060—— 1972 1972 2 8 0 T–7th 160—— 1973 1973Division II 6 3 1 5th 331—— 1974 1974 4 6 0 7th 250—— 1975 1975 7 3 0 3rd 520—— 1976 1976 4 6 0 6th 150—— 1977 1977Joel Swisher 7 4 0 T–2nd 430—— 1978 1978 4 5 0 6th 240—— 1979 1979 4 5 0 6th 240—— 1980 1980 2 7 1 6th 250—— 1981 1981Lyle Eidsness 3 7 0 T–7th 250—— 1982 1982 4 7 0 7th 250—— 1983 1983 5 6 0 T–4th 450—— 1984 1984 1 10 0 10th 090—— 1985 1985Jim Heinitz 1 9 0 10th 180—— 1986 1986 5 6 0 T–7th 360—— 1987 1987 2 9 0 10th 180—— 1988 1988 8 4 0 T–2nd 630L NCAA Division II First Round18 1989 1989 8 3 1 T–2nd 621L NCAA Division II First Round11 1990 1990 5 5 0 T–4th 540—— 1991 1991 0 10 0 10th 080—— 1992 1992 8 3 0 T–3rd 630—— 1993 1993Denny Moller 4 7 0 8th 360—— 1994 1994 4 6 0 T–7th 360—— 1995 1995 3 6 1 8th 261—— 1996 1996Jim Heinitz 3 8 0 9th 270—— 1997 1997 5 6 0 T–6th 360—— 1998 1998 4 7 0 8th 270—— 1999 1999 5 6 0 T–6th 360—— 2000 2000 7 4 0 5th 540—— 2001 2001 5 5 0 T–6th 350—— 2002 2002 7 4 0 T–4th 440—— 2003 2003 3 8 0 7th 160—— 2004 2004 3 8 0 7th 060—— 2005 2005Brad Salem 6 5 0 6th 240—— 2006 2006 5 6 0 T–5th 350—— 2007 2007 4 7 0 7th 260—— 2008 2008NSIC 8 4 0 3rd (South) 730W Mineral Water— 2009 2009 8 4 0 T–2nd (South) 730L Mineral Water— 2010 2010Mike Aldrich 11 2 0 1st (South) 910L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal6 2011 2011 6 5 0 4th (South) 640—— 2012 2012 5 6 0 5th (South) 560—— 2013 2013Jerry Olszewski 4 7 0 7th (South) 470—— 2014 2014 6 5 0 4th (South) 650—— 2015 2015 9 3 0 T–2nd (South) 920L NCAA Division II First Round24 2016 2016 8 3 0 T–2nd (South) 830—— 2017 2017 4 7 0 6th (South) 470—— 2018 2018 7 4 0 T–3rd (South) 740—— 2019 2019 9 3 0 2nd (South) 920L NCAA Division II First Round—No team in 2020 due to COVID-19. 2021 2021Jerry OlszewskiNCAADivision II NSIC 9 3 0 1st (South) 920L NCAA Division II First Round— 2022 2022 7 4 0 5th (South) 740—— 2023 2023 11 2 01st 910L NCAA Division II Second Round13 2024 2024 8 4 01st 820L NCAA Division II First Round25

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