The Central Dutch football team represents Central College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Dutch are members of the American Rivers Conference (ARC), fielding its team in the ARC since 1923 when it was named the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC). The Dutch play their home games at Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium in Pella, Iowa. The stadium was known as Kuyper Stadium from 1977 to 2005.

Their head coach is Jeff McMartin, who took over the position for the 2004 season.

Conference affiliations Unknown (1892–1893; 1903–1905; 1909–1916; 1920–1922) Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1923–2017; rebranded) American Rivers Conference (2018–present)

Championships Conference championships Central claims 32 conference titles, the most recent of which came in 2021.

1939† Iowa Conference 7–2 5–2 Richard Tysseling 1946† 7–1 6–0 1956 7–1 7–1 1964† 8–1 7–1 Ron Schipper 1965 8–1 7–0 1966 9–1 7–0 1967 9–0 7–0 1974 11–0 7–0 1977 9–1 7–0 1978† 5–4 5–2 1981 6–2–1 6–1 1983† 7–2 6–1 1984 11–1 7–0 1985 11–1 7–0 1986 11–1 8–0 1987 11–2 7–1 1989 10–1 8–0 1990 10–2 8–0 1992 10–1 8–0 1994 10–1 8–0 1995 10–1 8–0 1998 10–1 10–0 Rich Kacmarynski 2000 12–1 10–0 2001 9–2 8–1 2002† 8–2 8–1 2005† 9–2 7–1 Jeff McMartin 2006 10–1 8–0 2007 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 12–1 8–0 2009 10–1 8–0 2019† American Rivers Conference 10–2 7–1 2021 12–1 8–0 † Co-champions

Postseason games NAIA playoffs The Dutch have made one appearance in the NAIA playoffs, with a combined record of 0–1.

1966 Ron Schipper Semifinals Whitewater State L 18–41

NCAA Division III playoff games The Dutch have made twenty-two appearances in the Division III playoffs with an overall record of 24–21. They finished as national champions in the NCAA Division III Championship Game (Stagg Bowl) in 1974, and as national runner-ups in 1984 and 1988. 1974 Ron Schipper SemifinalsStagg Bowl EvansvilleIthaca W 17–16W 10–8 1977 Semifinals Widener L 0–19 1984 QuarterfinalsSemifinalsStagg Bowl OccidentalWashington & JeffersonAugustana (IL) W 23–22W 20–0L 12–21 1985 First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals CoeOccidentalAugustana (IL) W 27–7W 71–0L 7–14 1986 First roundQuarterfinals Buena VistaConcordia–Moorhead W 37–0L 14–17 1987 First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals MenloSaint John's (MN)Dayton W 7–3W 13–3L 0–34 1988 First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsStagg Bowl Concordia–MoorheadWisconsin–WhitewaterAugustana (IL)Ithaca W 7–0W 16–13W 23–17 L 24–39 1989 First roundQuarterfinals St. NorbertSaint John's (MN) W 55–7L 24–27 1990 First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals RedlandsSt. Thomas (MN)Allegheny W 24–14W 33–32L 7–24 1992 First roundQuarterfinals CarletonWisconsin–La Crosse W 20–8L 9–34 1994 First round Wartburg L 21–22 1995 First round Wisconsin–River Falls L 7–10 1998 Rich Kacmarynski First round Wisconsin–Eau Claire L 21–28 1999 First roundSecond round Wisconsin–La CrosseSaint John's (MN) W 38–17L 9–10 2000 First roundSecond roundQuarterfinals St. NorbertLinfieldSaint John's (MN) W 29–14W 20–17 L 18–21 2001 First round Pacific Lutheran L 21–27 2005 Jeff McMartin First round Wisconsin–Whitewater L 14–34 2006 First round Saint John's (MN) L 13–21 2007 First roundSecond roundQuarterfinals OlivetSaint John's (MN)Bethel (MN) W 38–17W 37–7L 7–27 2009 First round Mary Hardin–Baylor L 40–42 2019 First roundSecond round Wisconsin–OshkoshWheaton W 38–37 L 13–49 2021 First roundSecond roundQuarterfinals Bethel (MN)WheatonWisconsin–Whitewater W 61–35W 30–28L 21–51

List of head coaches Key

Coaches + List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC NC Awards 1 1903–1904 – – – – – – – – – – – 2 1905 – – – – – – – – – – – 3 1909 – – – – – – – – – – – 4 1910–1912 – – – – – – – – – – – 5 1913–1915 – – – – – – – – – – – 6 1915–1916; 1920 – – – – – – – – – – – 7 1921 – – – – – – – – – – – 8 1922–1924 – – – – – – – – – – – 9 1924–1926 – – – – – – – – – – – 10 1927 – – – – – – – – – – – 11 1928–1937 – – – – – – – – – – – 12 1938–1960 – – – – – – – – – – – 13 1961–1996 – – – – – – – – – – 14 1997–2003 – – – – – – – – – – 15 2004–present – – – – –

Year-by-year results National championsConference championsBowl game berthPlayoff berth SeasonYearHead coachAssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal rankingOverallConferenceWinLossTieFinishWinLossTieCentral Dutch 1892 1892———— 0 1 0 – —— 1893 1893 0 1 0 – ——No record 1894–1902 1903 1903Herman Severan——— 1 2 0 – —— 1904 1904 1 3 0 – —— 1905 1905G. GavanaughIAAUS 4 2 0 – ——Sport dropped 1906–1908 1909 1909G. KenneyIAAUS—— 1 3 1 – —— 1910 1910Wm. JohnsonNCAA 0 5 1 – —— 1911 1911 1 2 0 – —— 1912 1912 3 3 2 – —— 1913 1913Elbert Warren 2 4 1 – —— 1914 1914 1 4 0 – —— 1915 1915Mark McWilliams 0 6 0 – —— 1916 1916 2 4 0 – ——No record 1917–1919 1920 1920Mark McWilliamsNCAA–– 0 4 0 – —— 1921 1921Wm. R. Cruse 2 2 1 – —— 1922 1922Karl Kettering 1 4 1 – —— 1923 1923IIAC 1 2 0 8th 1 1 0—— 1924 1924John Pence 2 4 1 8th 1 2 0—— 1925 1925 2 3 1 10th 1 2 1—— 1926 1926 3 3 1 8th 2 2 0—— 1927 1927Wm. Douthirt 1 7 0 12th 1 6 0—— 1928 1928L.A. Winter 0 8 0 14th 0 8 0—— 1929 1929 3 4 1 8th 2 4 0—— 1930 1930 6 2 0 7th 3 2 0—— 1931 1931 5 1 2 3rd 3 1 2—— 1932 1932 6 2 0 6th 5 2 0—— 1933 1933 2 6 1 11th 1 5 1—— 1934 1934 1 6 1 12th 1 6 1—— 1935 1935 4 5 0 6th 3 3 0—— 1936 1936 4 5 0 7th 4 3 0—— 1937 1937 3 5 1 7th 3 2 1—— 1938 1938Richard Tysseling 2 6 0 10th 2 4 0—— 1939 1939 7 2 0 T-1st 5 2 0Conference champions— 1940 1940 6 3 0 5th 5 3 0—— 1941 1941 6 3 0 4th 6 2 0—— 1942 1942 3 4 1 8th 2 3 1—— 1943 1943 4 3 0 – —— 1944 1944 2 2 0 – —— 1945 1945 7 1 0 T-1st 5 0 0Conference champions— 1946 1946 7 1 0 1st 6 0 0Conference champions— 1947 1947 7 1 1 5th 5 0 1—— 1948 1948 5 2 1 5th 3 2 0—— 1949 1949 4 4 1 4th 3 1 0—— 1950 1950 2 7 0 6th 1 4 0—— 1951 1951 3 6 0 5th 1 4 0—— 1952 1952 1 7 0 5th 0 4 0—— 1953 1953 4 3 1 2nd 3 1 0—— 1954 1954 3 5 0 7th 1 5 0—— 1955 1955College Division 3 5 0 8th 1 5 0—— 1956 1956 7 1 0 1st 7 1 0Conference champions— 1957 1957 3 4 1 7th 2 4 1—— 1958 1958 0 8 1 9th 0 7 1—— 1959 1959 3 6 0 7th 2 6 0—— 1960 1960 3 6 0 7th 3 5 0—— 1961 1961Ron Schipper 6 3 0 3rd 5 3 0—— 1962 1962 7 2 0 2nd 7 1 0—— 1963 1963 7 1 1 2nd 6 1 1—— 1964 1964 8 1 0 T-1st 7 1 0Conference champions— 1965 1965 8 1 0 1st 7 0 0Conference champions— 1966 1966 9 1 0 1st 7 0 0Conference champions— 1967 1967 9 0 0 1st 7 0 0Conference champions— 1968 1968 5 3 1 4th 3 3 1—— 1969 1969 6 3 0 T-2nd 5 2 0——197019706202nd520—— 1971 1971 6 3 0 T-4th 4 3 0—— 1972 1972 6 3 0 3rd 5 2 0—— 1973 1973Division III 7 2 0 2nd 6 1 0—— 1974 1974 11 0 0 1st 7 0 0National champions— 1975 1975 5 4 0 3rd 4 3 0—— 1976 1976 7 2 0 3rd 5 2 0—— 1977 1977 9 1 0 1st 7 0 0Playoff berth— 1978 1978 5 4 0 T-1st 5 2 0Conference champions— 1979 1979 6 3 0 3rd 5 2 0—— 1980 1980 5 4 0 2nd 5 2 0—— 1981 1981 6 2 1 1st 6 1 0Conference champions— 1982 1982 8 2 0 2nd 6 1 0—— 1983 1983 7 2 0 1st 6 1 0Conference champions— 1984 1984 11 1 0 1st 7 0 0Playoff berth— 1985 1985 11 1 0 1st 7 0 0Playoff berth— 1986 1986 11 1 0 1st 8 0 0Playoff berth3 1987 1987 11 2 0 1st 7 1 0Playoff berth— 1988 1988 11 2 0 2nd 7 1 0Playoff berth— 1989 1989 10 1 0 1st 9 0 0Playoff berth— 1990 1990 10 2 0 1st 8 0 0Playoff berth— 1991 1991 8 1 0 2nd 7 1 0—— 1992 1992 10 1 0 1st 8 0 0Playoff berth— 1993 1993 8 1 0 2nd 7 1 0—— 1994 1994 10 1 0 1st 8 0 0Playoff berth— 1995 1995 10 1 0 1st 8 0 0Playoff berth— 1996 1996 7 3 0 2nd 7 1 0—— 1997 1997Rich Kacmarynski 8 2 0 2nd 7 1 0—— 1998 1998 10 1 0 1st 10 0 0Playoff berth— 1999 1999 10 2 0 2nd 9 1 0Playoff berth— 2000 2000 12 1 0 1st 10 0 0Playoff berth— 2001 2001 9 2 0 1st 8 1 0Playoff berth— 2002 2002 8 2 0 T-1st 8 1 0Conference champions— 2003 2003 5 5 0 T-6th 3 5 0—— 2004 2004Jeff McMartin 6 4 0 T-3rd 5 3 0—— 2005 2005 9 2 0 T-1st 7 1 0Playoff berth20 2006 2006 10 1 0 1st 8 0 0Playoff berth11 2007 2007 12 1 0 1st 8 0 0Playoff berth6 2008 2008 6 4 0 T-5th 4 4 0—— 2009 2009 10 1 0 1st 8 0 0Playoff berth8 2010 2010 8 2 0 3rd 6 2 0—— 2011 2011 7 3 0 T-2nd 6 2 0—— 2012 2012 5 5 0 T-2nd 4 3 0—— 2013 2013 6 4 0 T-3rd 4 3 0—— 2014 2014 8 2 0 2nd 6 1 0—— 2015 2015 6 4 0 3rd 4 3 0—— 2016 2016 8 2 0 T-2nd 6 2 0—— 2017 2017 7 3 0 2nd 6 2 0—— 2018 2018A-R-C 8 2 0 T-2nd 6 2 0—— 2019 2019 10 2 0 T-1st 7 1 0Playoff berth17 2020–21 2020–21 2 0 0 – 2 0 0—— 2021 2021 12 1 0 1st 7 0 0Playoff berth20 2022 2022 7 3 0 T–4th 5 3 0—— 2023 2023 8 2 0 3rd 6 2 0—— 2024 2024 8 2 0 3rd 6 2 0—— 2025 2025 8 2 0 3rd 6 2 0——

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