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.

The team's head coach is Steve Bell, who took over the position for the 2015 season.

Conference affiliation

Independent (1893–1894, 1901–1904) Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1917–1937) Illinois College Conference (1938–1945) College Conference of Illinois / College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (1946–present)

List of head coaches Key

Coaches + List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, and conference records No. Coach 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 2000–2010 113 79 34 0 56 21 0 21 Rob Cushman 2011–2014 40 17 23 0 13 15 0 22 Steve Bell 2015–present 104 48 56 0 39 50 0

Year-by-year results National championsConference championsBowl game berthPlayoff berth

Season YearHead coachAssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal rankingOverallConferenceWinLossTieFinishWinLossTie 1893 1893J. W. Cook——Independent 2 1 0 —— 1894 1894No coach 1 1 0 ——No team from 1895 to 1900 1901 1901No coach——Independent 0 2 0 —— 1902 1902Paul Coldren 2 2 0 —— 1903 1903 2 2 1 —— 1904 1904 4 2 1 ——No team from 1905 to 1916 1917 1917Ted DavenportNCAA— IIAC 2 20—— 1918 1918Leo Liitt 3 10—— 1919 1919Art Swedberg 3 10—— 1920 1920 6 1 1 —— 1921 1921 4 3 0 —— 1922 1922 1 8 0 —— 1923 1923Wally Swanson 3 4 0 —— 1924 1924 2 7 0 —— 1925 1925Carl Peterson 4 3 1 T–9th 4 31—— 1926 1926 5 2 1 7th 4 21—— 1927 1927 2 5 0 19th 1 50—— 1928 1928Harold V. Almquist 7 1 0 T–3rd 6 10—— 1929 1929 3 4 1 T–13th 3 31—— 1930 1930 4 3 0 T–10th 3 20—— 1931 1931 5 2 2 4th 3 12—— 1932 1932 6 0 2 3rd 5 01—— 1933 1933 7 1 1 T–5th 4 11—— 1934 1934 9 0 0 T–1st 6 00Conference champions— 1935 1935 5 3 0 10th 3 20—— 1936 1936 3 5 0 T–10th 3 30—— 1937 1937 5 2 1 6th 4 11—— 1938 1938ICC 3 4 1 T–8th 1 30—— 1939 1939 4 4 0 T–7th 2 20—— 1940 1940 4 2 2 T–2nd 4 11—— 1941 1941John Briley 2 6 0 7th 1 40—— 1942 1942 7 1 0 2nd 4 10——No team from 1943 to 1944 1945 1945Lee. C BrissmanNCAA—ICC 1 3 0 —— 1946 1946John BrileyCCI 3 5 0 5th 2 20—— 1947 1947Butch Stolfa 4 2 2 3rd 3 11—— 1948 1948 4 3 1 5th 2 30—— 1949 1949 6 2 0 1st 5 00Conference champions— 1950 1950Ollie Olson 2 6 0 6th 1 40—— 1951 1951Vincent Lundeen 3 4 1 6th 2 30—— 1952 1952 3 5 0 4th 3 20—— 1953 1953 5 4 0 3rd 3 20—— 1954 1954 3 5 0 5th 2 40—— 1955 1955 2 6 0 5th 2 40—— 1956 1956College Division 1 7 0 6th 1 60—— 1957 1957 4 4 0 5th 3 40—— 1958 1958 2 6 0 7th 160—— 1959 1959Ray B. Leoschner 5 3 0 4th 430—— 1960 1960 3 4 2 5th 131—— 1961 1961 5 4 0 5th 240—— 1962 1962 5 4 0 3rd 430—— 1963 1963 7 2 0 2nd 420—— 1964 1964Ralph Starenko 7 1 0 2nd 510—— 1965 1965 4 2 2 4th 222—— 1966 1966 6 2 1 1st 510Conference champions— 1967 1967CCIW 4 5 0 4th 330—— 1968 1968 6 3 0 1st 610Conference champions— 1969 1969Ben Newcomb 7 2 0 2nd 610——197019703606th350—— 1971 1971 5 4 0 T–2nd 530—— 1972 1972 6 3 0 T–3rd 530—— 1973 1973Division III 7 2 0 T–2nd 620—— 1974 1974 5 3 1 T–4th 431—— 1975 1975 7 2 0 1st 620Conference champions— 1976 1976 7 2 0 2nd 620L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal— 1977 1977 4 5 0 T–4th 440—— 1978 1978 4 5 0 6th 350—— 1979 1979Bob Reade 6 3 0 T–4th 530—— 1980 1980 6 3 0 T–3rd 530—— 1981 1981 9 1 0 1st 800L NCAA Division III First Round— 1982 1982 11 1 0 1st 800L NCAA Division III Championship— 1983 1983 12 0 0 1st 800W NCAA Division III Championship— 1984 1984 12 0 0 1st 800W NCAA Division III Championship— 1985 1985 13 0 0 1st 800W NCAA Division III Championship— 1986 1986 12 0 1 1st 701W NCAA Division III Championship— 1987 1987 10 1 0 1st 800L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal— 1988 1988 10 2 0 T–1st 710L NCAA Division III Semifinal— 1989 1989 8 2 0 2nd 710L NCAA Division III First Round— 1990 1990 8 2 0 T–1st 710L NCAA Division III First Round— 1991 1991 8 1 0 1st 710Conference champions— 1992 1992 6 3 0 2nd 610—— 1993 1993 7 2 0 1st 700Conference champions— 1994 1994 8 2 0 T–1st 610L NCAA Division III First Round— 1995 1995Tom Schmulbach 6 3 0 3rd 520—— 1996 1996 5 4 0 T–3rd 430—— 1997 1997 7 2 0 1st 610Conference champions— 1998 1998 7 2 0 T–2nd 520—— 1999 1999 9 2 0 1st 610L NCAA Division III Second Round— 2000 2000Jim Barnes 7 3 0 4th 430—— 2001 2001 10 2 0 T–1st 610L NCAA Division III Second Round— 2002 2002 7 2 0 2nd 610—— 2003 2003 7 3 0 2nd 610—— 2004 2004 7 3 0 3rd 520—— 2005 2005 10 2 0 1st 700L NCAA Division III Second Round— 2006 2006 7 3 0 T–1st 610Conference champions— 2007 2007 5 5 0 T–5th 340—— 2008 2008 7 3 0 T–2nd 520—— 2009 2009 6 4 0 T–3rd 430—— 2010 2010 6 4 0 T–3rd 430—— 2011 2011Rob Cushman 2 8 0 7th 250—— 2012 2012 5 5 0 4th 430—— 2013 2013 5 5 0 4th 340—— 2014 2014 5 5 0 3rd 430—— 2015 2015Steve Bell 4 6 0 5th 340—— 2016 2016 3 7 0 7th 260—— 2017 2017 1 9 0 T–8th 170—— 2018 2018 4 6 0 7th 360—— 2019 2019 6 4 0 6th 540——2020–2120201204th120—— 2021 2021 5 5 0 5th 450—— 2022 2022 5 5 0 6th 450—— 2023 20238 3 03rd 7 20L Isthmus Bowl— 2024 20244 6 0 T–7th 3 60—— 2025 20257 3 0 4th 6 30——

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